Broadcom's latest NFC Controller launched to aid faster mobile transactions

摘要

Broadcom has launched a Near Field Communications (NFC) controller, the BCM20797, for mobile payments and transit applications. The new device is part of Broadcom's overall effort to provide customers with innovations in the NFC market that advance technology capabilities and increase end-device integration, The BCM20797 helps OEMs to integrate NFC into smaller form factor mobile devices and wearables. The new BCM20797 also includes a new capability called Virtual Execution Environment (VEE), which improves performance of Host Card Emulation (HCE). VEE reduces HCE transactions to half their time, improves security without the need for a secure element (SE), and can perform transactions with the host off, so users can still make a transaction when their device is powered off.