The Register says Atheros is shipping its third gen WiFi chips:
WLAN chip maker Atheros today became the first to market with 802.11g product based on the final draft – version 8.2 – of the standard when it announced it has begun shipping its third-generation, AR5002 family of client and base-station Wi-Fi silicon.
The AR5002 line provides dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless networking based on 802.11b, g and a, through two-chip solutions (a MAC/baseband part plus a radio chip).
Maybe we should start a pool on who buys them – Intersil, Broadcom, Intel, or TI?
More at Unstrung:
“We’re not a small startup anymore,” says Li. “We hit cash-flow positive sometime ago.” He just shook his head when Unstrung asked about the possibility of his company being acquired. Instead, the company is still talking about an IPO when market conditions are right.