Atheros debuts single-chip 802.11g access point

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MANHASSET, N.Y. — Atheros Communications has combined a network processor with an 802.11g wireless LAN radio, baseband and media access control to realize the first single-chip 802.11g access point.

Designed to reduce the cost of residential gateway devices, the chip also integrates many discrete components required by previous 11g access points.

The chip, called the AR5006AP-G, builds on Atheros' established 802.11g single-chip technology by adding a 180-MHz MIPS R4K as the network processor for full routing capabilities.

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