Product category: Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Wind River Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 5 April 2002

Wind River and Atheros
work on 802.11a solutions

Atheros Communications is to license and resell Wind River's "Tornado for Home Gateways" platform with Atheros 802.11a access point reference designs

The integrated software platform from Atheros and Wind River can be used as-is, or as a starting point for Atheros customers to create their own unique products ranging from enterprise-class access points to DSL/cable home gateways solutions with embedded 802.11a connectivity. "With this agreement, Atheros' customers will be able to leverage Wind River's solution-level platform, Tornado for Home Gateways, to develop their own 802.11a products", said Dave Fraser, group vice president and general manager of Wind River's Networks business unit.

"Our mutual customers who want to build next-generation access point, gateway, and embedded wireless solutions will now be able to benefit from the proven technologies and strong wireless product roadmaps from both Atheros and Wind River".

A reference design that includes Wind River System's Tornado For Home Gateways technology is currently available for the Atheros AR5000, the industry's first 802.11a chipset in commercial production.

Atheros also plans to offer Tornado For Home Gateways technology in a reference design based on the new AR5001AP chipset, the industry's most highly integrated WLAN access point solution.

The AR5001AP integrated access point chipset combines a high-performance microprocessor with multiple wired and wireless interfaces on two all-CMOS chips, dramatically reducing the cost and complexity of WLAN access points, wireless repeaters, outdoor wireless devices, residential gateways, and audio/video solutions.

The Atheros AR5000 and AR5001AP chipsets are ideal for wireless networking applications in the enterprise, industrial, public access, and telematics market segments, as well as providing an excellent platform for next-generation wireless multimedia devices in the home.

Whether in the automotive, industrial, enterprise, or consumer electronics markets, the high data rates and reliable performance of 802.11a technology are finding their way into a wide range of wireless networking applications.

"We chose Wind River as a partner because of the depth and breadth of their embedded software technology - technology which we can easily leverage", said Mark Bercow, vice president of marketing at Atheros Communications.

"Wind River's platform gives our customers an edge by helping them rapidly develop and introduce innovative, reliable 802.11a access points, gateways, and embedded solutions".

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