E-security/ID Semiconductor Chips Last update: 15 Jun 2021
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PUF to secure embedded flash in UMC made MCUs
STMicroelectronics and ClevX offering jointly developed encryption security
The automatic door lock and unlocker wins Z-Wave contest
ST grows its capability in secure microcontroller market
The safety and security in IOT is as important as life sciences research
Hua Hong shipped more than 720 million java smartcard chips in 2015
Multiple NDEF Records in a single STM’s NFC/RFID Tag
STMicro joins Entrust Datacard to participate in its smart card CVP
ARM buys security VLSI IP expert Sansa Security
RFID NFC Smart package protects brand and prevents tampering
NXP acquires Athena SCS
Contactless payment and US chip-and-PIN adoption drives smart card growth in 2014
ST wins performance award from Vodafone for supplying SIM modules
Sony selects ST's security MCU chips
Belden to acquire cyber security expert Tripwire
ID card chip makers Infineon, Philips, Samsung fined by EU Commission
Cypress to use IDEX' fingerprint tech in its touch controllers
NXP MCU powered SAC e-passports in Germany and Switzerland
INSIDE Secure acquired Metaforic
Asia with 85% share lead in issuing electronic Driving Licenses
SOC security design; fast emerging new area in VLSI design
Microsemi licenses security IP from cryptography research
NFC business cards launched by Bangalore start-up
INSIDE Secure licensed TrustedShow DRM technology from Trustonic
Walls and concrete structures can be embedded with electronics
MIFARE4Mobile is gaining popularity
Researchers find security holes in present encryption tech
Top 3 NFC IC vendors by ABI: NXP, Inside Secure, and STMicroelectronics
Smart card chip market by ABI: 7.99B ICs shipped in 2012, a rise of 12.0%
Virtual security appliance grew 33% in 2012 and to reach $1.3B in 2017
ABI's latest forecast on NFC shipments in 2013: growth of 118%
Infineon supplies its security chips to Taiwan’s e-Passport program
Safety and security telematics users to grow 4x to reach 300 M by 2018, ABI
Twin password ID card by Bundesdruckerei
SIM card shipments in 2013 to increase by 5% to 5.5 billion units, says ABI
Broadcom secures its STB ICs from DPA attacks
NXP and Gemalto are the highest ranked smart card and IC vendors, as per ABI
NXP claims its secure MCUs holds major share in Germany’s eHealthcard deployment
Infineon promotes its DCLB interface for NFC communication
Hardware enforced security based on the ARM TrustZone secure arch
MEMS accelerometer sensor from MaruLSI embeds Kilopass NVM XPM IP
NFC tag IC features UID ASCII mirror and NFC counter
ABI Research places NXP, Ingenico and Gemalto at top 3 in id sys biz
ABI: Traditional uses of RFID to increase by $2.8 billion from 2012 to 2017
Infineon security chips to power S.Africa's SASSA smart cards
Discretix to develop products with CRI's DPA countermeasures
Smart payment card shipment to increase to 3.5B in 2017, as per IMS
Infineon security chip for Malaysia’s new national ID card “MyKad”
Smart card chip platform TESIC from Tiempo silicon proven on TSMC 130nm LP
NXP has 74% share of contactless ticket market, reports ABI Research
ID card technology: Mobile phone, NFC and the design
Tiempo partners with Alcinéo to develop smartcard applications
Mobile access solution for NFC phones from NXP and HID Global
NXP drives MIFARE for broader range of applications
Intersil, Sony and Altronix joining hands to develop hybrid IP video surveillance
NXP and HID Global are collaborating on NFC phones
NFC specs MIFARE4Mobile gained big momentum in 2011
Lightweight cryptography technique CLEFIA from Sony gets ISO/IEC stamp
NFC semiconductor chip market driven by smart-mobile
e-Shakti cards in Bihar to use NXP ID chips
Data transfer on removable secure elements using NFC
Infonetics: Market for desktop and mobile security clients to hit $8.2 billion by 2015
NFC Forum leverages Broadcom's new NFC chips for validation
NFC chip shipments to surpass 1.2 Billion by 2015
NXP adds new NFC ICs for making RFID tags
NFC radio controller chip PN544 from NXP to support Windows 8
MStar to license CRI's CryptoFirewall to use in its multimedia SoC STB chips
Europe advances step further in electronics ID tech
NFC solutions from NXP semiconductor for Google Wallet
Contactless smart cards to grow by 24% CAGR during 2011-13 say RNCOS
NXP and UPM extend collaboration on NFC tags
NXP launches partner program to promote RFID innovation
HID Global to integrate NXP's MIFARE in its contactless ID products
ImageFIRST picks Fujitsu RFID tags for garment tracking
NFC Forum announces 32 new members
RFID enabled surgical sponges to assist surgeons to ensure patient safety
CTIA, Gemalto and ST Microelectronics partnering on secure NFC apps
Passive UHF RFID transponder IC ranking by ABI
AuthenTec DRM secures Alcatel OT-980 Android phone
NXP Semiconductor invests into tech of high business differentiating potential
High hardware cost slowing RFID growth in Asia Pacific says Frost & Sullivan
Market milestones of smart card ICs as analyzed by ABI
VDC Research: Barcode and RFID converging to address enlarging authentication market
austriamicrosystems' RFID chip powers Nordic ID's new handheld computer
Security appliance market in APEJ region grew to US$267.11million in Q2'2010
SIM card market will grow 10% in 2010 reports ABI
Mobile security client software grew 16% between Q1 and Q2 of 2010, says a study
HID Global and Sony to jointly develop embedded contactless smart card reader platform
Atmel sold its Smart Card business in Rousset, France and East Kilbride, UK to INSIDE
NXP's contactless MCU IC to handle fare collection at the winter Olympics
3M making national ID cards for Panama
ABI: 5.2 billion MCU and memory-based smart cards shipped in 2009
New Products Facial recognition-based biometric authentication expands to ATMs Anti-tampering switch series from C&K Cryptographic controller MAXQ1061 for embedded electronics Exclusive cyber-security proofing modules from STMicroelectronics Maxim embeds mutiple security features in its new MCU MAX32560 Secure Hash Algorithm-3 processing VLSI IP core within 28K gates Flexible transparent rugged cloth RFID withstands multiple washes and ironing Security processor with 288 purpose-built security cores for cloud Passive Infrared sensor for reliable intruder detection security system PN7120 from NXP NFC-enables smart home IOT devices with secure connectivity Imagination’s OmniShield enables next-generation SoC security Security camera reference design for quick wake from sleepmode NFC Tags from STMicroelectronics for IoT NFC system reference design by ams and ST for mobile and wearable Java code supporting 3rd gen SIM controller chip from StarChip IC chip for making your smart phone as your car key Reference Design Kit from Ambarella wearable police and security cameras ID card module tech from Infineon support both contact and contactless Advanced Secure-IC family for cards Security microcontroller from INSIDE Secure for e-government apps Security chip from Infineon allows safe connection to e-systems Camera SoC for intelligent home security sys Module for securing Smart-Grid INSIDE Secure upgrades its cryptographic module for mobile phones PulseWallet integrates Fujitsu PalmSecure biometric technology Low power non-volatile memory IP for ID/tag chip design Security processor: 40Gb/s throughput with simultaneous compression Crypto IC from Altis packs several encryption engines INSIDE Secure's SafeZone encryption toolkit receives security certification Infineon's 'Coil on Module' for both contact and contactless cards NFC tag chip thinner than paper offered by SMARTRAC EAL6+ certified contactless IC card chip from Sony NFC tag application developer kit from Infineon for North American market TVS diodes from Infineon for NFC system Antenna-end StarChip is sampling SCF335H SIM controllers for USIM Java card applications Higgs-4 RFID IC from Alien Technology is mass-market adopted Battery-assisted RFID chip with temperature sensor for multiple apps New NFC chip from NXP offers increased RF range and higher data speed NFC controller IC ST21NFCA from ST supports all NFC use cases Smart card reader MCU chip from Holtek MCU form Atmel for RFID operate in 100-150kHz range 13.56 MHz proximity contactless reader IC from NXP is compatible with latest techs SIP NFC chip from Samsung for mobile transaction apps CIPURSE compliant security chip solutions for public transport apps Recently launched Galaxy Nexus from Google incorporates NXP's NFC solution MCU from Atmel with AES-128 protocol stack for car key fobs 13.56MHz interfaced RFID devices from Maxim for access control, e-payment apps Dual-interface EEPROM allows wireless access of data via NFC and RFID Smart-Card IC supporting the latest version of Calypso ticketing open standard Sony enhanced its FeliCa contactless IC chip to support AES Boot code protection solutions for TI's processor chips Security processor from Broadcom to authenticate and protect the data Atmel extends its cryptoAuthentication family supporting AES High-rel RFID chips from NXP Semiconductors with segmentable user memory Digi's cellular gateway for monitoring remote assets Infineon and NXP enhance their security ID chips with tech upgrade MCU chip for smartcard and security ID card apps with layers and layers of protection Small size fingerprint sensor from AuthenTec Contactless smart card IC supporting Rijndael from NXP Semi.
New Products
Facial recognition-based biometric authentication expands to ATMs
Anti-tampering switch series from C&K
Cryptographic controller MAXQ1061 for embedded electronics
Exclusive cyber-security proofing modules from STMicroelectronics
Maxim embeds mutiple security features in its new MCU MAX32560
Secure Hash Algorithm-3 processing VLSI IP core within 28K gates
Flexible transparent rugged cloth RFID withstands multiple washes and ironing
Security processor with 288 purpose-built security cores for cloud
Passive Infrared sensor for reliable intruder detection security system
PN7120 from NXP NFC-enables smart home IOT devices with secure connectivity
Imagination’s OmniShield enables next-generation SoC security
Security camera reference design for quick wake from sleepmode
NFC Tags from STMicroelectronics for IoT
NFC system reference design by ams and ST for mobile and wearable
Java code supporting 3rd gen SIM controller chip from StarChip
IC chip for making your smart phone as your car key
Reference Design Kit from Ambarella wearable police and security cameras
ID card module tech from Infineon support both contact and contactless
Advanced Secure-IC family for cards
Security microcontroller from INSIDE Secure for e-government apps
Security chip from Infineon allows safe connection to e-systems
Camera SoC for intelligent home security sys
Module for securing Smart-Grid
INSIDE Secure upgrades its cryptographic module for mobile phones
PulseWallet integrates Fujitsu PalmSecure biometric technology
Low power non-volatile memory IP for ID/tag chip design
Security processor: 40Gb/s throughput with simultaneous compression
Crypto IC from Altis packs several encryption engines
INSIDE Secure's SafeZone encryption toolkit receives security certification
Infineon's 'Coil on Module' for both contact and contactless cards
NFC tag chip thinner than paper offered by SMARTRAC
EAL6+ certified contactless IC card chip from Sony
NFC tag application developer kit from Infineon for North American market
TVS diodes from Infineon for NFC system Antenna-end
StarChip is sampling SCF335H SIM controllers for USIM Java card applications
Higgs-4 RFID IC from Alien Technology is mass-market adopted
Battery-assisted RFID chip with temperature sensor for multiple apps
New NFC chip from NXP offers increased RF range and higher data speed
NFC controller IC ST21NFCA from ST supports all NFC use cases
Smart card reader MCU chip from Holtek
MCU form Atmel for RFID operate in 100-150kHz range
13.56 MHz proximity contactless reader IC from NXP is compatible with latest techs
SIP NFC chip from Samsung for mobile transaction apps
CIPURSE compliant security chip solutions for public transport apps
Recently launched Galaxy Nexus from Google incorporates NXP's NFC solution
MCU from Atmel with AES-128 protocol stack for car key fobs
13.56MHz interfaced RFID devices from Maxim for access control, e-payment apps
Dual-interface EEPROM allows wireless access of data via NFC and RFID
Smart-Card IC supporting the latest version of Calypso ticketing open standard
Sony enhanced its FeliCa contactless IC chip to support AES
Boot code protection solutions for TI's processor chips
Security processor from Broadcom to authenticate and protect the data
Atmel extends its cryptoAuthentication family supporting AES
High-rel RFID chips from NXP Semiconductors with segmentable user memory
Digi's cellular gateway for monitoring remote assets
Infineon and NXP enhance their security ID chips with tech upgrade
MCU chip for smartcard and security ID card apps with layers and layers of protection
Small size fingerprint sensor from AuthenTec
Contactless smart card IC supporting Rijndael from NXP Semi.