Atheros Communications Demonstrates Audio Video Wireless Module for Next-Generation HDTV TVs

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Atheros Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATHR), a leading developer of advanced wireless LAN (WLAN) chipsets, announced the first demonstration of the Atheros AR5005VA, its new multiple-radio/smart-antenna chipset for robust HDTV-quality wireless applications. Atheros and NEC Electronics collaborated on an Audio Video (AV) wireless module, being demonstrated by Atheros at Expo Comm Wireless Japan 2004, which incorporates the AR5005VA chipset and NEC Electronics’ MPEG2 encoder/decoder boards. The AV wireless module is capable of seamless wireless connectivity between multimedia sources such as personal computers (PCs), personal video recorders (PVRs), DVD players, set-top boxes, and display devices such as portable LCD and wall-mounted TVs.


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