Foreword

Smart cards are now the most prevalent computer in the world. In particular, they are the central piece of the wireless revolution. The brain of 600 million mobile phones, they bring personal, secure computing to the world population in the most egalitarian spread of advanced technology.

Since the birth of the era of open smart card systems a little more than five years ago, the speed and memory of smart cards have multiplied ten-fold. The sophistication of both smart cards and their environment, their maturity in terms of concepts and applications, called for a book attempting to map the new technological landscape.

It is my pleasure to introduce a book written by two of the top experts in the world in smart card technology. Active in ...

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