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Smart cards face threats (10/09/2004)

... uptake of smart cards is likely to stall with the emergence of alternatives such as proximity and magnetic stripe cards unless they embrace these new technologies, according to analysts Frost & Sullivan.For example, even though USB is a ...

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Eight kilobit and 16kb serial EEPROM (10/06/2004)

... monitors, DVD recorders, and set top boxes.Other uses include PC peripherals, industrial controls, energy meters, smart cards, and automotive controls.ISSI intends to offer IS24C08A and IS24C16A to customers who expect cost-effectiveness ...

ISSI’s IS24C08A and IS24C16A non-volatile memory solutions.

Non-volatile memory (19/04/2004)

... and monitors, DVD recorders, and set top boxes. Other uses include PC peripherals, industrial controls, energy meters, smart cards, and automotive ...

Spinning cheap chips (16/04/2004)

... films could eventually be used to make circuitry for very-low-cost or flexible displays, high-performance smart cards, sensors and solar cells or for flexible electronics coated onto a wide variety of moulded or plastic shapes,” said IBM’s David ...

ERG gains Sydney boost (30/01/2004)

... on the private bus system, the Australian Financial Review reports. The trial will replace current school passes with smart cards, enabling the state government to map students’ travel patterns and cut the $112 million in “phantom” rides each ...

Silicon based capacitors optimised for smart cards (19/01/2004)

... Vishay Intertechnology, represented in Australia by Braemac, has released the industry's first silicon-based capacitors optimised for smart card applications.Based on a semiconductor process developed by Vishay, the devices set a new ...

Faster value-add on smart cards (28/11/2003)

... developers can now create value-add on smart cards without becoming technical experts and without incurring major upfront infrastructure investments. The Proton Prisma Application Development Kit (ADK) released by STMicroelectronics (distributed ...

Thin film, single-value chip and wire capacitors (7/10/2003)

... degree of layout flexibility in RFI and EMI filters, bypass capacitors, CMOS digital filters, and low-pass filters in smart cards, passive electronic ID tags, and other hybrid products.The new NCA, NCB, NCC, NCD, and NCE devices are available ...

Catuity issued patents (15/08/2003)

... has been awarded a US patent covering the use of memory space on multi-application smart cards, and Australian and New Zealand patents for use of this technology over the Internet and POS devices.The US patent, of which a similar patent has ...

Keycorp breaks into NZ (5/08/2003)

... ANZ Banking Group.Both companies will use the terminals to support the rollout of Europay Mastercard Visa (EMV) smart cards in New Zealand. EMV is a global interoperability standard facilitating the introduction of smart cards into ...

Ending the waiting game (27/05/2003)

... in some of its existing devices, including a version of its 80C51 controller, which has been used in pagers, games and smart cards where the company estimates that power savings up to 25% have been achieved compared to standard devices.One ...

Smart card shipments to rise in double-digits (22/04/2003)

... is also ending, signalling a rise in chip prices.Mobile communications remains the largest application sector for smart cards as SIM card shipments grew 13% in 2002 compared to the shock 11% decline in 2001. While it’s likely there will be no ...

ERG sells Proton World to STMicro (28/03/2003)

... five-year term.The ‘business consideration’ portion of the deal may be invoked when ERG or its customers purchase smart cards that incorporate an STMicro chip, according to ERG chief executive Peter Fogarty."The sale is part of our ...

Securing identity in silicon (14/03/2003)

... card - so the keys never leave the card,” adds McKeon.Token-based authenticationBoth token-based alternatives—smart cards and USB tokens—consist of essentially the same architecture. “It really is the same answer,” says McKeon. “The chip ...

Smart cards to secure wireless LANs (21/02/2003)

... Visa have formed a major new initiative to define specifications for worldwide access to wireless LAN networks using smart cards.The WLAN Smart Card Consortium aims to mandate smart cards for worldwide wireless security, quality of service, ...

Infineon & Saifun forge Flash joint venture (21/02/2003)

... computers, mobile telephones and other electronic devices, while Embedded flash memories are used primarily to equip smart cards."In the past, our agreements with Saifun focused on data flash memories. Now we can also develop, produce and ...

National Semiconductor backs Validity biometrics (4/02/2003)

... Semiconductor is partnering with start-up Validity to develop a unique fingerprint imaging security solution for smart cards, remote controls, notebook computers, cell phones, PDAs, key fobs and other devices.Under the deal, National will ...

Transmeta claims secure processor (15/01/2003)

... solutions for encrypting and authenticating confidential data over wired and wireless networks, such as Smart Cards and the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance's (TCPA) Trusted Platform Module (TPM), are external components that add cost and ...

Dual smart card interface (28/08/2002)

... card interface that provides all of the necessary supervisory, level shifting and power control functions for two smart cards in a single QFN-32 package.The LTC1955 can also interface with two security access module (SAM) cards or a ...

Precise Biometrics and ORGA partner (26/08/2002)

... an agreement to license and integrate Precise Biometrics’ fingerprint authentication software with its own Micardo smart cards for the health and ID markets.Under the agreement, ORGA will license Precise Biomatch C software and Precise ...

LM Gemplus added to HIC system rollout (20/08/2002)

... with government health agency HIC that will see as many as 60,000 Australian GPs and healthcare professionals using smart cards for secure access to online patient data.Under the deal, LM Gemplus plan to equip up to 20,000 in the first year as ...

Multi-app payment terminals to solve cost issues (20/08/2002)

... not justify turning the entire payment system on its head,” Wallner explained.“The crucial challenge will be for smart cards to slot into the existing infrastructure and work with what we already have.”Wallner also predicted a move to ...

Chip sandwiches next on menu (13/08/2002)

... increased memory capacity comes from combining the logic and memory chips using SOLID, and will allow smart cards to use more complex operating systems and execute more software applications in the future, the company ...

Actel and Infineon develop flash memory FPGAs on 0.13 (9/08/2002)

... ICs leveraging nonvolatile, flash-based FPGA functionality will pave the way to new levels of security protection of smart cards,” Eul said.“Using this technology, every card can hold a unique chip.”Eul said that scaling down to ...

ORGA puts new facility in Russia (4/06/2002)

... Zelenograd has announced new facilities in Russia to produce as many as 25 million smart cards per year for telecommunications, banking and ID applications.The facility, which is a joint venture between Germany-based ORGA and the Russian state ...

Catuity gains foothold in US card market (24/04/2002)

... project.The reward platform is expected to accelerate the adoption of reward services on multi-application smart cards by allowing multiple card issuers and merchants to jointly form their own reward programs using Visa as the platform, ...

RSA and SchlumbergerSema partner (24/04/2002)

... Security has formed a strategic relationship to integrate and deploy SchlumbergerSema multi-application smart cards in its SecurID authentication solution.This integrated authentication solution will reduce administrative costs for businesses ...

Gemplus &TI combine for smart cards in PCs (15/04/2002)

... require optimal security, convenience and flexibility when doing business on the Internet.”More than one billion smart cards were shipped worldwide in 2000 and that figure is expected to rise to above three billion by 2004.By integrating ...