I don't think so, this part seems to be around from before the merger..

infact there was a thread on eevblog about this
http://www.eevblog.com/forum/microcontrollers/microchip's-arm-mcu/msg929238=
/#msg929238

> Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 10:27:52 -0400
> From: chucksea@mindspring.com
> To: piclist@MIT.EDU
> Subject: [PIC] Microchip ARM processors
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> Did this come from the Atmel merger?
> Microchip had the MIPS core but didn't know there were bundling in ARM co=
res now.
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> http://www.electronics-eetimes.com/news/crypto-enabled-arm-based-32-bit-m=
cu-iot-microchip
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> CRYPTO-ENABLED, ARM-BASED, 32-BIT MCU FOR IOT, FROM MICROCHIP
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> May 06, 2016	// By Graham Prophet
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> Claiming significant performance improvements for Internet of Things appl=
ications =96 over firmware-based security solutions =96 Microchip Technolog=
y has added the CEC1302 microcontroller with hardware-based cryptography; t=
he MCU, says Microchip, makes it easy to add security, offering easy-to-use=
 encryption and authentication for programming flexibility and increased le=
vels of security.
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