bugs bytes and glitches information communications technology team us department of commerce winter 2006 a quarterly publication the s index rfid computer hardware shipments to selected markets country 2003 2004 chg 03 04 n america canada 6 910 080 7 512 009 8 usa brazil 919 115 1 011 000 10 0 chile 290 436 350 046 20 5 asia australia 641 872 642 165 china 233 073 342 789 9 india 337 923 388 768 15 japan 2 583 685 458 852 4 korea 758 700 680 109 europe germany 049 695 948 597 france 39 200 240 41 839 257 uk 520 552 807 625 11 what is radio frequency identification basic system consist three components an antenna or coil transceiver with decoder transponder rf tag electronically programmed