CCID descriptor statistics: iManufacturer

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The iManufacturer field is a text field from the USB descriptor: describing manufacturer

iManufacturer # %
Gemalto 22 8.66 %
SCM Microsystems Inc. 17 6.69 %
VASCO 11 4.33 %
ACS 10 3.94 %
Identive 10 3.94 %
SpringCard 10 3.94 %
KOBIL Systems 9 3.54 %
ATMEL 8 3.15 %
OMNIKEY AG 8 3.15 %
Cherry GmbH 7 2.76 %
C3PO 6 2.36 %
Eutron 6 2.36 %
Inside Secure 6 2.36 %
Bit4id 5 1.97 %
Broadcom Corp 5 1.97 %
XIRING 5 1.97 %
Aktiv 4 1.57 %
Alcor Micro 4 1.57 %
KOBIL 4 1.57 %
Neowave 4 1.57 %
OMNIKEY 4 1.57 %
Athena 3 1.18 %
COVADIS 3 1.18 %
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH 3 1.18 %
Precise Biometrics 3 1.18 %
id3 Semiconductors 3 1.18 %
ActivIdentity 2 0.79 %
Avtor 2 0.79 %
BIFIT 2 0.79 %
Dell 2 0.79 %
Feitian 2 0.79 %
Fujitsu Siemens Computers 2 0.79 %
Hewlett-Packard Company 2 0.79 %
Morpho 2 0.79 %
O2 2 0.79 %
Philips Semiconductors 2 0.79 %
REINER SCT 2 0.79 %
Todos 2 0.79 %
Verisign 2 0.79 %
Yubico 2 0.79 %
ASK-RFID 1 0.39 %
ActivCard 1 0.39 %
Akasa 1 0.39 %
Aktiv Co., ProgramPark 1 0.39 %
Aladdin 1 0.39 %
Axalto 1 0.39 %
BLUTRONICS 1 0.39 %
CCB 1 0.39 %
Dectel 1 0.39 %
Feitian Technologies 1 0.39 %
Free Software Initiative of Japan 1 0.39 %
FujitsuTechnologySolutions GmbH 1 0.39 %
GIS Ltd 1 0.39 %
Gemplus 1 0.39 %
Generic 1 0.39 %
German Privacy Foundation 1 0.39 %
GoldKey Security 1 0.39 %
HDZB 1 0.39 %
Hewlett Packard 1 0.39 %
KEBTechnology 1 0.39 %
Kingtrust 1 0.39 %
Lenovo 1 0.39 %
MSI 1 0.39 %
MYSMART 1 0.39 %
Macally 1 0.39 %
NTT Communications Corp. 1 0.39 %
NXP 1 0.39 %
OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES 1 0.39 %
OCS ID-One Cosmo Card 1 0.39 %
Panasonic 1 0.39 %
RSA 1 0.39 %
Raritan 1 0.39 %
SYNNIX 1 0.39 %
SafeTech 1 0.39 %
SchlumbergerSema 1 0.39 %
Secure Device Solutions 1 0.39 %
Sitecom 1 0.39 %
Softforum Co., Ltd 1 0.39 %
Teridian Semiconductors 1 0.39 %
TianYu CCID Key 1 0.39 %
Tianyu 1 0.39 %
VMware 1 0.39 %
Validy 1 0.39 %
Winbond 1 0.39 %
charismathics 1 0.39 %
ubisys 1 0.39 %


A lot of readers are from different manufacturers. If you group the manufacturers by the number of readers they have produced we have:

# of reader per iManufacturer # of iManufacturer %
1 46 53.49 %
2 14 16.28 %
3 5 5.81 %
4 5 5.81 %
5 3 3.49 %
6 3 3.49 %
7 1 1.16 %
8 2 2.33 %
9 1 1.16 %
10 3 3.49 %
11 1 1.16 %
17 1 1.16 %
22 1 1.16 %


More than half (53%) of the readers are from a manufacturer that made only one CCID reader. 16% are from manufacturers with 2 readers.

My interpretation is that the reader chip has been designed by one of the major reader manufacturers and the reader chip has been sold to another manufacturer.