March 14, 2003 – Hitachi, the Japanese semiconductor company, has unveiled a prototype for the next generation of its µ-Chip (pronounced mu-chip). The chip is just 0.3 millimeters square, roughly half ...

From Hitachi, an extremely tiny RFID chip that doesn’t require an external antenna and could potentially be embedded in all sorts of paper products like money, tickets, magazines, etc. There were some ...

Tiny computer chips with myriad applications — from scanning concert tickets to tracking the family dog to monitoring travelers as they cross international borders — are shrinking, and have now have ...

Sept. 4, 2003 – Japanese semiconductor giant Hitachi has unveiled a prototype of its tiny RFID µ-chip, or mu-chip, which features an antenna built onto the microchip. The new tag is so small that the ...

BRISBANE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hitachi America, Ltd. in conjunction with a leading provider of gamma sterilization isotope and equipment, revealed Hitachi’s Mu-chip RFID (radio frequency ...

Tokyo – Mitsuo Usami, inventor of the micro-chip RF identification device, and other researchers at Hitachi Ltd.'s Central Research Laboratory have developed a way to place an antenna on an RFID chip.

Hitachi has just rolled out a worryingly small RFID chip, measuring an impressively tiny 0.15 mm x 0.15 mm x 0.0075 mm. The chip packs in a 128-bit ROM, which is able to store a 38-digit number.

Last week, Hitachi (NYSE:HIT) unveiled the world's smallest radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. Measuring only .05 x .05 millimeters, and about the thickness of a piece of paper, the device is ...

Hitachi Ltd. has developed an RFID (radio frequency identification) chip that requires no external antenna and makes possible the embedding of tracking and identification chips in bank notes, tickets ...

RFID technology seems to be on the rise lately. After Mitsubishi announced a super-efficient tag reader last month and NEC said it was able to dramatically cut production costs for RFID two weeks ago, ...

The world's smallest radio frequency identification tags have been unveiled by Japanese electronics firm Hitachi. The minute devices measure just 0.05mm by 0.05mm (0.002x0.002in) and to the naked eye ...