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Impinj's Speedway(TM) Gen 2 RFID Reader Enables New NEC Inventory Control System
Innovative Gate System Boosts RFID Tag Read Rates and Supply Chain Operational Efficiency
| Source: Impinj, Inc.
SEATTLE, WA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 4, 2006 -- Leading Gen 2 RFID solution provider, Impinj,
Inc., today announced that NEC Corporation is deploying Impinj's
Speedway™ reader in a pioneering RFID system that significantly
increases RFID tag throughput in demanding manufacturing and inventory
control applications.
Scheduled for worldwide availability before the end of 2006, NEC's RFID
gate system combines NEC's proprietary radio wave reflection technology
with Impinj's high-performance RFID readers. The gate system, which
interrogates multiple RFID tags simultaneously to produce accurate supply
chain data, targets various RFID-enabled supply chain management
applications such as inspection systems in manufacturing lines and
inventory control systems.
"We are very pleased that NEC is deploying our Speedway reader in their
revolutionary RFID system," said Dimitri Desmons, vice president of RFID
marketing at Impinj. "The tag throughput rates and data accuracy achieved
with the combination of Impinj's proven technology and NEC's innovation
significantly benefit the growing number of RFID-based supply chain
management systems."
"Impinj and NEC share a common goal to deliver the highest performance,
most reliable RFID technology that dramatically improves supply chain
operations," said Kazunari Egami, General Manager of NEC's Control Systems
Division. "Impinj's Speedway reader is an ideal platform to support that
goal because Speedway exhibits remarkable performance, is guaranteed to be
interoperable with other certified RFID hardware and is easy to integrate
into innovative solutions such as NEC's new gate system."
Impinj's Speedway reader addresses the two most important RFID performance
criteria for supply chain environments -- high tag throughput rates and
high read reliability. The Speedway reader achieves superior read
reliability with throughput exceeding 1000 tags per second in typical
supply chain environments and 200 tags per second in dense reader
environments with up to eight interfering readers. The Speedway reader
also features a unique mono-static antenna design that delivers the
industry's highest performance while substantially reducing deployment cost
and complexity compared to conventional alternatives. Available now, the
Speedway reader carries both EPCglobal's Gen 2 Conformance Certification
mark and EPCglobal's Gen 2 Interoperability Certification mark.
About Impinj, Inc.
Impinj, Inc. is a semiconductor and RFID company whose patented
Self-Adaptive Silicon® technology enables its two synergistic business
lines: high performance RFID products and semiconductor intellectual
property (IP). 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 IP products, core to the
company's RFID tags, are licensed to leading semiconductor companies
worldwide, allowing them to seamlessly integrate crucial nonvolatile memory
(NVM) alongside analog and digital functionality on a single chip.
Impinj's IP products include the popular AEON® family of embeddable
cores, which provides rewriteable NVM technology in logic CMOS
manufacturing. For more information, visit www.impinj.com.
Impinj, Speedway, Self-Adaptive Silicon, GrandPrix, Monza, "RFID that just
works", and AEON are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Impinj,
Inc.