Atmel's Smart Card IC Platform Selected for Prestigious Groupement des Cartes Bancaires ''CB'' Contract.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)--Feb. 10, 2003 Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) announced today that its secureAVR(TM) AT90SC9608RC has been selected as the silicon platform for the development contract of the next generation for chip-based French bank cards, recently awarded to Sagem by Groupement des Cartes Bancaires "CB". Sagem will develop the new generation card to meet the latest Europay MasterCard VISA Europay(R) MasterCard(R) Visa (EMV EMV Elektromagnetische Verträglichkeit (German: Electromagnetic Compatibility) EMV EuroPay, MasterCard, Visa (Smart debit cards) EMV Europay, Mastercard and Visa EMV Eftermiddagsverksamhet ) banking specifications for credit and debit, incorporating the more secure option of Dynamic Data Authentication (DDA DDA Disability Discrimination Act (1995, UK) DDA Downtown Development Authority DDA Doha Development Agenda DDA Delhi Development Authority DDA Department for Disarmament Affairs DDA Demand Deposit Account DDA Domain Defined Attribute ), which makes every transaction unique. The AT90SC9608RC is an 8-bit/16-bit 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, having 96K of ROM, 8K of 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. , 3K of RAM, with a 16-bit high performance RISC co-processor. It is a member of Atmel's secureAVR(TM) family of products developed for banking and government applications requiring high security. The AT90SC9608RC was selected by Sagem as being ideally suited to meet the requirements in terms of a high performance microcontroller, including a co-processor for supporting DDA. At the same time, having the optimum memory size for their operating system and applications, capable of meeting the high security demands of the Groupement des Cartes Bancaires "CB". Currently there are in excess of 45 million "CB" cards in circulation, which will be replaced by the new EMV cards starting in 2004. Ian Duthie, Smart Card IC Marketing Manager, said, "We are very pleased that Sagem selected Atmel for such a prestigious contract. It highlights Atmel's position as a leading vendor of high security Smart Card ICs, equal to the more established IC vendors in the market, who were also competing for the same opportunity. With 45 million cards being replaced every two or three years, being first presents a major business opportunity for Atmel." 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 (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, SiGe and high-voltage BCDMOS process technologies. Atmel, AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulation) See voltage regulator. , the Atmel logo and combinations thereof are registered trademarks and others contained herein are trademarks of Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Terms and product names in this document may be the trademarks of others. Information: For more information on the AT90SC9608RC, go to: http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?PN=at90sc9608rc. Further information on Atmel's products can be retrieved at www.atmel.com. |
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