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Circuit Cellar and Atmel Launch The 'Design Logic 2001' Design Contest
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2001--
Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML), in association with Circuit
Cellar(TM) Magazine, today kicked off the ``Design Logic 2001'' Design
Contest. The Design Logic 2001 Contest offers system designers the
opportunity to design products utilizing Atmel's new FPSLIC(TM) (Field
Programmable System Level IC), AT40K Series FPGAs and 8-bit RISC AVR
microcontroller. There are 3 cash prizes available for a total of
$20,000, and publication of the winning design in Circuit Cellar
Magazine. Design entries will be accepted through June 15, 2001. The
top ten finalists will be announced on Sept. 15, 2001. In addition to
the cash prizes the 2 runner-ups in each category will be awarded a
Handspring Visor PDA.
Designers worldwide who wish to obtain additional information or
enter the contest may do so online at www.circuitcellar.com/DL2001.
Additional information is also available on the Atmel website
www.atmel.com.
The launch of the Design Logic 2001 contest is timed to coincide
with the beginning of Atmel's North American FPSLIC and AVR seminar
series. Design engineers can attend any of 18 seminars that will be
held from Feb. 2, 2001 through March 15, 2001. Additional information
and registration for these seminars is available online at
www.atmel.com/ad/fpslicsem2001.html.
About FPSLIC
FPSLIC, Field Programmable System Level Integration Circuits,
bring the benefits of Programmability to System-on-Chip design. The
first family consists of embedded 10K-40K gates of AT40K FPGA, 8-bit
AVR RISC microcontroller, 36K bytes program & data RAM and several
dedicated peripherals, including UARTs, hardware multiplier, 2-wire
interface, and others. Additional custom peripherals can be created in
the FPGA and memory mapped directly in the address space of the
microcontroller. The entire device is SRAM-based, allowing both the
instruction set for the micro and the hardware code for the FPGA to be
reconfigured in real time, any number of times. Device performance is
rated at 30MIPS running at 40MHz.
The tool set is completely integrated and includes everything
necessary to implement designs -- including complete AT40K series FPGA
and AVR microcontroller tools, along with Exemplar Synthesis, Model
Tech Simulator and Mentor's Seamless Co-verification tools. The
Coverification tools are the first offered for programmable design --
significantly reducing design time, cost and risk by enabling hardware
& software co-design and verification in the beginning of the design
process.
About Atmel
Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose
with manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe. Atmel
designs, manufactures and markets worldwide, advanced logic,
mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also
a leading provider of system-level integration semiconductor solutions
using CMOS, BiCMOS, bipolar SiGe, and high-voltage BCDMOS process
technologies.
Atmel product and financial information can be retrieved from its
Fax-on-Demand service. In North America call 800/292-8635.
Internationally from a fax phone, dial 408/441-0732. Requests may be
sent via e-mail to literature@atmel.com or by visiting Atmel's website
at www.atmel.com.
Note to Editors: Atmel, the Atmel logo and combinations thereof
and others contained herein, are trademarks of Atmel Corporation.
Terms and product names in this document may be the trademarks of
others.
Contact:
Atmel, San Jose
Bob Henderson, 408/451-2855
Director of Marketing Communications
bhenderson@atmel.com
Joel Rosenberg, 408/436-4290
Product Line Director Programmable System Level
Integration
jrosenberg@atmel.com
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