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NANTES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 2001--Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) announced today the availability of a low cost development kit, Flash Emulator1, supporting the T89C51Rx2 Flash MCU family. The kit contains a real-time In-circuit Emulator (ICE), a development board supporting PDIL 40 and PLCC44 sockets and an In-system Programmer, which offers a unique and complete solution to start new developments.

This innovative kit enables the engineer to get the advantages of both In-system Programming (ISP) and emulation capabilities. The In-system Programmer, together with the FLIP software (FLexible In-system Programmer), allows the program to be loaded or updated without removing the device from the board, providing a significant flexibility to system designers.

The emulation board, featuring the smallest form factor ever, can emulate the T89C51RD2 microcontroller family using any clock speed to debug and finalize application code. The software provided with the kit includes a source level debugger that can be interfaced directly to the C-compiler tool chain uVision2 from Keil Software(TM).

According to Manish Vadher, marketing director for Standard Microcontrollers at Atmel Wireless and Microcontrollers, ``This development kit is a low-cost tool, offering designers the possibility to go from evaluation to full design of an application. This is an easy way to take advantage of the advanced features our C51 Flash MCUs with reduced time-to-market.''

At an introduction price of $290, the development kit will also include a power supply, a PC serial link cable set and a 10-pin ribbon cable for ISP connectivity to enable an effective start to any project.

The development kit is available from Atmel Wireless & Microcontrollers sales representatives and authorized distributors.

Additional information and online inquiry for the kit is available on our web site at: http://www.atmel-wm.com/flashkit.htm.

Ceibo, a leading development tools supplier, who jointly developed the kit with Atmel, provides technical support.

About Atmel

Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. 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.

Requests may be sent via e-mail to literature@atmel.com or by visiting Atmel's website at www.atmel.com.

Atmel, the Atmel logo and combinations thereof are registered trademarks and others contained herein, are trademarks of Atmel Corporation. Terms and product names in this document may be the trademarks of others.

Information

Atmel Wireless & Microcontrollers Division product information may be retrieved at www.atmel-wm.com.

     Atmel
     Manish Vadher, +33 2 40 18 17 69
     Marketing Director for Standard Microcontrollers
     manish.vadher@atmel-wm.com
     Veronique Sablereau, +33 1 30 60 70 68
     Marketing Communications Manager
     veronique.sablereau@atmel-wm.com