Peter Bauer, CEO of Infineon Technologies AG, will resign his post at the end of the current fiscal year due to health reasons. Peter Bauer suffers from osteoporosis. During the last several years he already endured numerous fractures of the vertebrae. Recently, his condition significantly worsened and, after due consideration, he informed the Supervisory Board…
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Infineon: Annual General Meeting resolves payment of a dividend 20 percent higher than in the previous year
The Annual General Meeting of Infineon Technologies AG resolved payment of a dividend of Euro 0.12 per share. This means the company is paying a total of about Euro 130 million to its shareholders for the 2011 fiscal year – 20 percent more than in the previous year. The dividend for the 2010 fiscal year…
CARTES & IDentification 2011: Infineon Presents First eFlash Microcontrollers on 65 Nanometer for Chip Card and Security Applications
Infineon Technologies AG announced the availability of first samples of the 65 nanometer (nm) embedded flash (eFlash) microcontrollers (MCUs) targeting chip card and security applications. This results from the development and production partnership for 65nm eFlash MCUs Infineon and TSMC established in 2009. First products to be ramped in high volume will be microcontrollers for…
Reducing risks for government ID security chips
By Dr. Peter Laackmann and Marcus Janke, Infineon Technologies It is well known that monoculture, used in forestry or crop plantings for greater yields, may lead to a dramatically increased susceptibility for pathogens and diseases. Today, a similar insight is also growing in the security chip industry, where technological monocultures were introduced mainly due to…
Infineon Supplies Security Microcontrollers for Germany’s Electronic Health Card
Infineon Technologies AG is set to supply more than 40 percent of the security microcontrollers for the 60 million electronic health cards which German statutory health insurance companies started issuing in October 2011. The microcontrollers used come from the SLE 78 family which ranks among Infineon’s high security products and deploys the company’s security technology…
Infineon offers open interface to NFC security controllers
Infineon Technologies is now offering an open high-performance interface used in itsNear Field Communication (NFC) security microcontrollers. The DCLB (Digital Contact Less Bridge) interface will be freely available and usable as a globally open solution for all NFC modem, Secure Element and handset manufacturers. The DCLB interface is an open solution offering an optimized connection between…
Smart Grid cyber attacks – Germany steps up the protection
By Martin Klimke and Chris Shire, Infineon Technologies To fight global warming and lower the dependency on fossil energy resources, smart grids will be deployed. Smart grids will transform the power grids into intelligent networks that need a solid security foundation. The German government has understood the need for security in this application and has initiated…
Germany’s Federal Minister of the Interior Broadens Security Cooperation with Infineon; Focus on the Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Security of Mobile Devices
Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) and the semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG are deepening their cooperation in the IT security sector. The German Federal Minister of the Interior, Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich, and Peter Bauer, CEO of Infineon Technologies AG, met today for this purpose at Infineon’s headquarters in Neubiberg near Munich. The continued…