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Atmel

Atmel Corporation was a creator and manufacturer of semiconductors before being subsumed by Microchip Technology in 2016. Atmel was founded in 1984. The company focused on embedded systems built around microcontrollers. Its products included microcontrollers (8-bit AVR, 32-bit AVR, 32-bit ARM-based, automotive grade, and 8-bit Intel 8051 derivatives) radio-frequency (RF) devices including Wi-Fi, EEPROM, and flash memory devices, symmetric and asymmetric security chips, touch sensors and controllers, and application-specific products. Atmel supplies its devices as standard products, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), or application-specific standard product (ASSPs) depending on the requirements of its customers.

Company type

1984

2016

Acquired by Microchip Technology

Microcontrollers
Flash memory
Touchscreen controllers
Touch sensors
Wireless/RF transceivers

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IncreaseUS$136M (FY 2015)[1]

IncreaseUS$26M (FY 2015)[1]

DecreaseUS$1.26B (FY 2015)[1]

DecreaseUS$876M (FY 2015)[1]

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Atmel serves applications including consumer, communications, computer networking, industrial, medical, automotive, aerospace and military. It specializes in microcontroller and touch systems, especially for embedded systems.


Atmel's corporate headquarters is in San Jose, California, in the North San Jose Innovation District. Other locations include Trondheim, Norway; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Chennai, India; Shanghai, China; Taipei, Taiwan; Rousset, France; Nantes, France; Patras, Greece; Heilbronn, Germany; Munich, Germany; Whiteley, United Kingdom; Cairo, Egypt. Atmel makes much of its product line at vendor fabrication facilities. It owns a facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado that manufactures its XSense line of flexible touch sensors.


In 2016, Microchip agreed to buy Atmel for US$3.6 (equivalent to $4.57 in 2023) billion in a deal brokered by JPMorgan Chase and Qatalyst.[2][3]

a family of 8-bit microcontrollers

Atmel AVR

a family of ARM-based microcontrollers

Atmel ARM-based processors

family of 32-bit microcontrollers

AVR32

32-bit ARM + gate array

AT91CAP

serial interface flash memory

DataFlash

open hardware single-board prototyping platform using an AVR microcontroller

Arduino

8-bit microcontroller

ATmega88

see also AVR instruction set

Atmel At94k

8-bit microcontrollers, compatible with Intel 8051

Atmel AT89 series

Microchip Technology corporate site