TI RFID Gen 2: Texas Instruments to Provide EPC Gen 2 RFID Tags Based on Recently ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... Instruments (NYSE: TXN) today confirmed plans to deliver Electronic Product Code(TM) (EPC) UHF Generation 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) products to ...

... Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) today confirmed plans to deliver Electronic Product Code(TM) (EPC) UHF Generation 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) products to the market, based on the recently ratified EPCglobal Inc.(TM) Gen 2 specification, with working samples available in the second quarter of 2005 and volume production in the third quarter of next year. The company has been developing an EPC Gen 2 UHF RFID solution over the past year, in cooperation with the EPCglobal Inc. standards body, and will provide the market with EPC Gen 2 chips, straps and inlays. ...

Texas Instruments is the world's largest integrated manufacturer of radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders and reader systems. Capitalizing on its competencies in high-volume semiconductor manufacturing and microelectronics packaging, TI is a visionary leader and at the forefront of establishing new markets and international standards for RFID applications. Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors & Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries. Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN.