14 DAY TRIAL // Looks like the battle for supremacy in the fingerprint identification world is getting more and more intense, as a new warrior has emerged - Fujitsu's latest MBF320 Sweep Sensor, a fingerprint sensor IC (integrated circuit) coming with an advanced USB 2.0 compatibility, TrustedCore pre-boot authentication (PBA), fingerprint-matching algorithms and biometric software from Cogent Systems and a USB 2.0 full-speed interface.
Furthermore, the company has an impressive background in the development of fingerprint identification devices, and several partners that 'donate' their know-how. The latest member is Phoenix, which has provided its BioTrust ID enrollment application and TrustedCore PBA Software Development Kit.
The MBF320 measures just 16mm x 6.5mm x 0.9mm, incorporates two interfaces, one USB 2.0 and one 24MHz Seria Peripheral Interface (SPI) and provides an enhanced image quality with 500-dpi resolution and 8-bit grayscale in an ultra-thin package, as it is meant to be integrated into notebooks and mobile phones.
In addition, Fujitsu's latest device features a low operating current of just 45 mWatts and typical standby power consumption of mear150 micro amps in auto finger detect mode. And, as it is an enhancement brought to the previous model, the MBF320 provides an advanced Auto-Finger Detection (AFD) circuit along with an 8-bit A/D converter.
"Our BioTrust ID enrollment and TrustedCore PBA are designed to assure the security of users, data and the networks that they may connect to prior to the actual machine booting," said Kort van Bronkhorst, senior vice president marketing for Phoenix Technologies. "Our work with Fujitsu to integrate these leading-edge security capabilities into its new fingerprint sensor IC adds a critical level of security to notebooks, tablets and desktop PCs, and enables a new level of trust in the security of the machine, the data on the machine and user."
MBF320 samples are already available at $6 each for fewer than 1,000 pieces.