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Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Alpha Micro Components | Subject: TDK 73S1121F
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 02 June 2003

Smart card terminal chip meets new EMV
specs

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TDK's 73S1121F is the first SoC designed specifically for EMV smart card terminals.

In the week when new fraud-cutting 'chip and PIN' credit cards went on trial in the UK, Alpha Micro Components has won exclusive UK distribution rights for a new device from TDK Semiconductor that allows design engineers to quickly and cost-effectively develop point of sale (POS) devices that support this new form of financial transaction TDK's 73S1121F is the first system-on-a-chip designed specifically for EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) smart card terminals