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Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Hitachi Europe | Subject: AE-5 family
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 October 2001
Smart card controller uses fine EEPROM
process
Hitachi has released details of the AE-5 family of high-end 32bit smart card controllers.
Hitachi has released the AE-5 family of high-end 32bit smart card controllers The new smart card devices are the first to be manufactured using a 0.18-micron EEPROM process, the smallest EEPROM process in the world
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The AE-5 controllers enhance the AE series and are upward compatible with the already available AE-4 devices, making Hitachi the only manufacturer to offer a complete object code compatible smart card lineup from 8 to 32bit.
The new 32bit controllers offer enhanced functionality for high-end smart card applications, including GSM SIM and USIM cards, financial cards, health and ID cards.
The AE-5 family also supports multi-application cards based on sophisticated operating systems such as Java Card or Multos.
The AE-5 family is object code compatible with AE-4 devices, and like the AE-4 family offers 16Mbyte of linear address space.
In addition, AE-5 boasts Java processing performance and is 10 times faster on an absolute timing basis.
Its enhanced functionality and security also includes an advanced cryptographic coprocessor, allowing for key sizes of up to 2112 bit for asymmetric algorithms and a new hardware module for AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) algorithm implementation.
For example, an RSA calculation of 1Kbit can be done in less than 120ms.
AE-5 integrates Hitachi's Integrated Security Concept (ISC) and the advanced security features will be confirmed by independent evaluations.
These features include, for example, strong protection of on-chip data, advanced screening techniques against information leakage attacks and improved integration of security between different parts of the chip.
Hitachi's AE series covers all smart card applications with the full performance range of 8, 16 and 32bit CPUs with AE-3, AE-4 and AE-5 cores, respectively.
The 0.18-micron process technology allows a much higher integration of memory into a smart card and therefore enables high-end applications.
The first devices within the AE-5 series will integrate memory of up to 128Kbyte EEPROM, 256Kbyte ROM, 10Kbyte RAM and a range of peripheral functions.
Previously announced members of the AE series include the AE450, AE45C, AE460 and AE46C.
AE-5 devices will be available from 2H/2002.
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