ARM Holdings (ARMH, ARM.L) announced a a long-term strategic collaboration with Infineon Technologies AG in the field of security controllers or MCU for chip card and security applications. Based on the agreement, Infineon will receive an ARMv6M and ARMv7M architecture license. Infineon aims to have the first products in volume production by the second half of 2011, initially targeting the Multimedia SIM cards market.
Infineon, with its own specialized ARM architecture-compliant CPU cores, will address the current and future needs of the security markets in terms of hardware-based security, combined with the advantages of the industry's most widely licensed 32-bit CPU technology, the company noted.
"Our agreement with Infineon is a clear demonstration of collaborative differentiation further extending the applicability of the ARM architecture to the most demanding security applications," commented Mike Inglis, EVP and GM, Processor Division, ARM.
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