Uniqueness and elegance of design Robustness and fault tolerance of the controlling software How fast the robot can complete a defined task Accuracy of defined task ...

Atmel Corp. today announced a three-year agreement in Europe to develop the next generation of ICs dedicated to space applications. Atmel, which has a major aerospace-IC program based in Nantes, ...

Just last week, there was considerable speculation that Microchip would buy Atmel. The deal wasn’t done, and there was precedent that this deal wouldn’t happen – earlier this year, Dialog made an ...

Atmel Corp., which has operated a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Colorado Springs since 1989, passed into the history books Monday when it was acquired by Arizona-based Microchip Technology Inc.

[Bogdan] makes a good point. When you use a dev board you get programming, debugging, power sourcing, and usually a UART. When you go to the trouble of hooking up a programmer why don’t you get the ...

(Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Atmel Corp said it considered Microchip Technology Inc's $3.42 billion cash-and-stock proposal superior to an offer from Dialog Semiconductor Plc. Atmel said on Wednesday ...