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

• 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

 

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