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Gen 2 RFID chips are here.(radio frequency identification)(Brief Article)

A pack of RFID chip manufacturers announced they'd have Electronic Product Code (EPC) Class 1, Generation 2 products available this spring. Philips Semiconductor was one of the first out of the gate, having already tested its first engineering samples of the UCODE EPC G2 chip--priced at 9 cents each in volume quantities of 10,000. Philips is teaming up with Symbol Tech

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