Founded in 1984, Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of  microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components.  Atmel ICs are focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications,   computing and automotive markets. Atmel is the first 8- bit flash MCU manufacturer and has No. 1 in Serial EEPROM selling in the world.