Atmel and Micrium Announce RTOS Embedded Component Support for Atmel's AT91SAM7 and AT91SAM9 Product Lines

Rousset, France and Weston, Florida (ots/PRNewswire) -

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the
development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, and
Micrium, a leading provider of high-quality embedded software
components, today announced that Micrium now supports Atmel's full
line of AT91SAM7 and AT91SAM9 ARM(R)-based microcontrollers. Included
are Micrium's real-time operating system (RTOS), TCP/IP stack, file
system and embedded GUI and USB applications.

"Embedded peripheral support is critical to obtaining the highest
performance from our microcontrollers," stated Jacko Wilbrink,
Marketing Manager for Atmel's ARM-based microcontrollers.
"Significantly, Micrium is the first RTOS supplier to offer support
for Atmel's peripheral DMA controller (PDC)."

Ports of Micrium's available embedded components for Atmel
processors, including uC/OS-II, uC/TCP-IP, uC/FS, uC/GUI, and uC/USB,
can be found online at http://www.micrium.com/atmel .

Supported microcontrollers include Atmel's AT91SAM7S, SAM7X/XC
ARM7TDMI-based products, in addition to AT91SAM9260, SAM9261 and
SAM9263 based on the ARM926EJ-S(TM) processor.

"Having existing ports of proven and reliable embedded components
adds tremendous value to product developers when evaluating which
microcontrollers to implement," stated Jean Labrosse, president and
CEO of Micrium. "Atmel offers the industry a number of
high-performing and innovative ARM-based products and Micrium is
pleased to support Atmel products with the highest-performing
embedded components in the marketplace."

Micrium Embedded Components
Micrium products that support Atmel microcontrollers include:
-- The uC/OS-II RTOS is a highly portable, ROMable, scalable, preemptive,
real-time, multitasking kernel. uC/OS-II is written in ANSI C.
uC/OS-II meets the demanding requirements of the RTCA DO-178B standard
for software used in avionics equipment.
-- uC/TCP-IP is a compact, reliable, high-performance TCP/IP protocol
stack. Built from the ground up to be both scalable and highly
reliable, uC/TCP-IP enables the rapid configuration of required
network options to minimize time-to-market.
-- uC/FS is a file system for embedded applications offering a
high-performance library that can be used on any media for which you
can provide basic hardware access functions.
-- uC/GUI is designed to provide an efficient, processor and LCD
controller-independent graphical user interface (GUI) for any
application that operates with a graphical LCD.
-- uC/USB allows you to quickly and painlessly develop software for an
embedded device to communicate with a PC via USB.

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, Atmel ICs can be found Everywhere
You Are(R).

About Micrium

Micrium provides high-quality embedded software components by way
of engineer-friendly source code, unsurpassed documentation and
customer support, The company's world-renowned real-time operating
system, the Micrium uC/OS-II, features the highest-quality source
code available for today's embedded market. Micrium's products
consistently shorten time-to-market throughout all product
development cycles. For additional information on Micrium, please
visit www.micrium.com.

NOTE: Atmel(R), logo and combinations thereof, Everywhere You
Are(R) and others, are registered trademarks or trademarks of Atmel
Corporation or its subsidiaries. ARM(R) is a registered trademark of
ARM Limited. Other terms and product names may be trademarks of
others.

Information:

Atmel's AT91SAM product information may be retrieved at
http://www.atmel.com/products/AT91/ .

Atmel Press Contacts:
Peter Bishop, Communications Manager, Atmel Rousset
Phone: +33(0)4-42-53-61-50, Email: peter.bishop@rfo.atmel.com
Helen Perlegos, Public Relations - USA and Asia Pacific Rim,
Phone: +1(408)487-2963, Email: hperlegos@atmel.com
Veronique Sablereau, Corporate Communications Manager - Europe
Phone: +33(0)1-30-60-70-68, Email: veronique.sablereau@atmel.com
Micrium Company Contact:
Jean Labrosse, Micrium
Phone: +1(954)217-2036, Email: jean.labrosse@micrium.com
Micrium Media Contact:
Amy Smith, Impress Public Relations
Phone: +1(401)369-9266, Email: amy@impress-pr.com

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

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Contact:
Peter Bishop, Communications Manager, Atmel Rousset,
+33(0)4-42-53-61-50, peter.bishop@rfo.atmel.com, or Helen Perlegos,
Public Relations - USA and Asia Pacific Rim, +1-408-487-2963, or
hperlegos@atmel.com, or Veronique Sablereau, Corporate Communications
Manager - Europe, +33(0)1-30-60-70-68, or
veronique.sablereau@atmel.com; or Jean Labrosse, Micrium,
+1-954-217-2036, or jean.labrosse@micrium.com; or Amy Smith, Impress
Public Relations, +1-401-369-9266, or amy@impress-pr.com, for Micrium