LaserCard Corporation, a provider of government ID solutions, has received a purchase order valued at approximately $2.1 million for chip-ready, optical security media-based credentials for the Saudi Arabia National ID Card program.

The ID cards are issued to Saudi citizens nationwide for identification, e-government and regional travel purposes.

NXP recently announced that it has shipped its 100 millionth ePassport chip in Qu3 2008, confirming the company's number one position in the eGovernment identification market. Worldwide, NXP is involved in more than 80 percent of all ePassport schemes with 55 out of the 67 countries using NXP's SmartMX chip technology including the USA , UK , France , Germany , Turkey and Singapore .

Building on its leadership in the market for contactless security ICs, NXP provides governments with a proven security solution that can be used within a variety of eGovernment projects.