Microcontroller, analog and flash memory IC vendor Microchip Technology Inc. has agreed to buy Atmel for about $3.56 billion and Dialog Semiconductor, previously set to...

Cypress Semiconductor has withdrawn its offer for Atmel, the second failed attempt by the company to acquire a chipmaker this year. Cypress submitted a bid...

Atmel ennters the market of chips for wearable solutions with the Smart Badge, a 7cm x 9cm demonstrator around a smart badge concept, combining low-power...

Corning and Atmel are collaborating to develop ultra-thin capacitive touchscreens with high multi-touch performance for future applications. This collaboration combines Atmel XSense flexible touch sensors...

German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG has settled its patent infringement claim against Atmel, and both companies have agreed to seek dismissal of all pending patent...

Infineon Technologies AG today filed a patent lawsuit against Atmel Corp. Infineon seeks damages and permanent injunction for infringement of eleven United States Patents owned...

Atmel announced today the availability of the ATR1841 and ATR1842 front monitor diode (FMD) ICs for use in the optical pick-up units (OPUs) of slim...

Atmel announced today the availability of the ATR0881 laser diode driver IC for use in combined HD-DVD/Blu-ray, DVD, and CD drives. The ATR0881 is housed...

Atmel announced today the availability of its new ATR0885 laser diode driver IC for use in combined HD-DVD/Blu-ray, DVD, CD players and PC CD-ROM drives...