Atmel's AT91SO25 Secure Microcontroller Helps Achieve PCI 2.0 Certification for HomeATM's Safe-T-PIN Internet POS Terminal

San Jose, California (ots/PRNewswire) -

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and HomeATM announced today
that the recent Payments Card Industry (PCI) 2.0 certification of
HomeATM's Safe-T-PIN(TM) is the result of an efficient collaboration
between the two leaders on their markets. HomeATM's Safe-T-PIN,
powered by Atmel's AT91SO25 secure microcontroller, is the first ever
Internet Pin Entry Device (PED) to achieve such certification.

Atmel's AT91SO25 dedicated features and Common Criteria EAL4+
security certification were instrumental in obtaining this first PCI
2.0 certification. This product is offered in a compact BGA144
package which brings high security and extended connectivity in a
small footprint. Safe-T-PIN provides secure two factor authentication
for e-commerce transactions and secure log-in.

Based on the ARM(R) 32-bit SecureCore(TM) SC100 CPU core, Atmel's
AT91SO devices are suited for highly secure systems such as card
payment terminals. They achieve an outstanding level of integration
of a wide array of peripherals. They feature 256 KB of EEPROM, 100 KB
of RAM and 32 KB of ROM, cryptography engines to accelerate DES/TDES,
AES, SHA-n, RSA, elliptic curves as well as many flexible interfaces
such as USB, SPI, UARTs, GPIOs, magnetic strip and smart card
interfaces. All devices are the only ones on the market to be
certified Common Criteria EAL4+.

Kenneth Mages, CEO at HomeATM stated, "PCI 2.0 specifications are
much more demanding than the previous versions when it comes to
protecting a POS system. The choice of Atmel's AT91SO25 Secure
System-On-Chip has been really helpful to speed up and achieve our
product certification."

Olivier Debelleix, Atmel's Marketing Manager for Embedded
Security commented, "Our AT91SO products for secure systems have been
used in many POS applications that have been certified towards
previous versions of the PCI standard. HomeATM's PCI 2.0
certification demonstrates our products help to cope with the
increasing demand for embedded security."

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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About HomeATM

HomeATM owns a global patent for secure Internet PIN based
transactions. Leveraging our E2EE PCI 2.0 PED certified solution, a
merchant or remitter can move funds from their bank account or open
loop/closed loop payment card in real-time. Utilizing HomeATM's
patented solution with a bank issued card alleviates the burden for
merchants to address fraud issues as HomeATM leverages the issuing
bank's KYC/AML (Know Your Customer/Anti-Money Laundering) protocols.
No other payment solution serves Person-to-Person,
Business-to-Consumer, Business-to-Business, and Mobile Payments with
the speed, security and cost-effectiveness of HomeATM. HomeATM is
EMV ready and already enjoys strategic relationships with Cardinal
Commerce and UATP.

Information: For further information on Atmel's Secure
System-On-Chip family, go to:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/devices.asp?family_id=700

For more information about HomeATM's product, visit
www.homeatm.net or www.homeatmblog.com

Atmel Press Contacts:
Carine Bourgon, Communications Manager - Atmel Rousset
Tel: +33-4-42-53-60-52, Email: carine.bourgon@atmel.com
Helen Perlegos, Public Relations
Tel: +1-408-487-2963, Email: helen.perlegos@atmel.com
HomeATM Press Contact:
Mitchell Cobrin, Chief Operating Officer
Tel: +1-408-416-3302, Email: mcobrin@homeatm.net

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Contact:
Atmel Press Contacts, Carine Bourgon, Communications Manager - Atmel
Rousset, (+33)4-42-53-60-52, carine.bourgon@atmel.com, or Helen
Perlegos, Public Relations, +1-408-487-2963,
helen.perlegos@atmel.com, both of Atmel Corporation; or HomeATM Press
Contact, Mitchell Cobrin, Chief Operating Officer of HomeATM,
+1-408-416-3302, mcobrin@homeatm.net