SCM Microsystems Announces Secure Digital Media Readers

LOS GATOS, Calif., Jan. 6 -- SCM Microsystems, Inc. announced today plans to develop card readers for a new class of flash memory cards, called Secure Digital, or SD memory cards. The readers will be sold with digital consumer electronics devices such as Internet music players and digital cameras to facilitate the rapid and secure transfer of digital information.

Under development by leading consumer electronics and digital media companies, including Matsushita Electric, SanDisk and Toshiba, Secure Digital cards are small size, high speed read/write next generation memory cards capable of providing a high level of copy protection for music, movies and other artistic and commercial content.