Atheros Communications, Inc. develops semiconductor system solutions for communications products. It offers reference designs that can be used to design various systems, including networking cards and access points, mobile devices, and handsets. The company also provides a portfolio of multi-chip and single chip products, including entry-level wireless networking products for the home and small office markets; and wireless infrastructure systems-on-chip with network management capabilities for the enterprise market. Its wireless system solutions are used in various applications in the personal computer, enterprise access, small office and branch office networking, home networking, hotspot, wireless broadband, voice, mobile computing devices, and consumer electronics markets. The company’s personal access systems products consist of a single chip that implements a cellular transceiver, baseband, application processor, audio paths, power management, keyboard, speaker, and display interfaces. Its fast and gigabit ethernet products include access points, routers, gateways, Ethernet physical layer, transceivers, and switches for personal computer customers into local area network-on-motherboard applications. Atheros Communications sells its products directly to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers through direct sales staff, independent sales representatives, and distributors primarily in the United States, Taiwan, and China. The company was founded as T-Span Systems Corporation in 1998 and changed its name to Atheros Communications, Inc. in 2000. Atheros Communications is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.