MIFARE^® Milestones

1994

• Introduction of MIFARE^® Classic 1k contactless technology

 1996

• Roll-out of the first major transport project with MIFARE^® Classic 1k

 1997

• Introduction of MIFARE^® Pro
  • the first world-wide secured DIF µC with a 3DES coprocessor

 1999

• Introduction of MIFARE^® ProX
  • the first worldwide secured DIF µC with a PKI coprocessor
  • first deployment of Dual Interface applications
  • 50 million contactless MIFARE ICs shipped

 2000

• Introduction of first fully integrated ISO 14443 reader IC family (RC500)
• 100 million contactless and Dual Interface MIFARE ICs shipped
• 800,000 reader core components shipped

 2001

• Introduction of MIFARE^® Ultralight^® ICs at CARTES 2001
• Announcement of new SmartMX^® Triple-Interface Family
  • interoperable with ISO 14443 A, ISO 7816, USB
  • 10 million ISO 14443 A Dual Interface MIFARE ICs shipped
  • 250 million contactless and dual interface MIFARE ICs shipped
  • 1.5 million MIFARE reader core components shipped

 2002

• Introduction of MIFARE^®Classic 4k ICs in January
• Introduction of MIFARE^® DESFire^® ICs at CarteS 2002

 2003

• MIFARE leads the market with a market share of 82%
  • 400 million contactless & DIF MIFARE ICs shipped
  • 2.5 million MIFARE reader core components shipped

 2004

• Introduction of the customer programable secure smart card controller platform, SmartMX with MIFARE Classic implementation
• Several roll-outs with MIFARE DESFire
  • major transport projects (p.e.: Sydney, Australia)
  • major projects in access control (p.e.: Real Madrid, Spain)
  • major projects in governmental access control (p.e.:DOD, NASA)
  • 500 million contactless & DIF MIFARE ICs shipped
  • 5.0 million MIFARE reader core components shipped

 2005

• Introduction of MIFARE DESFire SAM
  • secure infrastructure counterpart for MIFARE DESFire
• More roll-outs with MIFARE DESFire 

  • transport projects such as

    • Seattle (USA)
    • Wellington & Auckland (NZ)
    • Dublin (Ireland)
    • Oslo (Norway)
    • Czech Railway (CZ)
    • Nanjing (China)

 2008

• Introduction of MIFARE^® DESFire^®EV1
  • more choices of memory sizes and features
  • first AFC dedicated product with CC EAL 4+
• MIFARE4Mobile^® V1.01 specification released 
• supporting over the air provisioning, wallet management on UICC SIMs and embedded secure elements 

2009

• Introduction of MIFARE^® Ultralight^®C
• Introduction of MIFARE^® Plus^®
• Migration of existing projects to higher security
  • Los Angeles migrates to MIFARE Plus
  • London migrates to MIFARE DESFire EV1

 2010

• Introduction of MIFARE^® SAM AV2
• MIFARE4Mobile^® Industry Group founded
•  Seven leading companies (G&D, Gemalto, Oberthur, Ericsson, NXP, STMicroelectronics and Vivotech) support virtual cards based on MIFARE Classic and MIFARE DESFire EV1 technology

2011

• Introduction of MIFARE^® DESFire^® EV1 70pF for improved read range with small form factors
• More roll-outs with transport projects such as       
       o St. Petersburg and Sochi migrate to MIFARE Plus
       o Monterrey selecting MIFAER DESFire EV1

2012

• Introduction of MIFARE^® DESFire^® implementation on SmartMX^®
• Excisting projects changed to a higher security
       o Kuala Lumpur Touch’n’Go migrates to MIFARE Plus
       o Bangkok migrates to MIFARE DESFireEV1
       o Bangaluru Metro selecting MIFARE DESFire EV1
• Introduction of MIFARE^® Ultralight^® EV1 
       o Smart paper ticketing solutions for Smart Cities