SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb 09, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel© Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced a new family of single-key touch controllers for the portable device market. This new family offers designers power consumption below 17uA for next-generation portable touch devi...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb 08, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009. Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 were $343.6 million, an 8% increase compared to $317.7 ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 29, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced that the United States District Court for the Northern District of California has preliminarily approved a settlement agreement (the "Agreement") to settle previously disclosed...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 29, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced that following a comprehensive review of alternatives for its ASIC business, it will continue to explore the potential sale of the Company's Smart Card (SMS) business located i...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 26, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, will hold a conference call Monday, February 8, 2010 at 2 p.m. PT to discuss the Company's fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 financial results. Participating in the call will be Steven Laub...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 25, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller- and touch-based solutions, today announced that Xirgo Technologies, LLC has selected Atmel's Cortex(R)-M3-based product family for its next-generation enhanced-battery-life asset tracking platform. Xirgo Technolo...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 22, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller- and touch-based solutions, today announced that Atmel's SAM3U microcontroller (MCU) has made the EE Times 10 Best Products of 2009. The EE Times Top 10 products are selected based on the number of click-through...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 11, 2010 /PRNewswire 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 Twelfth Annual Needham Growth Stock Conference in New York City on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The presentation w...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 11, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) a leader in microcontroller- and touch-based technologies, today announced the SAM9M10, a high-performance ARM926EJ(TM)-based embedded microprocessor (MPU) that integrates a video decoder and 2D acceleration (scaling, rotating, color space con...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 08, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in touch- and microcontroller-based solutions, today announced that EDN Magazine has recognized Atmel's mXT224 maXTouch(TM) touchscreen controller in its Hot 100 Products for 2009. The EDN Hot 100 products are an annual compilation ...

LAS VEGAS, Jan 07, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- CES -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in touch- and microcontroller-based solutions, today announced that Atmel's RF4Control platform has received ZigBee(R) RF4CE certification using the new ATmega128RFA1 wireless AVR(R) microcontroller. Atmel can now offer its customers...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec 17, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced that LFoundry GmbH has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Atmel Rousset for the purchase of Atmel's wafer fabrication operation in Rousset, France. In accordance with French law, Atmel has presented the propo...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec 16, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in touch- and microcontroller-based solutions, today announced it is collaborating with H&D Wireless to deliver an IEEE802.11b+g Wi-Fi solution for Atmel's 32-bit AVR(R) microcontrollers. I...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec 15, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller- and touch-based technologies, today announced the SAM3S series. This series includes 18 general-purpose Cortex(R)-M3 based Flash microcontrollers that improve impedance matching, simplify PCB design and ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec 14, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R)( )Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in touch- and microcontroller-based solutions, today announced that it has been named an International CES Innovations 2010 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree for its maXTouch(TM) mXT224 capacitive touchscreen controll...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec 14, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in touch- and microcontroller-based technologies, and the Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today announced their newly signed distribution agreement for Atmel's full line of V...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec 08, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R)( )Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in touch and microcontroller-based solutions, today announced a new family of AVR(R) wireless microcontroller (MCU) devices targeting wireless applications such as ZigBee(R)( )and IPv6/6LoWPAN. The ATmega128RFA1 is IEEE 8...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov 24, 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 Credit Suisse 2009 Annual Technology Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Th...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov 24, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced that Stephen Cumming, Atmel's Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the FBR 2009 Fall Investor Conference in New York City on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 10:45 a.m. Eastern Time. The...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov 23, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced three new 6-pin picoPower(R) AVR(R) microcontrollers. The ATtiny4, ATtiny5, and ATtiny9 are pin- and code- compatible, include a rich feature set, and execute code 6-times faster than the closest competitor. Using th...