AuthenTec CEO to Highlight Newest Biometric Cell Phones and Personal Computers at 33rd Annual JP Morgan Tech Conference

SAN FRANCISCO & MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2005--AuthenTec, the world leader in fingerprint sensor innovation and sales for more than five years, will highlight recent advances in fingerprint sensors, global market opportunities for biometrics, and the latest biometric consumer products at the 33rd Annual JP Morgan Technology Conference May 18 in San Francisco. Scott Moody, president and CEO of AuthenTec, will be a featured speaker at the conference, which is being held May 16-19 at the Westin St. Francis hotel.

AuthenTec recently introduced the world's smallest and most versatile fingerprint sensor (EntrePad 1510), and announced a host of new applications using the company's sensors, including two Toshiba notebooks, an LGE cell phone, an APC biometric computer mouse, and others. The company is the number one supplier to the wireless and PC markets, with sensors in nearly four million cell phones and one million notebooks and personal computer peripherals.

About AuthenTec

With more than four million sensors in use worldwide, AuthenTec is the world leader in fingerprint sensor innovation and sales to the PC, wireless, and access control markets. AuthenTec's award-winning FingerLoc(R) and EntrePad(R) sensors take full advantage of The Power of Touch(TM) by utilizing the company's patented TruePrint(R) technology to deliver the most convenient, reliable and cost-effective means available for enabling touch-powered features that extend beyond user authentication. The company's network of partners, solution providers and customers include: Analog Devices, APC, Compal, Cherry, Fujitsu Computer, Computer Associates, Fellowes, IBM, LGE, Microsoft, Motion Computing, Samsung, Tatung, Texas Instruments, Quanta, among others. Visit www.authentec.com.