Sharp Microelectronics Announces Development of Next-Generation High-Performance 32-bit Smart Card with Built-in 1MB Flash Memory.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 13th Annual CardTech/SecurTech Conference and Exhibition booth #1452 CAMAS, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2003 Superior smart card performance with high-density built-in memory will enable secure and fast processing for multiple applications Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas today announces the development of Sharp's next-generation, high-performance 32-bit Smart Card with built-in 1MB Flash Memory. The new Smart Card technology is being developed to meet the rapidly growing demand for a "one card" solution that has the ability to store a greater variety of data all within an extremely secure environment. Applications for these new Smart Cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. include transportation and e-ticketing, retail and banking, security and access control, and intelligent packaging. Unlike ordinary magnetic cards, Smart Cards are capable of storing greater amounts of information, including vector data and biometric identification Noun 1. biometric identification - the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics; "negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or as well as required recognition algorithms. The demand for these cards is expected to continue growing rapidly as more organizations adopt them for identification, high security and payment. "Smart Cards based on high-density, reprogrammable Flash Memory can be fully programmed at the latest stage of the issuance process. This provides Smart Card manufacturers and system integrators with unprecedented flexibility in the capabilities and information stored on the card," said Robert Stuart For the explorer by the same name, see . Major Robert Stuart (c.1812 – June 17, 1901) was an officer of the British Army and veteran of the Crimean War. , Product Manager at Sharp Microelectronics. "The new 32-bit Smart Card will be capable of holding much more information more securely than most cards currently on the market. The 32-bit solution will also be more than two times faster than the current Sharp 1MB Smart Card." For this solution, Sharp has selected the 32-bit CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. core for secure data from MIPS Technologies (MIPS Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, CA, www.mips.com) Founded in 1984 as MIPS Computer Systems Inc., the company merged with SGI in 1992 and spun off as an independent entity once again in 2000. , Inc. This core enables more secure environments with higher security for personal/company information protection and provides enhanced security features for personal authorizations, such as identification cards. Moreover, various data for multiple applications in Flash Memory are protected by a memory management unit that is used as the firewall. Main characteristics -- High-density 1MB Flash Memory with a next-generation 32-bit CPU core to enable fast and high volume data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a . -- Contact/contactless dual interface. -- Better security through the use of the MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. 32(TM)(1) 4KSd(TM)(1) secure controller. -- Data protection by memory management units used as the firewall. Availability The Sharp 32-bit Smart Card is expected to be available Q2 2004. Sharp will also be available to discuss its Smart Card technologies at the 13th Annual CardTech/SecurTech Conference and Exhibition, May 13-15, 2003 in Orlando, Fla., booth #1452. About Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas, Camas, Washington, is a U.S.-based company and a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, which is a subsidiary of Sharp Corporation, Osaka, Japan. Sharp is a worldwide developer of core digital technologies that are playing an integral role in shaping the next generation of electronic products for consumer and business needs. Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas offers breakthrough memory, LCD, opto, CCD CCD in full charge-coupled device Semiconductor device in which the individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next device. , RF/IR, microcomputer microcomputer Small digital computers whose CPU is contained on a single integrated semiconductor chip. As large-scale and then very large-scale integration (VLSI) have progressively increased the number of transistors that can be placed on one chip, the processing capacity and system-on-chip components, along with packaging and integration skills that help design engineers throughout North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. bring their ambitious ideas to market. Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas is dedicated to improving people's lives through the use of advanced technology and a commitment to innovation, quality, value and design. For more information, visit www.sharpsma.com. (1) MIPS32(TM) 4KSd(TM) are trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc. |
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