Atmel Corporation

Atmel Corporation is listed on NASDAQ (ATML). You should read the following discussion in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and the related Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, and Financial Statements and Supplementary Data included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, particularly statements regarding our outlook for fiscal 2005 and our expectations regarding the effects of exchange rates. Our actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, risks and uncertainties, including the risk factors set forth in this discussion, especially under the caption Trends, Uncertainties and Risks, and elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

ATMI Inc.

ATMI Inc. is listed on NASDAQ (ATMI). ATMI is a leading supplier of materials, materials delivery systems and high-purity materials packaging products used worldwide in the manufacture of semiconductor devices. ATMI specifically targets the front-end semiconductor materials market. This market includes the processes used to convert a bare silicon wafer into a fully functional wafer that contains many copies of a semiconductor device or chip. To complete the manufacturing process, this functional wafer is taken through a back-end manufacturing process that includes wafer dicing into chips, packaging and testing. ATMI's customers include many of the leading semiconductor manufacturers in the world. ATMI has further refined its market focus to target specialty materials used in front-end semiconductor manufacturing. These specialty materials are applied in eight key process steps that are used repetitively to add functionality to a silicon wafer.

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