An acquisition was widely expected after the CEO delayed his retirement, and shareholders appear to be getting a good deal. Shares sank last week on a report that China Electronics was in talks to buy ...

(Reuters) - Microchip Technology Inc (MCHP.O) is the semiconductor manufacturer which made the $3.8 billion unsolicited offer for peer Atmel Corp (ATML.O) that was disclosed last week, a person ...

Atmel's XSense technology made its debut way back in April of 2012, but today ASUS became the first big name gadget maker to commit to using the tech -- pledging to put it in an unnamed next-gen ...

The touchscreen microcontroller specialist enjoyed some time in the sun for a while in 2010 and 2011 as it scored handfuls of design wins powering the touchscreens of many a Google (NAS: GOOG) Android ...

Touchscreen chipmaker Atmel Corporation (ATML) concluded the Newport Media acquisition in a strategic endeavor to increase its footprint in the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) market. The microcontroller ...

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: Its ...

Just last week, there was considerable speculation that Microchip would buy Atmel. The deal wasn’t done, and there was precedent that this deal wouldn’t happen – earlier this year, Dialog made an ...

Atmel Corp., which has operated a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Colorado Springs since 1989, passed into the history books Monday when it was acquired by Arizona-based Microchip Technology Inc.

Tower's 0.18-Micron Technology Will Be Used in Atmel's Next-Generation CMOS Image Sensor Products SAN JOSE, Calif. & MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2005--Atmel® Corporation, a global ...

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 ...

Three months ago, things were looking down for chipmaker Atmel (NASDAQ: ATML). A shallow outlook, slow sales, and the uncertain future of Microsoft's (MSFT-0.43%) Windows 8 devices, and declining ...