The Atmel AT24RF08C chip was designed to lower the cost of asset management for corporate electronic equipment. It lets you deploy, manage and track equipment using a short range (up to 1 meter) wireless communications system. Systems using this chip can show reduced theft losses, provide better security for critical data and lower inventory costs.

The AT24RF08C has been shipping in all IBM commercial PCs for more than a year and is an open industry standard. Third party support systems permit the chip to work seamlessly with existing employee access control systems. It is implemented as a dual-port, 8K EEPROM, with a serial port for the system and an RFID port for external access.