Atmel's CAP Customizable Microcontroller Wins the Electron d'Or Award

Rousset, France (ots/PRNewswire) -

- AT91CAP9S Recognized by Electronique Magazine as Best Product
in Microprocessors and Memories Category

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today that its
AT91CAP9S customizable microcontroller, that uses the ARM926EJ-S(TM)
processor, has been awarded the prestigious Electron d'Or award by
Electronique Magazine, in the category Processors and Memories. The
laureate in each category is determined by an independent jury of
recognized experts in the electronics industry, selected from
products released in the year prior to the award.

Michel Le Lan, Atmel's Marketing Director for ASICs, commented,
"CAP(TM) is a winner. It is an innovative product that satisfies a
growing market need. We are delighted to be recognized by
Electronique Magazine. CAP's success can be measured by the growing
number of design wins and the number of industry awards that it has
won. The Electron d'Or award is the fourth."

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.

(C) 2008 Atmel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Atmel(R), logo
and combinations thereof, and others, are registered trademarks, and
CAP(TM) and others are trademarks of Atmel Corporation or its
subsidiaries. ARM(R) is a registered trademark of ARM Ltd. Other
terms and product names may be trademarks of others.

Information:

Atmel's CAP product information may be retrieved at
http://www.atmel.com/products/at91cap/default.asp

Press Contacts:
Peter Bishop, Communications Manager, Atmel Rousset
Tel: +33-(0)4-42-53-61-50, Email: peter.bishop@atmel.com
Helen Perlegos, Public Relations
Tel: +1-408-487-2963, Email: hperlegos@atmel.com

Web site: http://www.atmel.com

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Contact:
Peter Bishop, Communications Manager, Atmel Rousset,
+33-(0)4-42-53-61-50, peter.bishop@atmel.com, or Helen Perlegos,
Public Relations, +1-408-487-2963, hperlegos@atmel.com, both of Atmel
Corporation