November 30, 2004

Texas Instruments, Philips Semiconductors Escalate RFID Tag Production

Texas Instruments and Philips Semiconductors will begin RFID tag manufacturing in early 2005, joining companies such as SmartCode Corp, Alien Technologies, and Symbol Technologies in an industry-wide effort to ramp up RFID tag production.

According to Information Week:

Although Texas Instruments and Philips say they'll have no problem meeting demand in the years to come, they're waiting for EPCGlobal to finalize the next-generation, or Gen 2, specification for RFID chips. Debate lingers over when that specification will be ready.
"It's been postponed twice already," says Roy Apple, VP of business development for SmartCode.

Read more: RFID Tagmakers Escalate Production

--
Did you enjoy this post?

Free RFID Newsletter

Subscribe to The RFID Gazetteer, published monthly. Enter your email address:

« ACLU Warns Americans of RFID Passports | Main | Lack of China RFID Standards Slows Progress »