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Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Renesas Technology Europe
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 04 February 2005

Smart card MCU leaders to standardise
software

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Infineon Technologies and Renesas Technology Corp are to offer a common software interface for their 32bit families of smart card microcontrollers.

Infineon Technologies and Renesas Technology Corp, the world's number one and number two suppliers of microcontrollers for smart cards, are to offer a common software interface for their 32bit families of smart card microcontrollers Such a standardised software interface will help to accelerate the development of new smart card applications, as it enables card manufacturers to re-use their application-specific software across various smart card IC platforms, which are widely used in mobile communications applications