Editing Atmel (section)

===Acquisitions===
[[File:Atmel-corporate-headquarters San-Jose 2013.jpg|thumb|right|Atmel corporate headquarters in San Jose California]]
As Atmel divested several fabs and ancillary business lines, Laub also oversaw acquisitions. One strategy was to participate in the touch screen market, both in the semiconductor chips and the sensors themselves.  In 2008, Atmel bought [[The Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export) (2007)|Queens Award-winning]] Quantum Research Group Ltd. (now known as Atmel Technologies Ireland Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary), a supplier of capacitive sensing technology.<ref name="Quantum">Bloomberg. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aZmshaMivzH8 "Atmel Completes Acquisition of Quantum Research Group"]</ref> Work done at Quantum, led to the 2012 release of Atmel's XSense product line, a flexible touch screen based on copper mesh electrodes.<ref name="XSense">engadget. [https://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/atmel-xsense-touch-sensor-hands-on/ "Atmel's XSense technology will make curved touchscreens possible (hands-on)"]
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Atmel moved into [[Internet of things]] technology. They completed the acquisition of Advanced Digital Design S.A, a Spanish company that develops [[power line communication]]. Ozmo Devices, which developed products for [[Wi-Fi Direct]], was acquired by Atmel in December 2012. Ozmo was founded in 2004 as H-Stream Wireless by Kateljin Vleugels and Roel Peeters, and was based in [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]], California.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Atmel Wi-Fi buy aimed at Internet of Things |author= Peter Clarke |work= EE Times |date= December 21, 2012 |url= http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1280259 |access-date= September 27, 2013 }}</ref>

In 2012, Atmel had approximately US$1.4 billion in annual revenue, with over 60% of their revenue from microcontrollers, and net income of US$30 million.<ref name="10k">{{Cite web |title= Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 |work= Form 10-K |publisher= US Securities and Exchange Commission |date= February 26, 2013 |url= https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/872448/000087244813000005/atml-201210k.htm |access-date= September 27, 2013 }}</ref>

Atmel purchased the [[smart meter]]ing product lines of [[IDT Corporation]] in March 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Atmel buys IDT's smart metering business |author= Anne Francoise Pele  |work= EE Times |date= March 8, 2013 |url= http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1280565 |access-date= September 27, 2013 }}</ref>

Atmel purchased Newport Media in July 2014. This will provide Atmel further capability in wireless Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Atmel to Acquire Newport Media |work= Atmel press release |date= July 7, 2014 |url= http://ir.atmel.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=857896 |access-date= July 24, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140719092348/http://ir.atmel.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=857896 |archive-date= 2014-07-19 |url-status= dead }}</ref>