This week we talked with Atmel about their new WiFi solutions targeting Internet of Things applications. Back in 2012, Atmel acquired Ozmo, a company focused on point-to-point WiFi solutions using ...

Last week, Microchip Technology and On Semiconductor made an unsolicited bid to buy troubled Atmel Corp. for $5 a share or $2.3 billion in cash. The deal would carve Atmel up into three pieces ...

Shares of Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) were unchanged at $41.70 ahead of Wednesday's opening bell following the company's announcement that it has agreed to acquire Atmel Corporation ...

Leading microcontroller and touch solutions provider Atmel Corporation ATML announced the sale of its XSense touch sensor assets to UniPixel, Inc. UNXL. UniPixel has paid initial consideration in ...

Dialog Semiconductor PLC announced a $4.6 billion cash-and-stock deal to buy Atmel Corp., the latest sign that chip makers are betting on a technology trend called the Internet of Things.

A few years back Atmel announced a new line of chips, the XMega series. We see the name bouncing around here and there, but when [Michael Kleinigger] mentioned that he’s seen very few project ...

Microchip Technology Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to buy Atmel Corp. for about $3.56 billion in a cash and stock deal that ends a bidding war for Atmel. Atmel had been courted since September ...

Atmel has just announced that its highly anticipated maXTouch mXT224 capacitive touchscreen controller chip is now ready for production release. Atmel representatives are positively bubbling with ...

"Traditional touch sensors are typically brittle and may crack, not allowing it to bend," Atmel's Global Communications Manager Agnes Toan told ExtremeTech. "Atmel XSense is very flexible ...

Chip maker Atmel Corp. said its board fired its longtime chief executive and chairman, who responded by moving to oust the directors involved. The company said George Perlegos, 55 years old ...