Microsoft got a lot of attention earlier this year when it announced plans to get into the RFID business. But the real RFID play is unfolding about 15 miles west of Redmond in Seattle, where fabless semiconductor startup Impinj has once again lined its pockets with venture capital.
The company says this fourth round will likely be its last, as it turns a profit this quarter and considers an IPO.
Seattle semiconductor company Impinj Inc., one of the most hotly pursued investments on the Seattle technology horizon of late, has nailed down $26.5 million in new financing to develop promising technology known as RFID, or radio frequency identification.
Chip maker Impinj of Seattle, Washington, today announced that it has secured a $26.5 million round of funding. GF Private Equity Group LLC led the round, which, along with VentureTech Alliance, is a new investor in the company.
Fabless chip company Impinj Inc., which has so-called self-adaptive silicon technology and produces radio frequency identification (RFID) products, said it has secured $26.5 million in a round of funding.
Seattle-based Impinj, which builds chips that help track merchandise, is expected to announce a Wal-Mart-sized round of venture capital today.
Seattle is a software town. But a 5-year-old upstart by the name of Impinj is turning heads in a technology sector not typically associated with the Emerald City.
Newport Beach and Seattle-based fabless semiconductor firm Impinj and Texas Instruments said yesterday that the two companies have inked an agreement for Impinj to provide its RFID chips to TI's product line.
Impinj has won an RFID deal with Texas Instruments for inclusion of the fabless company's Monza chips in the larger company's Gen 2 inlays and straps.
Impinj and Texas Instruments (TI) have announced that TI is using the Impinj Monza EPC Gen 2 chip in the production of its UHF Gen 2 Class 1 RFID inlays and strap products.
Texas Instruments Inc. reported Tuesday an agreement with Impinj Inc. to purchase the fabless semiconductor company's Monza radio frequency identification Gen 2 chips to build into its initial production of RFID inlay and strap products.
Impinj and Texas Instruments have released a joint announcement that Impinj will provide its Gen2 chips for inclusion in TI's RFID strap and inlay products.
The transition from the older Generation 1 technology to the more-powerful Generation 2 appears to be well ahead of projections. Chip maker Impinj, for example, intends to ship 50 million Gen 2 tags by the end of 2005.
UCI Extension is offering a seminar on Nov. 10, where advisory committee members will bring tags and readers to demonstrate the technology. Members, include executives from Impinj, Inc.
Diorio is chairman and co-founder of Impinj, Seattle, a leading manufacturer of RFID chips.
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Ending the wait for more robust, powerful RFID technology, a wide array of Class 1, Generation 2 Electronic Product Code hardware, software and services were introduced at this week's EPCglobal conference.
DC Velocity's RFID Watch Weekly covers Impinj's attendance at the EPCglobal US conference.
EPCglobal announces that Impinj is the only chip company and among the first seven reader manufacturers to earn the EPCglobal certification mark ensuring products meet EPCglobal standards.
Impinj is profiled in MoreRFID's list of hot topics at the Smart Labels Europe conference.
RFID International reports that Impinj, Inc. has entered volume production and will fulfill orders exceeding 50 million units for its Monza Generation 2 (Gen 2) RFID tag chip in the second half of 2005.
RFDesign recounts the announcement by Impinj today that it has entered volume production to fulfill orders exceeding 50 million units for its Monza Gen 2 RFID tag chip. The announcement parallels the already prevalent indication that RFID is transitioning to EPCglobal's Gen 2 spec and Impinj is leading the way.
EETimes details news of Alien Technology and Impinj relationship.
RFID Journal reports that Alien Technology is among the nine RFID hardware vendors turning Impinj's Monza chips into inlays, strap assemblies or smart labels.
One of the architects of EPCglobal's Generation 2 standard addresses end user's concerns regarding Gen 2-based tags and readers. This is the second installment of a two-part article by Impinj cofounder and chairman Chris Diorio.
Cofounder and chairman of Impinj, Chris Diorio was one of the chief architects of the EPCglobal Gen 2 specification. Diorio is uniquely positioned to answer some of the questions end users may have as they consider deploying the new technology.
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Madrona's prominence in the venture capital industry has served at least one of its portfolio companies well -- Impinj.
Impinj is leading the pack in terms of interoperability initiatives. Impinj had been working on the Gen 2 standard with EPC Global two years prior to the standard's ratification, and had carried out interoperability testing with Texas Instruments as early as January of this year.
The availability of inexpensive CMOS technologies that perform well at ultra-high frequencies has created new opportunities for automated material handling within supply chain management that will, in hindsight, be viewed as revolutionary.
Rafsec says it will use Gen 2 ICs from Impinj, a Seattle-based semiconductor company and manufacturer of passive RFID tags.
Gen 2 promises to advance RFID far beyond its present position, opening wide the doors of interoperability and performance.
According to Ron Oliver, senior RF design engineer for Seattle, Wash.-based Impinj, the semiconductor and RFID systems developer is evaluating ECM's Z-axis adhesive and is considering testing the material using the chip wafer application method.
The additional memory is important, but the biggest thing that Gen 2 brings to the table is higher levels of performance in several dimensions, says Bill Colleran, president and CEO of chip and reader manufacturer Impinj.
Intermec teamed with European retailer METRO Group to demonstrate an interoperable Generation 2 RFID system at the ECR Europe Conference and Marketplace. Intermec's Intellitag IF5 reader was able to read Gen 2 smart labels with Gen 2 chips from Impinj and Royal Philips Electronics.
How 100+ companies came together to hammer out Gen 2.
As broad-based deployments replace limited test cases, real-world problems will emerge and manufacturers will need to take a systems engineering approach to achieve the desired level of performance, according to Bill Colleran, president and chief executive officer at Seattle-based Impinj Inc.
Precisia LLC, which develops printed electronics technologies, is partnering with Impinj Inc. to launch a line of RFID products based on Impinj's chips.
During a seminar at RFID Journal LIVE! in Chicago, three RFID-equipment executives talked about some of the things RFID technology providers need to do to win and keep customers.
Companies should start preparing now for next-generation RFID technology that will soon hit the shelves, according to research company Gartner.
At next week's RFID Journal LIVE! conference, Seattle-based fabless semiconductor company Impinj will demonstrate tags that comply with EPCglobal's second-generation standard for passive UHF tags and readers.
The fabless silicon company unveils its Gen 2 tags and reader, saying it will sell the reader directly to customers and license its design and firmware to partners.
RFID supplier Impinj is about to start shipping radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags based on the more powerful Gen 2 specification.
Impinj announced on Monday the roll-out of its GrandPrix, a set of RFID tags and readers touted as the first RFID system to comply with EPCGlobal's emerging Generation 2 protocol.
This week, Impinj begins shipping RFID tags and readers based on the new Gen 2 standard, and businesses are already lining up to test them.
RFID specialist Impinj will come out with tags and readers based on the so-called "Gen 2" spec for RFID in the second quarter, which will make it the first company to release products for this standard.
Jerry Worchel of In-Stat says "The most advantageous part of Impinj's announcement is that it fits into the conventional logic process flow, something other non-volatile memory approaches cannot claim."
Stephan Ohr of EE Times reports on Impinj's participation in the International Sold-State Circuits Conference.
Silicon Strategies announces licensee of Impinj's AEFuse memory technology.
Ron Wilson of EE Times writes about Impinj's RFID & IP Products business units.
Richard Ball of Electronics Weekly announces Impinj's AEFuse product.
Impinj selected as a finalist for the Design Team of the Year award. This award goes to a group of innovators whose system-or IC-level design made a significant contribution to the furtherance of technology and whose project management abilities were creative, efficient and inspiring.
The January edition of RW Baird's RFID Monthly report includes a one-page profile of Impinj.
RF Design's Ashok Bindra talks to Impinj about the TI cooperation agreement.
Darrell Dunn of Information Week reports on the development agreement between Texas Instruments and Impinj.
Jonathon Collins of RFID Journal reports on the Gen 2 interoperability cooperation agreement between Impinj and Texas Instruments.
Peter Clarke of EE Times/Silicon Strategies reports on the Impinj/TI cooperation agreement.
Incucomm reports that small RFID firms like Impinj are gaining market share as established vendors use a 'fast follower' strategy.