Atmel's FPSLIC Programmable SoC Starter Kit Includes Hands-On Workshop Training.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2001 Free Two Day Hands-on Workshop Offered to Designers Who Purchase and Activate FPSLIC FPSLIC Field Programmable System Level Integrated Circuit Starter Kit Before May 31, 2001 Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) announced today that it will provide two days of free training in the design of its FPSLIC(TM) programmable systems-on-chips to designers who purchase an FPSLIC(TM) Starter Kit before May 31, 2001. The training sessions, which usually cost $995, will be offered in San Jose, Calif. and Chesapeake, Md. between May and September of this year. Atmel's FPSLIC programmable SoCs offer a low power, cost effective, high performance, system-level integrated solutions to designers of PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). or cell phone peripherals, point-of-sale systems, GPS, portable test equipment, security systems or wireless Internet appliances. The devices integrate on a single chip a 20+ MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. , 8-bit AVRTM RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. microcontroller with hardware multiplier, an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. with 5,000 to 40,000 gates, up to 36 KBytes of SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory for program and data storage, and a variety of MCU (1) (MicroController Unit) A computer on a single chip. See microcontroller. (2) (Multipoint Control Unit) A device that is used to moderate a videoconference of three or more end points (users at computers or groups of users peripherals. The FPSLIC Starter Kit includes all the EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. tools and hardware required to prototype system designs using Atmel's FPSLIC programmable SoC. The hardware includes a development board with: a 40K gate FPSLIC programmable SoC; a 1 Mbit 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. to store configuration data (and an ISP port for programming the serial EEPROM); eight push button switches and LEDs for simple I/O work; four alphanumeric LED displays; two RS232 transmit/receive ports (connected to the FPSLIC UARTs); multiple clock sources with 18.432 MHz, 4 MHz, and 32 KHz frequencies; four headers that provide access to all FPSLIC pins allowing easy debug or prototyping; power management circuitry; push button reset and programming cables. U.S. customers are also provided a 9-volt (plug in the wall) power supply. Atmel's System Designer(TM) EDA tool suite is also included in the kit and provides comprehensive tools for MCU code development and debugging, FPGA design and verification, and co-verification that allows the microcode to be simulated simultaneously with the FPGA (HDL (Hardware Description Language) A language used to describe the functions of an electronic circuit for documentation, simulation or logic synthesis (or all three). Although many proprietary HDLs have been developed, Verilog and VHDL are the major standards. ) code. Atmel's Starter Kit provides a four-month license for System Designer as part of the Starter Kit. The FPSLIC Starter Kit is priced at $495. Two-day training sessions will be provided free of the normal $995 charge to designers who purchase and activate the Starter Kit by May 31st 2001. Each two day hands-on training session will be taught by an FPSLIC applications engineer and will provide detailed coverage of the FPSLIC MCU and FPGA architectures, the AVR instruction set, co-design and co-verification design methodologies, features and documentation of Atmel's System Designer EDA tool and a step-by-step design tutorials using Atmel's FPSLIC Starter Kit. Training courses will be held at Atmel's San Jose, Calif. facility and at the Atmel's East Coast facility in Chesapeake, Md. on the following dates: San Jose Chesapeake -------------------------------------------------------- May 15th-16th May 8th-9th June 19th-20th June 12th-13th July 17th-18th July 10th-11th August 21st-22nd August 14th-15th September 18th-19th September 11th-12th Course space is limited and is allocated on a first come basis. Designers interested in purchasing an FPSLIC Starter Kit and the two-day training session should contact their Atmel sales representative or log-on to http://www.atmel.com/atmel/ad/fpslic_order.htm. 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 (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: 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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