SAN JOSE, Calif., June 22, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the availability of its 32-bit AT32UC3L AVR(R)32 microcontroller with Atmel's picoPower(TM) low power technology and embedded capacitive touch controller peripheral. The AT32UC3L is the industry's lowest power 32-bit...

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 15, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and HomeATM announced today that the recent Payments Card Industry (PCI) 2.0 certification of HomeATM's Safe-T-PIN(TM) is the result of an efficient collaboration between the two leaders on their markets. HomeATM's Safe-T-PIN, powered by Atme...

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 9, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the release of its SAM9G10 ARM926EJ-S-based embedded microprocessor. The SAM9G10 is an upgrade to the established SAM9261S embedded microprocessor that pushes the boundaries of performance versus power consumption. The SAM9G10 ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 8, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the new release of the popular Atmel QTouch Library, a royalty free software library providing access to the industry-leading QTouch(TM) technology. Without the need for external devices, the QTouch Library adds capac...

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 5, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today a "plug-and-play" CryptoAuthentication host-side IC that allows designers to implement authentication-ready embedded systems, without any knowledge of security protocols or algorithms and without writing any special cryptograph...

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 3, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced that Steven Laub, Atmel's President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the UBS Global Technology and Services Conference in New York City on Monday, June 8, 2009 at 1:15 p.m. Eastern Time. The presentation ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 1, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the SAM3U, the industry's first ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-M3 Flash microcontroller integrating high speed (480 Mbps) USB Device-and-Transceiver, 4-bit 192 Mbps SDIO/SDCard 2.0, 8-bit 384 Mbps MMC 4.3 Host and 48 Mpbs SPI inte...

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 26, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today a new fully integrated capacitive touchscreen technology - maXTouch(TM) - providing touchscreen performance which significantly exceeds today's leading edge solutions. Atmel's patented capacitive touch technology combined with ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 20, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)] today announced an extension to their strategic relationship with a new subscription license agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Atmel gains access to a number of existing and future ARM(R) Cortex(...

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 19, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the availability of a new AVR(R) 8-bit microcontroller for automotive LIN networking applications. The ATtiny87 is the second device of a LIN-dedicated low pin-count family specially optimized for cost-sensitive LIN slave appli...

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 19, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the availability of a new System-in-Package (SiP) solution for LIN automotive networking applications. The ATA6616, featuring maximum integration, is the second member of Atmel's new LIN SiP family. It combines Atmel's LIN Syst...

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 18, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today its AT88SA-ADK1 Rhino+ AVR(R) -based development kit for its AT88SA102S CryptoAuthentication(TM) IC. Atmel's AT88SA102S device is the industry's most secure authentication IC, with an embedded SHA-256 engine and 256...

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 14, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the release of its AT73C240 Audio Companion IC for portable multimedia applications. Manufactured on Atmel's low-cost mainstream CMOS process, the AT73C240 integrates an audio quality 20-bit Stereo DAC and an up to 1W audio pow...

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 5, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. Revenues for the first quarter of 2009 were $271.5 million, an 18.9% decrease compared to $334.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2008 and a 34.0% decreas...

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 5, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) has been named by Gartner, Inc. in its most recent 2009 market research (Source: Gartner, Semiconductor Industry Worldwide Annual Market Share: Database April 2009) as the fastest growing 8-bit microcontroller supplier in 2008. Atmel is also id...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 29, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) will hold a conference call Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 2 p.m. PT to discuss the Company's first quarter 2009 financial results. Participating in the call will be Steven Laub, Atmel President and CEO and Stephen Cumming, VP Finance and...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 27, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today its AT88SA family of lowest cost, ultra low power, secure cryptographic authentication ICs. The first device in the family, the AT88SA102S, is a general purpose CryptoAuthentication(TM) IC designed to protect consumers from c...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 20, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the introduction of a new AVR(R)32 microcontroller with high speed communication. Featuring Atmel's 91 DMIPS AVR32 CPU, the AT32UC3A3 includes Hi-Speed USB interface with On-The-Go, a dual high speed SD/MMC card interface plu...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 16, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and SERMEPA, a leading Spanish technical provider for the electronic payments industry, announced today that SERMEPA's Advantis(R) crypto solution with an Atmel Secure Microcontroller, has been granted a VISA(R) approval. SERMEPA has develop...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 15, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today its new picoPower(TM) AVR(R) ATtiny10, with 1K bytes of programmable Flash memory, and 32 bytes of internal SRAM. With up to 12 MIPS of processing throughput, 8-bit A/D converter, analog comparator, and a 16-bit timer with PW...