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MIFARE: History, Applications, Products & Art

Mifare (styled MIFARE by NXP or sometimes MiFare by other parties) is a series of integrated circuit (IC) chips used in contactless smart cards and proximity cards.

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MIFARE topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Applications, Products and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around MIFARE.

Related topics
74
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
82
Extracted relationships
188
Concept neighborhoods
19
Bridge connections
82

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 22 topics
Variants · 22 topics
Security · 12 topics
History · 11 topics
Considerations for systems integration · 4 topics
Places that use MIFARE products · 2 topics
Certification · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Variants

History

Security

Considerations for systems integration

Certification

Places that use MIFARE products

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How MIFARE connects Entity context

The extracted context around MIFARE shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, MIFARE → AES, Atmel, Austria, EAL, EAL5, First, Germany, Gratkorn, Group, IC, MIFARE Classic, Mifare Classic IC, Mifare DESFire, Mifare DESFire EV1, Mifare DESFire EV2, MIFARE DESFire EV3, MIFARE DESFire EV3C, MIFARE DUOX, Mifare Light, Mifare Plus Another extracted example is MIFARE → Also, Bochum, Breaking MIFARE DESFire MF3ICD40, Called, Christof Paar, David Oswald, Furthermore, Germany, GitHub, Hence, If, In, In November, In October, MIFARE DESFire, NXP, Power Analysis, Real World, RFID, Ruhr University. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

MIFARE

Top relations

related to history · 52
MIFARE → AES, Atmel, Austria, EAL, EAL5, First, Germany, Gratkorn, Group, IC, MIFARE Classic, Mifare Classic IC, Mifare DESFire, Mifare DESFire EV1, Mifare DESFire EV2, MIFARE DESFire EV3, MIFARE DESFire EV3C, MIFARE DUOX, Mifare Light, Mifare Plus
related to MIFARE DESFire · 24
MIFARE → Also, Bochum, Breaking MIFARE DESFire MF3ICD40, Called, Christof Paar, David Oswald, Furthermore, Germany, GitHub, Hence, If, In, In November, In October, MIFARE DESFire, NXP, Power Analysis, Real World, RFID, Ruhr University
related to MIFARE Ultralight · 16
MIFARE → Amsterdam, Android, EU SecWest, In September, Intrepidus, MIFARE Ultralight, MIFARE Ultralight EV1, New Jersey, NFC For Free Rides, November, NXP, Rooms, San Francisco, The, They, This
related to MIFARE SAM AV2 · 13
MIFARE → HVQFN32, IC, Integrating, ISO/IEC, Like, MIFARE SAM AV2, MIFARE SAMs, Next, NXP, PCM, SAM, They, X-mode
related to External links · 10
MIFARE → Berlin, Chaos Computer Congress, Demonstration, EV2, EV3NXP, MIFARE Classic, Official, Radboud University Nijmegen, Table MIFARE DESFire EV1, Talk
related to Certification · 9
MIFARE → Another, Arsenal Research, Arsenal Testhouse, Austrian, LSI-TEC, The, Today, UL, With
related to MIFARE Classic · 9
MIFARE → August, Chaos Communication Congress, December, Henryk Plötz, Karsten Nohl, MIFARE Classic, MIFARE Classic IC, The, USENIX
related to MIFARE Classic family · 9
MIFARE → ASIC-based, Crypto-1, Due, ID, It, MIFARE Classic, NXP, The MIFARE Classic IC, They
related to Institutions · 8
MIFARE → ID, MIFARE DESFire EV1, Northwest University, Queensland, South Africa, Staff, Student/staff ID, University
related to Further reading · 6
MIFARE → Computerworld, Dayal, Geeta, How, March, The MiFare RFID

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

classic card desfire security cards introduced nxp aes contactless attack ev1 smart plus memory attacks ic ultralight announced 2008 new

MIFARE relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 188 structured relationships around MIFARE. Examples in this analysis include public transport → instance of → MIFARE Plus SE and MIFARE Plus EV2.MIFARE UltralightLow-cost ICs that are useful for high-volume applications and reading → instance of → Each key can be programmed to allow operations. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
public transportinstance ofMIFARE Plus SE and MIFARE Plus EV2.MIFARE UltralightLow-cost ICs that are useful for high-volume applications0.80text
loyalty cardsinstance ofMIFARE Plus SE and MIFARE Plus EV2.MIFARE UltralightLow-cost ICs that are useful for high-volume applications0.80text
event ticketing.Subtypesinstance ofMIFARE Plus SE and MIFARE Plus EV2.MIFARE UltralightLow-cost ICs that are useful for high-volume applications0.80text
readinginstance ofEach key can be programmed to allow operations0.80text
writinginstance ofEach key can be programmed to allow operations0.80text
increasing value blocksinstance ofEach key can be programmed to allow operations0.80text
etcinstance ofEach key can be programmed to allow operations0.80text
the 2006 FIFA World Cupinstance ofCards based on these chips are so inexpensive that they are often used for disposable tickets for events0.80text
one-time-programmableinstance ofIt provides only basic security features0.80text
mobile transit ticketinginstance ofnew Smart City use cases0.80text
mobile accessinstance ofnew Smart City use cases0.80text
mobile micropayments are being enabledinstance ofnew Smart City use cases0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around MIFARE bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Classic, Desfire and Introduced. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • MIFARE
    • Classic
    • Desfire
    • Introduced
    • Ev1
    • Security
    • Plus
    • Ultralight
    • Memory
    • Cards
    • Ic
    • Aes
    • Nxp
  • mifare
    • Classic
    • Desfire
    • Introduced
    • Ev1
    • Security
    • Plus
    • Ultralight
    • Memory
    • Cards
    • Ic
    • Aes
    • Nxp
  • integrated circuit (ic)
    • Contactless
    • Memory
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Aes
    • Smart
    • Mifare
    • Features
    • Desfire
    • Used
    • Announced
    • Classic
  • contactless smart cards
    • Ic
    • Card
    • Smart
    • Product-based
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Cards
    • Contactless
    • Used
    • Desfire
    • Ev1
    • Based
  • proximity cards
    • Product-based
    • Contactless
    • Used
    • Smart
    • Mifare
    • Classic
    • Attack
    • New
    • Security
    • Attacks
    • Memory
    • Ev1
  • aes
    • Announced
    • Ev1
    • Ultralight
    • Plus
    • Ic
    • Mifare
    • Authentication
    • Desfire
    • Features
    • Contactless
    • Security
    • Attacks
  • nxp semiconductors
    • Smart
    • Products
    • Security
    • Desfire
    • Chip
    • Ev1
    • Keys
    • Used
    • Attack
    • Encryption
    • Product-based
    • Secure
  • mifare desfire security
    • Classic
    • Desfire
    • Mifare
    • Ev1
    • Announced
    • Introduced
    • Ev2
    • Security
    • Plus
    • Features
    • Ultralight
    • Memory

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For MIFARE, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects MIFARE with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
MIFAREOverview · splits 60 ⟂ 23
MIFAREVariants · splits 60 ⟂ 23
MIFARESecurity · splits 69 ⟂ 14
MIFAREHistory · splits 71 ⟂ 12
MIFAREConsiderations for systems integration · splits 78 ⟂ 5
MIFAREPlaces that use MIFARE products · splits 80 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

MIFARE

Nodes83
Edges82
Triples188
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024096
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around MIFARE to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Applications, Products & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — MIFARE · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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