Atmel Adds More Functionality to its 32K Smart Card AVR RISC Flash Microcontroller.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ROUSSET, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2002 Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) announced today the availability of its new 32K Smart Card Flash Microcontroller, the AT90SC3232CS, incorporating Atmel's latest high security architecture. This architecture, announced earlier this year, uses the secureAVR(TM) 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 providing an outstanding 16-bit CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. performance whilst offering state of the art security features. These features include RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. , DFA/DPA/SPA resistant, DES/TDES co-processor, true RNG See RELAX NG. (Random Number Generator A program routine that produces a random number. Random numbers are created easily in a computer, since there are many random events that take place such as the duration between keystrokes. ), firewalls, and environmental protections. The first family member AT90SC19264RC, a 192K ROM, 64K EEPROM secureAVR microcontroller is already certified against the more demanding security rules designed for banking and government applications AT90SC19264RC, a 192K ROM, 64K EEPROM secureAVR Microcontroller. The AT90SC3232CS, a smaller, more cost-effective product than the previous AT90SC3232C with significantly improved security and performance, has the addition of an SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface (communications, hardware) Serial Peripheral Interface - (SPI) A serial interface in which a master device supplies clock pulses to exchanges data serially with a slave over two data wires (Master-Slave and Slave-Master). ) port to provide additional features for secure embedded and other smart applications. Examples include embedded security for Set-Top boxes for manufacturers who may prefer their Pay TV Conditional Access to be embedded within the hardware or as a Secure Access Module (SAM) for payment and other smart card terminals. The enhanced features of the AT90SC3232CS, combined with Atmel's AT45DB321B 32M-bit DataFlash(R), made it suitable for the innovative 4M byte Smart Card ISAM (ITSO Secure Access Module). Designed for the Interoperable Transport Smartcard Organisation (ITSO), it is an example of how connecting a Flash memory to this device provides a means to securely store a large amount of data. To complement these features, the AT90SC3232CS also incorporates 32K bytes of Flash program memory, for faster time to market and customer flexibility, together with 32K bytes of EEPROM and 3K bytes of RAM, which is enough to support the powerful 16-bit RISC co-processor for RSA key lengths up to 2048. Hardware triple DES (Data Encryption Standard See DES. Data Encryption Standard - (DES) The NBS's popular, standard encryption algorithm. It is a product cipher that operates on 64-bit blocks of data, using a 56-bit key. It is defined in FIPS 46-1 (1988) (which supersedes FIPS 46 (1977)). ) and Elliptic Curve Cryptography See ECC. (ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. ) support, complete the cryptographic features of this flexible device. Ian Duthie, Smart Card IC Marketing Manager said, "We have been really encouraged by both the diversity and the number of design wins we have already achieved with this new product release, with applications in Government ID, PKI, Banking, Pay-TV, GSM mobile and Transport sectors of the smart card market. The product is proving to be a good all-rounder due to its wide-ranging features." 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, 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, DataFlahs 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 AT90SC3232CS product information may be retrieved at http://www.atmel.com/atmel/products/prod171.htm For more information on Atmel's Secure Microcontrollers, go to: http://www.atmel.com/atmel/products/prod21.htm |
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