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Boy how times have changed: Sharp offers 1 Megabyte chip with Java Card OS

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 in Library

“For the last couple of years,” says Robert Stuart, Product Manager at Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas, “smart cards have had to compromise on application capability due to size constraints in integrated circuits (ICs).”

Mr. Stuart believes that this compromise is no longer necessary. That is because in May 2005 Sharp will launch a new version of its 1 Megabyte (MB) smart card with the Java Card Open Platform (JCOP) operating system.

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