Atmel Introduces a Fully Integrated USB Secure Microcontroller Solution in a Single Package.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ROUSSET, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2003 The industry's first 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. Full-Speed certified secure microcontroller solution with no external clock Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) announced today that it is sampling a fully integrated USB Full-Speed secure microcontroller in a PQFP44 package. The AT90SC6464C-USB-I integrated package solution that requires no external clock is based on Atmel's 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. It includes 128Kbytes of on-chip non-volatile memory, powerful cryptography capabilities, a very high level of physical and data security, and a dual interface USB V2.0 Full-Speed interface as well as the standard ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 7816 smart card interface. The AT90SC6464C-USB-I targets eTokens used in PC-based secure applications. This package solution can also be embedded in peripherals, set-top boxes, modems, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), copyright protection devices and other equipment. Wherever data needs to be protected, the AT90SC6464C-USB-I can provide highly secure and cost-effective solutions in applications such as transactional security, e-mail and network encryption, software and file protection, MP3 and digital camera data storage protection. The AT90SC6464C-USB-I features a dual communication interface, including both USB V2.0 Full-Speed (12 Mbps) and ISO 7816, for direct connection to either of these popular communication parts. It also incorporates 64Kbytes of on-chip Flash memory and 64Kbytes 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. . Flash program memory gives unrivalled flexibility for new applications with the ability to load or upgrade application code during the production run with no delay. The AT90SC6464C-USB-I includes all the security features already built into the AT90SC secure microcontroller series. In particular, it provides a 16-bit RISC crypto processor for very efficient execution of the highest-level encryption algorithms, 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. , AES 128/128, SHA-256. In addition, a hardware T-DES (Triple 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)). ) coprocessor, a 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. ) and support for 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. (Elliptic Curve Cryptography See ECC. ) enhance the high cryptography performance of this device. Herve Roche, Atmel's Smart Card IC Marketing Manager, stated, "A fully integrated USB Full-Speed secure microcontroller is now available in a PQFP44 package. The AT90SC6464C-USB-I gives customers the advantage of a USB V2.0 Full-Speed (12 Mbps) interface in a high-end secure chip while getting a cost-effective solution that requires no external USB clock. This provides a great system cost benefit for e-banking, e-commerce, VPN, PKI, secured email and copy right protection." The AT90SC6464C-USB-I in PQFP44 package is available now in engineering samples. Production quantities are also available at a price of US$4.00 in quantities of 200,000 units. 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, BiCMOS, SiGe and high-voltage BCDMOS process technologies. Atmel, AVR, the Atmel logo 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 AT90SC6464C-USB product information may be retrieved at: www.atmel.com/atmel/acrobat/1559s.pdf. For more information on Atmel's Secure Microcontrollers, go to: http://www.atmel.com/atmel/products/prod21.htm. |
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