Texas Instruments RFid Systems Joins EPCglobal, Inc.`s Hardware Action Group
RFID leader supporting development of EPC UHF Gen2 standard
DALLAS, TX (February 24, 2004) - Texas Instruments Radio Frequency
Identification (TI-RFid(tm)) Systems, a worldwide leader of radio frequency
identification (RFID) technology, today announced it is has joined the
Hardware Action Group (HAG) of EPCglobal, Inc., the technical action group
responsible for developing RFID technology standards. TI was one of the
first companies to join EPCglobal after its formation in October 2003 as a
non-profit joint venture of the standards organizations EAN International
and the Uniform Code Council Inc.
EPCglobal is overseeing the development of the Electronic Product Code (EPC)
standard designed to enable enhanced visibility of information about
products moving through the retail supply chain. As a member of the
EPCglobal`s Hardware Action Group, Texas Instruments RFid Systems is
supporting the development and rapid ratification of a global, interoperable
EPC standard using ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID technology. TI is
endorsing the vision of a new generation UHF Gen2 standard for its ability
to meet the requirements and performance needs of the retailers and
manufacturers implementing EPC in the supply chain. Key end-user careabouts
for RFID UHF tags, including interoperability, read/write field
programmability, and global performance, are driving the need for this new
generation EPC standard. Wal-Mart and several other retailers globally are
endorsing this same vision for this new EPC RFID standard for pallet and
case-level tagging.
"TI has been a proponent of RFID standards and a long-time participant in
global standards bodies. We see a solid business case for RFID in the
supply chain and look forward to working with other industry leaders and
EPCglobal in driving the development and mass commercialization of global
standards-based RFID technology to the market," said David Slinger, general
manager, Texas Instruments RFid Systems and vice president Texas
Instruments, Inc.
Since its inception in 1990, Texas Instruments RFid Systems has participated
in the development of RFID standards with international organizations
including ISO/IEC, ANSI and AIM, Inc., the global trade association for
automatic identification, data collection and networking in a mobile
environment. Together with other RFID manufacturers, TI-RFid Systems was
instrumental in defining the ISO/IEC 15693 standard, which uses 13.56 MHz
RFID smart label technology.
For more information on Texas Instruments RFid Systems, please visit their
Web site at www.ti-rfid.com or call 1-888-937-6536 (North America) or
1-972-575-4364 (International).
About Texas Instruments RFid Systems
Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification (TI-RFid(tm)) Systems is an
industry leader in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and the
world`s largest integrated manufacturer of RFID tags, smart labels and
reader systems. With more than 300 million tags manufactured, TI-RFid
technology is used in a broad range of applications worldwide including
access control, automotive, document tracking, livestock, product
authentication, retail, sports timing, supply chain, ticketing and wireless
payment. For more information, contact TI-RFid at 1-888-937-6536 (North
America) or +1 972-575-4364 (International), or visit the company`s Web site
at www.ti-rfid.com.
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. More information is located on
the World Wide Web at www.ti.com.
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