Atmel Sees Strong Fourth Quarter.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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)--Dec. 1, 2000 Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) commented today that based on October and November results to-date, the fourth quarter remains in line with guidance provided during the company's most recent quarterly earnings conference call. George Perlegos, Atmel's president and chief executive officer, stated, "We see very strong demand for Atmel devices used by a wide variety of products such as digital cameras, fingerprint sensors, wireless LANs for networking products, and secure smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. for e-commerce and PC security applications." "We also see strong market growth for new applications in e-commerce, security and hand-held devices, many of which are wireless. Atmel has the products to meet the needs of our customers in these fast-growing markets, and to expedite time-to market for our customer base," concluded Mr. Perlegos. About Atmel Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. with principal manufacturing facilities in Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo., 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 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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