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7.5 Micron Thick RFID Tag

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the next-comes-the-RFID-kick-me-sign dept.

YesSir writes "The EETimes is reporting that Hitachi has a breakthrough in RFID technology that they are planning to show at this years ISSCC (International Solid-State Circuits Conference). The new RFID chip is their newest mu-chip that, measuring in at 7.5 microns, is ten or more times thinner than a sheet of paper and comes complete with 128-bit identifying goodness."

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  1. Editing Comment re: 'n' times thinner by Stupid+Mentat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It is impossible to be "ten or more times thinner" than something else. Now the width of the new RFID can be "one-tenth that of a sheet of paper," but grammatically speaking, something can only be 'n' times larger/longer/heavier etc.