.: Texas Instruments and Impinj Announce RFID Cooperation Agreement :.

Leading RFID companies assure interoperability of UHF EPC Generation 2 products

March 2005, Texas Instruments (TI), the world leader in digital signal processing, analog, and RFID technologies (distributed in Australia through Electro-Com), and Impinj, Inc, the fabless semiconductor company whose patented Self-Adaptive Silicon® technology enables its high-performance radio frequency identification (RFID) products, have announced their agreement to cooperate in development of products that are compliant with the Class 1, Generation 2 (Gen 2) standard recently ratified by EPCglobal Inc™. This cooperation will ensure interoperability among Gen 2 products offered by the two companies, while enabling both companies to improve time-to-market for their Gen 2 offerings.

The newest and most advanced of the EPCglobal RFID specifications for the UHF band centered around 900 MHz, EPC Gen 2 overcomes limitations of EPCglobal's older Class 0 and Class 1 specifications, providing enhanced features and improved performance such as robust operation in high-density reader environments, compliance with global spectrum regulations, superior tag throughput, field rewritability and enhanced security, privacy and robustness.

" TI 's substantial inlay design and assembly capability coupled with their tremendous RFID market presence makes them an ideal partner as Impinj develops our Gen 2 product line," said Dr. William Colleran, president and CEO, Impinj, Inc. "Interoperability of Gen 2 products from multiple vendors is crucial for rapid adoption of RFID. Through our cooperation, Impinj and TI will ensure a supply of interoperable Gen 2 products from two complementary sources."

"Impinj and TI have collaborated throughout the evolution of EPCglobal's Gen 2 specification, and our cooperation has continued as we ensure interoperability of EPC Gen 2 products for introduction later this year. Impinj's UHF chip design capability will greatly augment TI 's efforts to provide Gen 2 products quickly, so that customers can reap rewards from near-term RFID implementations," said Julie England, vice president of Texas Instruments and general manager of Texas Instruments RFid Systems.

About Electro-Com ( Australia ) Pty Ltd
Electro-Com is Australian owned and operated company located in Melbourne , Australia . Electro -Com is Australia 's largest and leading supplier of radio frequency identification (RFID) readers and tags to markets such as animal identification, access control and logistics management, supply chain. Electro-Com are the official distribution partners for Texas Instruments in Australia and New Zealand and is a leading supplier of Electro -mechanical components, control products, electrical switchgear and electronic enclosures. For more information, visit the company's website at www.rfid.com.au

About Texas Instruments RFid Systems
Updated March 2005>>>> Texas Instruments is the world's largest integrated manufacturer of radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders and reader systems. Capitalizing on its competencies in high-volume semiconductor manufacturing and microelectronics packaging, TI is a visionary leader and at the forefront of establishing new markets and international standards for RFID applications. For more information, contact TI-RFid™ Systems at 1-888-937-6536 ( North America ) or +1 214-567-4364 (International), or visit the Web site at   www.ti-rfid.com .

Please contact Electro-Com on 1300 130 806 or email us for further information.