Atmel
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| Atmel Corporation | |
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| Type of Company | Public (NASDAQ: ATML} |
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| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Products | Microcontrollers Flash memory |
| Employees | ~8,000 |
| Website | www.atmel.com |
Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) is a manufacturer of semiconductors, founded in 1984 by George Perlegos. Its focus is on system-level solutions built around flash microcontrollers. Its products include microcontrollers (including 8051 derivatives and AT91SAM ARM-based micros), and its own Atmel AVR and AVR32 architectures, radio frequency (RF) devices, EEPROM and Flash memory devices (including DataFlash-based memory), and a number of application-specific products. Atmel supplies its devices as standard products, ASICs, or ASSPs depending on the requirements of its customers. In some cases it is able to offer system on chip solutions.
Atmel serves a range of application segments including consumer, communications, computer networking, industrial, medical, automotive, aerospace and military. It is an industry leader in secure systems, notably for the smart card market.[citation needed]
The President and CEO of Atmel is Steve Laub. Laub recently took control of the company in a questionable matter, and the legality of this take over is currently being decided by a Delaware court. The number of employees is approximately 8,000. It is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Atmel owns four semiconductor facilities:
- Fab5 in Colorado Springs (USA)
- Fab6 in Heilbronn (Germany)
- Fab7 in Rousset (France)
- Fab9 in North Tyneside (England)
Among its chief competitors are STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, Freescale, Analog Devices and Microchip Technology.
