Samsung Electronics Announces World's Highest-density 512KB EEPROM-embedded Smart Card IC

Cartes 2004, Paris, France - November 2, 2004 : Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced today that it has developed a high-density 512-kilobyte (KB) EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable ROM)-embedded smart card IC (S3CC91H). By doubling the data storage from its recently announced 256KB EEPROM-embedded smart card IC, Samsung expands the range of densities that it provides to mobile handset developers from 2KB to 512KB. The new 512KB EEPROM-embedded smart card IC will be demonstrated in Booth Hall 3 no.3 C 29 at the CARTES 2004 exhibition held at Paris, France from November 2 through 4. The newly developed smart card IC supports the enhanced user identification features of Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) and User Identity Module (UIM) cards from IMT 2000 and 3G mobile handsets. The new 512KB EEPROM-embedded smart card IC is the industry''s first to utilize 0.13? process technology, enabling higher memory density and a smaller chip size. Samsung''s smart card IC is built on a 16bit CalmRISCTM CPU and a crypto-processor supporting Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) features. Samsung plans to initiate mass production of the 512KB EEPROM embedded smart card IC in the second quarter of 2005, available for sales in Europe. About Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2003 parent company sales of US$36.4 billion and net income of US$5.0 billion. Employing approximately 88,000 people in 89 offices in 46 countries, the company consists of six main business units: Corporate Technology Operations, Digital Appliance Business, Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business and Telecommunication Network Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is the world''s largest producer of color monitors, color TVs, memory chips, and TFT-LCDs.