NFC World » Broadcom http://www.nfcworld.com The near field communication news source - NFC, contactless, mobile payments, RF SIM, RFID and more Tue, 21 May 2013 17:21:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Samsung to issue new TecTiles that meet NFC Forum standards http://www.nfcworld.com/2013/04/30/323785/samsung-to-issue-new-tectiles-that-meet-nfc-forum-standards/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2013/04/30/323785/samsung-to-issue-new-tectiles-that-meet-nfc-forum-standards/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:19:44 +0000 Karl Dyer http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=23785 Samsung is to introduce a new range of NFC tags because its existing TecTiles tags don't meet NFC Forum standards and won't work with the new Galaxy S4 smartphone. The phone maker's original TecTile tags...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2013/04/30/323785/samsung-to-issue-new-tectiles-that-meet-nfc-forum-standards/feed/ 0 NXP beats NFC forecast http://www.nfcworld.com/2013/03/18/323118/nxp-beats-nfc-forecast/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2013/03/18/323118/nxp-beats-nfc-forecast/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:04:45 +0000 Karl Dyer http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=23118 NXP Semiconductors shipped 125m NFC chips for smartphones and tablets in 2012, beating previous projections. The chip maker's figures received a boost when Samsung shipped 40m Galaxy S III smartphones equipped with NXP chips in...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/12/11/321521/broadcom-sets-its-sights-on-a-billion-nfc-devices/feed/ 0 Wii U packs Broadcom NFC http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/11/20/321223/wii-u-packs-broadcom-nfc/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/11/20/321223/wii-u-packs-broadcom-nfc/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:18:30 +0000 Mike Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=21223 Chip maker Broadcom has supplied the NFC controller used in Nintendo's Wii U games console, a teardown has revealed. The news represents the second significant design win for Broadcom in recent days, after it emerged...

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/11/14/321136/google-picks-broadcom-for-nfc-in-nexus-4-and-nexus-10/feed/ 2 Broadcom unveils NFC technology for sub-$100 smartphones http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/10/312344/broadcom-unveils-nfc-technology-for-sub-100-dollar-smartphones/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2012/01/10/312344/broadcom-unveils-nfc-technology-for-sub-100-dollar-smartphones/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:38:26 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=12344 The BCM21552G is a single chip that incorporates a modem and application processor as well as support for NFC and is designed for smartphones retailing at under US$100.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/26/310912/nfc-forum-picks-broadcom-for-device-certification-testing/feed/ 0 ABI: Four in ten NFC phones to have multiple secure elements http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/24/310842/abi-forecasts-four-in-ten-nfc-phones-to-have-multiple-secure-elements/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/24/310842/abi-forecasts-four-in-ten-nfc-phones-to-have-multiple-secure-elements/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:51:54 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=10842 Of the 552m NFC handsets set to ship in 2016, 227m will feature more than one secure element, according to a new forecast from ABI Research, pushing the value of the NFC chip market that year to more than US$1bn.

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]]> http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/10/24/310842/abi-forecasts-four-in-ten-nfc-phones-to-have-multiple-secure-elements/feed/ 0 New Broadcom chips signal next stage of the mobile wallet wars http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/27/310203/new-broadcom-chips-signal-next-stage-of-the-mobile-wallet-wars/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/09/27/310203/new-broadcom-chips-signal-next-stage-of-the-mobile-wallet-wars/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:56:20 +0000 Sarah Clark http://www.nfcworld.com/?p=10203 The company's new NFC controller chips allow multiple secure elements to be active on a single phone at the same time, making it possible for consumers to use both a mobile wallet supplied by a mobile network operator and a mobile wallet supplied by a bank, handset maker or operating system supplier.

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