Product category: Communications ICs (Wireless)
News Release from: NXP Semiconductors | Subject: RFID chips
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 09 May 2007
RFID chips to secure DVD supply chain
NXP's RFID chip technology enables system to disable DVDs at the point of manufacture and enable them at the point of sale.
NXP Semiconductors has worked with Kestrel Wireless on a solution to the problem of DVD theft throughout the supply chain Using NXP's leading RFID chip technology and Kestrel's RFA (radio frequency activation) solution it is possible to disable DVDs at the point of manufacture and enable them at the point of sale, making goods stolen at any point during the supply chain worthless, thus eliminating the incentive for theft
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Sep 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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