Radio frequency is no longer just about large battery-powered radio-based gadgets like garage door openers and highway payment systems. Now electronic passports and credit cards are going to come with ...

Renesas Technology Europe has introduced the AE41R dedicated contactless smart card microcontroller for use in the payment and ID fields. Enabling lower-cost smart card implementation, the device is ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global smart card IC market size is expected to grow by USD 1.82 billion during 2020-2024. The report also provides the market impact and new opportunities created due to ...

The Smart Card Alliance announced the 2006 awards for "Outstanding Smart Card Achievement"(OSCA) in the North American smart card industry during its annual conference. Selected for awards were the ...

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 27, 2008--NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, will launch its state-of-the art microcontroller smart card IC ...

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2008--The use of contactless smart cards in mass transit and banking applications has grown considerably over the past few years in the Asia Pacific region.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has been monitoring the global smart card IC market since 2015 and the market is poised to grow by USD 1.79 billion during 2019-2023, progressing at a CAGR of over 8 ...

MANHASSET, N.Y. — SCM Microsystems Inc. (Fremont, Calif.) has entered a cooperative agreement with the Integrated Circuit Group of Japan's Sharp Corp. to develop and market contactless smart card ...

Macau Pass S.A., the developer of a contactless smartcard (previously called Transmac IC Card), first launched the Transmac over 20 years back (in 1999). The card may be used to conveniently pay for ...

Contactless smart cards are plastic cards (usually the size of a credit card) with an embedded radio frequency identification transponder. The RFID microchip can store a serial number and other ...

A credit card or ID card that contains a chip. When the card is inserted into a reader (contact) or held close to the reader (contactless), data are transferred to a central computer. Also called a ...