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04 - 02 - 2013 - Cards Brazil 2013
id3 Technologies will expose at Cards Brazil trade fair in São Paulo next 10th to 12 th April.
We invite you to join us to share this unique moment of the year that will reinforce our presence in Brazil and South America.
01 - 29 - 2013 - Athena Adopts id3 Match on Card Solutions
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11 - 06 - 2012 - CARTES 2012 Paris
A key internatinonal meeting place for digital security and smart technologies
CARTES is considered to be the global reference in the smart card and identification sector, a world event not to be missed. This show is a special meeting place for all those involved in digital security, smart technologies, payment, contactless technology and mobility.
id3 Technologies will present its fingerprint algorithmes ranked # 2 and # 3 in NIST MINEX tests
10 - 29 - 2012 - Biometrics 2012, London

id3 participates to the Biometrics 2012 trade fair, London
The team of id3 will be in London from the 29th to the 31st of October to perform the demonstration of its products embedding a cutting-edge technology. Come and visit our stall!
url of the event: http://www.biometrics.elsevier.com/index.asp
10 - 09 - 2012 - Smartcard Expo 2012, New Delhi

id3 Semiconductors participates to the Smartcard Expo 2012 trade fair!
id3 will be part of the Smartcard Expo 2012 trade fair, held between the 9th and the 12th of October in the NSIC Exhibition Complex, New Delhi (India). We will be represented at the French pavilion and on the stall of our Indian partner, Strategic Outsourcing Services Pvt Ltd. Come and meet with us!
We will demonstrate the abilities of our cutting edge technologies, and a brand new solution!
09 - 17 - 2012 - id3 fingerprint algorithms ranked #2 and #3 in NIST - MINEX tests
id3 Technologies is proud to announce its algorithms have been ranked #2 and #3 by NIST-controlled “MINEX Ongoing” tests that measure performance and interoperability of fingerprint algorithms.
- “Template generator” is the algorithm that converts a fingerprint image into fingerprint minutiae data that can be stored in a smart card or on a database,
- “Template matcher” is the algorithm that compares stored fingerprint minutiae data with a new fingerprint presented on a scanner.
Laurent LEPETIT, VP Sales, laurent.lepetit@id3.eu, +33 4 76 75 75 85
08 - 08 - 2012 - id3 changes and becomes id3 Technologies
"id3 Semiconductors" changes its corporate name and is now called "id3 Technologies".
«This change reflects the strategic evolution initiated last few years», said Jean-Louis Revol, CEO and co-founder of id3. «We provide our customers with leading-edge solutions to help them to solve their challenging projects. We are also continuing to invest in R&D to develop our offer: electronic signature, AFIS full solution, next-gen biometrics SDK, RFID long range reading … To name only our latest realizations to date. The term “Technologies” is more accurate to describe the innovative culture of id3».
About id3 Technologies
Founded in 1990 by experienced engineers from STMicroelectronics, id3 Technologies (id3 Semiconductors at that time) has developed many innovations and known many achievements.
Developing solutions for fingerprint recognition and contactless reading technologies for over 15 years, id3 is recognized worldwide for its know-how and its strong partnerships. Its renown is due to its role as a precursor in Match On Card technology and to performances obtained during the MINEX certification process - its biometrics algorithms are among the highest ranked in the world - and in the field, id3 has proved many times its efficiency and reactivity in comples projects in harsh environmental conditions, when others failed.
But far from resting on its laurels, id3 Technologies provides and will provide always continued efforts to improve its technologies, to offer its customers the best solutions suitable to meet any technological challenges they are facing and to continue its global presence.
07 - 09 - 2012 - id3, sponsor of an ISO (International Organisation for Normalization) meeting in Paris

id3, sponsor of the ISO’s meeting in July 2012, Paris
The French Association for Normalization (AFNOR) is holding a meeting organized by the ISO (International Organisation for Normalization) from the 8th to the 17th of July in Paris, gathering more than 120 experts in biometrics from all around the world. The objective is to enhance the international norms for biometrics through 6 working groups:
WG1: Harmonized biometric vocabulary
WG2: Biometric technical interface
WG3: Biometric Data Interchange Formats
WG4: Biometric functional architecture and related profiles
WG5: Biometric performance testing and reporting
WG6: Cross-jurisdictional and societal aspects
id3 is sponsoring this event, and two of its experts will be present all along the week to participate to the debates.
To know more about the AFNOR: http://www.afnor.org/
To know more about the ISO: http://www.iso.org/iso/home.htm?=
04 - 10 - 2012 - CARDS 2012 Brazil
CARDS 2012 the main Cards, Payment and identification event of Americas will be held from 10 to 12 April 2012 at the "Frei Caneca Convention Center - Rua Frei Caneca, 569 - Sào Paulo, Brazil". id3 Semiconductors will be here on the French pavillion.
We will be pleased to welcome you and show you:
- the capabilities of our new verion of our development suite id3 Fingerprint SDK, to develop PC based or embedded interoperable fingerprints recognition applications;
- our new AFIS solution dédicated to civilian applications;
- the outstanding performance of our Full On Card Comparison (Match On Card) algorithm.
11 - 15 - 2011 - CARTES & Identification PARIS
Year after year the CARTES & Identification Show confirms its status of major event for all those involved in contacless technologies, biometrics, data security, authentication, access control, etc
We are waiting you on our booth 4L069 with an even better version of our new generation of fingerprint recognition algorithm.
10 - 19 - 2011 - Biometrics 2011 Londres
This year again the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center located in Westminster will host the first European event for the biometrics industry.
We will be pleased to welcome you on our booth 412 where you will have the opportunity to try and appreciate performances of our familly of fingerprints recognition algorithms and you will discover our new products.
09 - 20 - 2011 - SmartCards Expo 2011 Delhi
SmartCards Expo 2011, with its co-located events BiometricsIndia Expo, RFidIndia Expo, is the Asia 's largest Smart Cards Exhibition. It will be held from 20 to 22 Septembre 2011 in the Ashok hotel 50 B Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021, India.
For its first participation, id3 Semiconductors will be pleased to welcom you on "French pavillon" . You can test the efficency and performances of:
- the new version of our toolkit "id3 Fingerprint SDK", to develop interoperable identification (1 : N) or verification (1 : 1) applications,
- Our Minex certified Full On Card Comparison (Match On Card) algorithm,
- Our algorithms dedicated to embedded aplications,
- our RFID Technologies.
05 - 02 - 2011 - CARDS 2011 Brazil
CARDS 2011 the main Cards, Payment and identification event of Americas will be held from 2 to 4 May 2011 at the "Frei Caneca Convention Center - Rua Frei Caneca, 569 - Sào Paulo, Brazil". id3 Semiconductors will be here on the French pavillion.
We will be pleased to welcome you and show you the capabilities of our new verion of our development suite id3 Fingerprint SDK, to develop PC based interoperable fingerprints recognition applications. You can test the outstanding performance of our Full On Card Comparison (Match On Card) algorithm.
12 - 07 - 2010 - Cartes 2010 Paris
CARTES & IDentification is THE must-attend international event bringing together all the players in digital security, smart technologies, payment and contactless.
Visit us on our booth 4M052 to discover our brand new Minex compliant fingerprint recognition algorithms and our easy to-use toolkit for integration.
See you in Paris - Parc des expositions de Villepinte.
10 - 19 - 2010 - Biometrics 2010
biometrics 2010 European first event for the biometrics industry. It will run from 19 to 21 octobre 2010 Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London in UK.
id3 Semiconductors will be pleased to welcome you on its booth (407). For its first participation we will demonstrate the quality, ease of use and great interoperability of our development tool "id3 Fingerprint SDK". You can test the outstanding performances of our algorithms "On Card Comparison" certified by MINEX II and alredy deployed in many identity projects.
10 - 06 - 2010 - CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia 2010
CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia 2010 will be held from October 6 to 10 at Tüyap Fair, Convention and Congress Center
Beylikduzu, Buyukcekmece, Istanbul, Turkey
Come to visit us on "French Pavillon" hall 2, booth A23D, we will be pleased to answer at all your questions about contactless and fingerprints recognition technologies. Come to apreciate ease of use and interoperability of our new development tool kit id3 fingerprint SDK.
09 - 01 - 2010 - US Security Agency unveils outstanding performance from id3 Fingerprint Recognition Technology
Le Fontanil, September 10th, 2010,
id3 Semiconductors, a global provider of fingerprint recognition solutions, today announced that the company’s fingerprint recognition technology has demonstrated outstanding performance in a multivendor evaluation conducted by the NIST US Agency.
The NIST MINEX test results were released on September the 1st, 2010 and showing that id3’s fingerprint template extractor leads to the lowest error rate to date in fingerprint verification, outperforming all previously submitted extractors from more than 20 vendors, including well-known biometric market leaders. The company’s template matcher also recorded excellent results.
This achievement establishes the compliance of id3’s technology with US government's PIV program and demonstrates its ability to efficiently extract and compare fingerprint standardized information, even from poor quality images. It is also completely independent of the sensing technology used for fingerprint image capture, including optical, capacitive and thermal sensors.
The complete MINEX results can be found at http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/ig/ominex_test-results.cfm. id3’s fingerprint template extractor (2Y) reached a top-level 0.24% false non-match rate at a fixed 0.01 false match for two fingers.
id3’s certified technology is already featured in the id3 Fingerprint Software Development Kit, for integration of state-of-the-art, standardized and sensor independent fingerprint verification on a computer. In combination with its Fingerprint On-Card Comparison technology (certified by MINEX II on June 2009), id3 can provide a complete biometric solution ensuring very high security while preserving user’s privacy.
About NIST MINEX Evaluation
Conducted by NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology) and sponsored by the Justice Management Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security US-VISIT program, the Minutiae Interoperability Exchange Test (MINEX) provides measurements of performance and interoperability between different vendors using standardized minutiae data. It also establishes the compliance with the United States Government's Personal Identity Verification (PIV) program.
About id3 Semiconductors
Founded in 1990, id3 Semiconductors is a high technology company focused on providing high value added biometric hardware and software components. These technologies target security applications, including identity and privacy protection, permissions management and e-ID documents readout. The company offers a unique set of biometrics technological elements:
- MINEX II certified on-card fingerprint matcher,
- Fingerprint SDK including MINEX compliant algorithms and WSQ image compression,
- Fingerprint recognition modules
Today, over 20 million licenses of the id3's On-Card-Comparison have been sold.
id3 Semiconductors also provides consulting services for the development of effective solutions, worldwide.
04 - 26 - 2010 - Cards 2010 Brazil
CARDS 2010 is the 15th edition of this event which will be held from 26 to 28 April 20109 at the "Frei Caneca Convention Center - Rua Frei Caneca, 569 - Sào Paulo, Brazil".id3 Semiconductors will be here on the French pavillion.
We will be pleased to welcome you and show you the capabilities of our new development suite id3 Fingerprint SDK, to develop PC based interoperable fingerprints recognition applications. You can test the outstanding performance of our Full On Card Comparison (Match On Card) algorithm.
03 - 23 - 2010 - RFID 2010 Paris
id3 Semiconductors will exhibit at RFID Show 2010 to be held in Villepinte (France) - from March 2010, 23 up to 26, at the booth of its partner Orcanthus (Booth 6U096).
11 - 17 - 2009 - Cartes 2009

Carte 2009 - from 17 till 19 november 2009 - parc des expositions Villepinte - France.
CARTES 2009 is the world leading event for digital security and smart technologies.We look forward to meet you all, and come to our booth (4N066) to learn more about our contactless technologies , our latest contributions into the Biometrics and test our "On Card Comparison ( Match On Smart Card)" solution certified by MINEX.
10 - 07 - 2009 - CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia 2009
For its 10th anniversary, CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia 2009 will be held from October 7 to 11 at Tüyap Fair, Convention and Congress Center
Beylikduzu, Buyukcekmece, Istanbul, Turkey
Come to visit us on "French Pavillon" hall 2, booth C2, we will be pleased to answer at all your questions about contactless and fingerprints recognition technologies and come to discover our biometrics embedded modules and experiment by yourself th outstanding performences of our NIST certified "Fingerprint On-Card Comparison / Match On Smart card" and IDextract algorithms
06 - 12 - 2009 - Oberthur/id3 Fingerprint On-Card Comparison biometrics meets NIST Criteria
Paris June 12th , 5.45 pm
- Card Systems: One of the world’s leading providers of security and identification based on smart card technology and associated services for mobile, payment, transport, digital TV and convergence markets.
- Identity: International player for the manufacture and personalization of secure identity documents such as passport, identity card, driving license or health care card - traditional and electronic - and associated services for both governmental and corporate markets.
- Fiduciary printing: World’s third largest private security printer specialized in high security for the production of banknotes, checks and other fiduciary documents in more than fifty countries.
- Cash protection: World leader in the emerging market of intelligent systems to secure cash-in-transit and ATM.
04 - 27 - 2009 - CARDS 2009 Brazil
CARDS 2009 will be held from April 27 to 29 at "Frei Caneca Convention Center - Rua Frei Caneca, 569 - Sào Paulo, Brazil".
id3 Semiconductors will exhibit on booth " pavillon Français"
Visit us to discover our contactless technology, our new fingerprint recognition solutions and experiment by yourself "match on smartcard" authentication.
11 - 04 - 2008 - Cartes 2008
Carte 2008 - 4,5,6 November 2008 - parc des expositions Villepinte - France
With 140 represented countries, 500 exhibitors, and more than 20000 visitors, CARTES is the biggest e-document with contact or contacless smart card world event. It promotes the latest technologies in terms of identification, authentication and traceability.
We look forward to meet you all, and come to our booth to learn more about our latest contributions into the Biometrics and Smart Card industry.
08 - 04 - 2008 - Long range UHF reader
The UHF technology of id3 embedded in the new long range reader of Orcanthus.
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04 - 14 - 2008 - CARDS 2008 Brazil

CARDS/2008 is the 13th edition and will be held on April 14 - 16, 2008 at the Frei Caneca Convention Center - Rua Frei Caneca, 569 - São Paulo, Brazil.
id3 Semiconductors will welcome you into the French Pavillion.
We will be pleased to answer all your needs in contactless technics and in fingerprints recognition. Come and see the outstanding performances of our 'Match On Smart card" technology.





















