Infineon Corporation took the U.S. government electronic passport chip large single

German chip maker Infineon Corporation announced on Monday that the company has won the U.S. government security chip orders, the security chip used in the electronic passport system.

The security chip stores the holder's name, date of birth, passport issuing time and photos, and the system reads the data electronically through the scanner.

Infineon Corporation said the United States intends to electronic passports issued by the end of this year, the first year will issue 15 million electronic passports. A spokesman for the company said it would provide millions of electronic passport chips, but not 15 million.

Infineon Corporation refused to disclose the details of the size and value of the contract. The company said it was the first company to sign a contract with the U.S. government to provide security chips, is currently the only supplier.

Germany, Hongkong, Norway and Sweden and other countries of the electronic passport system also uses Infineon's security chip.

Infineon said that about 300 million Americans in the United States have 67 million passports, Germany has about 24 million passports. Global total of 900 million passports, it is estimated that the world each year to renew or renew the 125 million passports.