Atmel | SMART ARM Cortex-M7-based MCU Family Wins Silver Stevie Award in 2015 International Business Awards

Winners to Be Celebrated on October 23rd in Toronto, Canada at a Gala Banquet

San Jose, CA, September 21, 2015 - Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch solutions, was named the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award for the Atmel | SMART ARM® Cortex®-M7-based MCU Family in the Hardware - Semiconductor or Other Electronic Component category in The 12th Annual International Business Awards.
The International Business Awards are the world"s premier business awards program. All individuals and organizations worldwide - public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small - are eligible to submit nominations. The 2015 IBAs received entries from more than 60 nations and territories.

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word "crowned," the awards will be presented to winners at a gala awards banquet at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto, Canada on October 23, 2015.

More than 3,700 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Company of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Startup of the Year, Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year, and Executive of the Year, among others. Atmel won in the Best New Product or Service of the Year category for Hardware - Semiconductor or Other Electronic Component.

Due to the superior high performance of the MCUs and first industry sample availability, judges selected the Atmel | SMART ARM Cortex®-M7-based MCUs for the Silver Stevies Award. Atmel"s SAM E70 and SAM S70 series deliver a robust memory and connectivity feature set, along with extensive software and third party support, enabling next-generation industrial, consumer and IoT designers the ability to differentiate their applications in a demanding market. These MCUs allow customers to scale-up performance, SRAM and system functionality, while keeping the Cortex-M class ease-of-use and maximizing software reuse and delivering both high performance and power efficiency.

Stevie Award winners were determined by the average scores of more than 200 executives worldwide who participated in the judging process from May through early August.

"The IBAs grow in stature and renown every year, and with that the number and quality of entries increases," said Michael Gallagher, President and Founder of the Stevie Awards. "This year"s judges were treated to more than 3,700 stories of success and achievement around the world. We thank the judges for their time and feedback, and we congratulate the Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie winners whom we"ll celebrate in Toronto in October."

Details about The International Business Awards and the lists of Stevie Award winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in six programs: The International Business Awards, The American Business Awards, the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.

More Information
Atmel | SMART MCUs: www.atmel.com/arm/default.aspx
Atmel YouTube Channel: www.atmel.com/youtube
Embedded Design Blog: http://blog.atmel.com
Twitter: www.atmel.com/twitter
LinkedIn: www.atmel.com/linkedin
Facebook: www.atmel.com/facebook

About Atmel
Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers, capacitive touch solutions, 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 intelligent and connected solutions focused on the industrial, consumer, communications, computing and automotive markets.

Firmenkontakt
Atmel Corporation
Birgit Fuchs-Laine
Prinzregentenstraße 79
81675 München
089-417761-13
atmel@lucyturpin.com
http://www.atmel.com

Pressekontakt
Lucy Turpin Communications
Birgit Fuchs-Laine
Prinzregentenstraße 79
81675 München
089 417761-13
atmel@lucyturpin.com
http://www.lucyturpin.com

Keywords: Atmel