| Group pushes RFID standardization to secure supply chain
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2008-09-23 |
| The U.S. pharmaceutical industry has been piloting trials of RFID tag technology as a way to secure the prescription drug supply chain via an electronic pedigree |
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| Patent startup secures high-profile VC investments
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2008-09-22 |
| A startup that claims it has a better approach for helping high tech companies deal with the rising costs of patent litigation and licensing has gained backing from two large venture capitalists. |
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| Tiny switches respond to security cards' risks
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2008-09-10 |
| Peratech has developed switches made from an ultrathin pressure sensitive material, which the company claims can overcome the risks of "contactless skimming" in security cards. |
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| India petroleum firms tap IBM's RFID tracking solution
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2008-09-09 |
| IBM will implement RFID-based solution for Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL), a Fortune 500 company and a downstream petroleum organization in India |
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| Special chips ready to identify unique marks
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2008-09-09 |
| A Palo Alto security and authentication startup known for its 'unclonable' silicon chips was recently introduced by Verayo in an effort to move its focus from government defense contracts to commercial markets. |
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| NXP roadmap drives application-specific solutions
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2008-09-09 |
| After going private two years ago and having recently sold off its wireless group to STMicroelectronics, NXP Semiconductors now faces formidable challenges in redefining itself. |
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| Industry confab sheds light on future of organic electronics
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2008-07-25 |
| The Organic Semiconductor Conference this year (OSC-08) will bring together over 500 engineers, researchers, business leaders and investors worldwide to report progress and discuss future directions in the organic electronics and organic semiconductor industries. |
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| Predicting real-world wireless performance
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2008-07-16 |
| Scalability and the interaction of applications with each other have always made real-world wireless performance unpredictable in the lab. An additional challenge emerges with the introduction of 802.11n-complaint devices along with the existing a/b/g equipment. |
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| Impinj buys Intel's RFID reader chip biz
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2008-07-14 |
| UHF Gen 2 RFID solutions provider Impinj Inc. has acquired Intel Corp.'s RFID operation |
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| USDC switches name to FlexTech Alliance, expands mission
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2008-07-11 |
| The U. S. Display Consortium (USDC) is expanding its mission to support the emerging flexible, printed electronics market—subsequently changing the organization's official name to the FlexTech Alliance to reflect this new activity and opportunity. |
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| Samsung invests in contactless IC firm
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2008-07-02 |
| Advanced contactless microprocessor platforms provider Inside Contactless has added Samsung Ventures America to its active investor community, which now includes the world's top three handset manufacturers. |
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| Virage Logic absorbs logic memory IP biz of Impinj
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2008-07-02 |
| Virage Logic Corp. and Impinj Inc. have announced that Virage Logic has acquired Impinj's logic non-volatile memory intellectual property business for $5.2 million. |
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| Study: RFID devices interfere with medical apps
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2008-06-27 |
| The use of RFID in hospitals can interfere with critical care medical equipment according to a study conducted by University of Amsterdam researchers published in the Journal of the American Medical Association |
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| NXP leads NFC, contactless IC vendors
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2008-06-26 |
| NXP Semiconductors is the leading supplier of chips for contactless cards and NFC applications according to a vendor matrix of the sector from ABI Research. |
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| NXP-Bibliotheca RFID solution powers German library
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2008-06-20 |
| NXP Semiconductors has announced that the Max Planck Institute for European History of Law Library has chosen the Longlife RFID labels from Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems, based on the recently launched NXP ICODE SLI-SY chip |
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