Turkish government ID and electronic social security project adopts Teridian 73S1215F for its terminals
(Business News, 17 Jun 2008 )
Teridian Semiconductor Corporation, a leading supplier of advanced smart card reader integrated circuits and System-on-Chips, has announced that TUBITAK UEKAE, National Research Institute of Electronics & Cryptology, Turkey has selected Teridian’s 73S1215F integrated circuit as the hardware basis for its common smart card terminal, that will be deployed in conjunction with the up-coming launch of e-Government and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) smart cards. The services that will become available through this deployment include an electronic social security project and a citizen electronic identification card.
Turkey’s Electronic Identity Authentication and Management System project is estimated to cover all of its citizens by 2013. TUBİTAK UEKAE was given the responsibility of designing, implementing and validating the security infrastructure of the system on site by the Turkish government due to UEKAE's specialist research in the field of communications and data security.
TUBITAK UEKAE’s research & development team has developed and is entering field trials with a common terminal platform based on Teridian’s 73S1215F smart card controller that provides seamless connectivity over USB or serial link with smart cards and Secure Access Modules (SAMs). This platform will be ready for pilot applications, scheduled to begin in 2008.
The 73S1215F is part of Teridian’s advanced 73S12xx series of smart card reader controllers, built around a high-performance 80515 core, offering JTAG-like in-circuit emulation for programming and development. 73S1215F’s feature set includes multiple ISO7816 card slots with one built-in full ISO7816 / EMV interface, PINpad interface, turnkey firmware and driver against CCID specification and on-chip flash memory to support on-board firmware upgrades.
