Atmel Announces Highly Secure Turnkey Solution for Embedded Systems

Paris and Rousset, France, November 12 (ots/PRNewswire) -

- The AT98SC016CU is the newest addition to the AT98SC series of
royalty and license-free secure solutions

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the
introduction of the AT98SC016CU, the latest member of its AT98SC
family of secure solutions specifically designed to address the
increasing security needs of embedded systems.

The AT98SC016CU has high security functions that provide efficient
counter-measures against hacking, cloning, phishing, counterfeiting,
data and IP stealing. This secure solution is thus suitable for
applications such as DRM, e-tokens, gaming consoles, set-top-boxes,
network appliances, metering devices, door locks, vending machines,
franking machines or tachometers. The product's wide choice of
interfaces (TWI, SPI, ISO7816 for smartcard applications) makes the
physical integration in any existing system fast and easy.

Designed as an outstanding cryptographic toolbox, the AT98SC016CU
features powerful cryptographic algorithms such as RSA, TDES or
Elliptic Curves (ECC), together with 16Kbyte tamper-proof and
tamper-evident secure data storage. The solution is based on a
secureAVR(R) microcontroller, ready for independent Common Criteria
EAL4+ certification. The security module is eligible for FIPS140-2
Level 3.

The customization of the AT98SC016CU is also possible in a flash
with the help of a flexible and user-friendly PC configuration
software. The product does not require lengthy nor complex program
development, specific expertise in security, nor heavy ROM masking.
This tremendously accelerates product time-to-market, thereby
offering customers a significant advance over competitors.

Eric Le Cocquen, Atmel's Product Marketing Manager stated, "We are
very proud to add the AT98SC016CU to our AT98SC product family of
royalty and license-free highly secure solutions. Adding to an
embedded system a security module that will, among others,
effectively store sensitive data, prevent hardware counterfeiting and
provide authentication services, has never been so fast and easy.
With already three products available and more in development, Atmel,
the leading secure microcontroller manufacturer with more than 20
years of expertise in security designs, is committed to making the
AT98SC family the best generic solution available on the marketplace
for such applications."

Availability

AT98SC016CU samples are now available. The AT98SC016CU is
available in the small SOIC8 and QFN20 packages.

About Atmel

Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of
microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory
and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's
broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is
able to provide the electronics industry with complete system
solutions focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications,
computing and automotive markets.

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Information:

Information on Atmel's AT98SC family may be retrieved at:
http://www.atmel.com/products/SecureASSP/

Press Contacts:
Leslie Grace Casiano, Marketing Communications Manager
Phone: +33-4-42-53-60-52, Email: leslie-grace.casiano@atmel.com
Helen Perlegos, Public Relations Phone: +1-408-487-2963, Email:
hperlegos@atmel.com

Web site: http://www.atmel.com

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Contact:
Leslie Grace Casiano, Marketing Communications Manager,
+33-4-42-53-60-52, leslie-grace.casiano@atmel.com, or Helen Perlegos,
Public Relations, +1-408-487-2963, hperlegos@atmel.com, both of Atmel
Corporation