Chip tracking small area like powder

RFID processor (frequency authentication technology) used to monitor the circulation of food, tickets, medicines . is getting smaller and smaller. Hitachi (Japan) has just released a chip with a size of 0.05 mm x 0.05 mm.

This is the next step of Japanese technology firm after they launched the baby Mu-chip 0.4 mm x 0.4 mm like punctuation in this post. Tiny micro-tags containing microprocessors contain information about the product and return data to a dedicated reader. Thus, the risk of customers buying fake goods will be pushed back.

However, Hitachi does not have a mass production plan for this product. Many people are worried that criminals may also abuse chips in surveillance schemes such as movies. " We still have not figured out which way to use it, " said Masayuki Takeuchi, Hitachi spokesman. " This processor is too new and we are still studying its uses ."