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ATML 5.67 Atmel's ARM Based AT91SC192192CT-USB Secure Microcontroller for e-Tokens and Embedded Systems
Jun 26, 2007 8:00:00 AM

ROUSSET, France, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), announced today the availability of the AT91SC192192CT-USB, a FLASH based, ARM(R) SC100 powered, secure microcontroller. The AT91SC series is a family of low power, high-performance 32-bit RISC secure microcontroller with ROM or FLASH program memory, advanced EEPROM data memory and powerful cryptographic accelerators. These products target applications that require high computing power, high-speed communication interfaces and seamless connection to very large memories.

Based on the ARM(R) SC100 CPU, the AT91SC192192CT-USB features 192 Kbytes of FLASH program memory, 192 Kbytes of high-performance EEPROM (fast erase/write time, high endurance) and 24 Kbytes of RAM. Also included are a Full Speed USB 2.0 interface with 5 Endpoints, an SPI interface to communicate in an Embedded System environment or to connect to a NOR Flash and dedicated hardware to connect to a NAND Flash. The device is particularly well suited to build high-end secure e-Tokens and to be used in Embedded Systems where it can serve as a Security Module to prevent hardware counterfeiting, store secure data, provide authentication services, process digital rights management etc.

Fully compatible with the ROM-based AT91SC512384RCT, the AT91SC192192CT-USB also incorporates the standard ISO 7816 Smart Card and the emerging Single Wire Protocol (SWP) interfaces. This makes the AT91SC192192CT-USB a flexible FLASH alternative to its ROM sibling for Smart Card applications such as next-generation (U)SIM cards.

Eric Le Cocquen, Atmel's Embedded Systems Product Line Manager stated, "Our new AT91SC192192CT-USB combines Atmel's recognized Smart Card Chip Security, state of the art crypto and ARM(R) SC100 computing power with FLASH flexibility on a versatile platform designed to address a wide spectrum of security applications. Thanks to its rich set of interfaces and FLASH, our product can quickly be added to virtually any embedded system."

Availability and Pricing

AT90SC192192CT-USB samples are available now in a LQFP64 package. Pricing starts at US $8.84 for 10k units.

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:

Atmel's AT91SC192192CT product information may be retrieved at http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=4158

For further information on the SecureARM family, go to http://www.atmel.com/products/SecureARM/

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