Tus nyeem ntawv IC yog tus siv rau kev nyeem ntawv thiab sau ntawv IC cards. Raws li ntau hom ntawv nyeem ntawv, IC daim ntawv nyeem tau muab faib ua hom, tsis yog hom thiab ob chav nyeem ntawv nyeem.
Feem ntau IC Card nyeem ntawv txuas nrog lub computer los ntawm kev sib txuas lus. Cov hom kev sib txuas lus mas yog USB interface. RS232 daim card nyeem ntawv tseem muaj qee tus naj npawb ntawm cov neeg siv.
Hu rau daim ntawv nyeem ntawv raws li cov txheej txheem thoob ntiaj teb ntawm ISO7816, thaum uas tsis txuas lus tus neeg nyeem ua raws li tus txheej txheem ntawm ISO14443 interface.
Muaj ob hom kev nyeem ntawv txog kev lag luam. Ib tug yog nyeem ntawv thiab sau ntawv nyiaj txiag IC IC, uas yuav tsum ua kom tau raws li cov qauv kev lag luam ntawm PBOC 2.0, nrog rau cov txheej txheem ntawm EMV (Europay, MasterCard, VISA) thiab lwm cov koom haum thoob ntiaj teb. Lwm qhov yog nyeem thiab sau IC daim ntawv rau cov lus sau, nrog rau IC daim npav rau ob chav-OBU nyob hauv ETC (National Expressway Toll Standard, GB20851) thiab cov neeg nyeem cov ntawv hais txog kev sab qaum tsheb (nrog rau txoj kev tsis sib txuas). Hais lus nruj, tus nyeem ntawv IC daim ntawv nthuav dav ntawm lub teb chaws, xws li Yuetong daim npav nyeem ntawv, nws yog ib qho hluav taws xob ntim hluav taws xob sib npaug (sib npaug rau POS tshuab), uas yog ua tau raws li lub teb chaws nyiaj txiag cov qauv.