ROUSSET, France and PITTSBURGH, September 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- Extends Established Working Relationship to Enhance Linux-based
Application Development

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and TimeSys(R) announced today a free
Linux(R) Board Support Package (BSP) for Atmel's ARM9-based AT91SAM9
Microcontrollers. Supporting the entire range of SAM9 products, this BSP
includes Atmel's Linux kernel and drivers, BusyBox utilities for basic
commands and features, and a Linux host/cross toolchain capable of
re-building the Linux kernel and the basic packages included in the BSP.
Together with a full documentation set and support services, this offering
provides a ready-to-use package to validate Linux with Atmel
microcontrollers.

This enhanced offering is a result of Atmel's continuing participation as
a Premier Partner in the TimeSys LinuxLink Onboard Program(TM) and builds
upon the successful working relationship between the two companies. It covers
Atmel's market-leading ARM926EJ-S(TM)-based AT91SAM9260, SAM9261 and SAM9263
microcontrollers, together with any new products in this family that are
launched while the agreement is in place between the two organizations.

Commented Alfredo Vadillo, Atmel's Managing Director for 32-bit
Microcontrollers, "The on-going success of our ARM(R)-based microcontrollers
depends on the quality of the infrastructure that we build around it. The
Linux community is an essential part of this infrastructure, and the extended
agreement with TimeSys enables us to provide our joint customers with a
faster method to deploy Linux on our processors."

Adds Atul Bansal, TimeSys CEO, "We are pleased to have worked closely
with Atmel to develop this offering. At TimeSys, our goal is to simplify and
accelerate the work embedded developers undertake to create a custom Linux
platform. This offering will do just that."

Availability and Pricing

The introductory-level Atmel/TimeSys Linux Board Support Package for
AT91SAM Microcontrollers is available now as a free offering that can be
downloaded from http://www.timesys.com/atmel. Additional tools and support
are available from TimeSys to enhance this free offering. They include a
standard TimeSys LinuxLink subscription, providing support throughout the
entire development cycle, and full access to repository, command line and
graphic-based development tools, all with frequent updates at a nominal cost
per year. A Professional LinuxLink subscription, including the TimeSys
TimeStorm(TM) graphical toolkit and on-line builder is also available on a
yearly subscription basis.

Questions about this board support package should be directed to TimeSys
customer support at support@timesys.com.

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 TimeSys

TimeSys provides LinuxLink subscriptions consisting of tools, code,
documentation and support that empower embedded developers to rapidly and
efficiently create their own commercial-grade custom Linux platform. The
continuously updated cross-compiled components and information offered
through LinuxLink subscriptions are aggregated from the open source
community, semiconductor manufacturers and TimeSys, and are hosted by TimeSys
for easy access over the Internet.

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combinations thereof, and others, are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. ARM(R) and others are registered
trademarks or trademarks of ARM Ltd. Other terms and product names may be
trademarks of others.

Information:

Atmel's AT91SAM9 product information may be retrieved at
http://www.atmel.com/products/AT91/.

For more information on the LinuxLink products from TimeSys, visit
http://www.timesys.com/services/index.htm.

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

    TimeSys Press Contacts:
    Scott Gilbertson, Product Marketing Manager
    Phone: +1-412-325-6392, Email: scott.gilbertson@timesys.com

    
    Web site: http://www.atmel.com
              http://www.timesys.com