Atmel Announces North America Logic Seminar Series Q1 2001.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Logic Seminar Series Q1 2001 SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18th, 2000 One Day Seminar Series to Show Case Atmel's Award Winning FPSLIC FPSLIC Field Programmable System Level Integrated Circuit (TM) (Programmable System Level Integration) and AVR Microcontroller Products Atmel(R)Corporation, (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) will be offering nineteen technical seminars for its FPSLIC field programmable system level ICs and AVR(R) 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. microcontrollers during the months of February and March, 2001, through the United States and Canada. FPSLIC devices are programmable systems-on-a-chip that include 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 up to 40,000 gates, a high performance (30 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 AVR microcontroller, 32 KBytes of SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory and peripherals. FPSLIC devices allow designers to create systems on chips without resorting to high risk, costly, and inflexible masked ASICs, by offering a programmable desktop SoC solution. Atmel's System Designer EDA tool includes co-verification tools that let designers verify and debug the system firmware and hardware at the same time. AVR 8-Bit RISC microcontroller devices have a RISC core running single cycle instructions and a well-defined I/O structure that limits the need for external components. Internal oscillators, timers, UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter) The electronic circuit that makes up the serial port. Also known as "universal serial asynchronous receiver transmitter" (USART), it converts parallel bytes from the CPU into serial bits for transmission, and vice , SPI, pull-up resistors, pulse width modulation See PWM. , ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. , analog comparator and watch dog timers are some of the features to be found in AVR devices. In addition, AVR instructions are tuned to minimize the size of the program whether the code is written in C or Assembly. With on-chip in-system programmable 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. memories, the AVR is the perfect choice for optimizing cost and getting product to the market quickly. In the morning session, the seminar will cover FPSLIC architecture, co-design and co-verification design methodologies, features and documentation of Atmel's System Designer EDA tool and a step-by-step design tutorial using Atmel's FPSLIC Starter Kit. After Lunch the seminar will continue with a detailed look at the architecture, features, software, support tools and benefits of the AVR 8-Bit RISC families of devices. Engineers can attend either or both sessions. The seminars are free, but space is limited and registration is required. Attendees should register on-line at http://www.atmel.com/ad/FPLICsem2001.html. The seminars will be held in the following cities on the following dates:
February 2, 2001 Rocklin, Calif.
February 6, 2001 Burnaby, British Columbia
February 7, 2001 Beaverton, Ore.
February 8, 2001 Bellevue, Wash.
February 9, 2001 Salt Lake City, Utah
February 13, 2001 Woodland Hills, Calif.
February 14, 2001 Irvine, Calif.
February 15, 2001 Dallas, Texas
February 20, 2001 Research Triangle Park, N.C.
February 21, 2001 Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
February 22, 2001 Duluth, Ga.
February 27, 2001 Minneapolis (Bloomington), Minn.
February 28, 2001 Arlington Heights, Ill.
March 6, 2001 Columbus, Md.
March 7, 2001 Woburn, Mass.
March 8, 2001 Toronto, Ontario
San Jose, Calif.
March 9, 2001 Kanata, Ontario
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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