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STUTTGART, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the availability of its
AVR(R) 32-bit FlexRay(R) evaluation environment. In addition, Atmel will
demonstrate its new technology today at the FlexRay day conference held in
Stuttgart, Germany with a mockup car implementing advanced in-vehicle
networking with X-by-wire drive, steer and brake functions.

The core of the evaluation environment is a 32-bit microcontroller based
on Atmel’s AVR32 proprietary architecture with FlexRay IP licensed from Robert
Bosch GmbH, a hardware LIN IP. In addition, the environment includes a dual
CAN IP, an Ethernet MAC and a set of general purpose peripherals. This
environment includes also the AVR32 development tool set, a FlexRay stack, a
FlexRay configuration tool and a network analyzer. A range of daughter boards
are available to implement a complete network including gateway function or
BLDC motor control.

The FlexRay Communications System is designed to provide high-speed
deterministic distributed control for advanced automotive applications. Its
dual-channel architecture offers system-wide redundancy that meets the
reliability requirements of emerging safety systems. With 10 Mbps throughput
per channel, the FlexRay system can also be employed as a vehicle-wide network
backbone, working in conjunction with already well-established systems, such
as CAN and LIN.

Atmel is an associated member of the FlexRay Consortium
(http://www.flexray.com).

Atmel’s AVR32 is a modern 32-bit architecture designed to deliver both
high performance and low power consumption and is especially suited to handle
advanced protocols such as FlexRay.

"With this environment, Atmel can now provide to its customer a complete
FlexRay evaluation platform," commented Philippe Malecha, Atmel’s Automotive
Microcontroller Strategic Marketing Director. "This movement to FlexRay will
significantly extend our existing microcontroller offering covering CAN and
LIN control, providing to our customers a broad range of solutions for their
future vehicle designs."

Availability
The Atmel FlexRay evaluation platform is made available to customers upon
request starting now. A roadmap of FlexRay products based on AVR32 has been
defined and development started. Samples of the AVR32 FlexRay products will be
available in the second half of 2008.

About Atmel
Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of
microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio
frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry’s broadest
intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the
electronics industry with complete system solutions focused on consumer,
industrial, security, communications, computing and automotive markets.

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Information:
Product information on Atmel’s FlexRay Evaluation Platform can be
retrieved at:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=4241

Press Contacts:
Philippe Faure, Marketing Communications Director - Microcontrollers
Phone: +33 2 40 18 18 87, Email: philippe.faure@atmel.com

Helen Perlegos, Public Relations
Phone: (+1) 408 487-2963, Email: hperlegos@atmel.com

SOURCE Atmel Corporation

CONTACT: Philippe Faure, Marketing Communications Director -
Microcontrollers, +33 2 40 18 18 87, philippe.faure@atmel.com,
or Helen Perlegos, Public Relations,
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of Atmel Corporation/

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