Atmel Extends the AVR picoPower Product Range with Four New 32-pin MCUs

San Jose, California (ots/PRNewswire) -

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today a new family
of 32-pin picoPower(TM) AVR(R) microcontrollers. The
ATmega48P/88P/168P/328P devices have 4, 8, 16 and 32 Kbytes of Flash
memory, respectively. These devices consume as little as 340 uA in
active mode at 1.8V running from the internal RC oscillator at 1 MHz,
650 nA in power-save mode with real time counter running, and 100 nA
in power-down mode. picoPower AVRs are pin-, performance-, and
code-compatible with existing AVR microcontrollers.

Atmel's industry leading picoPower technology will assist the IC
engineer by eliminating unnecessary power consumption in sleep modes.
These include an ultra-low-power 32 kHz crystal oscillator, automatic
disabling and re-enabling of brown-out detection, (sleeping BOD)
circuitry during sleep modes, a power reduction register (PRR) that
completely powers down individual peripherals, and digital input
disable registers that removes leakage on ADC input pins. picoPower
AVRs are ideally suited for low power applications and add years to
the battery life for applications that spend the majority of their
time in sleep modes.

The ATmega48P/88P/168P/328P microcontrollers operate from 1.8 to
5.5 volts and feature a 10-bit ADC, USART, SPI, 2-wire interface,
internal temperature sensor, and have up to 20 MIPS throughput at 20
MHz. Similar to other AVR microcontrollers, the
ATmega48P/88P/168P/328P features an on-chip debug system for easy,
fast, and robust development.

"We see a growing demand for ultra low power consumption in all
segments of the microcontroller market. With these four new picoPower
devices we are filling the gap between the low power tinyAVR(R) and
the higher pin count picoPower megaAVR(R). Now, the picoPower
microcontrollers range from 28 to 100 pins and 4 to 64 Kbytes of
Flash, making it easy for developers to find the perfect low-power
fit for any project," said Ingar Fredriksen Director, AVR Product
Marketing.

AVR picoPower microcontrollers use the standard AVR
microcontroller development tools. The AVR Studio(R) integrated
development environment is available free of charge on Atmel's web
site.

Availability and Pricing

Samples for the ATmega88P and ATmega168P are available now in
QFN32 and TQFP32 packages. Samples for the ATmega48P will be
available in August 2007 and the ATmega328P will be available in
4Q/07, respectively.

Volume prices for 10k units are US $1.18 for the ATmega48P, US
$1.65 for the ATmega88P, US $2.00 for the ATmega168P and US $2.65 for
the ATmega328P, respectively.

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.

(C)2007 Atmel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Atmel(R), logo and
combinations thereof, AVR(R), AVR Studio(R), tinyAVR(R), megaAVR(R)
and others, are registered trademarks, or trademarks of Atmel
Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other terms and product names may be
trademarks of others.

Information:

Atmel's picoPower AVR information may be retrieved at:
http://www.atmel.com/products/avr/picopower.

Press Contacts:

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