Atmel Introduces a Fully Integrated USB Secure Microcontroller Solution in a Single Package
ROUSSET, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2003--
The industry's first USB Full-Speed certified secure
microcontroller solution with no external clock
Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) announced today that it is
sampling a fully integrated USB Full-Speed secure microcontroller in a
PQFP44 package. The AT90SC6464C-USB-I integrated package solution that
requires no external clock is based on Atmel's secureAVR(TM) RISC
microcontroller. It includes 128Kbytes of on-chip non-volatile memory,
powerful cryptography capabilities, a very high level of physical and
data security, and a dual interface USB V2.0 Full-Speed interface as
well as the standard ISO 7816 smart card interface.
The AT90SC6464C-USB-I targets eTokens used in PC-based secure
applications. This package solution can also be embedded in
peripherals, set-top boxes, modems, PDAs (Personal Digital
Assistants), copyright protection devices and other equipment.
Wherever data needs to be protected, the AT90SC6464C-USB-I can provide
highly secure and cost-effective solutions in applications such as
transactional security, e-mail and network encryption, software and
file protection, MP3 and digital camera data storage protection.
The AT90SC6464C-USB-I features a dual communication interface,
including both USB V2.0 Full-Speed (12 Mbps) and ISO 7816, for direct
connection to either of these popular communication parts. It also
incorporates 64Kbytes of on-chip Flash memory and 64Kbytes of EEPROM.
Flash program memory gives unrivalled flexibility for new applications
with the ability to load or upgrade application code during the
production run with no delay.
The AT90SC6464C-USB-I includes all the security features already
built into the AT90SC secure microcontroller series. In particular, it
provides a 16-bit RISC crypto processor for very efficient execution
of the highest-level encryption algorithms, RSA, AES 128/128, SHA-256.
In addition, a hardware T-DES (Triple Data Encryption Standard)
coprocessor, a true RNG (Random Number Generator) and support for ECC
(Elliptic Curve Cryptography) enhance the high cryptography
performance of this device.
Herve Roche, Atmel's Smart Card IC Marketing Manager, stated, "A
fully integrated USB Full-Speed secure microcontroller is now
available in a PQFP44 package. The AT90SC6464C-USB-I gives customers
the advantage of a USB V2.0 Full-Speed (12 Mbps) interface in a
high-end secure chip while getting a cost-effective solution that
requires no external USB clock. This provides a great system cost
benefit for e-banking, e-commerce, VPN, PKI, secured email and copy
right protection."
The AT90SC6464C-USB-I in PQFP44 package is available now in
engineering samples. Production quantities are also available at a
price of US$4.00 in quantities of 200,000 units.
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, non-volatile memory and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also
a leading provider of system-level integration semiconductor solutions
using CMOS, BiCMOS, SiGe and high-voltage BCDMOS process technologies.
Atmel, AVR, 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's AT90SC6464C-USB product information may be retrieved at:
www.atmel.com/atmel/acrobat/1559s.pdf.
For more information on Atmel's Secure Microcontrollers, go to:
http://www.atmel.com/atmel/products/prod21.htm.
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CONTACT: Atmel
Tamara Van der Pyl, + 33 4 42 53 60 52
(Smart Card ICs MarCom Manager)
tvanderpyl@atmel.fr
Veronique Sablereau, +33 1 30 60 70 68
(Corporate Communications Manager -- Europe)
veronique.sablereau@atmel.com
Clive Over, +1 408 451 28 55
(Director of Public Relations -- USA and Asia)
cliveover@atmel.com
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