Atmel Announces 802.11b Media Access Controller -- MAC -- with Integrated Baseband for Wireless Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2002 Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) released today three new parts to its family of Wireless LAN products. This family, called Fast-VirtualNet(TM), are single chip baseband Media Access Controllers (MAC) supporting three popular system interfaces: PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. or Compact Flash (AT76C504), USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. (AT76C505) and PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). or mini-PCI (AT76C506). The fast-VirtualNet family provides a wireless interface following the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.11b standard and supports standard data rates up to 11 Mbps. These single-chip MAC+Baseband controllers include complete processing and functionality in order to facilitate the Wi-Fi(TM) certification procedure for Atmel customer companies. The AT76C504/505/506 chips incorporate an ARM7TDMI(R) processor using a sophisticated architecture to control the on-chip peripherals, manage the internal memory and allocate data queue buffers as well as communicate through the PCMCIA, USB or PCI buses. The architecture, now including an integrated baseband controller is similar to previously designed MAC parts. In addition to these features that are supported by Atmel's stand-alone MAC's, they also are available for the newer security standards or protocols such as 802.1x, and TKIP See WPA. (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol). The Fast-VirtualNet family is provided together with various software drivers such as Win98/2000/Me, WinXP, NT 4.0, Windows CE/PocketPC and Linux. For all OS's where WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) A Microsoft facility that provides testing services for hardware and drivers for compliance with its operating systems. WHQL administers various logos that compliant vendors may reprint on their packages. certification exists, the drivers provided from Atmel to Customer Companies are in a WHQL certifiable cer·ti·fi·a·ble adj. 1. That can or must be certified. Used of infectious, industrial, and other diseases that are required by law to be reported to health authorities. 2. state. These devices have a seamless interface to the RF Micro Devices RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ: RFMD) is a manufacturer of integrated circuits, founded in Greensboro, NC, in 1991 by William J. Pratt, Powell T. Seymour and Jerry D. Neal.[1]. (TM) (RFMD) front-end chipset. Together with earlier reference designs, they retain all the key features and benefits of the previous family of products adding a lower pin count, an even more competitive Bill of Material (BOM) and more reliability and robustness due to the simplicity of the system and software. The products are being well received into the market with design wins with major OEM's, ODM's and Tier 1 companies. These designs will be shipping by the end of the year in applications such as printers, PDA's, calculators and many more. Atmel's Product Marketing Director Richard Bisset stated, "Atmel's MAC plus baseband combinations parts have provided a level of integration that has allowed our customers a path to higher performance, lower cost and lower power consumption. Our devices along with the RFMD radio chipset also allow a very small footprint. This is very important when doing designs like compact flash cards, mini-PCI cards and especially embedded WLAN modules. Atmel's roadmap also continues to show our customers a higher level of integration and feature set, allowing our customers to position themselves for the next generation WLAN products to come." 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, BiCMOS, SiGe, and high-voltage BCDMOS process technologies. (c) Atmel Corporation 2002. All rights reserved. Atmel, the Atmel logo and combinations thereof are registered trademarks, and others contained herein are trademarks, of Atmel Corporation. Other terms and product names in this document may be the trademarks of others. Information: Further information on the products mentioned in this press release can be retrieved at: http://www.atmel.com/atmel/products/prod281.htm Requests may be sent via e-mail to literature@atmel.com or by visiting Atmel's website at www.atmel.com |
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