PC/SC

PC/SC (short for "Personal Computer/Smart Card") is a specification for smart-card integration into computing environments.

Microsoft has implemented PC/SC in Microsoft Windows 200x/XP and makes it available under Microsoft Windows NT/9x. A free implementation of PC/SC, PC/SC Lite, is available for Linux and other Unixes; a forked version comes bundled with Mac OS X.

Core members

 * Gemalto
 * Infineon
 * Microsoft
 * Toshiba

Associate members
Advanced Card Systems • Alcor Micro •  Athena Smartcard Solutions •  Bloombase •  C3PO S.L. •  Cherry Electrical Products •  Cross S&T Inc. • Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. •   Feitian Technologies •  Kobil Systems GmbH •  Silitek •  Nidec Sankyo Corporation •  O2Micro, Inc. •  OMNIKEY (HID Global) •  Precise Biometrics •  Realtek Semiconductor Corp. •  Research In Motion •  Sagem Orga  •  SCM Microsystems •  Siemens •  Teridian Semiconductor Corp.