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Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Renesas Technology Europe | Subject: AE44C
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 December 2005
Smart card MCU has financial aspirations
The latest AE-4 smart card MCU incorporates a 16bit high-performance CPU core, 18Kbyte of EEPROM and 128Kbyte of mask ROM, in addition to coprocessors necessary for advanced encryption techniques.
The latest addition to the AE-4 series of smart card MCUs incorporates a 16bit high-performance CPU core, 18Kbyte of EEPROM and 128Kbyte of mask ROM, in addition to coprocessors necessary for advanced encryption techniques These features make it ideal for the financial smart card market
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The AE44C features the same 16bit CPU core used across the AE-4 series, allowing existing AE-4 series software to be used and time to market to be reduced.
The large 18Kbyte on-chip EEPROM enables the installation of multiple applications and the storage of large volumes of data critical for multifunctional smartcards for use in the financial sector or biometric data applications.
Renesas Technology has used its proprietary MONOS EEPROM for this microcontroller, ensuring high reliability and excellent cost performance thanks to special circuit techniques.
The 128Kbyte mask ROM can be used to install a general-purpose OS and perform complex processing functions while leaving the EEPROM clear for data storage.
The AE44C integrates coprocessors necessary for advanced encryption techniques as required for high-security banking and credit card transactions.
These include an exponential multiplication/division algorithm coprocessor and a coprocessor that supports DES (Data Encryption Standard) encryption.
As for all current Renesas Technology products, the E6000 full emulator is available with the AE44C, as a development tool.
Sample shipments of the AE44C will commence in May 2006.
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