The handover of the final research report to the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) at the end of July marked the completion of the biggest chip card research project in the European Union. The research results of the “BioPass” project lay the technical foundations for future electronic ID documents in the EU.…
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Infineon Security Microcontrollers Enhance Security of Google’s Chromebooks for Web-Based Applications
Infineon Technologies AG today announced that the company is shipping Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chips for devices running Google’s Chrome-based operating system. A TPM is an integral part of the security architecture of Google Chromebooks and Infineon is the first supplier of TPM chips suited for integration onto the newly available operating system for web-based…
VIDEO: Infineon’s Integrity Guard
Watch this video to find out more about “Integrity Guard”, a security technology developed by Infineon Technologies to deliver an especially high level of long-lasting protection for sensitive data in applications such as credit cards and electronic government identification documents, e.g. passports or ID cards. With “Integrity Guard” sensitive information remains encrypted during transmission and processing. Even…
Infineon’s Embedded Secure Element Brings Security to NFC-Enabled Smart Phones
Near Field Communication (NFC) connectivity technology transforms smart phones and other mobile devices into wallets, tickets and keys. Infineon Technologies AG is backing this development and is launching its latest security microcontroller for NFC applications: the embedded Secure Element. As an integral part of the mobile phone electronics, the embedded Secure Element provides security for NFC applications such…
The travel function policy on national eID in the European Union
By Detlef Houdeau and Chris Shire, Infineon Technologies Currently, the EU policy for cross border control processes cannot be described as harmonized. When looking at this topic, it is important to note that the Schengen Area is not a geographic area but rather a list of twenty-five states within a cooperative framework. In addition, there…
Secure Flash for high security smart cards
By Ines Pedersen, Infineon Technologies Over the last years the smart card market has changed dramatically. Technical progress, an increasing demand for security as well as a broad change in people’s minds have led to strong growth of electronically supported systems, like cashless payment – in different form factors such as smart cards, mobile phones…
Infineon receives Innovation Award of German Industry for security technology “Integrity Guard”
Infineon Technologies have received the Innovation Award of German Industry for the best technological innovation. In the category of large-scale enterprises the prestigious award went to Infineon’s “Integrity Guard” security technology. This marked the third time Infineon has received this accolade. No other company in Germany has won the award more times in the last…
Infineon to Establish New Entity in China Meeting the Growing Demand for Energy Efficiency and Electromobility Solutions
Infineon Technologies AG today opened a new facility in China called Infineon Integrated Circuits (Beijing) Co., Ltd., located in the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Area. In addition to sales and marketing, application R&D and central functions, the new entity houses an IGBT stack manufacturing facility and a technical center for automotive solutions. IGBTs (Insulated…