ABI Research has publicly announced what it deems the top three manufacturers of both UHF and HF RFID inlays. The rankings are in the form of ABI’s new “Vendor Matrices” for each of the two categories. A Vendor Matrix indicates where vendors are positioned in the market based on selected criteria. This article lists the winners.
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and P3 say businesses don’t appreciate how RFID can help improve the efficiency of numerous business processes.
California delayed implementation of its pedigree law for pharmaceuticals by two years, to January, 2011. In its ruling, the California Board of Pharmacy said companies in the pharmaceutical supply chain were not ready to meet the complex new requirements, and also called into question RFID technology maturity.
Martec says its system will offer improved read range and other benefits compared with traditional passive RFID tags, and cost less than systems using active tags.
The prefabricated transportable structure, developed by a European startup, features RFID interrogators at the point of sale and exit door, enabling a retailer to operate without staff, and to quickly open up new branches to meet demand.
A new battery-assisted passive RFID tag, small enough to fit in a pocket, enables users to track keys to lock boxes, as well as manage small high-value assets.
The European Commission is proposing requirements that could dramatically curtail the benefits of RFID technology, so end users and vendors need to submit comments before April 25.
Alien Technology introduced a Gen2-compliant RFID chip with 512 bits of user-programmable memory. Alien’s new H3 Higgs chip also offers password protection for reading and writing. The company claims the chip is 25 percent more sensitive than previous-generation products, providing improved performance and read range.
The Higgs 3 chip is more sensitive to RF signals than earlier models, sports a read password to secure data and comes with 512 bits of user memory.
Europe is home to some of the few live Near Field Communication rollouts, but they remain small and services are limited.