Product category:
Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Hitachi Europe | Subject: AE45C1 and AE46C
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 26 October 2001
Smart 16bit controllers slim into SIM
cards
Hitachi has developed a range of smart card controllers specifically for next generation SIM card applications.
Hitachi has developed a range of smart card controllers specifically for next generation SIM card applications The enhanced AE45C1 and AE46C 16bit microcontrollers are capable of handling current and future high-datarate mobile telephony services, with a guaranteed upgrade path to 3G applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Hitachi has developed the AE45C1 and AE46C controllers to meet new demands from the telecommunication smart card market including powerful applications enabled by GPRS and EDGE.
The devices feature 196Kbyte ROM, which is the world's largest on-chip ROM integrated into a smart card device, along with 6Kbyte RAM, and 36 and 68Kbyte EEPROM on the AE45C1 and AE46C, respectively.
This highly integrated memory enables the microcontrollers to fulfil the requirements of the new applications by storing common and general-purpose applications in the low-cost ROM, freeing the EEPROM for specific data and applications.
The large memory enables the controllers to host Java Card APIs, Crypto APIs, GSM, USIM and WIM (WAP Identification Module) applications, as well as micro-browser and other operator-specific applications.
It also allows card manufacturers to implement Java Card and SIM specifications.
Hitachi's Integrated Security Concept (ISC) is deployed on both controllers, securing the on-chip hardware and maximising the overall security of the smart card from design to shipment.
The ISC will be independently evaluated by an incremental common criteria evaluation.
Hitachi's AE series has a 30% share of the SIM devices market and provides for all smart card requirements, covering the full performance range of 8, 16 and 32bit CPUs with AE-3, AE-4 and AE-5 cores, respectively.
The series offers code compatibility between cores, allowing customers to consolidate investments already made in smart card software when moving from AE-3 to AE-4, or AE-4 to AE-5 CPU.
The new AE45C1 and AE46C devices add to Hitachi's AE series to provide a coherent family of telecom smart card devices.
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