http://www.atmel.com/rss/press_feed.xml Atmel Press Releases http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=F2_100304-Atmel TazTag TazCard-FINAL.html&SEC_NAME= EMBEDDED WORLD 2010, NUREMBERG, GERMANY - March 3, 2010 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, and TazTag™, a pioneer in NFC-secured portable products, today announced that TazTag will bring an all-in-one multi-application contactless device with a ZigBee® communication link to market. Thursday, March 04, 2010 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=qtouchcad.htm&SEC_NAME= EMBEDDED WORLD 2010, Nuremberg, Germany, March 2, 2010 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced that the Atmel QTouch Suite will be available with additional functionality to provide third party CAD developers easy access to QTouch® technology. By offering Atmel’s QTouch Suite with CAD software tools, designers will now have an easy approach to add touch buttons, sliders and wheels during schematics, PCB layout design and prototyping stage. In addition, designers can develop low-power applications with touch functionality using any of Atmel’s industry-leading AVR® microcontrollers. Wednesday, March 03, 2010 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=PR_single_key_9-Feb-2010.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, February 9, 2010 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced a new family of single-key touch controllers for the portable device market. This new family offers designers power consumption of below 17 µA for next-generation portable touch devices, including power buttons, hearing devices, consumer toys and proximity sensors. The embedded low-power features in Atmel's new family of single-key touch controllers also enable longer battery life for these portable devices. Tuesday, February 09, 2010 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=PR_xirgo_25-Jan-10.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, January 25, 2010 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) a leader in microcontroller- and touch-based solutions, today announced that Xirgo Technologies, LLC has selected Atmel's Cortex®-M3-based product family for its next-generation enhanced-battery-life asset tracking platform. Xirgo Technologies' existing machine-to-machine communications devices are used by leading companies in automotive insurance, fleet tracking, vehicle financing, and dealer lot inventory verticals. Xirgo is targeting its next-generation platform, designed to address the long battery life requirements of portable tracking solutions, for the emerging cargo and package tracking verticals. Atmel's Cortex-M3-based Flash microcontrollers offer increased processing power and enhanced power efficiency necessary for on-device application support to substantially reduce data transmission costs, while maximizing battery life. Monday, January 25, 2010 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=PR_SAM3U_EETimes_22-Jan-10.html&SEC_NAME= ARM-based microcontroller selected for high-speed USB, firmware protection, differential input ADC and a 1.62-V core voltage for high-end communication Friday, January 22, 2010 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=PR_edn_hot_maxtouch_1-8-10.html&SEC_NAME= Recognition highlights complete system package to manage multiple simultaneous touches Friday, January 08, 2010 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=PR_zigbee_rf4ce_1-7-10.html&SEC_NAME= Enables faster, more reliable RF remotes and provides freedom to operate devices removing 'line-of-sight' barrier of today's infrared remotes Thursday, January 07, 2010 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=pr_wifi.html&SEC_NAME= Agnes Toan, PR Manager Wednesday, December 16, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=pr_sam3s.html&SEC_NAME= SAM3S offers 50 percent performance gain. Hardware and software compatibility preserves investments Tuesday, December 15, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=ces-honoree.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, December 14, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) a leader in touch- and microcontroller-based technologies, today announced that it has been named an International CES Innovations 2010 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree for its maXTouch™ mXT224 capacitive touchscreen controller. Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the media to honor outstanding design and engineering in cutting edge consumer electronics products across 36 product categories. Monday, December 14, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=Javan_Starter_Kit_10_21.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, October 21, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), today announced its CryptoAuthentication™ Starter Kit. The AT88CK109STK3 is a modular and versatile development kit for Atmel's CryptoAuthentication™ AT88SA102S and AT88SA100S client security devices and AT88SA10HS host security companion IC. Atmel's CryptoAuthentication devices are the industry's most secure authentication ICs that include an embedded SHA-256 engine and 256-bit cryptographic key to make them virtually impossible to crack using brute force methods. The nearest competing authentication IC has a key size of only 128 bits. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=Li-Ion_Battery_ICs_ATA6870-71_10_7.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, October 7, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced the availability of a new Li-Ion battery management chipset for high-cell-count automotive and industrial applications such as electrical/hybrid vehicles, e-bikes or uninterruptible power supplies. Atmel is currently the only supplier to provide a complete two-chip protection solution including all necessary functionalities with the highest safety level. Wednesday, October 07, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=Car_antenna_ATR4252_10_7.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, October 7, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced the availability of a new active antenna integrated circuit (IC) designed for AM/FM car antenna applications. The new ATR4252 IC provides the industry's highest integration, automatic gain control, supply voltage regulator with overvoltage protection and an antenna sensor. Designers can now develop smaller, high-performance active antenna solutions for applications located in the mirror, bumper, rear or side windows of a car. In addition, the antenna detection functionality is ideal for modern window or glass antennas. The robust IC also addresses other antenna types including window, pole or shark fin antennas with its small 4 x 5 mm footprint. Wednesday, October 07, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=BitCloud_ZigBee_Smart_Energy_9_30.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, September 30, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced that the BitCloud™ ZigBee® PRO stack has been awarded ZigBee Smart Energy product certification. BitCloud Smart Energy offers utility companies a secure, proven and easy-to-use technology for wireless home area networks (HANs) by connecting in-premise devices, such as meters, thermostats and smart appliances, to each other and to wide area energy distribution and control networks. ZigBee Smart Energy enables utility companies and individual homeowners to manage energy usage, control residential peak demand and reduce overall environmental impact. Wednesday, September 30, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=NR_m1284P_9_29.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, September 29, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced the availability of a 128 KB picoPower® megaAVR® microcontroller, targeting size-constrained, low-power applications. The small 44-pin package makes the ATmega1284P ideal for applications such as wireless and ethernet nodes, home automation and other code-intensive battery or signal-line powered products, combined with its ultra-low-power consumption, 128 KB of flash and 16 KB of random access memory (RAM). Tuesday, September 29, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT91SAM9G45_7_27.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, July 27, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the release of the SAM9G45, the first member of a series of 400 MHz ARM926 embedded MPUs that support second generation Dual Data Rate DRAM (DDR2) and are optimized for industrial applications such as building automation, data loggers, POS terminals, alarm systems and medical equipment. Peripherals include EHCI-compliant high-speed USB with on-chip PHy, dual EBI, 10/100 Ethernet MAC, LCD and Touchscreen controller, programmable 1.8 or 3.3 V I/O supply voltage, and a high data bandwidth architecture. Monday, July 27, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT697F_7_21.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, July 21, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today a new radiation-hardened SPARC® processor for space applications, the AT697 Revision F delivering 90 MIPs at 100 MHz over full temperature and voltage ranges for only 0.7W. Tuesday, July 21, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=SAM3U_EK_7_15.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, July 15, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the availability of the SAM3U-EK Evaluation Kit for rapid application development on the industry's first ARM® Cortex® -M3 based Flash microcontroller with high-speed 480 Mbps USB + Phy. In addition to a plug-and-play socket for the high-speed USB device it features a high speed SDIO/SDCard/MMC slot, two UART connectors, a ZigBee® radio header, two analog inputs, audio in- and outputs and a JTAG-ICE debug port. For application development purposes, the SAM3U-EK board contains a 240 x 320 TFT color LCD display with resistive touch-panel and backlight, 3D accelerometer and temperature sensor, potentiometer, on-board 512K x 16-bit PSRAM and 2G-bit x8 or x16 NAND Flash Memories, 12MHz and 32KHz clock sources and a backup battery. Wednesday, July 15, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT88SA100S_7_8.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, July 8, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today its AT88SA100S ultra low-cost, cryptographic battery authentication IC for mobile-phones, cameras, portable power tools, and other battery-powered applications. Wednesday, July 08, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=LIN2_1Certification_7_7.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, July 7, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today that the company has received LIN2.1 certification for its LIN transceiver ATA6662 and LIN System Basis Chip ATA6624. The LIN2.1 physical layer test, which is the basis for LIN certification as defined by the LIN Consortium, was successfully carried out by the LIN-Consortium-certified test house C&S Group, Wolfenbuettel, Germany. Consequently, Atmel's entire LIN product range fully conforms to the worldwide LIN2.1 standard. LIN2.1 conformance enables design engineers to use Atmel's LIN products for all available LIN bus systems ranging from LIN 1.3 to LIN2.0 and LIN 2.1. Designers can re-use existing hardware designs for new LIN2.1 bus systems without modifications. Tuesday, July 07, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT32UC3L_6_22.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, June 22, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the availability of its 32-bit AT32UC3L AVR®32 microcontroller with Atmel's picoPower™ low power technology and embedded capacitive touch controller peripheral. The AT32UC3L is the industry's lowest power 32-bit MCU with less than 0.48 mW/MHz in active mode executing real-life applications. The device is also the first 32-bit microcontroller to feature a built-in capacitive touch interface, making the device suitable in a wide range of embedded applications. The introduction of AT32UC3L expands Atmel's 32-bit MCU portfolio consisting of ARM and AVR32 products. Monday, June 22, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=Atmel_HomeATM_6_15.html&SEC_NAME= Helen Perlegos, Public RelationsTel: (+1) 408 487-2963, Email: helen.perlegos@atmel.com Monday, June 15, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT91SAM9G10_6_9.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, June 9, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the release of its SAM9G10 ARM926EJ-S-based embedded microprocessor. The SAM9G10 is an upgrade to the established SAM9261S embedded microprocessor that pushes the boundaries of performance versus power consumption. The SAM9G10 further extends the performance envelope – it is clocked at 266 MHz, compared to 188 MHz from its predecessor, with a bus frequency of 133 MHz compared to 94 MHz and consuming no more than 100 mW in full power mode. Other significant improvements include: an LCD Controller that is RGB565 compliant whereas the SAM9261S LCDC was IBGR555 compliant; the provision of Schmitt Trigger inputs on all I/O lines; widening the supply voltage range on all PIO lines multiplexed with the External Bus Interface (EBI) to 1.65V to 3.6V, enabling 1.8V NAND Flash memories to be used when other PIOs are powered at 3.3V; enhancing the Multimedia Card Interface to add support for SD Input/Output (SDIO) Cards. The introduction of the SAM9G10 further expands Atmel’s 32-Bit MCU portfolio consisting of ARM and AVR 32 products. Tuesday, June 09, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=QTouch_6_8.html&SEC_NAME= Atmel's complete Development Tools System, available now, makes it easy to develop a reliable high-performance touch application based on the AVR and AVR32 microcontrollers. With the market leading AVR and AVR32 microcontrollers, adding touch functionality to the application is done while still allowing the majority of the microcontroller resources to be used for the application software. "Adding touch capability to the user's application is a unique feature with the QTouch Library which Atmel offers due to the high performance of our microcontrollers. Other industry alternatives use all the microcontroller performance for the touch function, not allowing for any application software to run reliable simultaneously," said Ingar Fredriksen, Atmel's AVR Product Marketing Director. Monday, June 08, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT88SA10HS_6_5.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, June 5, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today a "plug-and-play" CryptoAuthentication host-side IC that allows designers to implement authentication-ready embedded systems, without any knowledge of security protocols or algorithms and without writing any special cryptographic software. When used with Atmel's AT88SA family of CryptoAuthentication ICs and a system microprocessor such as Atmel's AVR® or ARM®, the AT88SA10HS provides a complete, virtually uncrackable authentication system for electronic end-product consumables that include ink cartridges, battery packs, blood bags, breathing tubes, and others. They can also be used to protect end-products from bogus firmware updates and validate software or media modules. Monday, June 01, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT91SAM3U_6_1.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, June 1, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the SAM3U, the industry's first ARM® Cortex™-M3 Flash microcontroller integrating high speed (480 Mbps) USB Device-and-Transceiver, 4-bit 192 Mbps SDIO/SDCard 2.0, 8-bit 384 Mbps MMC 4.3 Host and 48 Mpbs SPI interfaces on-chip. This connectivity, together with the SAM3U's 96 MHz/1.25 DMIPS/MHz operating frequency, makes the SAM3U the unique Cortex-M3 device suited to applications with intensive communications requirements, such high speed gateways in industrial, medical, data processing and consumer applications. The introduction of the SAM3U expands Atmel's 32-Bit MCU portfolio consisting of ARM and AVR32 products. Monday, June 01, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=maXTouch_5_26.html&SEC_NAME= The general release of products based on the new maXTouch technology is scheduled for September 2009, and is already being demonstrated to major OEMs around the world. "The initial reception of those customers who are already designing with the maXTouch technology exceeds our highest expectations," said Vegard Wollan, Managing Director and General Manager of Atmel's Microcontroller Business Unit. "Many of our mobile handset customers have commented that maXTouch clearly provides better performance than any touchscreen phone in the market today and is superior compared to products and technologies currently being offered by other suppliers. In addition, it provides the lowest power consumption and a solution with a significantly smaller form factor than the existing solutions," concluded Vegard Wollan. Tuesday, May 26, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=ATtiny87_5_19.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, May 19, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the availability of a new AVR® 8-bit microcontroller for automotive LIN networking applications. The ATtiny87 is the second device of a LIN-dedicated low pin-count family specially optimized for cost-sensitive LIN slave applications. Tuesday, May 19, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=ATA6616_5_19.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, May 19, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the availability of a new System-in-Package (SiP) solution for LIN automotive networking applications. The ATA6616, featuring maximum integration, is the second member of Atmel's new LIN SiP family. It combines Atmel's LIN System Basis Chip (SBC) ATA6624 - including LIN transceiver, voltage regulator, watchdog - and a member of Atmel's AVR® microcontroller family - the ATtiny87 with 8k Flash memory - in a single package. With this highly integrated solution, customers can create complete LIN nodes using just one IC. Tuesday, May 19, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT88SA102S_RhinoDevKit_5_18.html&SEC_NAME= Availability and PricingThe AT88SA-DK1 Rhino+ CryptoAuthentication development kit is available now through distribution for $19.99. Monday, May 18, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT73C240_5_14.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, May 14, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the release of its AT73C240 Audio Companion IC for portable multimedia applications. Manufactured on Atmel's low-cost mainstream CMOS process, the AT73C240 integrates an audio quality 20-bit Stereo DAC and an up to 1W audio power amplifier. The AT73C240 is ideally suited for portable applications where a high-quality audio interface is required, such as new-generation mobile phones, PDAs, palmtop computers, digital still cameras, portable multimedia devices and music players, etc. Thursday, May 14, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=TNB_AT88SA102S_F2_4_27.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, April 27, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today its AT88SA family of lowest cost, ultra low power, super secure cryptographic authentication ICs. The first device in the family, the AT88SA102S, is a general purpose CryptoAuthentication™ IC designed to protect consumers from counterfeit electronic and medical consumables, such as batteries, ink cartridges, test strips, blood bags, breathing tubes, and others. They can be used to secure network transmissions such as satellite radio broadcasts or medical records or any other kind of logical data such as firmware or media. Saturday, December 30, 1899 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT88SA102S_F2_4_27.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, April 27, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today its AT88SA family of lowest cost, ultra low power, secure cryptographic authentication ICs. The first device in the family, the AT88SA102S, is a general purpose CryptoAuthentication™ IC designed to protect consumers from counterfeit electronic and medical consumables, such as batteries, ink cartridges, test strips, blood bags, breathing tubes, and others. They can be used to secure network transmissions such as satellite radio broadcasts or medical records or any other kind of logical data such as firmware or media. Monday, April 27, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT32UC3A3_4_20.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, April 20, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the introduction of a new AVR®32 microcontroller with high speed communication. Featuring Atmel's 91 DMIPS AVR32 CPU, the AT32UC3A3 includes Hi-Speed USB interface with On-The-Go, a dual high speed SD/MMC card interface plus SDRAM and NAND flash interface with SLC, MLC and ECC. It is targeted to the rapidly growing digital media solutions and audio player docking station markets, where Atmel has seen considerable success with the AT32UC3A introduced in 2007. The AT32UC3A3 also fits a wider range of embedded applications where fast transfer of large amounts of data is a requirement. Monday, April 20, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=Atmel_SERMEPA_4_16.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, April 16, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), and SERMEPA, a leading Spanish technical provider for the electronic payments industry, announced today that SERMEPA's Advantis® crypto solution with an Atmel Secure Microcontroller, has been granted a VISA® approval. SERMEPA has developed Advantis, a family of products and services that furnish the full suite of infrastructure needed for processing financial transactions with multi-application smart cards to address Spanish and international markets. SERMEPA has developed the Advantis Crypto smart card operating system, which is now available on Atmel's AT90SC9618RCT secure microcontroller for banking. The Advantis crypto solution is a native multi-application, multi-currency, and multi-provider operating system for smart cards. This card offers issuers performance, security and fraud prevention. Thursday, April 16, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=ATtiny10_4_15.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, April 15, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today its new picoPower™ AVR® ATtiny10, with 1K bytes of programmable Flash memory, and 32 bytes of internal SRAM. With up to 12 MIPS of processing throughput, 8-bit A/D converter, analog comparator, and a 16-bit timer with PWM, this 6-pin device is a perfect single-chip solution for size and cost constrained high volume consumer applications. Wednesday, April 15, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=EPCAward_4_8.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, April 8, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), today announced that its multi-touch devices, the AT42QT5320 and AT42QT5480 have been awarded the 2008 Product of the Year by the influential electronics magazine, Electronic Products China (EPC). Atmel's devices for genuine dual-finger touch were selected by EPC's highly experienced judging panel in the Capacitive Touchscreen Controller ICs category. Wednesday, April 08, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT91CAPLowCostMigration_3_31.html&SEC_NAME= Rousset, France, March 31, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today a low-cost re-targeting flow for migrating designs from its low entry-cost AT91CAP ARM®-based customizable microcontrollers to its ASICs that minimize unit cost in high volume. This flow, based on automated netlist re-targeting that preserves system functionality, enables customers to benefit from the low development costs and rapid prototype availability of the CAP™ and then, once the product has been proved in its application, transition it to a high-volume, unit-cost-optimized ASIC at minimal additional cost and risk. Tuesday, March 31, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=TNB_CAP7L_3_30.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, March 30, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today its CAP7L customizable microcontroller that allows fabless semiconductor companies to implement ARM7™ processor-based systems-on-chip (SoCs) with a turn-around period as low as 12 weeks, a nominal NRE charge of only $75,000, and unit costs as low as $5, without requiring a separate license from ARM. Saturday, December 30, 1899 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=CAP7L_3_30.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, March 30, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today its CAP7L customizable microcontroller that allows fabless semiconductor companies to implement ARM7™ processor-based systems-on-chip (SoCs) with a turn-around period as low as 12 weeks, a nominal NRE charge of only $75,000, and unit costs as low as $5, without requiring a separate license from ARM. Monday, March 30, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT42QT1040_3_19.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, March 19, 2009 …Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), - announced today a convenient, easy to implement, low cost touch sensor IC, which brings capacitive user interfaces to price-sensitive consumer and mobile devices. This AT42QT1040 device is available in a 3mm x 3mm VQFN 20 pin package, making it ideal for use in mobile phones and other handheld devices where PCB space is at a premium. In low power mode the AT42QT1040 draws only 31uA from a 1.8 VDC supply, allowing capacitive sensing to be added with minimal impact on battery lifetime. The AT42QT1040 is the latest solution from Atmel's touch sensor division, which develops capacitive touch button, slider, wheel and touchscreen controllers. The AT42QT1040 includes 4 digital output channels, enabling per-channel indication on touch detection. The IC can also be configured using one channel as a proximity sensor, enabling 'hidden-until-lit' user interfaces where the device detects the presence of a finger some distance away from the keypad. Thursday, March 19, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=Atmel_IAR_AT91SAM_3_16.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA and Uppsala, Sweden, March 16, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), and IAR Systems® AB announced today the result of their cooperation to enhance the support for Atmel's entire AT91SAM family of ARM®-based Flash microcontrollers and embedded microprocessors in the latest release of IAR Embedded Workbench®. The product of intensive collaborative development between the two companies, this powerful toolkit simplifies and accelerates application development for Atmel's AT91SAM micros. Monday, March 16, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=ATEVK1105_3_16.html&SEC_NAME= The fast AVR32 CPU featuring DSP instructions is perfect for audio decoding tasks, and the UC3A handles two audio interfaces. For high quality stereo output, the chip has a stereo 16-bit bitstream audio DAC with internal FIR and Comb filters. For 4-channel or full surround sound, an IIS interface is available for connection to an external audio codec. Both interfaces are supported with drivers that make full use of the AVR32 peripheral DMA controller which significantly reduces the CPU overhead. Monday, March 16, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=CryptoCompanionIC_Arisplusdevkit_3_5.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, March 5, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today its next generation CryptoCompanion™ (AT88SC018) plug-and-play embedded security chip. CryptoCompanion provides designers an affordable option for cryptographic hardware security on systems that are currently prone to firmware theft and/or product counterfeiting. CryptoCompanion, when used in conjunction with Atmel's CryptoMemory® chip, provides secure storage of the secrets necessary to authenticate consumable items or software IP. The combination of CryptoCompanion (host-side security) and CryptoMemory (client-side security) enables an embedded system security solution for less than a dollar in volume. An AVR®-based demonstration kit, Aris+ (AT88SC-ADK2),is now available to show the capabilities of these two chips in an embedded environment. Thursday, March 05, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=ATtiny43U_3_3.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, March 3, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today a new family of tinyAVR® microcontrollers. These AVR® devices are targeted at applications that run from a single battery, such as AA, AAA, or coin cell. The first member of this family is the ATtiny43U. It is a perfect fit for portable battery powered consumer applications like phone accessories, remote controls, sporting goods and personal care products. ATtiny43U has 4-Kbytes of Flash memory and 64 bytes of In-System programmable EEPROM. Tuesday, March 03, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=ATA6617_3_3.html&SEC_NAME= Heilbronn, Germany, March 3, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), - announced today the availability of a new System-in-Package (SiP) solution for LIN automotive networking applications. The ATA6617, featuring maximum integration, is the first member of an upcoming LIN SiP family. It combines Atmel's LIN System Basis Chip (SBC) ATA6624 – including LIN transceiver, voltage regulator, watchdog – and a well-known AVR® microcontroller (ATtiny167 with 16k flash memory) in a single package. With this highly integrated solution, customers can create complete LIN nodes using just one IC. Tuesday, March 03, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=UWBEvalKit_AT91CAP9_3_2.html&SEC_NAME= Rousset, France, March 2, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the availability of an Ultra Wideband (UWB) Evaluation Kit for rapid, low-cost development of UWB applications built around the AT91CAP9 ARM926EJ-S™-based Customizable Microcontroller. The UWB Media Access Controller (MAC) is implemented, together with any application-specific logic, in the FPGA that emulates the CAP™ Metal Programmable (MP) Block. The UWB Physical Access Layer (PHY) is implemented in transmission and reception extension boards that plug into the CAP Development Board. Monday, March 02, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=Atmel_IS2T_AVR32_UC3_3_2.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, March 2, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), and IS2T&Reg; S.A. announced today the industry's most integrated solutions to design embedded Java applications for Flash microcontrollers. Software developers of real-time embedded systems can now design with Java up to five times faster than traditional software technologies. Taking Java to the embedded market also provides the engineering community with new opportunities to design and maintain more robust, secure and scalable applications. Monday, March 02, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=Atmel_PGC_CAP_2_26.html&SEC_NAME= Rousset, France and Taipei, Taiwan, February 26, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), and PGC (Progate Group Corporation) announced today the availability of a JPEG image viewer reference design ported onto the low-cost AT91CAP9A-STK Starter Kit for Atmel's AT91CAP9S Customizable Microcontroller. When connected to a host PC via its USB Device Port, the CAP-STK appears as a mass storage device for JPEG images. Running stand-alone, the CAP-STK de-compresses the images and displays them on its VGA screen, using JPEG de-compression and display IP supplied by PGC, and mapped into the FPGA that emulates CAP's Metal Programmable block. Thursday, February 26, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT91CAP9HDevKit_2_26.html&SEC_NAME= Rousset, France, February 26, 2009 - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the launch of the AT91CAP9HA-DK Development Kit for its upcoming ARM926EJ-S™-based AT91CAP9H customizable microcontroller that features 2 million gates of customizable logic. The AT91CAP9HA-DK enables customers to start developing designs now, in anticipation of the availability of the AT91CAP9H. Its comprehensive set of memories, user interfaces and external connections, in addition to a standard AT91CAP9 device for the fixed microcontroller architecture and the FPGA for custom logic, enables the kit to be rapidly configured to emulate the application under development, saving time, reducing cost and enabling the design to be fully debugged before committing it to metal programmed silicon. A lower-cost alternative is available with an FPGA capacity of 1.5 million gates. Thursday, February 26, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT86RF212_2_25.html&SEC_NAME= San Jose, CA, February 25, 2009 …Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), - announced today the release of the first IEEE P802.15.4c compliant RF transceiver, the AT86RF212, for the Chinese wireless market. The fully integrated transceiver offers a very flexible combination of frequency bands and data rates. Customers can choose operation for Chinese WPAN band from 779 to 787 MHz, European SRD band from 863 to 870 MHz, and North American ISM band from 902 to 928 MHz. Direct sequence spread spectrum techniques support different modulation and data rates: BPSK with 20 and 40 kbit/s, compliant to IEEE 802.15.4-2006, O-QPSK with 100 and 250 kbit/s, compliant to IEEE 802.15.4-2006, and O-QPSK with 250 kbit/s, compliant to IEEE P802.15.4c (Chinese band). There is also an option to select a set of proprietary high speed modes: O-QPSK with 200, 400, 500, and 1000 kbit/s PSDU data rate. All of the above bands and data rates are available in one chip. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/corporate/view_detail.asp?ref=&FileName=AT98SC016CU_TazTag_2_23.html&SEC_NAME= Rousset and Rennes, France, February 23, 2009 …Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), - Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and TazTag™, announced today that the two companies are collaborating to bring to market all-in-one contactless solutions to store and protect personal data. As a first step in their collaboration, TazTag is using the Atmel AT98SC016CU turnkey security module in TazCard®, the first NFC electronic wallet. Monday, February 23, 2009