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{{Infobox Company| company_name = Atmel Corporation| company_logo = | company_type = Public company (}| foundation = 1984, [United States| industry = Semiconductorss
[Flash memory, founded in [1984. Its focus is on system-level solutions built around flash memory microcontrollers. Its products include microcontrollers (including 8051 derivatives and AT91SAM and AT91CAP ARM Ltd-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, Application-specific integrated circuits, or Application specific standard products 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, industry, medical, automotive, aerospace and military. It is an industry leader in secure systems, notably for the smart card market.

The President#Non-Governmental Presidents and CEO of Atmel is Steven Laub.

Atmel owns four semiconductor facilities:

• Fab5 in Colorado Springs (USA)
• Fab6 in Heilbronn (Germany) (For Sale)
• Fab7 in Rousset (France)
• Fab9 in North Tyneside (England) (Sold, subject to customary closing conditions)

Atmel announced the sale of its North Tyneside facility on October 08 2007. The manufacturing equipment has been sold to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.(TSMC) and the property and associated land to Highbridge Business Park Limited who already own an adjacent business park (Cobalt Business Park) and are likely to redevelop the facility to provide commercial office space. The closure will lead to the loss of 600 jobs when production ceases in early 2008.

Among its chief competitors are STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, Freescale, Analog Devices and Microchip Technology.

Controversy The former chairman and CEO, George Perlegos, was terminated after an eight-month investigation into theft by Atmel's travel manager. The Board of Directors accused him and his brother Gust (an executive vice president of the company) of spending US$235,000 of the company's money on airplane tickets for themselves and their immediate families.Letter from Steve Laub to Atmel shareholders, dated April 11, 2007 However, the Delaware Chancery Court expressed its "discomfort with the thoroughness and fairness of the investigation and with the decisions."

In August of 2006, Perlegos called a meeting to replace five of the existing board of directors, which the Board of Directors attempted to cancel. In March of 2007, the Delaware Chancery Court ruled that the shareholder meeting must proceed. This action was completed before Perlegos was dismissed as a board member, but after he was removed as president. The action resulted in a special shareholder vote.http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070315/20070315005807.html?.v=1 The meeting was held on May 18. According to the certified vote count, one of the directors proposed by Perlegos garnered just under 30% of the votes, short of the 50% needed.http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=atml&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=1010360

See also

• AT91SAM
• AT91CAP
• Atmel AVR family
• AVR32

References External links

• Atmel Corporate Site
• Atmel AVR third party site