Wireless chips with matchboxes store 100 pages of text

Experts at HP's lab have successfully developed a tiny wireless data chip that can store up to 100 pages of text.

Source: Reuters As a result of more than 4 years of research, according to HP, Memory Spot can be used in many different consumer and commercial devices. Its size is approximately the same as a match, but it can store all of a patient's medical records.

" This invention has a great potential not to argue, " said Tim Bajarin, president of research firm Creative Strategies. However, he was also cautious when predicting whether this invention could be realized into popular applications.

The team thinks that users can save digital music, podcasts, and video clips inside these chips. Data reading and writing devices compatible with chips will be integrated inside mobile phones, laptops, desktops, and printers. Of course, there will also be independent readers.

HP is planning to bring this technology to the international standards organizations. However, new chip applications will be difficult to appear in the market within the next 2 years.

Although there are many similarities with RFID chips - frequency authentication, but Memory Spot chip technology is still very different at file transfer rate, storage capacity and security level.

Memory Spot can transfer files at 10 Mbps, 10 times faster than today's Bluetooth wireless technology. This speed is on par with Wi-Fi and of course, far beyond RFID. In addition, the sample chip can store 4 Mb of data, a huge number compared to the RFID chip.

Memory Spot can be embedded in paper or glued to the surface. It can even be sold as . sticker. If mass production with millions of chips, the price of 1 USD / head is completely feasible and reasonable.

According to Taub expert, Memory Spot doesn't need batteries or external power sources. It works thanks to the input power from the read-write devices.

To be able to transfer the file, the reader must contact the chip directly or place it up to 1 mm away. This ensures more security than RFID chips, because the maximum distance that RFID allows up to 2 meters.

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