Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced today that it has developed two dual interface smart card ICs ? product names S3CC9GC and S3CC9GW with 72kB and 144kB of embedded Electrically Erasable and Programmable ROM (EEPROMs) respectively. Samsung's new smart card ICs meets world-class smart card IC specifications for financial transactions and can store all types of personal and biological data that will eventually be required for electronic passports.