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EDGEWATER WIRELESS APPOINTS WI-FI SEMICONDUCTOR PIONEER RICK BAHR AS STRATEGIC ADVISOR

WiFi semiconductor executive Rick Bahr has joined Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc. as a strategic adviser.

"Rick is one of the most respected minds in WiFi silicon," said Brian Imrie, board chair of Edgewater Wireless. "From Atheros to Qualcomm to Stanford and Silicon Catalyst, he has helped define how the world connects over WiFi. His decision to join Edgewater's advisory team is a powerful validation of our Spectrum Slicing vision and our road map toward WiFi8-class silicon. We're thrilled to have his experience and judgment at the table as we move from RF packaging and AI prototyping into full SoC execution."

Mr. Bahr is widely recognized for his decades-long leadership in WiFi and processor architecture, having served as senior vice-president of engineering at Qualcomm, where he was chartered with driving the company's WiFi technology road map. He joined Qualcomm through its 2011 acquisition of Atheros Communications, the pioneering WiFi chip set company he joined in 2000 to head engineering.

"Edgewater is tackling one of WiFi's hardest problems -- how to deliver consistent performance in the most congested of environments -- with an elegant, scalable architectural shift," said Mr. Bahr. "Spectrum Slicing aligns naturally with where the WiFi8 standard and next-generation access points are headed. I'm excited to support Andrew and the team as they industrialize this technology in silicon and to help connect Edgewater with the broader semiconductor and system-level innovation I see every day at Stanford and through Silicon Catalyst."

Prior to Atheros and Qualcomm, Mr. Bahr held senior engineering leadership roles at SGI, HP, Prime Computer and Apollo, including responsibility for both MIPS microprocessor and Cray supercomputer hardware engineering at SGI.

Today, Mr. Bahr serves as a strategic adviser to Stanford University's SystemX Alliance in the School of Engineering, where he helps connect leading-edge semiconductor research with real-world applications across computing and wireless systems. He is also a long-standing adviser within the Silicon Catalyst ecosystem, focused on processor architecture, communications and mentoring the next generation of semiconductor start-ups. Mr. Bahr holds both BSEE and MSEE degrees from MIT.

Under his advisory role with Edgewater, Mr. Bahr will focus on:

• Helping shape the company's WiFi8-ready Spectrum Slicing silicon road map;
• Guiding system-level architecture decisions across RF front end, baseband and artificial intelligence subsystems;
• Aligning Edgewater's technology with Tier 1 service providers, industrial Internet of Things and automotive requirements;
• Providing a bridge between Silicon Catalyst's global semiconductor ecosystem, Stanford research, and Edgewater's product and intellectual property licensing strategy.

As a Silicon Catalyst company, Edgewater already benefits from access to a global network of semiconductor experts, EDA, foundry and packaging partners, and corporate strategics. Mr. Bahr's appointment deepens that connection, giving Edgewater direct access to one of the ecosystem's most experienced WiFi and processor architecture leaders.

About Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc.

Edgewater Wireless delivers unmatched WiFi QoS -- bar none -- by intelligently mitigating congestion, managing spectrum allocation in real time, and autonomously reconfiguring channel and link density -- driving economic gains for service providers and their customers through reduced churn, improved efficiency and high performance connectivity in dense environments. Redefining WiFi from the silicon up, Edgewater's patented, AI-powered Spectrum Slicing platform -- delivered through the PrismIQ product family -- breaks the limits of legacy WiFi by enabling multiple concurrent channels in a single band. WiFi Spectrum Slicing delivers 10 times performance and up to 50 per cent lower latency, even for legacy devices. With 26 granted patents and a fabless model, Edgewater is transforming the economics of WiFi for service providers, original equipment manufacturers and enterprises, powering scalable standards, and leading connectivity across residential, enterprise and industrial IoT markets. A Silicon Catalyst portfolio company, Edgewater is building the intelligent wireless foundation for the next era of global connectivity.

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