June 29, 2012, Seoul — NXP Semiconductors NV announced today that the new Nexus 7 will deliver a new dimension of mobile user experience by featuring its PN65 NFC solution. The PN65, featuring an NFC wireless controller and an embedded Secure Element, has been verified and integrated into the latest release, Android™ 4.1, Jelly Bean. This tablet was developed building on the successful application of NFC capabilities in Nexus-branded smartphones and innovative technologies such as Google Wallet, which is based on NXP technology. Jelly Bean includes NXP’s NFC open-source software stack, enabling OEMs and application developers to bring NFC devices and services to market more easily.

Key Status/Features
• The Nexus 7 realizes the full potential of NFC based on a proven software stack that has reached a mature stage. This software is installed on many devices, including two NFC-based Google Nexus smartphones.
NXP’s PN65, the best in its class, supports all NFC functions, enabling use cases and applications such as Android Beam and Bluetooth pairing. Mobile users can share contact information, web pages, videos, and directions with just the gesture of touching two NFC-enabled devices together.
• Through this tablet, Google will continue to expand its market leadership by opening up NFC to developers to enable the development of innovative tablet applications.
• PN65 is equipped with an embedded secure element for mobile transactions such as payment, transportation and ticketing, physical access, and other contactless applications. This same underlying security technology is used in bank cards and electronic passports worldwide.
NXP’s Secure Element has been successfully proven in real-world applications and installed in many commercial sites, further strengthening NXP’s leading position in the field of identity verification, including contactless and secure applications such as payments, e-government, transportation, access, anti-counterfeiting, cybersecurity, and readers.

Supporting quote
"Ruediger Stroh, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Identification Business at NXP Semiconductors, stated, 'Following NXP's widespread success in the smartphone sector with Nexus devices such as the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus, we are very proud to be the NFC technology partner for Google's first NFC-based tablet. NXP anticipates a growing number of mobile devices, including tablets, that utilize secure NFC technology to enrich the user experience and enable convenient mobile transactions. Playing a pivotal role in innovative products like the Google Nexus Tablet, NXP will continue its efforts to promote wider adoption of NFC among individual users.'"

NFC is a standardized technology proven in the market that was jointly developed by NXP and Sony in 2002. NXP plays a pivotal role in this ecosystem and is accelerating development by collaborating with almost all major handset manufacturers, mobile OS providers, and application developers. NXP is the world's leading provider of identity verification technology and, leveraging its leadership in contactless and security technologies, offers complete mobile transaction solutions including NFC controllers, Secure Elements for all form factors, NFC tags, and infrastructure reader ICs. To date, OEMs have selected NXP's NFC technology for over 130 mobile technologies.