Atmel Corporation was a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers (MCUs), capacitive touch solutions, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and Radio Frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest Intellectual Property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel was able to provide the electronics industry with intelligent and connected solutions focused on the industrial, automotive, consumer, communications and computing markets.
Microchip Technology, Inc. announced the acquisition of Atmel on January 19, 2016. The merger was completed in July 2016.
