SAN JOSE, Calif., April 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel®
Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch
technology solutions, today announced the company is the first to
receive the PRIME (PoweRline Intelligent Metering Evolution) v1.4
Profile 2 certification for the Atmel | SMART SAM4CP16B and
ATPL230A smart metering solutions. The certification extends
Atmel's leadership and commitment to delivering state-of-the-art
connectivity solutions and ensures that the company's customers are
able to develop high performance solutions, incorporating new
features of the PRIME v1.4 standard. The latest PRIME standard
supports some of the most demanding requirements of smart metering
systems by offering increased robustness, throughput, band
expansion, band-plan flexibility and IP version 6.
"We are pleased to be the first semiconductor supplier to help
develop and validate the technology, and to achieve this
significant milestone with deep cooperation and partnership with
our customers and the PRIME Alliance over a period of nearly five
years," said Kourosh Boutorabi, Senior Director of Smart Energy
Solutions, Atmel Corporation. "We see increased interest in the
PRIME standard by utilities in EMEA, Latin America and Asia and believe that as its adoption and
proliferation continues, it is essential that its technical
evolution continue to be fully standard compliant and certifiable
by our customers as well as the utilities."
PRIME is a mature, consolidated and worldwide PLC standard for
advanced metering. There are currently millions of smart meters
based on the PRIME standard that have been deployed supporting the
PRIME v1.3. The Atmel portfolio of solutions now fully comply with
both PRIME v1.3 and v1.4 standards ensuring total flexibility and
scalability for original equipment manufacturers developing
next-generation smart metering systems worldwide.
Availability
The Atmel PRIME v1.4 Profile 2 Certification is available on the
PRIME Alliance website.
About Atmel
Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) is a worldwide leader in the
design and manufacture of microcontrollers, capacitive touch
solutions, 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 intelligent and
connected solutions focused on the industrial, consumer,
communications, computing and automotive markets.
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