March 2007
Atmel has scheduled to release its AVR 32 UC 32-bit RISC core with DSP instructions in April. This is the second core to be developed based on Atmel's AVR32 architecture, that was introduced last year.
The AVR32 UC core delivers up to 1.3 Dhrystone MIPS/MHz, running from on-chip Flash, outperforming the ARM7 core by a factor of two for the same code destiny (Thumb mode). Although comparable to ARMs Cortex-M3 in size and performance, Atmel's AVR32 UC core is the only 32-bit RISC core in this size range to include single-cycle DSP instructions.
Atmel is launching several familes of cost-optimized, low power Flash-based microcontrollers based on the UC core, including the UC3A Series family of 100/144 pins Flash microcontrollers. Atmel will announce additional AVR32 UC3 series during 2007.
For more information see pages 21 and 29.
Contact:
Thomas Page
(012) 349-2262
www.atmel.com/products/avr/picopower
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