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Atmel Announces That Sirenza Microdevices Surpasses 100 Million Shipped Units of High-Performance RF Products Manufactured in Atmel's SiGe Technology

Heilbronn, Germany and Broomfield, Colorado (ots/PRNewswire)

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the
development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions and
Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMDI) announced today that
Sirenza has shipped more than 100 million silicon germanium (SiGe)
high-performance RF integrated circuit (IC) products utilizing
Atmel's industry-leading, low cost SiGe semiconductor technology.
Atmel's SiGe HBT process has been manufactured in Heilbronn,
Germany since 1998. The cost efficiency and high-speed performance of
this technology makes it ideal for applications in the area of
telecommunications and high-speed data transfer, e.g., for front-end
design (DECT, CDMA, Bluetooth(R) etc.), 5.8-GHz WLAN, upcoming power
amplifier designs with new requirements (WCDMA, 802.11, Bluetooth
range extension, etc.), optical networking according to OC192 and
higher, and almost any type of wireless and RF components.
Sirenza launched the SGA amplifier IC series in 2000 and was among
the first to market with SiGe products for RF wireless and wireline
products. Sirenza features other leading SiGe RF products, including
modulators, demodulators and mixers. Total unit shipment volume
passed the 100 million mark in the third quarter of 2005.
"Surpassing 100 million units is a significant milestone which
demonstrates Sirenza's volume manufacturing capabilities as well as
the acceptance of SiGe, as the industry standard for wireless
amplification," stated Kin Tan, Sirenza's vice president,
manufacturing and operations. "The popularity of these products
illustrates the RF performance, reliability and price benefits of
SiGe."
"We are proud that Sirenza has chosen Atmel's SiGe technology to
manufacture competitive high-end RF products. Atmel's SiGe technology
has been very successful for Atmel's own IC products as well as for
external foundry customers," said Henrik Gutsch, Atmel's Foundry
Marketing Manager. "And our new SiGe process generation with a
transit frequency of more than 80 GHz allows for even faster data
transfer and thus enables to pave the way for new application areas
such as radar systems with higher frequencies than conventional
radar."
About Atmel
Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of
microcontrollers, 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 complete system
solutions. Focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications,
computing and automotive markets, Atmel ICs can be found Everywhere
You Are(R).
Sirenza Microdevices, Inc.
Headquartered in Broomfield, Colo., with design centers throughout
the U.S., Sirenza Microdevices is a leading designer and an ISO
9001:2000 Quality Management System and ISO 14001:2004 Environmental
Management System certified (registered by QMI) supplier of high
performance radio frequency (RF) components for the commercial
communications and A&D equipment markets. Sirenza's integrated
circuit (IC) and multi-chip module (MCM) product lines include
amplifiers, power amplifiers, transceivers, tuners, discrete devices,
RF signal processing components, signal source components, government
and military specified components, and antennae and receivers for
satellite radio. Detailed product information may be found on
Sirenza's website at http://www.sirenza.com/ .
NOTE: Atmel(R), logo and combinations thereof, Everywhere You
Are(R) and others are registered trademarks or trademarks of Atmel
Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other terms and product names may be
trademarks of others.
Information
Product information on Atmel's SiGe Foundry service may be
retrieved at: http://www.atmel.com/products/SiGeBipolar/ and
http://www.atmel.com/products/SiGeBiCMOS/ .
     Atmel Press Contacts
     Dr. Susanne van Clewe, Marcom Manager Communications and Automotive
     Products
     Phone: +49-7131-67-2081, Email:   susanne.van-clewe@hno.atmel.com
     Clive Over, Director of Press Relations - USA and Asia
     Phone: +1-408-451-2855, Email:   cliveover@atmel.com
     Veronique Sablereau, Corporate Communications Manager - Europe
     Phone: +33-1-30-60-70-68, Fax: +49-7131-67-2423, Email:
      veronique.sablereau@atmel.com
     Sirenza Press Contacts
     Jodi Bochert, Sirenza Microdevices, Inc.
     Phone: +1-303-327-3193, Email:  ir@sirenza.com
     Web site:  http://www.atmel.com
                http://www.sirenza.com

Contact:

Dr. Susanne van Clewe, Marcom Manager Communications and Automotive
Products, +49-7131 67-2081, or susanne.van-clewe@hno.atmel.com, or
Clive Over, Director of Press Relations - USA and Asia, +1 408 451
2855, or cliveover@atmel.com, or Veronique Sablereau, Corporate
Communications Manager - Europe, +33-1-30-60-70-68, or fax,
+49-7131-67-2423, or
veronique.sablereau@atmel.com, all of Atmel Corporation; or Jodi
Bochert of
Sirenza Microdevices, Inc., +1-303-327-3193, or ir@sirenza.com

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