Notable News
March 25, 1998
NEW GENERATION OF SOUND SYNTHESIS / PROCESSING ICs NOW
he new ICs SAM9707, SAM9703, SAM9713, SAM9733 are now available in quantities. Please contact your Sales Office for pricing.
December 15, 1997
DREAM INTRODUCES NEXT GENERATION OF SOUND SYNTHESIS / PROCESSING ICs
REAM introduces four new integrated circuits dedicated to digital sound synthesis and digital sound processing. All these ICs use ATMEL 0.5 micron three level metal technology and are software compatible with the SAM9407 and SAM9503.
Samples will be available in December 1997, production is scheduled for Q1 1998.
These new products are :
- SAM9707, replacement for SAM9407, for use in PC high quality sound cards
- SAM9703, replacement for SAM9503, for use in high quality karaoke systems
- SAM9713, low cost karaoke systems
- SAM9733, low cost keyboards
October 2, 1997
ATMEL AND CRYSTAL SEMICONDUCTOR SETTLE COPYRIGHT LAWSUIT WITH ROLAND CORPORATION U.S.
AN JOSE, CA, October 2, 1997.... ATMEL Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the settlement of a copyright and trademark lawsuit filed by Roland Corporation U.S. against ATMEL Corporation, Atmel's French subsidiary, DREAM, S.A., and Crystal Semiconductor. Crystal was a customer of DREAM and ATMEL with respect to the products at issue.
nder the settlement, ATMEL, DREAM and Crystal have acknowledged the validity of Roland's copyright in its digital sound recordings. The settlement permits DREAM to sell into the worldwide karaoke, sound card, PC and multimedia markets its existing line of Roland's GS format compliant products. DREAM has also received an option to license genuine Roland sound recordings for use in new products. It is anticipated that DREAM will exercise that option for its next generation of products, which are required under the terms of the settlement to be compliant with Roland's GS format for midi applications. DREAM's line of products include digital signal processors (DSPs), which are specifically adapted for sound synthesis and are sold in conjunction with read- only memory chips, capturing the Roland sound recordings.
he financial terms of the settlement are confidential and were not
disclosed. Dennis Houlihan, President of Roland Corporation U.S. commented: "We are very pleased to have resolved this litigation in a constructive manner. We appreciate that ATMEL, DREAM and Crystal have acknowledged the validity of Roland's copyright, and we look forward to
our new relationship with DREAM, which enables Roland to broaden the market for its sound recordings and to promote its GS format for midi devices to non-traditional musical instrument markets such as karaoke and sound cards."
eorge Perlegos, President and Chief Executive Officer of ATMEL Corporation stated: "ATMEL and DREAM look forward to using their advanced technology in chip design to establish Roland's GS formatted sounds as the unquestioned standard in karaoke and multi-media applications."
oland Corporation U.S. is headquartered in Los Angeles, and is a
subsidiary of Roland Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of electronic and digital musical instruments. ATMEL Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, California, with additional manufacturing facilities in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Rousset, France. DREAM, S.A. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ATMEL-ES2, and is located in Semur-en-Auxois, France. ATMEL designs, develops, manufactures and markets on a worldwide basis a broad line of complex logic and memory integrated circuits.
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