Digi-Key Corporation Named Atmel's Distributor of the Year for 2007

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota - June 10, 2008 — Digi-Key Corporation, a leading worldwide distributor of electronic components, has been awarded Atmel Corporation's (NASDAQ: ATML) prestigious Distributor of the Year Award for outstanding performance in 2007. A presentation was made at Atmel's annual sales conference.

Digi-Key Corporation focuses on providing customers with superior service in terms of product selection, product availability, on-time delivery, and responsiveness. Using streamlined processes and state-of-the-art technologies, Digi-Key serves a global economy from its single 600,000 square foot facility in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.

About the award, Digi-Key President and COO Mark Larson said, "We are very honored to receive Atmel's Distributor of the Year Award. Both companies are customer-focused and committed to quality, making Digi-Key and Atmel a good match. An award that recognizes the dedication and hard work of Digi-Key's employees in serving our mutual customers is greatly appreciated."

"Digi-Key is not only our fastest growing distributor, but their success in supplying the engineering community with a record number of design and development tools is truly an indicator of why they were chosen for this award," said Dave Esto, senior director of Americas distribution for Atmel.

Atmel Corporation is a global leader in researching, designing, manufacturing and marketing advanced semiconductors, including microcontroller, nonvolatile memory, logic, secure, mixed analog/digital, radio frequency and sensor integrated circuits (ICs). These functions are marketing as standard products aimed at a wide range of applications for many customers.

About Digi-Key Corporation

One of the world's fastest growing distributors of electronic components, Digi-Key has earned its reputation as an industry leader through its total commitment to service and performance. As a full-service provider of both prototype/design and production quantities of electronic components, Digi-Key has been ranked #1 for Overall Performance for 16 consecutive years from among the nation's more than 200 distributors (EE Times Distribution Study/ May 2007). Offering more than a million products from over 400 quality name-brand manufacturers Digi-Key's commitment to inventory is unparalleled. Access to the company's broad product offering is available 24/7 at Digi-Key's top-rated website, www.digikey.com.

SOURCE: Digi-Key Corporation
06/11/2008