Atmel Corporation to Present at Credit Suisse First Boston 2002 Annual Technology Conference.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Conference

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2002

Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) announced today that the Company will present to the investment community on December 6, 2002 at 9:30 a.m. MST as part of the Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Conference in Scottsdale, AZ.

Investors are invited to access the presentation at www.atmel.com. This webcast of Atmel's presentation will be available live on the date we have provided and archived for one week.

About Atmel

Founded in 1984, is headquartered in San Jose, California with manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe. Atmel designs, manufactures and markets worldwide, advanced logic, mixed signal, nonvolatile memory and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also a leading provider of system-level integration semiconductor solutions using CMOS, BiCMOS, SiGe, and high-voltage BCDMOS process technologies.

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