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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday February 22 2018, @12:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the too-many-iAcronyms dept.

ARM wants mobile or IoT devices to include a tiny integrated SIM card:

Every millimeter of space matters when you're trying to build increasingly complex electronics into increasingly tiny packages, and the relatively spacious SIM card has long been an area of frustration for hardware manufacturers. Now, the chip design company ARM may have an answer: an integrated component called an iSIM that's built into the same chip as the processor.

ARM says the iSIM will take up a "fraction of a millimeter squared," whereas the current SIM standard — Nano SIMs — are about 12.3 x 8.8mm in size, not including the hardware usually needed to house them. Not only will that save space, but ARM says it'll more importantly save on costs, too: instead of paying "tens of cents" per card, manufacturers will be paying single-digital cents.

Also at CNET, Tom's Hardware, and Wccftech.

Related: Infineon Demos a 1.65 mm^2 eSIM Chip


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @08:34PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @08:34PM (#641956)

    You are assuming a programmable SIM is a good thing.
    No sir. Noone in my family would want to spend the day over the phone with customer support to activate a new phone with the same nr because they accidentally broke what they had. Pulling out of the drawer that old Nokia 3310 and inserting the simcard of the damaged phone will do perfectly.

    I could agree to this tech uses in the industry or many other fields. But please keep it out of my phone.

  • (Score: 2) by TheRaven on Monday February 26 2018, @09:14AM

    by TheRaven (270) on Monday February 26 2018, @09:14AM (#643840) Journal
    Why would you have to spend any time talking to customer support? Log into your account, click 'use account with current device' in the app, done.

    Much easier than trying to cut a SIM down to the newer smaller size that this generation of phones uses, or waiting for a replacement if you lose it.

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    sudo mod me up