D-Bone
Jul 17th '06, 09:55 AM
Source: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3356
HP has developed a chip smaller than a single grain of rice that's able to store 512KB and transmit and receive information using Wi-Fi standards at 10Mbit/sec. Measuring 2-4mm square, HP said that its new chip is far superior to current Bluetooth or RFID standards. Although the new chip is roughly two years away from being complete, HP said that the storage capacity of the chip is likely to grow.
Associate director at HP Labs Howard Taub told reporters that the chip can be attached to physical devices like hospital wristbands or such things as postcards. "This really bridges the digital and physical worlds. The digital data is attached to the physical object it's related to," Taub said. The tiny chip can also be used in applications where counterfeit detection measures are required, such as drugs.
HP said that the chip is very easy to make and is very small, and so applications for the chip are virtually limitless. The chip itself contains a modem, antenna, microprocessor and onboard memory. HP indicated that the chip itself requires no battery to operate as other devices that read the chip will provide power by induction.
The chip has been in development at HP for the last four years and HP said that we should be seeing it being used in the real-world roughly two years from now.
HP has developed a chip smaller than a single grain of rice that's able to store 512KB and transmit and receive information using Wi-Fi standards at 10Mbit/sec. Measuring 2-4mm square, HP said that its new chip is far superior to current Bluetooth or RFID standards. Although the new chip is roughly two years away from being complete, HP said that the storage capacity of the chip is likely to grow.
Associate director at HP Labs Howard Taub told reporters that the chip can be attached to physical devices like hospital wristbands or such things as postcards. "This really bridges the digital and physical worlds. The digital data is attached to the physical object it's related to," Taub said. The tiny chip can also be used in applications where counterfeit detection measures are required, such as drugs.
HP said that the chip is very easy to make and is very small, and so applications for the chip are virtually limitless. The chip itself contains a modem, antenna, microprocessor and onboard memory. HP indicated that the chip itself requires no battery to operate as other devices that read the chip will provide power by induction.
The chip has been in development at HP for the last four years and HP said that we should be seeing it being used in the real-world roughly two years from now.