Smart card and secure IC shipments to near 9 million, ABI says

ABI Research has identified a rapidly growing demand for secure microcontrollers enabling high levels of security and authentication within the anti-counterfeiting and NFC secure element markets, as well as increasing security within connected devices. From the previous market data, shipment forecasts for 2012 have been increased from 261 million to 540 million units.

「There appears to be a divide developing between the smart card vendors. Morpho, Watchdata, Kona@I, and Wuhan Tianyu recorded market share volume growth in 2011. At the same time, Gemalto, Oberthur...more