Atmel Debuts ARM Cortex-M3 License and AT91SAM3 Flash MCU Family

ATML | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Atmel announced that it has licensed the ARM Cortex-M3 32-bit RISC processor for the AT91SAM ARM technology-based microcontrollers.

Atmel said its planned AT91SAM3 Flash MCU family will combine the ARM Cortex-M3 processor with the system implementation features including the multi-layer internal buses, an enhancement to the DMA for system peripherals and distributed peripheral data controllers (PDCs) that give the AT91SAM family its internal data bandwidth, and enable data processing and data transfers to take place concurrently. Atmel's high-density on-chip Flash memory reduces the application chip count, shortens boot and program load times and improves system security.

"The ARM Cortex-M3 processor gives our customers the option of taking advantage of the latest developments in ARM's 32-bit RISC technology in terms of performance and power consumption, together with all the benefits of the AT91SAM family architecture and IP, as well as the ARM ecosystem," said Alfredo Vadillo, Atmel's Managing Director for ARM Microcontrollers. "The addition of the ARM Cortex-M3 processor strengthens Atmel's leadership in the fast growing embedded 32-bit microcontroller market. It complements our current market-leading product offering of AT91SAM and AVR32 microcontrollers."

"Atmel's decision to add the Cortex-M3 processor to its existing licenses for the ARM7TDMI, the ARM926EJ-S and the ARM1176JZ-S processors indicates its on-going commitment to the ARM architecture," said Eric Schorn, VP Marketing, Processor Division, ARM. "Atmel joins the growing ranks of ARM Cortex-M3 processor implementers, and reinforces our architecture as the reference for 32-bit microcontrollers."

Atmel is a supplier of microcontrollers, logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components.

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