article_snippet.sent: Earlier this week Atmel released Atmel latest  microcontrollers (MCUs) for a variety of gadgets that are so low power they can harvest energy from a person's body.
article_snippet.sent: its latest  microcontrollers (MCUs) are part of Atmel's 32-bit ARM-based MCU range and are powered by chip maker ARM's Cortex M0+ 32-bit processors.
article_snippet.sent: A number of Apple devices, including the iPhone 5S and iPad Air are powered by chips based around ARM technology.
article_snippet.sent: Atmel said Atmel MCUs extend 'battery life from years to decades, reducing the number of times batteries need to be changed in devices such as fire alarms, healthcare, medical, wearable, and devices placed in rural, agriculture, offshore and other remote areas.'
article_snippet.sent: Apple use a third of the power of rival chips and tests have shown Apple are the lowest power microprocessor ever made.
article_snippet.sent: The microcontrollers run on the firm's picoPower technology and Atmel's Event System that makes different parts of the device work together to carry out tasks.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this week Atmel released Atmel latest microcontrollers (MCUs) for a variety of gadgets that are so low power they can even harvest energy from a person's body. 
article_snippet.sent: Atmel said Atmel MCUs extend 'battery life from years to decades, reducing the number of times batteries need to be changed in devices' During a demonstration of The microcontrollers at this year's CES, Andreas Eieland, Atmel's director of product marketing demonstrated how this year's CES, Andreas Eieland, Atmel's director of product marketing could power a radio by placing this year's CES, Andreas Eieland, Atmel's director of product marketing hand on a panel.