Microchip Technology

Microchip Technology, based in Chandler, recently said it has completed its acquisition of Atmel Corporation, which produces microcontrollers and touch technology for mobile and non-mobile applications.

Kinesthetic-sensitive displays are now a reality, as Arizona’s Microchip Technology Inc. and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) recently announced a partnership to distribute projected-capacitive touch (PCAP) and 3-D gesture interface modules using Microchip’s GestIC hand-tracking platform.

Audi AG, maker of luxury automobiles, has installed Microchip Technology Inc.’s MOST system into the “virtual cockpit systems” of its newest line of high-end sedans, Microchip, based in Chandler, Arizona, said last week.