Impinj and Texas Instruments Announce RFID Gen 2 Supply Agreement30 November 2005
Impinj, Inc., the fabless semiconductor company
whose patented Self-Adaptive Silicon® technology enables its two business
lines: semiconductor intellectual property and high performance radio
frequency identification (RFID) products, and Texas Instruments
Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN), a leading provider of RFID chips, inlays and
straps, today announced a supply agreement under which Impinj will provide
its Monza™ RFID Generation 2 (Gen 2) chips for inclusion in TI's initial
production of RFID inlay and strap products.
As part of its Gen 2 product offering, TI is using Monza chips from Impinj
for its manufacturing of Gen 2 inlays and straps that label converter
companies are incorporating into finished RFID tags for use by consumer
goods manufacturers in the global retail supply chain. Part of Impinj's
GrandPrix solution for robust RFID systems, Monza is the world's first tag
chip certified as compliant with the Gen 2 standard promulgated by
EPCglobal Inc™, the industry consortium established to promote RFID in
the global supply chain.
"We are very pleased that our cooperation with TI has resulted in this
supply agreement," said Dr. William Colleran, president and CEO, Impinj.
"With this announcement, we add to the already impressive list of strap and
inlay customers who have selected Impinj's Monza chips as their choice for
high volume Gen 2 solutions."
"This agreement with Impinj, in combination with TI's development of Gen 2
inlay and strap products, has accelerated our global retail supply chain
customers' transition to this new standard," said Tony Sabetti, UHF/Retail
Supply Chain director, Texas Instruments RFid Systems.
Impinj's Monza Gen 2 chips provide all of the benefits promised by the
Gen 2 protocol, including improved tag readability and throughput,
compliance with global spectral regulations, 96-bit EPC identification
codes and enhanced security, privacy and robustness. Compared to legacy Gen
1 chips, Monza chips feature superior read and write range, high-speed
field rewritability and orientation insensitivity when used in a dual
antenna configuration. In keeping with Impinj's high quality standards,
Monza chips are 100% factory tested and exhibit excellent RF impedance and
ESD insensitivity, characteristics for ensuring superior inlay
manufacturability in accordance with TI's rigorous standards for quality
and performance.
About Impinj, Inc.
Impinj, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company whose patented
Self-Adaptive Silicon® technology enables its two synergistic business
lines: high performance RFID products and cost-effective semiconductor
intellectual property (SIP). A leading contributor to the RFID standards
for high volume supply-chain applications worldwide, Impinj leverages its
technical expertise and industry partnerships to deliver the GrandPrix™
solution, comprising tags, readers, software and systems integration to
offer RFID that just works™. Impinj's innovative SIP products, core to
the company's RFID tags, are licensed to leading semiconductor companies
worldwide, allowing them to cost-effectively integrate crucial nonvolatile
memory (NVM) alongside analog and digital functionality on a single chip.
Impinj's SIP products include the popular AEON™ memory, the world's
first rewriteable NVM technology compatible with logic CMOS manufacturing,
and AEFuse™, the world's first rewriteable fuse architecture. For more
information, visit www.impinj.com.
About Texas Instruments
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. For more information, visit the 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.
Impinj, Self-Adaptive Silicon, GrandPrix, AEON, AEFuse, RFID that just
works, and Monza are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Impinj,
Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their
respective owners.
Editorial Contacts:
Lynda Kaye
Mango Communications for Impinj
650-799-2888
Email Contact
Kim Novino
Bridgeman Communications for Texas Instruments
617-742-7270
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SOURCE: Impinj Inc.
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