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Quantenna Communications Appoints Marc Mertsching As Vice President Of Engineering

Sunnyvale, CA - May 27, 2008 - Quantenna Communications Inc., a fabless semiconductor company creating advanced chipsets for wireless technology, today announced the appointment of Marc Mertsching as its vice president of engineering. Mertsching will be responsible for overseeing the successful development and production of the company's groundbreaking, high-performance wireless products.

"Marc has demonstrated a consistent ability to deliver chips that work right on the first pass, and he has a strong track record in the wireless industry of bringing successful products and solutions to market," said Dr. Behrooz Rezvani, founder and CEO of Quantenna. "Marc's experience in shipping high volumes of chips will be especially valuable to us as we enter into large-scale production."

Mertsching has over 25 years experience developing chips, software, reference designs and complete systems for the telecommunications market. Prior to joining Quantenna, he held a variety of technical leadership positions, at both Vice President and Director levels, at Amicus Wireless, RF Micro Devices, Stanford Telecom and Andrew Corp. He has developed chipsets and system products for applications ranging from wave 2 WiMax 802.16e, 802.11a/g WLAN, cellular telephony and IP over satellite. In his career, Mertsching has built and managed large, multi-disciplinary teams that have consistently achieved low product cost, shorter development time and commercial success in startup environments. He holds several patents in the field of wireless telecommunications.

"I am impressed that Quantenna has achieved a truly remarkable breakthrough with some very complex technology in a short time period," said Mr. Mertsching. "The rest of the players in the wireless broadband space will be scrambling to catch up. I am excited to be part of this talented team as we ramp up to deliver our innovative products worldwide."

The wireless semiconductor market is expected to exceed $4 billion by the year 2010, according to Gartner Dataquest. With highly talented engineering and business teams, Quantenna is well positioned to capitalize on this market with technology based on fundamental breakthroughs and innovation in wireless networking, adaptive systems and advanced MIMO transmission. The company's management team is led by industry visionaries Behrooz Rezvani, Ph.D. and Andrea Goldsmith, Ph.D.

About Quantenna Communications, Inc.

Quantenna Communications, Inc., is a fabless semiconductor company creating disruptive next-generation wireless chips with game-changing size, power, and performance characteristics. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Quantenna has assembled a world-class team and is backed by some of Silicon Valley's most esteemed venture capital firms, including Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Venrock Associates, and Grazia Equity from Europe. For additional information, please visit Quantenna's website at www.quantenna.com.


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