Atmel Introduces Its AVR 32-bit Platform for FlexRay In-Vehicle Networking

Stuttgart, Germany, November 29 (ots/PRNewswire) -

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the
availability of its AVR(R) 32-bit FlexRay(R) evaluation environment.
In addition, Atmel will demonstrate its new technology today at the
FlexRay day conference held in Stuttgart, Germany with a mockup car
implementing advanced in-vehicle networking with X-by-wire drive,
steer and brake functions.

The core of the evaluation environment is a 32-bit microcontroller
based on Atmel's AVR32 proprietary architecture with FlexRay IP
licensed from Robert Bosch GmbH, a hardware LIN IP. In addition, the
environment includes a dual CAN IP, an Ethernet MAC and a set of
general purpose peripherals. This environment includes also the AVR32
development tool set, a FlexRay stack, a FlexRay configuration tool
and a network analyzer. A range of daughter boards are available to
implement a complete network including gateway function or BLDC motor
control.

The FlexRay Communications System is designed to provide
high-speed deterministic distributed control for advanced automotive
applications. Its dual-channel architecture offers system-wide
redundancy that meets the reliability requirements of emerging safety
systems. With 10 Mbps throughput per channel, the FlexRay system can
also be employed as a vehicle-wide network backbone, working in
conjunction with already well-established systems, such as CAN and
LIN.

Atmel is an associated member of the FlexRay Consortium
(http://www.flexray.com).

Atmel's AVR32 is a modern 32-bit architecture designed to deliver
both high performance and low power consumption and is especially
suited to handle advanced protocols such as FlexRay.

"With this environment, Atmel can now provide to its customer a
complete FlexRay evaluation platform," commented Philippe Malecha,
Atmel's Automotive Microcontroller Strategic Marketing Director.
"This movement to FlexRay will significantly extend our existing
microcontroller offering covering CAN and LIN control, providing to
our customers a broad range of solutions for their future vehicle
designs."

Availability

The Atmel FlexRay evaluation platform is made available to
customers upon request starting now. A roadmap of FlexRay products
based on AVR32 has been defined and development started. Samples of
the AVR32 FlexRay products will be available in the second half of
2008.

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:
Product information on Atmel's FlexRay Evaluation Platform can be
retrieved at:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=4241
Press Contacts:
Philippe Faure, Marketing Communications Director - Microcontrollers
Phone: +33-2-40-18-18-87, Email: philippe.faure@atmel.com
Helen Perlegos, Public Relations
Phone: +1-408-487-2963, Email: hperlegos@atmel.com

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Contact:
Philippe Faure, Marketing Communications Director - Microcontrollers,
+33-2-40-18-18-87, philippe.faure@atmel.com, or Helen Perlegos,
Public Relations, +1-408-487-2963, hperlegos@atmel.com, both of Atmel
Corporation