NXP, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips and STMicroelectronics, a secure smart card chips company, have entered into a global strategic licensing agreement for NXP’s MIFARE technology. The licensing agreement now enables STMicroelectronics to integrate the entire MIFARE family into its security solutions for mobile phone and banking applications.
It will facilitate the convergence of the MIFARE infrastructure and Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled mobile devices, accelerating worldwide contactless application deployments.
Ruediger Stroh, general manager of identification business at NXP Semiconductors, said: “We are convinced that the mainstream adoption of NFC requires true industry collaboration, and so we are delighted that STMicroelectronics will be integrating the MIFARE technology into its next-generation contactless solutions.
“We will continue to drive the extension and evolution of contactless applications while developing technologies that provide the flexibility, security and performance required to bring an exciting new range of devices even closer to consumers’ fingertips.”
Marie-France Florentin, general manager of digital secure access division at STMicroelectronics, said: “Teaming up with NXP and licensing MIFARE technology, the most widespread contactless technology around the world, we now support an additional and essential application field, which will enrich our portfolio of secure processor ICs for the sim, banking card ICs and embedded secure solutions.”
