Inside Secure to Provide NFC Technology and Products to Intel

Technology Transfer and Services Agreements Will Help Accelerate NFC into the Mainstream

(23.12.11) - Inside Secure, specialist in semiconductor solutions for secure transactions and digital identity, announced it has entered into an agreement with Intel Corporation to provide the company with Inside’s NFC products and technologies. The agreement marks a significant milestone for Inside Secure and the future of the NFC industry, helping move this emerging technology towards full-scale market adoption.

The agreement gives Intel access to Inside's software, firmware and core hardware technology for development of future Intel products. In addition, Inside will provide Intel's Mobile Wireless Group with access to scalable NFC solutions based on Inside's "MicroRead", "SecuRead" and "Open NFC" products.

A third-generation product that sets a new standard for ease of integration, the MicroRead NFC controller offers a broad range of NFC options and provides the capacity to support multiple secure element types, including SIM, SE or SD card, to support multiple business models. SecuRead integrates Inside's award-winning MicroRead NFC controller with a high-performance secure element and a GlobalPlatform-compliant "Java Card" operating system. (Inside Secure: ra)