Atmel Introduces High-Performance Secure Microcontroller for Mobile Payment and Mobile TV

Paris and Rousset, France, November 13 (ots/PRNewswire) -

- ARM SC100-based Product Ensures Highly Secure Digital
Transactions

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the
introduction of its AT91SC464384RCU, the newest addition to the
AT91SC Advanced Telecoms product family. Based on the ARM(R) SC100,
this secure microcontroller targets mobile payment and mobile TV
applications. It features an outstanding on-chip compact ROM program
memory of 464K Bytes, a flexible 384KB EEPROM for data, and 18KB of
RAM. Communication interfaces are ISO7816 and Single Wire Protocol
(SWP).

The mobile telecoms environment is moving towards the convergence
of the wireless, internet, contactless and TV broadcasting worlds.
The smart card is at the heart of this convergence, and the need for
increased security must be met. Through the adoption of new
technologies such as NFC, TCP/IP and Smartcard Web Server, the smart
card's responsibility is increasing and is becoming a key and
individual security element within this complex environment.

With the AT91SC464384RCU, Atmel offers the ability to secure
highly sensitive digital transactions. This device, with its high-end
security features, targets Common Criteria EAL4+ certification,
thereby assuring total security for mobile TV and mobile payment
applications.

"In addition, the mobile telecoms, through the ETSI
standardization body, selected SWP as its NFC solution. Atmel
provides an SWP interface fully compliant with the ETSI specification
which is expected by end of 2007. This high performance, low power
device is designed as such to host Operating Systems integrating
latest technologies," stated Laurent Sustek, Atmel's Technical
Marketing Manager for Advanced Telecoms Secure Microcontroller
Solutions.

Availability

Development tools and literature are available upon request and
the first ROM codes are already set for bulk production.

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:

For further information, please visit the security products
section at http://www.atmel.com.

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