Feb 1st, 2012: StarChip® Acquires Contactless Technology through Partnership with CEA-Leti
StarChip® expert in designing and qualifying Smart Card ICs, and CEA-Leti, the leading French semiconductor research institute, have signed an agreement to develop a Contactless Front End for Smart Card applications. The Contactless Front End is the result of Leti’s many years of expertise in Contactless ... Full Press Release is available under the following link:Download Press Release
Dec 20th, 2011: StarChip® achieves first-time-right ESD performance in SIM/Smartcard IC with Sofics TakeCharge® Technology
StarChip® today announced that it has chosen TakeCharge® electrostatic discharge (ESD) technology from Sofics, to protect its newest ICs, which include high voltage on-chip interfaces and must withstand exposure above 4kV Human Body Model (HBM) discharges in their target markets... Full Press Release is available under the following link:Download Press Release
Dec 8th, 2011: Crocus Partners With StarChip® To Develop System-On-Chip Solutions Based on Magnetic-Logic-Unit (MLU) Technology
Crocus Technology, a leading developer of magnetically enhanced semiconductors, and Starchip®, a semiconductor product provider focused on designing and qualifying secure products for mass production, today announced they have formed an alliance to develop next generation System-on-Chip (SOC) solutions... Full Press Release is available under the following link:Download Press Release
Nov 25th, 2011: CM-CIC Capital Innovation invested in StarChip®
StarChip®, Product Provider For Semiconductor Market, today announced that it has raised €1.5M from private investors. The group of investors includes CM-CIC Capital Innovation and Sudinnova.... Full Press Release (in French) is available under the following link:Download Press Release
Nov 9th, 2011: StarChip® announces Successful Ramp Up to High Volume Production of its SCF320G/384G SIM Controllers
StarChip®, a semiconductor company designing and qualifying products for mass production to enable its customers to purchase directly finished products from qualified foundries, today announced the successful ramp up of its SCF320G/SCF384G SIM controllers to high volume production for customers... Full Press Release is available under the following link:Download Press Release
Oct 3rd, 2011: Simulity and StarChip® unveil the availability of TACOS Java CardTM OS Platform on StarChip® SCF SIM Controllers
Simulity and StarChip® today announced the availability of Simulity Tacos Java CardTM OS platform on StarChip® SCF SIM controllers. The TACOS-J platform is a contact-based Java™ (U)SIM card built on Simulity's TACOS Enterprise Edition. It is fully compliant with Java Card™ 2.2.1 Specifications and Visa GlobalPlatform 2.1.1... Full Press Release is available under the following link:Download Press Release
Aug 23rd, 2011: Opened Positions in StarChip®
To ensure its development and future growth StarChip® is seeking for new talents. Several positions are currently opened. For more information please check out the Careers page under the following link:Careers
June 21st, 2011: StarChip® introduces its SCM Family of SIM Controllers addressing the M2M Markets
StarChip®, today announced the availability of its new SCM family of secure SIM controllers addressing M2M markets. The SCM controller family is based on Cortus APS3s 32-bit core enabling 20Mips@20MHz across an extended range of temperatures (-40°C to +105°C)... Full Press Release is available under the following link:Download Press Release
May 5th, 2011: StarChip® has selected LFoundry to jointly develop Secure Microcontrollers Solutions
StarChip®, expert in designing and qualifying Smart Card IC, announced today that it has selected LFoundry, the European specialist of foundry services, to develop state of the art secure microcontrollers solutions to address ID and Payment markets... Full Press Release is available under the following link:Download Press Release
April 27th, 2011: SST and StarChip® Participation at SIMposium 2011
StarChip® and SST will exhibit at SIMposium 2011 in Berlin (June 28-29 in the Maritim Pro Arte Hotel). Full details are available under the following link:SIMposium Website
Feb 10th, 2011: SST and StarChip® Announce Licensing and Design Partnership
StarChip® today announced a licensing and design partnership agreement with Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. (SST) ... Full Press Release is available under the following link:Download Press Release
Jan 5th, 2011: SIM Controller ISO7816 Certificate of Conformity
StarChip® today announced that its SIM controller SCF384G has received the ISO7816 Certificate of Conformity. Certificate of Conformity is available under the following link:Download Certificate
Jan 4th, 2011: Opened Positions in StarChip®
To ensure its development and future growth StarChip® is seeking for new talents. Several positions are currently opened. For more information please check out the Careers page under the following link:Careers
Nov 17th, 2010: New STARCHIP SIM Controllers bring Breakthroughs in Performance and Cost Savings
StarChip® today announced a breakthrough generation of ultra low cost yet powerful 32bit SIM controllers for Mobile Communication and M2M applications. Full press release (in English) is available under the following link:Download Article
Nov 5th, 2010: CARTES and IDentification Press Release
StarChip® to demonstrate its first SIM controller at CARTES & IDentification 2010. Full press release (in English) is available under the following link:Download Article
Sep 24th, 2010: Press Article by La Provence
StarChip® has been awarded the Innovation Trophy. Full article (in French) is available under the following link:Download Article
Sep 6th, 2010, StarChip® opens a sales offices in Paris
On September 6th, continuing its growth, StarChip® has opened a second location in France: a sales office is now operating in Paris to serve Europe and Worldwide territories. This event will allow the Company to better serve its Customers and bring them total satisfaction. Contact references are available in the Contacts section.Aug 16th, 2010: Press Article in SmartCard Trends.
“The fabless model only works with highly differentiated products”. Full article (in English) is available under the following link:Download article
Jul 5th, 2010: Press Article by SmartCard Trends.
“StarChip® Invents IC Product Provider Business”. Full article (in English) is available under the following link:Download article
June 10th, 2010: Press Release
“StarChip® announces the successful tape-out of its 32bit-Secure Chip SIM platform based on Cortus APS3 processor.”. Full press release (in English) is available under the following link:Press Release Download
March 1st, 2010: StarChip® incorporates new Quality and Back-end Operations Manager
Sept 2009: StarChip® joins "Pole" SCS alliance
Slides from the Pole SCS meeting are available under the following link:Download Slides
