Awards Acknowledge Atmel’s Security ExpertiseROUSSET, France, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Atmel(R) Corporation

(Nasdaq: ATML) announced today that its AT90SC9608RC and AT90SC9616RC crypto-
controllers have been granted Common Criteria certification to EAL4+(TM)
(Augmented to AVA-VLA.4. This vulnerability assessment corresponds to today’s
highest known proven resistance against any security attack).

Both products, developed primarily for the high security smart card
markets, feature 96K ROM with 8K and 16K EEPROM respectively and 3K RAM. They
share the same common features of Atmel’s secureAVR(TM) family including its
outstanding 8-bit/16-bit RISC CPU performance, and a host of security
mechanisms, including firewalls and two cryptographic co-processors, one for
asymmetric algorithms (RSA, DSA, Elliptic curves) and one for DES/Triple DES.
These products have been designed into banking, government and Pay-TV
applications where high security tamper-resistant designs are a pre-requisite
for selection.

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

Ian Duthie, Atmel’s Smart Card IC Marketing Manager, commented “These
additions to our growing list of Common Criteria certifications re-enforce
Atmel’s position as a leading suppliers of high security Smart Card ICs. The
AT90SC9608RC was selected earlier this year as the silicon choice for the
silicon platform for the development contract of the next generation for chip-
based French bank cards, awarded to Sagem by Groupement des Cartes Bancaires
“CB.” Sagem(TM) has developed the new generation card to meet the latest
Europay(R) MasterCard(R) Visa(R) (EMV) banking specifications for credit and
debit, incorporating the more secure option of Dynamic Data Authentication
(DDA). A key requirement for Groupement des Cartes Bancaires “CB” is that the
product meets EAL4 Augmented certification.”

About Atmel
Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose,
California 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.

NOTE: Atmel(R) and combinations thereof and is a registered trademarks
and secureAVR is a trademark of Atmel or its subsidiaries ARM(R) is a
registered trademark of ARM Limited. Sagem? is a trademark of Sagem SA.
MasterCard(R) is a registered trademark and Europay(TM) France is a trademark
of MasterCard International Inc. Visa(R) registered of Visa International
Service Association. Common Criteria(R) is a registered trademark and EAL4+?
is a trademark of Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS).
Terms and product names in this document may be the trademarks of others.

Information:
For more information on the AT90SC9608RC, go to:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/productcard.asp?partid=2960
For more information on the AT90SC9616RC, go to:
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/productcard.asp?partid=2616

Press Contacts:<br /><br />

 Tamara Van der Pyl, Smart Card ICs MarCom Manager, Tel: +33 4 42 53 60 52
 Email: tvanderpyl@atmel.fr

Veronique Sablereau, Corporate Communications Manager – Europe,
Tel: +33 1 30 60 70 68
Email: veronique.sablereau@atmel.com

Clive Over, Director of Public Relations – USA and Asia,
Tel: +1 408-451-2855
Email: cliveover@atmel.com