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Les royalties pourraient augmenter le coût du RFID - Royalties could
raise RFID cost...
Royalties
Expected To Increase Cost Of RFID Technology
CRN 18/07/04
"The price of electronic tags used to track supply-chain goods could
swell if a key standard in the emerging technology, known as RFID, winds
up including royalties.
High-tech companies contributing patented technology to the UHF Electronic
Product Code Generation 2 standard have agreed to do so on a royalty-free
basis, with the exception of one, Intermec Technologies.
Intermec, based in Everett, Wash., says it has contributed technology
protected by a dozen patents, and does not intend to provide all of the
intellectual property royalty-free.
"It's not our intention to give away our innovation and IP,"
Mike Wills, vice president and general manager of Intermec, said.
The possibility of having to license technology used in the Gen 2 standard
is significant because vendors have been struggling to reduce the per-unit
cost of electronic tags, a key component of RFID, or radio-frequency
identification, technology..."
"...before
electronic tags can become as commonplace as barcodes, their per-unit cost
must drop to a few pennies. Today's tags, which are being deployed on
pallets and cases found in warehouses and loading docks, cost from 20
cents to 30 cents apiece for quantities of 10 million or more, according
to tag maker Matrics, based near Washington, D.C.
"Royalties would artificially inflate the price of the tags, but at
what percent is anybody's guess," Girish Rishi, senior vice president
of marketing for Matrics, said. "Royalties could be detrimental to
the growth of the tag market because they are a very price sensitive
commodity."..."
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