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News Release from: ARM | Subject: SecurCore SC300 processor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 November 2007
Processor boosts energy efficiency
The SecurCore SC300 processor will enable more functionality to be embedded in a smart card or SIM card than ever before, with minimal additional silicon area.
ARM has released the ARM SecurCore SC300 processor, designed for contactless and USB smart cards and embedded security applications It is based upon the Cortex-M3 processor and combines the security features of ARM SecurCore processors, with the code efficiency of the Thumb-2 instruction set architecture doubling energy efficiency and performance
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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With collaboration from three tier one contactless IC vendors, the SecurCore SC300 processor will enable more functionality to be embedded in a smart card or SIM card than ever before, with minimal additional silicon area.
In addition, the SC300 processor features fast real-time handling of multiple interfaces for new high-speed and contactless applications, including Smart Card web Server (SWCS) and Near Field Communication (NFC).
"From credit cards and electronic wallets, to mobile phone SIM cards, e-passports and identity cards, smart cards have become a ubiquitous part of our daily lives", said Ian Drew, Vice President, Segment Marketing, ARM.
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"As smart cards are required to support more complex applications and security features, the market will continue to shift from 8bit to 32bit processors".
"The SecurCore SC300 processor provides great system performance with very low power consumption and vastly simplifies the migration to 32bit smart card platforms through a familiar programming environment".
"SIM cards, identification projects and payment are the current drivers of the smart card markets in all regions".
"The demand for smart cards is also escalating due to demand from increasingly security-conscious government and enterprises", said Anoop Ubhey, Global Program Director, Smart Cards, Frost and Sullivan.
"Secure 32bit platforms such as the ARM SecurCore SC300 processor are essential in enabling the growing level of sophistication in smart cards".
The SecurCore SC300 processor offers debug facilities and tools to help smart card OEMs speed software development.
Further, smart card emulation is available prior to silicon, enabling collaboration in the early stages of hardware and software development and accelerating time to market.
The ARM Cortex-M3 processor, which forms the foundation of the SecurCore SC300 processor, was developed to target the low-cost requirements of a broad range of markets and applications where memory and processor size significantly affect device costs.
The Cortex-M3 processor brings together multiple technologies to reduce memory size while delivering industry-leading performance in a small, power-efficient RISC core and delivers a suitable platform to accelerate the migration of thousands of applications around the globe from legacy components to 32bit microcontrollers.
This assures full compatibility with other ARM processors as well as direct and immediate support from the ARM RealView Microcontroller Development Kit which is suitable for developing the firmware that will run on smart cards.
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