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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17, 2010<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
<I>The Securities Act of 1933</I></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ATMEL CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0051991</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>incorporation or organization)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2325 Orchard Parkway<BR>
San Jose, California 95131<BR>
(Address, including zip code of principal executive offices)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Atmel Corporation 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan<BR>
(Full title of the plan)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Scott Wornow<BR>
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer<BR>
Atmel Corporation<BR>
2325 Orchard Parkway<BR>
San Jose, California 95131<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(408)&nbsp;441-0311<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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<TD align="center"><br>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">25,000,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" colspan="3">$9.95</TD>

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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" colspan="3">$248,750,000</TD>

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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" colspan="3">$17,735.88</TD>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares
of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock that become issuable under the 2010 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan by reason of any dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock outstanding.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee on the basis of 85% of $11.71 per share, the average of the high and low
prices per share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select
Market on December 15, 2010. Pursuant to the 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the purchase price
of the shares registered hereby will be 85% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on
the first or last day of an offering period, whichever is lower.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ATMEL CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation Of Documents By Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents and information previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange
Act&#148;) by Atmel Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009,
filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;1, 2010;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March&nbsp;31,
2010, June&nbsp;30, 2010 and September&nbsp;30, 2010, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2010, August&nbsp;9,
2010 and November&nbsp;9, 2010, respectively;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;29,
2010, February&nbsp;8, 2010, March&nbsp;10, 2010, April&nbsp;28, 2010, May&nbsp;4, 2010, May&nbsp;25, 2010, June&nbsp;28, 2010,
July&nbsp;1, 2010, August&nbsp;4, 2010,  November&nbsp;4, 2010 and
December 13, 2010;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;000-19032), filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;20,
1991 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and including any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the effective date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
registered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents (such documents being referred to as &#147;Incorporated Documents&#148;). &#148;);
provided, however, that the documents listed above or subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering
made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the Commission of the
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall cease to be Incorporated Documents
or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement from and after the filing of such
Annual Report
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement contained herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Scott Wornow, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of the Registrant, has
rendered an opinion stating that the shares of Common Stock registered hereby will be, when issued
and sold in accordance with the Atmel Corporation 2010 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable under the laws of the State of Delaware. As of
December 17, 2010, Mr.&nbsp;Wornow beneficially owned restricted stock units covering 250,000 shares of
the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, none of which were vested as of
December 17, 2010.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), the
Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) provide that (i)&nbsp;the Registrant shall
indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it now exists
or may hereafter be amended, provided, however, that the Registrant shall provide indemnification
with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by one of such persons only if the
proceeding (or part thereof) is authorized by the Registrant&#146;s board of directors, (ii)&nbsp;the
Registrant may, in its discretion, indemnify its employees and agents, (iii)&nbsp;to the fullest extent
permitted by the DGCL, the Registrant shall advance all expenses incurred by its directors and
officers in connection with a legal proceeding (subject to certain exceptions), (iv)&nbsp;the rights
conferred in the Bylaws are not exclusive, (v)&nbsp;the Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or
is or was serving at the Registrant&#146;s request as a director, officer or employee of another company
or enterprise whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such person under the
DGCL and (vi)&nbsp;the Registrant may not retroactively repeal or amend the Bylaws as they relate to
indemnification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as it now exists or
may hereafter be amended, a director shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into agreements to indemnify its directors and officers, in
addition to the indemnification provided for in the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws. These agreements, among other things, indemnify the Registrant&#146;s
directors and officers for certain expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, judgments, fines and
settlement amounts incurred by any such person in any action or proceeding, including any action by
or in the right of the Registrant, arising out of such person&#146;s services as a director or officer
of the Registrant, any subsidiary of the Registrant or any other company or enterprise to which the
person provides services at the request of the Registrant.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has purchased liability insurance for its officers and directors as permitted
by the Bylaws and the DGCL.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with
the Commission on February&nbsp;8, 2010).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission
on April&nbsp;14, 2009).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of counsel as to the legality of the securities being registered.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see page 4).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;25,
2010).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on this 17  day of
December, 2010.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>ATMEL CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/  Stephen Cumming</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Stephen Cumming&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President Finance and<br>
Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Steven Laub, Stephen Cumming and Scott Wornow, and each of them acting
individually, as his attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed on this 17  day of December, 2010 by the following persons in the capacities
indicated:
</DIV>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="60%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Steven Laub</DIV>Steven Laub
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (<I>principal executive officer</I>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;Stephen Cumming</DIV>Stephen Cumming
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer (<I>principal financial officer</I>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;David McCaman</DIV>David McCaman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President Finance and Chief Accounting Officer (<I>principal accounting officer)</I></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;Tsung-Ching Wu</DIV>Tsung-Ching Wu
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President, Office of the President and Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;David Sugishita</DIV>David Sugishita
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;Papken Der Torossian</DIV>Papken Der Torossian
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;Jack L. Saltich</DIV>Jack L. Saltich</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles Carinalli
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Charles Carinalli</div></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;Dr. Edward Ross
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dr. Edward Ross</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
February&nbsp;8, 2010).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on April&nbsp;14, 2009).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of counsel as to the legality of the securities being registered.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see page 4).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;25,
2010).</TD>
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Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
ATMEL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
77-0051991
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
2325 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, California 95131
(Address, including zip code of principal executive offices)
Atmel Corporation 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Scott Wornow
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Atmel Corporation
2325 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, California 95131
(Name and address of agent for service)
(408) 441-0311
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities
to be
Price
Offering
Registration
to be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Price
Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
25,000,000 shares
$9.95
$248,750,000
$17,735.88
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares
of the Registrant's Common Stock that become issuable under the 2010 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan by reason of any dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock outstanding.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee on the basis of 85% of $11.71 per share, the average of the high and low
prices per share of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select
Market on December 15, 2010. Pursuant to the 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the purchase price
of the shares registered hereby will be 85% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on
the first or last day of an offering period, whichever is lower.
ATMEL CORPORATION
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part I of Form S-8.
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation Of Documents By Reference.
The following documents and information previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act") by Atmel Corporation (the "Registrant") are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009,
filed with the Commission on March 1, 2010;
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31,
2010, June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2010, filed with the Commission on May 7, 2010, August 9,
2010 and November 9, 2010, respectively;
(c) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 29,
2010, February 8, 2010, March 10, 2010, April 28, 2010, May 4, 2010, May 25, 2010, June 28, 2010,
July 1, 2010, August 4, 2010,  November 4, 2010 and
December 13, 2010;
(d) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-19032), filed with the Commission on February 20,
1991 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and including any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description;
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the effective date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
registered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents (such documents being referred to as "Incorporated Documents"). ");
provided, however, that the documents listed above or subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering
made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the Commission of the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall cease to be Incorporated Documents
or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement from and after the filing of such
Annual Report
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement contained herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Scott Wornow, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of the Registrant, has
rendered an opinion stating that the shares of Common Stock registered hereby will be, when issued
and sold in accordance with the Atmel Corporation 2010 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable under the laws of the State of Delaware. As of
December 17, 2010, Mr. Wornow beneficially owned restricted stock units covering 250,000 shares of
the Registrant's Common Stock, none of which were vested as of
December 17, 2010.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), the
Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws (the "Bylaws") provide that (i) the Registrant shall
indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it now exists
or may hereafter be amended, provided, however, that the Registrant shall provide indemnification
with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by one of such persons only if the
proceeding (or part thereof) is authorized by the Registrant's board of directors, (ii) the
Registrant may, in its discretion, indemnify its employees and agents, (iii) to the fullest extent
permitted by the DGCL, the Registrant shall advance all expenses incurred by its directors and
officers in connection with a legal proceeding (subject to certain exceptions), (iv) the rights
conferred in the Bylaws are not exclusive, (v) the Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or
is or was serving at the Registrant's request as a director, officer or employee of another company
or enterprise whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such person under the
DGCL and (vi) the Registrant may not retroactively repeal or amend the Bylaws as they relate to
indemnification.
As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Registrant's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as it now exists or
may hereafter be amended, a director shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.
The Registrant has entered into agreements to indemnify its directors and officers, in
addition to the indemnification provided for in the Registrant's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws. These agreements, among other things, indemnify the Registrant's
directors and officers for certain expenses, including attorney's fees, judgments, fines and
settlement amounts incurred by any such person in any action or proceeding, including any action by
or in the right of the Registrant, arising out of such person's services as a director or officer
of the Registrant, any subsidiary of the Registrant or any other company or enterprise to which the
person provides services at the request of the Registrant.
The Registrant has purchased liability insurance for its officers and directors as permitted
by the Bylaws and the DGCL.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Commission on February 8, 2010).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission
on April 14, 2009).
5.1
Opinion of counsel as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (see page 4).
99.1
2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 25,
2010).
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Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement.
Provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on this 17  day of
December, 2010.
ATMEL CORPORATION
By:
/s/  Stephen Cumming
Stephen Cumming
Vice President Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Steven Laub, Stephen Cumming and Scott Wornow, and each of them acting
individually, as his attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed on this 17  day of December, 2010 by the following persons in the capacities
indicated:
Signature
Title
/s/ Steven Laub
Steven Laub
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (
principal executive officer
)
/s/ Stephen Cumming
Stephen Cumming
Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer (
principal financial officer
)
/s/ David McCaman
David McCaman
Vice President Finance and Chief Accounting Officer (
principal accounting officer)
/s/ Tsung-Ching Wu
Tsung-Ching Wu
Executive Vice President, Office of the President and Director
/s/ David Sugishita
David Sugishita
Director
/s/ Papken Der Torossian
Papken Der Torossian
Director
/s/ Jack L. Saltich
Jack L. Saltich
Director
/s/ Charles Carinalli
Director
Charles Carinalli
/s/ Dr. Edward Ross
Director
Dr. Edward Ross
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
February 8, 2010).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 14, 2009).
5.1
Opinion of counsel as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (see page 4).
99.1
2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 25,
2010).
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