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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2001--Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) announced today the availability of an AVR Embedded Internet Toolkit which is a complete hardware software solution and reference platform giving designers the ability to add internet access capability to low cost embedded Microcontroller applications. Internet access capability will be increasingly included in consumer, industrial control and communication devices such as home appliances, vending machines, alarm systems and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. These applications do not require a high data transfer rate to connect to the Internet. One approach is to connect nodes via a local network, which can be a telephone line, cable modem or power line to an embedded web server gateway. The low cost high performance AVR Microcontroller can be used to control the application, gateway and node which provides the advantage of using the same instruction set and development environment.

The protocol software is written in the C programming language and takes advantage of AVR's high-level language efficiency. A powerful Application Program Interface (API) allows user applications to be written in high-level language, providing shorter design times and easier maintenance of the program.

``The AVR Embedded Internet Tool kit is unique in that it provides a complete hardware and software reference design including the source code for the TCP/IP stack,'' said Jim Panfil, director of Microcontroller Products. ``The Software libraries and source code has no license fee or royalty payment so it can be used as is or modified to be incorporated with the designers application software which will improve time-to-market.''

The AVR Embedded Internet Toolkit includes the following hardware & software:

A reference design board and schematics based on the Mega AVR microcontroller, with On-Chip Flash program memory and up to 1MByte of external Flash for data storage. A PC serial cable, Ethernet cable, power adapter and documentation on a CD ROM which includes the source code for the HTTP, FTP, SMTP, DHCP, TCP, IP, ARP, UDP, ICMP protocols and low level interface drivers for an Ethernet controller, all for $299.

• Explanation of the protocols supported with source code:
• HTTP (hypertext Transfer Protocol) for displaying web pages
• FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server for remote up and downloading

files

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) for sending mail

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) for automatic network configuration

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) transport layer protocol

IP (Internet Protocol) network layer protocol

ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) for dynamic address mapping

UDP (User Datagram Protocol) for direct IP data transmission

ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) for PING requests

Low level interface drivers for CS8900 Ethernet controller

For more information about Atmel Embedded Internet Toolkit, please see http://www.atmel.com/products.

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.

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     Atmel Corporation, San Jose
     Jim Panfil, 408/487-2535
     Director Microcontroller Products
     jpanfil@atmel.com
     Bob Henderson, 408/451-2855
     Director of Marketing Communications
     bhenderson@atmel.com