A British project to develop a commercially viable secure communications system has won government backing.
Qinetiq, with the Hitachi Cambridge Labs and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is partnering, has won a share in the government £ 90m micro and nanotechnology manufacturing fund a key component for a quantum cryptographic communication system to be developed.


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STMicroelectronics has a microcontroller for secure identity cards support the latest encryption techniques and large memory for biometric data.
ST23YR80 contains a cryptographic co-processor, RSA and Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) algorithms enable improved. The EAC (Extended Access Control) E-Passport-operation, including 38kbyte of data that will be supported in less than 3.5 seconds.


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SDC Systems offers a range of Gigabit Ethernet Single-board computers designed by ADI Engineering and Intel XScale and Intel IXA-based technologies.


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MIPS processor core prepares Smart Card market richard ball attack
MIPS Technologies has introduced the architecture and the first microprocessor core for its attack on the smart card market.
The processor-design company has worked with leading smart card manufacturer Gemplus to define the architecture, called SmartMIPS and 4KSc core.


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Under development european smart card manufacturers continue to develop all areas of on-card chip, including microprocessors, memory and security policy. The latest project is the multi-application smart card security. Richard Ball looks at what this front technologically smart cards exceed existing magnetic stripe and memory cards is happening and to start
proliferate in the coming years. The main components of smart card manufacturers have many years of development under their belts and are ready to supply the market with projected maps of varying complexity.

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MIPS processor core prepares Smart Card market richard ball attack
MIPS Technologies has introduced the architecture and the first microprocessor core for its attack on the smart card market.
The processor-design company with leading smart card manufacturer Gemplus, the architecture, called SmartMIPS and define the core 4KSc worked.


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NEC claims the longest single-photon transmission over optical fiber cheap steve Bush
To over 100 km, NEC claims the world's longest single-photon transmission in low-cost optical fiber — but Toshiba has there first.


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Overall, computer security could result from unbreakable optical code
Researchers at Mitsubishi Electric, NEC and the University of Tokyo claim made a breakthrough into a new technology have to be very secure data communications.
Companies have a technique known as quantum cryptography, which codes the data optically implemented and have for the first time information transmitted between the systems used this technique.


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Quantum cryptography is a new phase on the way from the laboratory to the economy came with a large number of demonstrations, the Bank of England and the Department of Trade and Industry.
Bankers, government officials and top quantum computing experts gathered in London to see demonstrations by Qinetiq, Toshiba Cambridge and MagiQ using quantum cryptography over fiber optic cable in free air.


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Quantum coding holds key to Bush cryptographySteve
DERA Malvern has a cryptographic key is on free-space quantum coding help transfer more than anyone else.


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