San Jose, CA, November 23, 2009 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced three new 6-pin picoPower® AVR® microcontrollers. The ATtiny4, ATtiny5, and ATtiny9 are pin- and code- compatible, include a rich feature set, and execute code 6-times faster than the closest competitor.
Using the AVR CPU, the 6-pin tinyAVR® microcontrollers can process up to 12 MIPS at 12 MHz, six times the performance of any other similar sized microcontroller in the market. This processing efficiency significantly reduces the time in active mode and increases the time spent in power saving sleep modes. Combined with Atmel’s picoPower … Read More → "Atmel Expands 6-pin AVR Microcontroller Family"