Atmel Corporation - ATML- Profile

Atmel Corporation. The Group's principal activity is to design, develop, manufacture and sell integrated circuit (IC) products. It operates in four segments: Application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), Microcontrollers, Nonvolatile Memories and Radio Frequency (RF) and Automotive. The ASIC segment includes custom ICs designed to meet specialized single-customer requirements. The Microcontrollers segment includes proprietary and standard microcontrollers. The Nonvolatile Memories segment includes serial and parallel interface Flash memories, EEPROMs and EPROMs. The RF and Automotive segment includes radio frequency and analog circuits. The Products are marketed in the communications, computing, consumer electronics, storage, security, automotive, military and aerospace. The Group's international operations are in the United Kingdom, France, Japan, China, Germany and Singapore. Application Specific ICs acctd for 36% of 2005 revs; Nonvolatile Memories, 24%; Microcontrollers, 19% & RF & Automotive, 21%