The leading Chinese chip design company focuses on the development and manufacture of application-specific secure chips, across multiple sectors including automotive, mobile/telecoms and payment.

In joining GlobalPlatform as an Observer Member, Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group will bring a wide range of knowledge and experience in the manufacture of secure chips for specific functions, further strengthening the organization's membership base of chip manufacturers.

LiWei, CTO at Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group, comments: "As a chip manufacturer, we provide many kinds of secure chips to card suppliers, chip operating system developers and application providers around the world. Industry standards are essential to the work that we do, helping us to provide our customers with secure and interoperable products. By joining GlobalPlatform, we look forward to contributing to the development of new secure solutions and sharing our industry experiences."

Kevin Gillick, Executive Director of GlobalPlatform, adds: "We are delighted to welcome Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group to GlobalPlatform. Input from different players across the marketplace is essential in creating a global secure and interoperable ecosystem, so it is great to see engagement in our work from around the world."