Atmel Announces Preliminary Revenue and Earnings Results for 1Q'01.Business Editors SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2001 Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) today announced that revenues for the first quarter ending March 31, 2001 are projected to be approximately $525 million, which is approximately flat with the third quarter of 2000, and up 22% from the first quarter of 2000. Earnings for the first quarter of 2001 are estimated to be approximately $0.12 per share. George Perlegos, Atmel's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Given the current business environment, we believe that Q2 sales will be slightly lower on a sequential basis, in the mid-single digit range. However, with our broad product portfolio, we believe that growth in our business should resume for Q3 and Q4 of 2001. We will provide more detailed information on our quarterly results and on our outlook for the remainder of the year, during our first quarter conference call, scheduled for Thursday, April 19, 2001, at 3:00 pm Pacific Time." About Atmel Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. with principal manufacturing facilities in Colorado Springs, Colorado The City of Colorado Springs is the second most populous city (after Denver) in the state of Colorado and the 48th most populous city in the United States.[4] The city is the county seat of El Paso County. , Grenoble, Nantes and Rousset, France and Heilbronn, Germany, Irving, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to , and North Tyneside North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear in the North East of England. Its seat is at the Town Hall, Wallsend. Created in 1974, the borough lies within the historic county boundaries of Northumberland. , England. Atmel designs, manufactures and markets on a worldwide basis advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory See non-volatile memory. , and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also a leading provider of system-level integration semiconductor solutions using advanced CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. , BiCMOS, BiPolar and SiGe process technologies. Atmel product and financial information can be retrieved from its Fax-on Demand service. In North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. call 800/292-8635. Internationally from a fax phone, dial 408/441-0732. Requests may be sent via e-mail to literature@atmel.com or by visiting Atmel's website at http://www.atmel.com. Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release are forward looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including the impact of competitive products and pricing, timely design acceptance by our customers, timely introduction of new technologies, ability to ramp new products into volume, industry wide shifts in supply and demand for semiconductor products, industry overcapacity, effective and cost efficient utilization of manufacturing capacity, financial stability in foreign markets, ability to integrate and manage acquisitions, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Atmel's SEC reports and filings. |
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