Atmel® Corporation, a global leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions and Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC), a world leader in fingerprint verification solutions, announced the two companies are jointly bringing the world’s best capacitive touchscreens and touch fingerprint area sensor technology to smart devices.

There are many synergies between fingerprint and touchscreens and the two companies see strong opportunities to co-develop and merge their solutions to provide intelligent user interfaces.

In this collaboration, Atmel and FPC bring Atmel’s award-winning maXTouch® technologies and market-leading FPC family of fingerprint sensors into an enhanced, cohesive solution for a secure and flawless user experience.

As mobile devices become an integral part of the digital lifestyle and grow to encompass everything from mobile banking to household security, emails to remote database access and more, consumers are demanding ever-more sophisticated features from a flawless touchscreen user interface to robust and convenient security options such as fingerprint-based user verification.

The joint integration accelerates an OEM’s time-to-market by bringing must-have high-performance security and user interface solutions from two leading providers.

"Biometric fingerprint security is the next leap towards a more differentiated touchscreen device in the era of the Internet of Things where more secure, smart and connected devices are powering the world," said Stan Swearingen, Sr. Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Atmel Corporation.