Atmel no more?

RE: Atmel no more?

clem57 — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:50:12 GMT

A microchip conference writes about PIC programming and hardware. Last sentence adds "... and Atmel too." [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-ec68a22d-15c2-49e3-9990-828271b6731c/contentimage_5F00_938.png:16:16]

Clem

RE: Atmel no more?

dougw — Thu, 26 May 2016 22:41:05 GMT

Microchip was part of a hostile takeover attempt in 2008. I suspect they have considerable work to do to achieve cultural alignment and I hope they don't lose too many key people in the process. Ultimately, it should be a better, bigger, stronger company and I'm sure they are all motivated to get there, but expect a little short term diversion of focus towards meshing the cultures and product lines.

I really like Mircochip low-cost analog chips and Atmel MCU designs, as do lots of others, and I fully expect to get the best of both worlds, even after the dust settles. I don't expect a huge change in prices as there is still lots of competition in their markets, but hopefully the Atmel parts could come down a bit as Cortex M0 is encroaching on their turf.

RE: Atmel no more?

gihu — Thu, 26 May 2016 16:31:25 GMT

I have also read it...

http://www.microchip.com/docs/default-source/announcements-documents/atmel-customer-letter-april-2016.pdf?utm_campaign=M…

The Microchip CEO also talks about the Atmel portfolio in the announcement.

It is been so long since 8051 vs PICs...

RE: Atmel no more?

bodhi_94 — Thu, 26 May 2016 11:37:37 GMT

I think that will not happen... [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-ec68a22d-15c2-49e3-9990-828271b6731c/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]