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Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Fingerprint Cards | Subject: DAD for TMS320C5000 and TMS320C6000
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 26 February 2003
Fingerprint analysis comes to TI DSPs
Fingerprint Cards has joined the Texas Instruments DSP third party network, and has ported its Distinct Area Detection algorithm to TI's TMS320C5000 and TMS320C6000 DSPs.
Fingerprint Cards has joined the Texas Instruments DSP third party network, and has ported its Distinct Area Detection (DAD) algorithm to TI's TMS320C5000 and TMS320C6000 DSPs This prepares the way for faster and easier customer development of biometric-enabled products in market applications concentrated around handheld computing and mobile wireless communications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Through TI's third party network the two companies will be in a position to offer co-ordinated support to benefit mutual customers in the implementation of embedded fingerprint authentication.
Fingerprint Cards' DAD algorithm is one of the most compact (8Kbit) fingerprint algorithms on the biometric technology market.
It supports two types of compact, low-cost fingerprint sensor technology developed by Fingerprint Cards for a range of product markets including mobile electronic devices.
The software's fingerprint matching performance has been maximised, but device requirements for minimal processing power and related battery power consumption have been accommodated to support the growing markets for security enabled technology that rely on specialised and cost-effect embedded processors.
"TI's family of DSPs reflects the increasing importance of embedded processing in several markets.
The C5000 and C6000 processors are known for their power efficiency and high performance, exactly the characteristics that make our DAD based fingerprint technology so appealing in the same mobile device markets",according to Lennart Carlson, Fingerprint Cards' CEO.
"As the need for secure user authentication grows, compatible solutions from TI and Fingerprint Cards will enable us to maximise our offerings to customers", said Ram Sathappan, Biometrics Product Marketing Manager TI.
"TI is dedicated to providing a complete signal processing solution for developers of biometric technology, and the addition of Fingerprint Cards will greatly enhance the development process on our DSPs".
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