ROUSSET and RENNES, France, February 23 /PRNewswire/ --

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and TazTag(TM), announced today that
the two companies are collaborating to bring to market all-in-one contactless
solutions to store and protect personal data. As a first step in their
collaboration, TazTag is using the Atmel AT98SC016CU turnkey security module
in TazCard(TM), the first NFC electronic wallet.

"The choice of an Atmel's security module became obvious when we decided
to secure our nomad contactless smart object," said Eric Fouchard, CEO of
TazTag. "The cooperation between a fingerprint sensor and the AT98SC016CU
safely protects the access to personal data and the applications in the
TazCard."

"Our AT98SC turnkey security solutions are the right choice when it comes
to securing portable compact devices with energy constraints," stated Olivier
Debelleix, Atmel's Marketing Manager for Embedded Security. "We are excited
to bring our security expertise to this original and modern communicating
application."

The TazCard is a new multi-purpose highly secured NFC device in a slim
credit card format (only 6 mm in thickness). This personal safe with a large
touch screen, a fingerprint sensor and various communication interfaces (NFC,
USB, ZigBee(R)) allows a wide range of security applications such as access
control, ticketing, couponing and payment. If required, a complete Java
Software Development Kit makes possible the easy addition of further
customized applications.

Atmel is a leading provider of secure microcontrollers for smart card
applications for telecoms, banking and government markets. With over 25 years
of solid experience in designing secure microcontrollers, Atmel's products
have been granted many of the highest security certifications in the industry
including Common Criteria EAL4+/EAL5+, FIPS 140-2, ZKA and EMVCo. Thanks to
its AT98SC family of secure turnkey solutions, Atmel offers fast and easy
integration of security in any system. There is no required complex program
development or heavy ROM masking, nor specific expertise in security. This
means accelerated product time-to-market for customers, thereby offering
significant advance over competition.

TazTag is demonstrating the TazCard at CeBIT, in Hannover, Germany, from
March 3 to March 8, 2009.

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.

(C) 2009 Atmel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Atmel(R), Atmel logo and
combinations thereof and others, are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other terms and product names may be
trademarks of others.

About TazTag

TazTag is a new innovative company specialized in contactless technology
such as NFC and ZigBee(R). Its core activity is the creation of new
contactless products, highly secured and multi-application. TazCard(TM) and
TazTag logo are registered trademarks of TazTag.

Information:

For further information on Atmel's AT98SC family, go to:
http://www.atmel.com/products/SecureASSP/

Visit http://www.taztag.com for more information about the TazCard and
TazTag.

Atmel Press Contacts:
    Carine Bourgon, Communications Manager - Atmel Rousset
    Tel: +33-4-42-53-60-52, Email: carine.bourgon@atmel.com

    Helen Perlegos, Public Relations
    Tel: +1-408-487-2963, Email: helen.perlegos@atmel.com

    TazTag Press Contact:
    Eric Fouchard, CEO
    Tel: +33-2-99-57-90-60, Email: ef@taztag.com