Dallas Semiconductor Corp: Wearable Java Computer News Release

DALLAS - - Dallas Semiconductor (NYSE: DS) today announced a new wearable, Javaª computer with ample storage for safekeeping all the technology-based credentials of an individual. The DS1957B Java-powered iButton on a 2-in-1 Fob serves as both a physical key for touch and go access to buildings and a computer key for secure network log-on as well as trusted e-signatures for the Internet. Inside the 16mm steel-encased iButton is a Java computer with a 64 kbyte ROM and 134 kbyte RAM that can store over 30 certificates with 1024-bit keys using ISO X.509v3, the most widely recognized public-key certificate format. In addition, the DS1957B can store hundreds of user names and passwords, a color ID picture and the application programs of many different service providers.