Compaq Selects Atmel AVR Microcontroller for Use in the iPAQ Pocket PC H3600 Series.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2000 Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) announced today that the 8-bit AT90S8535 microcontroller has been selected by Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ) to control the touchscreen display and power management functions of the highly popular Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC H3600 Series. This highly integrated 8-bit microcontroller solution increases battery life, requires less space and has a wide range of integrated peripherals which reduce chip count and increase manufacturing flexibility. Atmel designed the AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulation) See voltage regulator. microcontroller to have very low power consumption and high performance. The AT90S8535 device is an excellent choice for cost sensitive customer applications. It has 8K bytes of on-chip Flash program memory, 512 Bytes 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. and SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory plus and 8 channel 10 bit A/D converter. "The AVR is very efficient in C language programming, which allows the same task to be performed using less program memory than alternative solutions, and at a lower cost," said Jim Panfil, Atmel Corporation's Director of Microcontroller Products. "Various sleep modes switch off peripherals when not in use. This decreases power consumption and improves battery life," he added. Introduced last April, the iPAQ Pocket PC is a revolutionary Internet appliance dedicated to simplifying the computing experience for busy people who need connectivity to the Internet and their business information anytime, anywhere. Through its unique Expansion Pack concept, customers can add standard PC Card and CompactFlash options to their device. This modular design enables wireless enterprise applications for accessing the Internet and corporate data on this small yet powerful handheld device. The flexibility of the Expansion Pack system allows customers to select the wireless solution that is right for them, while providing a migration strategy for future wireless technologies. In addition, hardware and software vendors throughout the industry see the value in this powerful solution and are rapidly porting their applications to this new platform. The iPAQ Pocket PC is the company's most popular handheld product ever, and Compaq is quickly ramping up to meet the extraordinary demand. For additional information on the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC, please see http://www.compaq.com/products/handhelds/pocketpc. 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 (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. 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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