ATMI's Emosyn Unit Opens New European Headquarters Advanced Smart Card Solutions From Offices in Witney, Oxfordshire, UK.DANBURY, Conn. and OXFORDSHIRE, U.K.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1999--Emosyn, the fabless semiconductor division of ATMI ATMI American Textile Manufacturers Institute ATMI Association for Technology in Music Instruction ATMI Advanced Technology Materials, Inc. ATMI Application-to-Transaction Manager Interface ATMI According to My Information ATMI Atm Interface Unit , Inc. (Nasdaq: ATMI), today announced the opening of its European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. headquarters in Witney, Oxfordshire, UK to spearhead its expansion strategy into Europe's smart card market. Dee Winton joins Emosyn as European Customer Service Manager. These moves support Emosyn's plans to bring to market a new generation of semiconductor devices aimed at the high-growth market for smart card integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. (ICs). Emosyn's new office will handle sales of the Rania(tm) development tools and the products announced in the alliance with Xicor which develops non-volatile in-the-system memory products - for the smart card market. The Rania development tools enable rapid software development and testing. This sets the stage for the expected launch later this year of the Theseus(tm) family of semiconductor products - being developed jointly by Emosyn and Swatch Group's EM Microelectronics microelectronics, branch of electronic technology devoted to the design and development of extremely small electronic devices that consume very little electric power. , of Marin, Switzerland. The Theseus family of ICs is designed to extend the envelope of existing technologies in density, speed, power, and memory flexibility. Grahame Lucas, Emosyn Director of Sales - Europe, said, "With the opening of our European headquarters, we are able to meet the expanding need for advanced smart card solutions. We have ambitious plans for 1999 and 2000, and we are committed to providing support for our European partners and customers that is second to none. We're also delighted to welcome Dee Winton to Emosyn - she will play an invaluable role in our expansion strategy." Dee will work alongside Grahame Lucas and Phil Barnett, Director of Product Marketing. She will handle sales of Swatch Group's EM Microelectronics products, and the memory-based smart card-related IC products from Xicor. Dee started as a chip layout designer with Plessey Semiconductors, progressing into sales and distribution of semiconductor components. Her previous position - as Product Marketing manager within Delta Impact, a respected UK components distributor - brings a wealth of experience to the expanding Emosyn team. A smart card is a computer in a credit card. Incorporating similar logic, memory, and programming circuitry, these ICs are able to compute To perform mathematical operations or general computer processing. For an explanation of "The 3 C's," or how the computer processes data, see computer. , process, store, and recognize information in a secure, highly portable package. Multifunctional ultra-low power circuit design and fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. are regarded as key strategic factors for success in this fast-growing market. Emosyn, an ATMI Venture, is a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. , focusing on smart card IC devices. ATMI provides products and services for semiconductor device manufacture through its Materials and Technologies units. ATMI Materials includes ADCS ADCS Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study ADCS Automated Data Capture System ADCS Attitude Determination and Control System ADCS Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem ADCS Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff ADCS Army Dental Care System thin film materials and delivery systems, NovaSource sub-atmospheric gas delivery systems, and NOW high-purity materials packaging systems. ATMI Technologies includes EcoSys environmental equipment, Epitronics thin film deposition Placing thin films of material onto metal, ceramic or semiconductor substrates. See sputtering. services, Emosyn smart card solutions, and other ATMI ventures. Emosyn Europe is located at Spinners Spinners can refer to:
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