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Atheros Communications, headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., is a developer of semiconductor system solutions for wireless communications products. It provides single- and dual-band solutions, integrated single-chips, and AR5004, AR5005, AR5006, AR5007 and AR5008 series wireless local area network chipsets for the retail, personal computer original equipment manufacturer, consumer electronics, enterprise and carrier markets. Atheros combines its wireless systems expertise with high-performance radio frequency, mixed signal and digital semiconductor design skills to provide integrated chipsets. Its customers include Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Dell, Sony, Toshiba, D-Link, Belkin, IO-Data, Linksys, Microsoft, Philips, Proxim and QUALCOMM. Atheros Communications was founded in 1998 by leading experts in radio and signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, and private industry.

True-Tech Corporation is a contract-manufacturing firm in Northern California that specializes in aerospace, semiconductor and medical machined components. Since 1994, the company has helped its customers maximize their potential and achieve their goals by reducing lead times, improving quality and reducing cost. Its 60,700 square feet of manufacturing space offers advanced manufacturing/materials management programs, quality assurance programs, machined materials, and computerized numerically controlled machining and turning centers. The company is a member of National Tooling & Machining Association, California Chamber of Commerce and the Better Business Bureau. True-Tech Corporation is located in Fremont, Calif.