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Atmel Expands CryptoAuthentication Portfolio with Elliptical Curve Asymmetric Key Authentication Solutions

New Cost-Optimized ATECC108 Solution Offers Lower Bill of Material By Delivering an Easy-to-Use One-Chip

Security Solution; Ideal for Consumer, Medical, Industrial and Automation Applications

San Jose, CA, June 24, 2013 - Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller

(MCU) and touch technology solutions, today announced the expansion of its CryptoAuthentication™

portfolio to include the ATECC108 solution with elliptical curve (ECC) asymmetric key algorithm.

Atmel’s ATECC108 solution delivers advanced security features to support some of the latest security

standards from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) including the P256, B283

and K283 elliptical curves, and FIPS 186-3 elliptical curve digital signature algorithm. The easy-to-use

solution also delivers up to 8.5Kb EEPROM, allowing storage for up to 16 keys, a unique 72-bit serial

number and a FIPS standard-based random number generator. The combined features make the

ATECC108 solution ideal for consumer electronics, consumables, medical devices, industrial,

automation and IP licensing applications that require increased security controls when communicating

with other devices or to the Internet.

The ATECC108 is a perfect solution for authenticating system accessories, consumables and spare

parts. Through authentication, the manufacturer can ensure their revenue stream and product quality

are protected by only allowing OEM-authorized accessories to work with their equipment. This device

also delivers an overall lower bill of material (BOM) by only requiring one security chip on the

accessory side without the need to protect the key storage on the host system side since the host only

needs to store a public key. The device is easy to design in and in many cases will require nothing

more than a software upgrade on the host system.

According to the NSA*, “New techniques have been developed which offer both better performance

and higher security than first generation public key techniques. The best assured group of new public

key techniques is built on the arithmetic of elliptic curves. [As one] scales security upwards over time

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to meet the evolving threat posed by eavesdroppers and hackers with access to greater computing

resources, elliptic curves begin to offer dramatic savings over the old, first generation techniques.”

“In this increasingly connected world, wireless communication is becoming more prevalent making

security a very important feature in every design,” said Kerry Maletsky, Director of Security Solutions,

Atmel Corporation. “There are two fundamental security encryption technologies, symmetric and

asymmetric, with the industry rapidly progressing to the latter technology. Atmel’s new ATECC108

CryptoAuthentication solution makes this technically difficult shift easier and more cost effective by

lowering the overall system cost.”

Atmel’s ATECC108 and other CryptoAuthentication solutions can be ideally paired with an Atmel AVR

or ARM-based microcontroller for a complete system solution. To learn more about Atmel MCUs, click

here.

Other key features for the ATECC108 solution can be found here.

Pricing and Availability

Atmel’s ATECC108 solution is available now in three different packages including UDFN, SOIC and 3-

lead Contact. Pricing starts at $0.54 USD for 1,000-piece quantity.

More Information

Atmel CryptoAuthentication Devices:

http://www.atmel.com/products/other/cryptoauthentication/default.aspx

Atmel ATECC108 Solution:

http://www.atmel.com/Microsite/security/control_your_design_investment.aspx

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About Atmel Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of

microcontrollers, capacitive touch solutions, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and

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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 industrial, consumer, communications, computing and automotive markets.

© 2013 Atmel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Atmel®, Atmel logo and combinations thereof, CryptoAuthentication™, and others are registered trademarks or trademarks of Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. * NSA website: http://www.nsa.gov/business/programs/elliptic_curve.shtml Press Contact:

Agnes Toan, PR Manager

Tel: (+1) 408-487-2963, Email: [email protected]