Atmel Adds Two EAL5+ Security Certificates to its secureAVR Family of Microcontrollers

Rousset, France (ots/PRNewswire) -

- Two Other Awards for Atmel's Security Expertise

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) is proud to announce that its
contact AT90SC6404RT and AT90SC12872RCFT dual-interface secure
microcontrollers have been granted Common Criteria certification to
EAL5+ augmented to AVA-VLA.4. This vulnerability assessment
corresponds to today's highest known proven resistance against any
security attack.

Both products share the same common features of Atmel's
secureAVR(TM) family including its outstanding secureAVR 8-/16-bit
RISC CPU performance, strong security mechanisms, a power-analysis
attack resistant DES/TripleDES engine, firewalls and environmental
protections. These products have been respectively designed to SDA
(static data authentication) banking and high-end e-passport
applications where high-security designs are a pre-requisite for
selection.

"These additions to our growing list of certifications include
Common Criteria, MasterCard(R), Visa(R), FIPS and ZKA reinforce
Atmel's commitment to serve banking and government markets which
demand a high level of security. Once again, Atmel is leading the way
in high-security system solutions," commented Benoit Makowka, Smart
Card IC Banking and ID Product Manager.

These certifications have been awarded by the French
administration, Direction Centrale de la Securite des Systemes
d'Information (DCSSI). Common Criteria certification is rapidly
becoming recognized as a worldwide standard for smart card security,
especially for government applications.

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, Atmel ICs can be found Everywhere
You Are(R) .

NOTE: Atmel(R), logo and combinations thereof, Everywhere You
Are(R), and others are registered trademarks, secureAVR(TM) and
others are trademarks of Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other
terms and product names may be trademarks of others.

Information:

For further information on the secureAVR(TM) family, go to:
http://www.atmel.com/products/SecureAVR .

Contact: Carine Bourgon, Communications Manager - Rousset,
+33-4-42-53-60-52, or carine.bourgon@rfo.atmel.com, or Helen
Perlegos, Public Relations - USA and Asia Pacific Rim,
+1-408-487-2963, or hperlegos@atmel.com , or Veronique Sablereau,
Corporate Communications Manager - Europe, +33-1-30-60-70-68, or Fax,
+49-71-31-67-24-23, or veronique.sablereau@atmel.com, all of Atmel.

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Contact:
Carine Bourgon, Communications Manager - Rousset, +33-4-42-53-60-52,
or carine.bourgon@rfo.atmel.com, or Helen Perlegos, Public Relations
- USA and Asia Pacific Rim, +1-408-487-2963, or hperlegos@atmel.com,
or Veronique Sablereau, Corporate Communications Manager - Europe,
+33-1-30-60-70-68, or Fax, +49-71-31-67-24-23, or
veronique.sablereau@atmel.com, all of Atmel