November 15, 2005
Philips UCODE EPC Gen 2 chips
EPCglobal has certified the chips produced by Royal Philips Electronics to be Gen 2 compliant. With this, Philips has become the first big supplier of RFID chips to earn the certification. The Philips UCODE EPC Gen 2 chips can now be purchased by the end-users who are beginning to support the Gen 2 standards in increasing numbers. The EPC standard facilitates interoperability between readers and labels in different regulatory conditions. This will help companies to improve performance and reduce operation costs. Philips has sold more than one billion RFID chips till date.
The company is pushing for open standards and is running a Gen 2 Task Force program with ASK, Checkpoint Systems, and other companies. The objective of the program is to develop an end-to-end Gen2 RFID solution. The cost of Gen 2 tags will reduce significantly with the wide availability of EPC Gen 2 silicon.
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