Editing Atmel (section)

===Streamlining===
Atmel streamlined operations with a strategy called "fab-lite". This started in 2005 when Atmel sold the MHS fab in Nantes France to Xbybus. In February 2006, Steven Laub became a director and in August president and chief executive officer.<ref name="10k" /> Under Laub Atmel divested more manufacturing plants and business lines.<ref name="EBN">EBN (Electronic Buyer News).
[http://www.ebnonline.com/author.asp?section_id=2981&doc_id=261515 "Grading the Chain: Atmel CEO Steven Laub"]</ref> Atmel announced the sale of its North Tyneside facility (Fab9) on October 8, 2007. The manufacturing equipment was sold to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. ([[TSMC]]) and the property and associated land to [[Cobalt Park|Highbridge Business Park Limited]]. In 2008, Atmel sold their fab in Germany to Tejas semiconductor. In 2010, Atmel received approval from the French government to sell its fab to Germany-based LFoundry GmbH, while retaining their design center there.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Sale of Atmel's French fab approved |author= Mark LaPedus |work= EE Times |date= March 1, 2010 |url= http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1173170 |access-date= September 27, 2013 }}</ref> Atmel completed the sale of their Secure Microcontroller Solutions smart card business to INSIDE Secure. In February 2011, Atmel sold its Digital Research in Electronics, Acoustics and Music (DREAM) business, which sold products for karaoke and other entertainment machines, for US$2.3 million. Atmel's [[DataFlash]] serial interface flash memory products were sold to [[Adesto Technologies]] in October 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Adesto buys Atmel serial flash families |author= Peter Clarke |work= EE Times |date= October 1, 2012 |url= http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1262600 |access-date= September 27, 2013 }}</ref>