NXP Semiconductors Powers NFC In The Samsung GALAXY S III
NXP has announced that its PN65 Mobile Transactions
solution will power the Samsung GALAXY S III and bring a new concept to mobile
experience.
The successor of the GALAXY S II, the GALAXY S III, has a 4.8 inch display, an 8MP camera and fast quad-core processor.
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operating system, the Samsung GALAXY S III supports secure NFC applications,
such as wallets being launched by mobile network operators, card associations
and others such as Google's Wallet.
NFC stands for Near-Field Communication and allows objects to respond to the tap of a mobile device.
NXP boasts that its PN65 delivers best in class performance and seamless interoperability with various mobile use cases such as payment, transportation, access control and NFC tag reading largely based on the firm's contactless reader IC technology.
"We are in the midst of a golden era of mobile and
Samsung continues to set the bar with coveted products like the GALAXY S III,"
says Henri Ardevol, vice president and general manager, secure transactions at NXP
Semiconductors.
"Samsung's flagship phones require flagship-worthy NFC
solutions and NXP is proud to support Samsung on its GALAXY S line. We eagerly
look forward to the extraordinary mobile experiences the GALAXY S III will
deliver including those enabled by NFC," he adds.
NFC is a standardised technology co-invented by NXP and Sony in 2002. Currently, NXP says OEMs have selected its NFC technology for more than 130 mobile devices.