Atmel Receives Frost & Sullivan's Technology Innovation Award for FingerChip(R) Biometric Sensor

San Jose, California (ots/PRNewswire) -

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) was recently recognized for
its development of the FingerChip(R) fingerprint sensor technology at
the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Southeast Asia Industrial Technologies
awards presentation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mr. Yang Chiah Yee,
Vice President of Asian Sales for Atmel, accepted the award on behalf
of the Atmel FingerChip team.

Frost & Sullivan based its selection for this award on Atmel's
continuous innovation in its patented fingerprint sensing technology
and sensor solutions that enhances user experience with best-in-class
false rejection performance and best durability. According to Frost &
Sullivan, "This innovation allows for a robust competitively priced
fingerprint swipe chip, which can also maintain a high accuracy
during scanning and imaging. It is as a result of all these endeavors
that Atmel is being recognized as the deserving recipient of the 2008
Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award in the South East Asian
biometrics market."

"We are honored to receive this award from Frost & Sullivan,"
said Mr. Yee. "The dedication of our scientific, design, and
development teams has resulted in an excellent product for the
biometric technology industry that sets the standard for high quality
and reliable fingerprint sensors for the Asian and global markets."

Biometric technology is rapidly gaining momentum in Southeast
Asia, where government agencies and private corporations alike are
developing numerous projects ranging from physical access control to
logical access for laptops and personal digital assistants (PDAs).
Atmel's FingerChip sensor provides a high-quality solution for these
developing markets.

The Atmel FingerChip sensor utilizes a thermal-based technology,
highly sensitive to the slightest variation in fingerprint
topographies, making it uniquely able to provide excellent image
under difficult capture conditions. The technology also offers
industry-leading ESD protection, mechanical robustness and strong
fake finger rejection. Coupled with highly optimized matching engine,
the FingerChip sensor achieves exceptional FAR/FRR performance and
best user experience with minimal memory and processing power
requirements.

About Atmel

Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of
microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory
and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's
broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is
able to provide the electronics industry with complete system
solutions focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications,
computing and automotive markets.

About Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Consulting Company, partners with
clients to accelerate their growth. The company's Growth Partnership
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to create a growth focused culture that generates, evaluates and
implements effective growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan employs over
45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies,
emerging businesses and the investment community from more than 30
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and combinations thereof, FingerChip(R), and others, are registered
trademarks, or trademarks of Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries.
Other terms and product names may be trademarks of others.

Information:

Atmel's FingerChip fingerprint sensor product information may be
retrieved at http://www.atmel.com/products/Biometrics/

Press Contacts:
Nancy Moore, Marketing Communications Manager
Tel: +1-719-540-3262, Email Nancy.Moore@atmel.com
Helen Perlegos, Public Relations
Tel: +1-408-487-2963, Email: hperlegos@atmel.com
Web site: http://www.atmel.com
http://www.frost.com

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Contact:
Nancy Moore, Marketing Communications Manager, +1-719-540-3262,
Nancy.Moore@atmel.com, or Helen Perlegos, Public Relations,
+1-408-487-2963, hperlegos@atmel.com, both of Atmel Corporation