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LEGIC® and NXP sign license agreement for MIFARE technology
October 2010 by Marc Jacob
LEGIC Identsystems Ltd announced that it will support NXP Semiconductors’ MIFARE technology in its reader platforms. By becoming a MIFARE licensee, LEGIC will be able to ensure that its reader components and systems are compatible with the portfolio of MIFARE-based smart cards, including MIFARE™ Classic, MIFARE Plus™ and MIFARE DESFire™ EV1. The agreement will foster LEGIC in its position as a leading supplier of multi-standard identification technology. Users will be able to combine the benefits of the two most advanced contactless technologies worldwide.
By integrating MIFARE technology in its LEGIC reader components, LEGIC addresses the need to serve global markets with a single reader device and true multi-standard systems. This will provide a wide variety of benefits for customers. From a technological point of view, the migration from first to more advanced generations of contactless identification solutions will become easier as MIFARE Classic or LEGIC prime installations can be smoothly migrated to latest technology, including LEGIC advant and LEGIC card-in-card solutions, a virtual transponder, which can be implemented on the NXP SmartMX™ secure microcontroller platform. System operators benefit from the easy handling of multiple technologies. End users will gain more flexibility due to an increased range of selectable applications and possibilities to merge their systems. The agreement accommodates manufacturers and reduces their development efforts and their operational and logistics costs.
