Smart Cards and Open Terminal Architecture

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Smart cards in action

SwiftX was used to develop terminal firmware for Europay International's "Open Terminal Architecture" (OTA) used in smart-card point-of-sale terminals. Processor-independent byte-codes, or tokens (conceptually similar to Java implementations), are used by OTA for portable smart-card payment applications.

smart card developers and loyalty applications

An in-depth article about OTA appears in Forth Dimensions. Download the five-page reprint (245 Kb) or ask us to mail a reprint to you!

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