Lenovo gets Infineon chip for Vibe P1, X3 smartphones

Infineon Technologies AG announced that it supplies the embedded Secure Element (eSE) chip meant for security related processes for the latest Lenovo smartphones Vibe P1 and Lenovo X3.

"We are proud that Lenovo, one of the top five smartphone makers worldwide and a particularly strong brand in China has selected Infineon," Infineon President of the Chip Card & Security Division Stefan Hofschen said in a statement.

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These security chips offer protection of security-critical functionalities of the mobile device like mobile payment, secured storage, fingerprint authentication etc. Embedded Secure Elements are becoming a mainstream security solution for NFC (Near Field Communication) applications, the statement said.

Source PTI