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Texas Instruments and Moore Wallace Form Multi-Year Strategic Agreement to Deliver EPC Generation 2 RFID Labels

Posted on: Thursday, 21 July 2005, 09:00 CDT

DALLAS, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated , a worldwide leader in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, and Moore Wallace, an RR Donnelley company, today announced a multi-year strategic agreement to offer Electronic Product Code(TM) (EPC) Generation 2 (Gen 2) smart label solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, TI will be a primary supplier of ultra-high frequency (UHF) EPC Gen 2 tag technology to Moore Wallace, which will provide EPC Gen 2 finished labels to the consumer products goods (CPGs), manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies who are implementing RFID for supply chain applications.

The newest and most advanced of the EPCglobal Inc(TM) specifications for the UHF band in the 900 MHz range, EPC Gen 2 provides enhanced features and improved performance including global interoperability, superior tag throughput, multiple read/write capability, enhanced security, and the ability to operate in dense reader environments. Moore Wallace, which is among the largest label converters in North America, will support the manufacture of 500+ million EPC labels annually in multiple facilities. Samples of the EPC Gen 2 labels from Moore Wallace with TI EPC Gen 2 inlays are available now, with full production planned for later in Q3 2005.

"TI's ability to design and manufacture the highest quality RFID tags in large volumes that meet our demanding reliability and ease-of-integration requirements while optimizing our processes, makes them an ideal partner as we produce finished EPC Generation 2 labels for our customers," said Greg Santini, senior vice president of label operations at Moore Wallace.

"A strategic label converter customer over the last seven years, our collaboration with Moore Wallace has advanced the market for RFID smart labels in a diverse number of applications. With top CPG suppliers looking to implement EPC Gen 2 technology in their retail supply chains, Moore Wallace continues to make significant investments in RFID and we look forward to a fruitful alliance in serving these new customers," said Julie England, vice president of Texas Instruments and general manager for Texas Instruments RFid Systems.

About Texas Instruments

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(TM) Systems at 1-888-937-6536 (North America) or +1 972-575-4364 (International), or visit the Web site at http://www.ti-rfid.com/ .

Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors & Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries. Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com/ .

About RR Donnelley

RR Donnelley is the world's premier full-service global print provider and the largest printing company in North America, serving customers in publishing, healthcare, advertising, retail, telecommunications, technology, financial services, and many other industries. Founded more than 140 years ago, the company provides solutions in commercial printing, forms and labels, direct mail, financial printing, print fulfillment, business communication outsourcing, logistics, online services, digital photography, color services, and content and database management. The largest companies in the world and others rely on RR Donnelley's scale, scope and insight through a comprehensive range of online tools, variable printing services, and market-specific solutions. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.rrdonnelley.com/ .

Statements contained in this news release regarding the RFID market and production and availability of RFID devices and other statements of managements' beliefs, goals and expectations may be considered "forward- looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements. The following factors and the factors discussed in the parties' most recent Form 10-Ks could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements contained in this press release: qualification of TI-RFid(TM) devices and actual customer demand for RFID devices. TI and Moore Wallace disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward- looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this press release.

Trademarks

TI-RFid is a trademark of Texas Instruments. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Texas Instruments RFid Systems

CONTACT: Ellen Zeidler of Texas Instruments RFid Systems,+1-214-567-4092, or ezeidler@ti.com ; or Kim Novino of BridgemanCommunications, +1-617-742-7270, or kim@bridgeman.com , for Texas InstrumentsRFid Systems; or Nancy Mitchell of Moore Wallace, +1-716-773-0588, ornancy.mitchell@rrd.com

Web site: http://www.ti.com/http://www.ti-rfid.com/http://www.rrdonnelley.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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