About Atmel Corporation

Atmel Corporation, founded in 1984, is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing of advanced semiconductors, including advanced logic, nonvolatile memory, mixed signal and RF integrated circuits.

Atmel is one of the elite new companies capable of integrating dense nonvolatile memory, logic and analog functions on a single chip. Atmel chips are manufactured using the most advanced wafer processes, including BiCMOS, CMOS and Silicon Germanium (SiGe) technologies.

Atmel Corporation is a global leader in researching, designing, manufacturing and marketing advanced semiconductors, including microcontroller, nonvolatile memory, logic, secure, mixed analog/digital, radio frequency and sensor integrated circuits (ICs). These functions are marketed as standard products (aimed at a wide range of applications for many customers), ASSPs (a single application for a limited number of customers) and ASICs (implementing a specific application for a single customer). Atmel ICs are fabricated in its own manufacturing facilities using its proprietary industry-leading process technologies that are fine-tuned to the requirements of its products and customers. This gives Atmel's customers flexibility of choice in terms of matching device performance to their product requirements, time-to-market, development cost and unit price in volume. Through its network of R&D, design, manufacturing, engineering, sales and distribution facilities in over 60 countries, Atmel is committed to a customer-oriented approach. By ensuring the timely introduction and total lifecycle support of its customers' products, Atmel enables its customers to lead the markets they serve with electronic products that offer more advanced functionality, while being smaller and less expensive than ever before. Consequently, companies that drive global innovation choose Atmel. Atmel maintains its competitive edge in process technology evolution and product innovation by means of an on-going program of research and development, undertaken in collaboration with leading universities and key clients.

About West Coast Engineering

For over 23 years, West Coast Engineering (WCE) has been supplying electronics to OEMs, CEMs and distributors worldwide. Located in Hawthorne California, near the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), West Coast Engineering has established itself as a premier independent distributor specializing in providing electronic components for the military, aeronautical, medical, automotive and commercial manufacturing industries. Atmel Corporation is one of the hundreds of manufacturers that WCE carries on its linecard.

WCE has the techology and resources to handle any size transaction, no matter how big or small.

Quick Facts

• Founded: 1984
• Headquarters: Hawthorne, CA
• Other Locations: Futain, Shenzhen ▪ China PRC ▪ Brazil

West Coast Engineering is committed to providing the highest quality service to customers with its large diverse inventory stocked in its ISO9001:2000 and ESD compliant 70,000 sq. ft. warehouse. Year after year, West Coast Engineering has been considered a top independent distributor because of its principled reputation built on longstanding relationships with a dedicated customer base.

WCE's strategies differ from any other independent distributors. Listed below are some of the added measures that WCE takes to make sure that OEMs, CEMs and distributors have peace of mind when placing orders for electornic components, selling excess inventory, forming strategic alliances, and purchasing RoHS or
non-RoHS parts.