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Understanding the memory-storage pyramid
Loren Shalinsky, a Strategic Development Director at Rambus, recently penned a detailed article for Semiconductor Engineering that explores the memory-storage hierarchy. As he puts it, the hierarchy,...
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Microsemi FPGAs awarded Rambus Cryptography Research DPA logo certification
Microsemi Corporation recently announced that its SmartFusion®2 system-on-chip (SoC) field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and IGLOO®2 FPGAs successfully passed certification for resistance to...
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Rambus secures next-gen digital video content
The Secure Content Storage Association (SCSA) has selected the Rambus Cryptography Research Division to run and manage its VIDITY™ Key Issuance Center. The service, part of the Cryptography Research...
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IDTechEx: Sensors to enable $70bn wearable technology market by 2025
IDTechEx analysts say there will be over three billion sensors in wearable technology devices by 2025 – with more than 30% categorized as emerging sensor types. As a recently published IDTechEx report...
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Powering wearables with TENGs and energy harvesting
The increased popularity of wearable electronic devices has given rise to a number of techniques for extending relatively limited battery life. “Energy harvesting is one such approach, converting...
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Building bridges with DRAM vendors
Analysts at IHS Electronics say Rambus’ change in strategy from intellectual property (IP) licensing house to chipmaker has been “well received” by its customers. “Rambus has announced recently that it...
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Rambus demos hardware-based security for 4K UHD TVs @ IBC 2015
MStar Semiconductor has kicked off production of a secure chipset for connected TVs that integrates the Rambus Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall™ security core with Intertrust’s ExpressPlay™ cloud...
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Securing connected vehicles
Ann Steffora Mutschler of Semiconductor Engineering recently noted that malicious hacking has existed since the dawn of connected electronics. However, says Mutschler, such hacks are now occurring with...
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A modular approach to Big Data
Driven by Big Data and new applications, modern servers and data centers are out of synch with current demands – due to increasing requirements for real-time access to large amounts of information....
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Designing lightweight cryptography for the IoE
Ernest Worthman of Semiconductor Engineering recently noted that we have entered an age where technology is expected to do more, faster, anonymously, and often invisibly. “It’s supposed to use less...
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Memory price dip to spur DDR4 adoption
KitGuru’s Anton Shilov reports that DDR4 prices have dropped approximately 25% since late June. “According to DRAMeXchange, the world’s leading computer memory tracker, one 4Gb DDR4 chip rated to run...
View Articlefrog and IXDS explore the future of lensless smart sensors (LSS)
Rambus’ lensless smart sensor (LSS) technology took center stage at a recent summit in San Francisco co-hosted by frog San Francisco and IXDS from Berlin. This event represented the culmination of...
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The importance of understanding bandwidth
Did you know that the terms “latency” and “bandwidth” are frequently misused? According to Loren Shalinsky, a Strategic Development Director at Rambus, latency refers to how long the CPU needs to wait...
View ArticleWinbond licenses DPA countermeasures from Rambus Cryptography Research
Winbond Electronics has licensed differential power analysis (DPA) countermeasures from Rambus’ Cryptography Research division. By implementing DPA countermeasures in flash memory components, Winbond...
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Evolving differential power analysis targets SIM cards
Ernest Worthman of Semiconductor Engineering recently noted that differential power analysis (DPA) has been a threat vector on the chip landscape for a number of years. “[DPA] was discovered around the...
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Minding the memory gap
Mark LaPedus of Semiconductor Engineering recently reported that memory chips and storage devices are struggling to keep pace with the growing demands of data processing. “To solve the problem,...
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White House eyes sensors for smart cities
Writing for The Verge, Jacob Kastrenakes reports that the White House has allocated $160 million to create smart cities. “[These] cities are wired up with sensors that can relay data back to local...
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Moore’s Law: From 16 kB to 16GB
James Sanders of TechRepublic has confirmed that 16 GB SO-DIMM modules are now starting to become generally available from multiple vendors. “[This] eases RAM constraints in devices that have a limited...
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Home Media Magazine says Vidity is “on a roll”
Thomas K. Arnold, the publisher & editorial director of Home Media Magazine, says Vidity is “on a roll” as the Ultra HD industry takes off. “Developed by the Secure Content Storage Association...
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Dartmouth engineers unveil new Quanta Image Sensor (QIS)
Researchers at Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering have unveiled a new Quanta Image Sensor (QIS) designed to significantly enhance low-light sensitivity. Thayer professor Eric Fossum, the engineer...
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