Microchip's deal for Atmel would create a strong #3 in the microcontroller space and give MCHP the opportunity to create a strong leveragable business with a deeper moat. Atmel's operating ...

In a letter sent Wednesday to Steven Sanghi, chairman, president, and CEO of Microchip, and to Keith Jackson, president and CEO of ON Semi, Atmel President and CEO Steven Laub said: “Atmel's board ...

Atmel said with Microchip's withdrawal it will focus exclusively on its transformation plan. “Atmel’s substantial microcontroller revenue growth, market share gains and gross profit improvement ...

Microchip Technology, the Chandler-based microcontroller producer, is giving up its efforts to acquire rival Atmel Corp. This week the local company said it has given up any attempt at a hostile ...

Microchip is an interesting and somewhat unique company. While most technology startups are founded by techies with a vision, Microchip came about when a group of venture capitalists bought General ...

Microchip Technology Inc. said it agreed to buy Atmel Corp. in a transaction valued at $3.56 billion, ending a bidding war amid record semiconductor industry consolidation.

Microchip Technology Inc. and On Semiconductor Corp. made an unsolicited offer to buy chip maker Atmel Corp. for $2.3 billion and split the assets. The companies would pay $5 a share, 52% more ...

Microchip Technology and On Semiconductor have made a $2.3 billion bid for semiconductor maker Atmel Corp., the companies announced Thursday. Atmel designs and manufactures microcontrollers ...

Atmel Corp. blasts Microchip Technology's decision to field an alternate slate of directors to its board, as the bitter merger battle between the two chip makers flares up once again.

The MPLAB Snap with resistor mod may be just that middle ground between an Atmel-ICE and reverse-engineered OSS projects. (Featured image: MPLAB Snap resistor mod illustrated, from Microchip ETN #36) ...

Chipmakers Microchip Technology Inc <MCHP.O> and ON Semiconductor Corp <ONNN.O> have jointly made an unsolicited offer to buy rival Atmel Corp <ATML.O> for $2.3 billion, seeking to battle slowing ...

Microchip noted its acquisition of Atmel values the company at $3.56 billion. Microchip added that the transaction will be immediately accretive to its non-GAAP earnings per share.