Atmel's AT91SAM7S, AT91SAM7SE, AT91SAM7L, AT91SAM7X and AT91SAM9, AT91SAM9XE Smart ARM®-based microcontrollers offer: - Proven architecture based on ten years' experience in ARM-based standard products - Deterministic behavior: Predictable response to a real-time event within a specified number of clock cycles - Significant enhancements to the basic ARM processor: Peripheral DMA eliminates bottlenecks in memory-to-peripheral transfers Advanced interrupt control enhances real-time performance Single-instruction bit set/reset simplifies application code - Embedded Flash memory for flexible code and reference data storage - Connectivity: USB, Ethernet, SPI, USART, etc. - Security: AES/TDES accelerators, memory lock bits, etc. - Code compatibility across all products - Low-cost development tools - Extensive compiler, operating system, compiler and application support from industry-leading third parties