Atmel and Cryptography Research Announce License Agreement for Differential Power Analysis Countermeasures Patents

San Jose, California and San Francisco (ots/PRNewswire) -

Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and Cryptography Research, Inc.
(CRI) announced today an agreement regarding the use of CRI's patents
to enhance the security of Atmel's tamper-resistant chips against
Differential Power Analysis (DPA) and related attacks. Under the
agreement, Atmel receives the freedom to use CRI's patents as part of
its strategy to develop and enhance its security chips used in smart
cards and other applications. The license also covers software
executing on Atmel chips, allowing Atmel's customers to develop their
own security countermeasures without a separate license from
Cryptography Research.

"Security is one of our main focus areas, and our strategy is to
develop the most advanced secure microcontrollers with
state-of-the-art protection mechanisms against a multitude of
attacks. This agreement enables Atmel to strengthen its leadership in
the security market," said Herve Roche, Atmel's Marketing Manager for
Telecom and Banking.

"Atmel is a leading chip supplier in a variety of industries,"
said Carole Coplan, Vice President of Business Development, Tamper
Resistance Solutions, at Cryptography Research. "We are pleased to
include Atmel among our growing list of licensed chip suppliers."

DPA is a form of attack that involves monitoring the fluctuating
electrical power consumption of a target device and then using
advanced statistical methods to derive cryptographic keys and other
secrets. Strong countermeasures to DPA help protect tamper-resistant
chips used in applications such as banking, pay television, mass
transit, secure ID, and wireless telecommunications. Cryptography
Research has been awarded a portfolio of approximately 50 patents
covering countermeasures to DPA attacks.

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. For more information, visit
www.atmel.com.

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About Cryptography Research, Inc.

Cryptography Research, Inc. provides technology to solve complex
security problems. In addition to security evaluation and applied
engineering work, the company is actively involved in long-term
research and technology licensing in areas including content
protection, tamper resistance, network security and financial
services. Security systems designed by Cryptography Research
engineers protect more than US$100 billion of commerce annually for
wireless, telecommunications, financial, entertainment, digital
television and Internet industries. For additional information,
please visit www.cryptography.com.

Atmel Press Contact:
Clive Over, Director, Public Relations
Tel: (+1)408-436-4305, Email: clive.over@atmel.com
CRI Press contacts:
EUROPE
Andrew Lloyd & Associates
Carol Leslie
Tel: +44-1273-675100
carol@ala.com
UNITED STATES
Schwartz Communications
Dan Borgasano
Tel: +1-415-817-2543
DBorgasano@schwartz-pr.com

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Contact:
Clive Over, Director, Public Relations of Atmel Corporation,
+1-408-436-4305, clive.over@atmel.com; EUROPE, Carol Leslie of Andrew
Lloyd & Associates, +44-1273-675100, carol@ala.com, UNITED STATES,
Dan Borgasano of Schwartz Communications, +1-415-817-2543,
DBorgasano@schwartz-pr.com, both for Cryptography Research, Inc.