ROUSSET, France, January 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Extensive Support and In-depth Training from Atmel and Adeneo Embedded

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the availability of
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Embedded Board Support Packages (BSPs) for its
AT91SAM9 ARM926EJ-S(TM)-based embedded MPUs. The Windows Embedded CE 5.0 BSP
and the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 BSP, initially developed by Adeneo
Embedded and now supported by Atmel, are available for free from the Web site
http://www.at91.com/windows4sam, subject only to the user accepting on-line a
Limited License Agreement. These BSPs were previously provided by Adeneo
under a fee-paying software license agreement. Making them freely available
significantly facilitates the access to Windows Embedded technologies on
Atmel's ARM9 products.

A BSP is a set of software that implements and supports an operating
system on a development board. It consists of a boot loader, adaptation layer
for the specific hardware architecture, device drivers, and run-time image
configuration files. It greatly simplifies application development on the
target device, by creating a hardware-independent interface for use by the
application code. It also enables application code to be rapidly ported from
one hardware platform to another.

The Web site http://www.at91.com/windows4sam provides, in addition to
download facilities for the BSPs sources, an extensive set of documents,
including a ready-to-run demonstration, explaining how to use and customize
the sources and how to build up applications by using the BSPs. These provide
the tools that customers need to work on Atmel's ARM9(TM)-based products with
Microsoft's embedded technologies.

The first five supported products are the AT91RM9200, AT91SAM9260,
AT91SAM9261, AT92SAM9263 and AT91SAM9G20 embedded MCUs. The BSP for the
AT91SAM9RL64 will be added within the coming months, and will be followed by
the BSPs for the next devices in the AT91SAM9 product family as they become
available.

Adeneo Embedded and Atmel are offering Windows Embedded training programs
initially in the USA and in Europe. The four day in depth technical hands-on
training courses are intended to provide an introduction to the Windows CE
development environment. Adeneo trainers are Microsoft certified. In
addition, Adeneo is a Windows Embedded Gold level partner. By the end of the
course, attendees will have a solid development foundation upon which to
optimize their own systems. Each attendee will also leave the course with a
complimentary AT91SAM Evaluation Kit.

To complement Atmel's front-line support, Adeneo Embedded provides
enhanced versions of these BSPs including additional features and complete
support and maintenance, and continues to provide added-value services for
embedded systems development based on Windows Embedded and the AT91SAM9
products. For more information on Adeneo Embedded enhanced BSPs and
additional services, please contact sales@adeneo-embedded.com.

Alfredo Vadillo, Managing Director for the ARM(R) product line,
commented, "These freely-available and fully-supported Windows Embedded CE
BSPs take our support for customers developing Windows-based applications to
a new level. They capitalize on the long working relationship that Atmel has
had with Adeneo, an industry leader in implementing and supporting Windows
Embedded CE. They further consolidate Atmel's position as a leader in
ARM-based MCUs and embedded MPUs."

Yannick Chammings, Chief Executive Officer Adeneo Embedded, said, "Adeneo
is proud to release the BSPs for the AT91SAM9 embedded MPUs. As the editor of
the reference BSPs, Adeneo Embedded provides a complete range of Windows
Embedded CE solutions for Atmel platforms, along with a complete set of
services including training, BSP customization, driver and application
development. OEMs can benefit from the expertise of our engineering teams
located both in Europe and North America to secure their designs in the best
time to market."

Kim Chau, senior partner marketing manager for Windows Embedded,
Microsoft Corp., commented, "Microsoft is excited to work with Atmel and
Adeneo to make Windows Embedded BSPs available for free. By increasing access
to Windows Embedded CE, a componentized real-time operating system, we are
broadening the user base for these middleware products and powering
innovation in the market for smart, connected, service oriented devices."

About Atmel

Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of
microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and 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 consumer,
industrial, security, communications, computing and automotive markets.

About Adeneo Embedded

Adeneo Embedded is a leading design center in complete hardware and
software custom design with consulting, engineering, equipment and
manufacturing capabilities. Adeneo Embedded offers a complete line of systems
integration services in hardware and software engineering on ARM and x86 core
based embedded technologies in various ecosystems including but not limited
to; Industrial, Medical, Aeronautics, Enterprise, Military, Mobile and
Consumer markets. With a strong emphasis on embedded and/or real-time
development technologies and with 10 years of experience in Windows Embedded
solutions to include Windows Embedded CE, Windows Mobile and .NET Micro
Framework, and thanks to its relationships with industry leading Silicon
Vendors and Microsoft, Adeneo Embedded is the key industry partner for
complete hardware and software designs targeting rich-featured high end
products. Its facilities located around the globe in Europe, Asia, and North
America brings strong local support to its customers on a worldwide aspect.
Adeneo Embedded was named "Systems integrator of the year" by Microsoft in
2007 and "Training Partner of the year" in 2008.

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Information:

The AT91SAM9 WinCE BSPs are available from:
http://www.at91.com/windows4sam

Atmel's AT91SAM Microcontrollers and Embedded Microprocessors are
described in detail at: http://www.atmel.com/products/at91/default.asp

Adeneo Embedded's products and services are described at:
http://www.adeneo-embedded.com/srt/en/home

Adeneo Embedded's WinCE training courses on AT91SAM products are
described at:
http://www.adeneo-embedded.com/srt/en/document/show?location.id:=1357

Further information on Microsoft Windows Embedded CE can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/default.mspx

Atmel Press Contacts:
    Peter Bishop, Communications Manager, Atmel Rousset
    Phone: +33-(0)4-42-53-61-50, Email: peter.bishop@atmel.com
    Helen Perlegos, Public Relations
    Phone: +1-(408)-487-2963, Email: helen.perlegos@atmel.com

    Adeneo Embedded Press Contacts:
    Agnes Trottet, Communication Officer Adeneo Embedded Europe
    Phone: +33-(0)811-429-429 Email: atrottet@Adeneo.eu
    Karen Simpson, Office Manager, Adeneo Embedded America
    Phone: +1-(425)-749-4335, Email: ksimpson@Adeneocorp.com