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Atmel will deliver a 32-bit ARM based Smart Card chip design that includes a high-speed Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, high capacity EEPROM, ROM and several different hardware encryption engines among other features. Placing the features of the FORTEZZA system on a Smart Card is much more cost effective than the PCMCIA cards in use today. No other Smart Card chip design integrates as many functional features as the Forte' design. This chip is the first to offer practical on-board bulk or stream encryption.
The Atmel device incorporates cryptographic engines including a fast-math coprocessor for RSA and DSA function, Atmel's proprietary DES engine and a newly developed SkipJack engine.
For more information visit http://www.atmel.com/atmel/news/19981210.html  .

ATMEL INCREASES FPGA CIRCUIT PERFORMANCE BY 30% WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today began shipping the latest version of its FPGA Integrated Development System Version 6.0 (IDS6.0). Major enhancements to IDS6.0 include improvements in place and route, OrCAD CAE system support, FPGA power calculator, logic and RAM compilers.
Enhancements to place and route have resulted in 30% or greater circuit performance for the AT40K FPGA family
IDS6.0 runs on PC, Sun and HP workstations and also supports incremental design change capabilities, improved VHDL and Verilog synthesis and support for conversions from other FPGA technologies. IDS6.0 allows customers for the first time to place a standard device footprint on their printed circuit board and to target either an Atmel or competitors FPGA
IDS6.0 is free to dowload from www.atmel.com/fpga_software.html 
For more information visit http://www.atmel.com/atmel/news/19981214.html .

CMX CORPORATION OFFERS REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEM FOR ATMEL megaAVR MICROCONTROLLERS

Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced CMX Corporation is the latest third party vendor to provide software support for the AVR® 8-bit RISC microcontroller architecture. Developed for Atmel's megaAVRTM family of MCUs, the multi-tasking CMX- RTXTM real time operating system (RTOS) provides application developers more than 70 kernel services within a single API and complete control of how tasks will execute.
The integration between CMX-RTX and the megaAVR allows embedded designers to obtain the highest level of real time performance and cost effective solution for their applications.
For more information visit http://www.atmel.com/atmel/news/19981109.html 

ATMEL INTRODUCES 16 MEGABIT CONCURRENTFLASH READ-WHILE-WRITE FLASH DEVICES

Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today two new 16-megabit Flash memories with ConcurrentFlash(TM) simultaneous read while write capability. The AT49BV1604 and AT9BV1614 are the first members of a new series of high density ConcurrentFlash devices designed for application in cellular handsets, switches, routers, set top boxes, telecommunications and networking systems. Atmel's ConcurrentFlash architecture makes it possible for a system processor to write to a single flash chip while continuing to read from the same memory. For more information visit http://www.atmel.com/atmel/news/19981102.html 

ISD ANNOUNCES FIRST FAMILY OF VOICEDSP™ DIGITAL VOICE PROCESSORS DESIGNED FOR CORDLESS AND CORDED FEATURE PHONES

The ISD-T360, the first pure digital engine developed by ISD, is a family of three single-chip digital voice processors providing clear sound quality, ease of integration, advanced telephony features, and voice processing for cordless and corded feature phones.
The ISD-T360 is ideal for cordless phones requiring advanced answering machine functions or features like full duplex speaker phone and multi-country caller ID.
For more information visit http://www.isd.com/news/pressrel/12-23-98.html 

ISD ANNOUNCES THE ONLY FULLY-INTEGRATED VOICE STORAGE MICROCHIP DESIGNED FOR EVERY DIGITAL CELLULAR HANDSET

The ISD5008, the newest member of ISD's ChipCorder® family, enables quick, flexible and easy integration of voice storage features in any digital cellular phone. The ISD5008 eliminates external analog circuitry such as automatic gain control (AGC), power amplifier, volume control, and switches by integrating these on one easy-to-use chip.
For more information visit http://www.isd.com/news/pressrel/11-16-98.html 

LATTICE RELEASES THE WORLD'S FASTEST 3.3-VOLT HIGH DENSITY ISP(tm) PLDs

The ispLSI(r) 2000VE family of true 3.3-volt SuperFAST devices deliver 4- to 6-ns pin-to-pin logic delays in 32- to 192-macrocell in-system programmable ISP devices.Combined with Lattice's ispLSI 5000V SuperWIDE devices, Lattice delivers the broadest range of low-voltage ISP devices ranging from 32 to 512 macrocells. The new ispLSI 2000VE devices are based on the advanced architecture of Lattice's recently released SuperFAST ispLSI 2000E CPLDs, making them the world's fastest low-voltage programmable logic devices. In combination with Lattice's new ispLSI 5000V SuperWIDE family of 3.3-volt devices, Lattice provides the broadest range of advanced ISP low voltage logic devices ranging from 32 to 512 macrocells.The first two family members released are the 32-macrocell ispLSI 2032VE featuring 4 ns/200 MHz (Tpd/Fmax) performance and the 128-macrocell ispLSI 2128VE with its 5 ns /180 MHz speed. The ispLSI 2000VE family will ultimately include five device densities with macrocell counts of 32, 64, 96, 128 and 192 macrocells. The largest device, the ispLSI 2192VE, will feature 6 ns Tpd and 150MHz fmax performance.
For more information visit http://www.latticesemi.com/whatnew/prisplsi2000ve.html 

ADVANCED CHIP ARRAY AND FINE PITCH BGA PACKAGES INTRODUCED BY LATTICE

Migration to smaller, advanced packaging means up to 70 percent board space savings, simple device handling and stable footprint as die sizes continue to shrink.
The first Lattice product family to be available in these rugged, space-saving packages is the new 3.3V SuperFAST(tm) ispLSI 2000VE family also announced today. The ispLSI 2032VE will be available in a 49 ball, 7mm x 7mm Chip Array BGA while the 2128VE will be available in a 208 ball, 17mm x 17mm Fine Pitch BGA package.
Both of these advanced device package options feature durable ball grid arrays with ball pitches ranging from 0.8 to 1.0 millimeters. The absence of fine metal leads projecting from the package body makes handling and on-board programming both easier and preferable for system manufacturers. Substantial printed circuit board (PCB) space savings are realized with the new packages which utilize up to 70 percent less space and feature thinner profiles down to 1.4mm, requiring less board-to-board clearance. The new packaging also reduces device weight by up to 90 percent compared to traditional PLCC and TQFP packaging, making them more desirable for portable applications.
For more information visit http://www.latticesemi.com/whatnew/pr_chip_array.html 

WORLD'S FIRST 8-BIT RISC OTP MICROCONTROLLER WITH ON-CHIP VOLTAGE REGULATOR, HIGH-VOLTAGE I/O DEBUTS.

8-bit RISC microcontroller architecture as an ideal solution for high-voltage system applications, including thousands of appliances and other products powered by 9-volt and 12-volt batteries.
The PIC16HV540 has eight high-voltage I/O ports whose inputs will accept voltages of up to 15 volts and can drive outputs rail to rail up to 15 volts to interface directly with sensors and relays, for example. With a 3-volt and a 5-volt on-chip voltage regulator, the PIC16HV540 eliminates the need for expensive low-current regulators in many applications powered from
9-volt or 12-volt batteries or unregulated 6-volt, 9-volt or 12-volt AC adapters.
A brownout detect, power-on reset and device reset timer eliminates the need for external circuitry for further cost reduction. Four on-chip oscillator configurations include a low-cost RC oscillator; standard crystal/resonator; and power saving, low frequency crystal. A separate RC oscillator is used for the sleep timer and the programmable watchdog timer for reliable operation.
For more information visit http://www.microchip.com/10/Edit/pRelease/PR91/index.htm