ATMI's EMOSYN UNIT LAUNCHES NEW RANIA(r) SWIFTSIM(tm) PROGRAMMER
DANBURY, CT - February 4, 2002 - ATMI, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATMI) today
announced that Emosyn LLC, its fabless smart card venture is introducing
the new Rania(r) SwiftSim(tm) programmer with the launch of Emosyn's Rania
Developer's Kit. The Rania SwiftSim hardware - with the Rania Simulator
software - is a powerful programming combination for developing smart card
applications using Emosyn's Theseus(r) Gold microprocessors.
The Rania SwiftSim hardware acts as both a smart card interface and a
smart card programmer. Smart cards can be produced immediately when
software coding is complete using the Rania SwiftSim hardware. Emosyn's
Rania Simulator environment is its software tool for testing and proving
code on the Theseus Gold 48 and Theseus Gold 96 microprocessors.
Grahame Lucas, Emosyn's Director of Sales, said, "Our entire product
portfolio is designed to allow our customers to launch their smart card
projects in less time, at lower cost. Emosyn's Rania SwiftSim programmer
speeds and simplifies application development on the Theseus Gold
integrated circuits (ICs)."
Mads Pii, Managing Director of Logos Smart Card A/S, a leading
independent provider of software for smart cards, said, "By using Emosyn's
Rania Developer's Kit, we developed a qualified GSM SIM 2+ product in days.
The Rania Simulator software allows us to test and prove our code, while
the Rania SwiftSim programmer enables us to instantly load the code onto
the Theseus Gold microprocessors. We can create final SIM cards in seconds,
rather than months, because Emosyn's products helped us to eliminate the
ROM masking cost that other semiconductor companies require. Smart card
manufacturers can eliminate the lead-time and cost of ROM-based production
stock by licensing Logos Smart Card's competitively-priced SIM software for
the Emosyn line of products."
Emosyn's Rania(r) development tools enable software and hardware
developers to write and port applications onto the Theseus family of
flash-based integrated circuits. After achieving an extensive security
qualification, the Theseus Gold 48 and Theseus Gold 96 microprocessors are
being used in smart card applications worldwide, including large growth
areas such as GSM SIM (Global System for Mobile communication Subscriber
Identification Module) cards.
Emosyn LLC, a fabless semiconductor company, is a subsidiary of ATMI,
Inc. Emosyn has a design center in San Jose, California; corporate
headquarters in Danbury, Connecticut; and sales and marketing headquarters
in Europe.
ATMI provides specialty materials and services to the worldwide
semiconductor industry.
Logos Smart Card A/S is an independent, leading supplier of software
for smart cards, whose products include operating systems, masks, and
applications for smart cards to be used for mobile communication, such as
GSM, UMTS, and m-commerce. |
