Date: 11/11/2009

MCUs for smart devices with security support

Atmel has rolled out a new family of secure microcontrollers for smart electronic systems and objects. The new AT90SO family is suggested for USB e-tokens, femtocells, smart meters, secure data storage, telehealth and gaming platforms.

"Designers continue to demand higher security and cryptography computation for next-generation product designs," said Olivier Debelleix, Atmel's Marketing Manager for Embedded Security. "Atmel's new secureAVR SoCs address all these requirements. In addition, these products come with a complete security toolbox that can be easily connected to the designers' systems. This new family of SoC microcontrollers brings the most demanding smartcard security to any electronic system."

The AT90SO128, Atmel's first member of this new family, is built around the secureAVR 8-/16-bit rapid, low-power RISC architecture with 288 KB of ROM, 128 KB of EEPROM and 12 KB of RAM. These features make the secure system-on-chip (SoC) compatible with the most demanding firmware developments. Additionally, all the standard cryptography algorithms (AES, DES/TDES, RSA, ECC) are supported by embedded dedicated accelerators, which are compatible with Common Criteria EAL4+ and FIPS140-2 certifications, International computer security certifications. The interface and peripherals available in this chip include ISO7816, hi-speed SPI, full-speed USB 2.0, I2C compatible and GPIOs. With the secured real-time clock, all applications are stamped with a reliable time stamping to ensure a reliable time and date indication.

Availability:
AT90SO128 samples are available now in both SOIC8 and QFN44 packages.

For more details visit www.atmel.com

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