Chip maker NXP has licensed Intrinsic ID‘s Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) technology for use with its SmartMX2 smart card and secure element chips... More
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Flomio launches 3D printed NFC objects
The models include an embedded NFC tag, can be produced from standard 3D printing files and are available in sizes up to 15cm cubed at a starting price of US$8 per item. More
Gema debuts multi-chip NFC super tag with built-in keyboard
The new technology involves placing multiple NFC chips on a single tag base that are individually triggered when a consumer places their mobile phone on the base and presses a button. “Think of it like an NFC keyboard,” says founder Joanna Rogerson. More
Tagitron adds NFC HardTags
German RFID specialist Tagitron has launched a range of NFC tags designed for industrial applications... More
Broadcom sets its sights on a billion NFC devices
The connectivity chip maker has launched the BCM43341, a combo chip that combines NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM radio and is designed to meet ever increasing demand from mass market mobile phone and consumer electronics device makers. More
Wii U packs Broadcom NFC
Chip maker Broadcom has supplied the NFC controller used in Nintendo’s Wii U games console, a teardown has revealed... More
STMicro offers batteryless NFC developer kit
A new developer kit from STMicroelectronics is designed to provide engineers with everything they need to start designing battery-free electronic applications that can exchange data with NFC smartphones... More
Google picks Broadcom for NFC in Nexus 4 and Nexus 10
The new Android 4.2 Jelly Bean mobile phone and tablet reference devices make use of a Broadcom NFC controller chip instead of the NXP chips Google used in earlier models. Broadcom has also contributed its NFC software stack to the Android Open Source Project. More
Fingerprint Cards adds biometric verification to Infineon secure element
Biometric authentication specialist Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has announced it has integrated its fingerprint verification algorithm and swipe sensor technology into Infineon‘s embedded secure element chip... More
NFC Forum publishes NFC Controller Interface specification
“The availability of the NCI specification is significant because it makes it easier for device manufacturers to integrate chipsets from different chip manufacturers, and it defines a common level of functionality and interoperability among the components within an NFC-enabled device,” says the NFC Forum. More
Inside Secure’s SIM card chipset adds NFC to standard mobile phones
NFC and contactless chip specialist Inside Secure has announced the availability of a new chipset that enables NFC payment capabilities to be added to standard mobile phones... More
AdvanIDe adds reader boards
Assa Abloy owned smart card and RFID chip maker AdvanIDe has launched a range of contactless reader modules aimed at the NFC market... More
NXP launches new generation of NFC tags with built-in security features
NXP has launched a new generation of NFC tag chips that feature a range of built-in security features... More
Smartrac adds ultrathin tags
Tag manufacturer Smartrac has announced the introduction of the first ultrathin NFC tags using chips shaved down to just 50 micrometres thick... More
DeviceFidelity launches new range of NFC microSD devices
The new CredenSE products can be used as an external secure element in NFC phones as well as to add NFC functionality to both smartphones and feature phones, without the need for a separate signal booster. More
Inside Secure reports Q3 2012 results
Inside Secure generated revenues of US$28.6m during the third quarter of 2012, the chip maker reports, up 1% on sales during the second quarter of 2012 but 22% down on the third quarter of 2011... More
Stollmann adds support for Texas Instruments NFC chips
Software stack specialist Stollmann has expanded its NFC stack to include support for Texas Instruments’ TI TRF79xx family of NFC chips... More
Inside Secure launches multi-owner secure element
“With the availability of the VaultSecure IC, smartphone manufacturers, mobile network operators and other trusted third parties can co-own the SE and install, personalize and administer their own open- or closed-loop payment, access control, transit, loyalty or other secure applets,” says Inside’s Pierre Garnier. More
NXP and sMedio link Windows 8 PCs with Android phones via NFC
Chip maker NXP and content mobility specialist sMedio have announced they are working together on NFC-WiFi solutions that will make it easy for content to be transferred between NFC-enabled Windows 8 PCs and phones running Android and other operating systems... More
NTT Docomo to take Japanese mobile wallet global
The Japanese carrier, founder of Japan’s Osaifu-Keitai mobile wallet service, has signed a deal with MasterCard that will see its 17m iD mobile credit card holders being able to use a new generation of phones to make payments at MasterCard Paypass merchants in 41 countries as well as at 560,000 Osaifu-Keitai points of sale in Japan. More