Atmel is claiming improvements in power management as well. The module can run straight from a battery at 1.8 V to 3.3 V without external regulation, and has a deep sleep current of 5 nA.

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… ...

Last week, Microchip and On Semi. made an unsolicited bid to buy troubled Atmel Corp. for $2.3 billion in cash. The deal would carve Atmel up into three pieces, spelling the end for the 24-year ...

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 ...

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.

UniPixel, Inc. , a designer of Performance Engineered Films™ for the touch screen, flexible printed electronics and display markets, has acquired, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Uni-Pixel ...

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 CEO Steve Laub estimated in May that the market for XSense and other touchscreen sensors at nearly $5 billion. Much of the market for XSense will come from displacing technology now used in ...

Atmel (ATML) announced the sale of its sale of XSense touch sensor assets to UniPixel (UNXL). The transaction will integrate two touch screen technologies based on roll-to-roll manufacturing.

Atmel laid off 245 employees at the plant in December and shut down for 11 days beginning Dec. 24 as part of a companywide restructuring program that affected 11 percent of its 6,800 employees ...