For wearables, smartphones and tablets in the consumer sector specifically, demand for greater functionality, simplicity, and battery life time is increasing. Infineon has introduced the OPTIGA Connect Consumer OC1230, reportedly the world’s smallest GSMA-compliant and first 28nm eSIM solution.
OPTIGA Connect Consumer enables up to 50% less energy consumption compared with eSIMs on the market, extending the lifetime of the device’s battery without compromising on performance. It also contributes to more convenience since eSIMs can be managed remotely, making haptic SIMs changes abundant, saving time and resources and allowing for greater flexibility.
Smartphone users can switch between providers more easily, and manufacturers can be more flexible in their design, offering a major advantage for IoT devices, but also for consumer devices like smartphones, tablets and notebooks, even for smart watches and 5G routers and POS payment terminals.
The OPTIGA Connect Consumer OC1230’s security architecture is based on Arm v8 and Infineon’s Integrity Guard 32 technology for increased performance and reduced power consumption. It enables a gain of 25% power/performance ratio compared to existing eSIMs on the market, therefore extending the lifetime of the device’s battery. Remote SIM provisioning (RSP) and multiple enabled profiles (MEP) compliant with GSMA SGP.22 v3 enhance the end user experience. Users can download and store several mobile network operator profiles and remotely activate multiple profiles simultaneously.
With only 1.8 x 1.6 x 0.4mm, the ultra-small chip-scale packaging reduces printed circuit board (PCB) space requirements by a factor of 37 relative to Nano SIMs and by a factor of 130 compared to standard SIMs. The OPTIGA Connect Consumer OC1230 is also available in X2QFN20 (3.0 x 3.0 x 0.3mm) package. The eSIM solution features a large memory of 1MB to accommodate multiple network operator profiles along with additional applications and user data.
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