Atmel's AT90SC320856 Offers Its Customers Greater Flexibility.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001 Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) announced today the production release of the AT90SC320856, the latest in its market leading AT90SC family of AVR-based secure Flash microcontrollers for Smart Cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. . It offers a range of features that are ideally suited for GSM SIM cards and 3G USIM usim - A Motorola 6809 simulator. Version 0.11 by Ray P. Bellis <rpb@psy.ox.ac.uk>. ftp://ftp.cns.ox.ac.uk/pub/mc6809/. cards, and also works well for other applications such as Pay TV and government applications. The new secure microcontroller provides customers with unique flexibility since it is the only product of its type to offer a combination of on board ROM, Flash and EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM) A rewritable memory chip that holds its content without power. Although EEPROMs spawned flash memory, EEPROMs are byte addressable at the write level, whereas flash chips must erase a block of bytes before rewriting. Memory. In the AT90SC320856, 32K bytes ROM is used to store the fixed part of the Operating System (OS), 8K bytes Flash is used to store the customized parts of the OS where applications are stored or patches to the main OS in ROM are made, and 56K bytes of EEPROM is used for data and applications. Benoit Makowka, Atmel's Marketing Manager for Mobile Telecomms Secure ICs, explained, "the use of Flash on the AT90SC320856 means that SIM card vendors can be more reactive to their customers requirements because it provides them with the opportunity to offer customization very late in the card manufacturing process cycle. In the SIM card industry time to market is key and card vendors offering the Atmel chip will bring their customers a competitive edge." The AT90SC320856 is compatible to both GSM and 3G specifications and is extremely cost competitive. About Atmel Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. 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 (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. , 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: AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulation) See voltage regulator. , 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. |
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