A nonvolatile storage device adapted for use with computers, workstations and other processing apparatuses. Then, a high tensile stress capping layer is formed over the source and drain regions. Card issuance section extracts a series of card issuance commands corresponding to a function of a card to be acquired from the command group stored in command storage section and writes the commands into a buffer of card management section, Card management section executes each card issuance command written by card issuance section.