Product category:
Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: NEC Electronics (Europe)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 26 March 2002
Smart card RISC processor gains security
approval
NEC's V-Way family of 32bit RISC microcontrollers for smart cards is listed in the latest Visa Chip Vendor Rating List as being capable of supporting Visa Technology Level 3.
NEC's V-Way family of 32bit RISC microcontrollers for smart cards is listed in the latest Visa Chip Vendor Rating List as being capable of supporting Visa Technology Level 3 With the launch of its high-end V-Way family in 1999, NEC has been the first chip vendor to produce 32bit RISC microcontrollers for smart cards in large volumes
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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This 3-year experience in designing and producing high performance and technologically advanced security products makes NEC the leading supplier of a new generation of devices that fit today's and future needs of true multiapplication and interoperable smart cards.
Security evaluations conducted on the V-Way product range are part of the global NEC security strategy aiming at meeting the highest security standard for smart card ICs.
To this end, NEC not only offers products with the highest security levels, but also develops and manufactures these products in the "best-in-class" security operations.
The Technology Level 3 approval from Visa International obtained for the uPD703902 secure microcontroller attests the security "knowhow" reached by NEC and confirms its leadership in 32bit smart card ICs.
Jean-Francois Chouteau, Head of the NEC Smart Card Application Centre, commented, "In 2001, NEC was awarded the world first Common Criteria system certification for the Yamaguchi manufacturing plant.
Today, NEC keeps showing the way with the world first 32bit IC granted with the Technology Level 3 approval by Visa.
This is another way to illustrate that great feeling of security our customers experience when choosing NEC and the V-Way family".
"This new achievement in the development of NEC security microcontrollers is another stepping stone to recognised reliable and trusted products", says Fabrice Poulard, Head of Marketing and Applications in the NEC Smart Card Application Centre.
To add, "Other important milestones will be reached within the year 2002 that will place NEC at the forefront position in defining a state-of-the-art 32bit platform for high-end smart cards".
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