Dual Card Reader Chip is based on Cortus APS23

14th December 2015

Cortus S.A.

Jordan Mulcare

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Synic Solution and Cortus announced that the Synic SKY5000 integrated Dual Card Reader solution uses a Cortus APS23 core to enable the flexible implementation of user applications. The Synic SKY5000 is fully compliant with the EMV4.1 standard for secure payment transactions and the ISO-7816 standard for smartcards with contacts and supports Class A/B/C supplies with an external 5V power input.

By integrating a low dropout (LDO) regulator for the core and I/O as well as an internal clock generator, the SKY5000 provides a cost-effective solution for card readers without an external clock source. The chip supports a variety of external host interfaces including USB, UART, SPI & I2C. The chip includes a number of security features including tamper detection and an internal secured NVRAM for encryption key values.

“The Cortus APS23 provides us with good processing performance combined with a small silicon footprint” says Y.C. Choi, Chief Technology Officer, Synic Solution, “In addition, the core has very low power consumption.” He adds, “We have been pleased to work locally with the support of the Cortus Korea office.”

“We are delighted that Synic Solution have chosen a Cortus core for their innovative Smart Card reader solution and that the SK5000 is the first chip to be manufactured containing an APS23”, says Michael Chapman, CEO and President, Cortus, “This adds to Cortus' strong record in smartcard applications including SIM card chips, e-Passport chips and PayTV cards.”

The Cortus family of APS processors offers a wide choice of computational performance and system complexity for embedded SoCs. All cores interface to Cortus’ peripherals including Ethernet 10/100 MAC, USB 2.0 Device and USB 2.0 OTG. They also share the simple vectored interrupt structure which ensures rapid, real time interrupt response, with low software overhead.