Ikanos Communications, Inc. designs, develops, markets, and sells semiconductors and integrated firmware products for the connected home worldwide. It offers various digital subscriber line (DSL) processors and other semiconductor offerings for a range of power carrier infrastructure and customer premises equipment devices. The company also provides gateway processors to address a range of devices for value-added carrier services and high-speed access to the connected home. In addition, it offers multi-mode communications processors for residential gateways that support wide area network topologies for telecom carriers, wireless carriers, and cable multiple system operators, including Ethernet and gigabit Ethernet, passive optical network, DSL, and LTE. It serves network equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and original equipment manufacturers through direct sales and third-party sales representatives, and distributors. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Fremont, California. As of September 28, 2015, Ikanos Communications, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.