WarGames – which hit theaters way back in 1983 – is an early hacker film starring Matthew Broderick (David Lightman) and Ally Sheedy (Jennifer Mack). For the uninitiated, WarGames depicts the fictional story of David Lightman, a high school hacker who unintentionally accesses WOPR, a military supercomputer operated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
NIST looks to strengthen crypto backbone
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking to make the backbone of cryptography — random bit generators — less predictable.
Building silicon foundations for security
Paul Kocher, the chief scientist of Rambus’ Cryptography Research division, recently presented a DesignCon 2016 keynote session that explored the crowded intersection of hardware, Moore’s Law and cryptography. As Kocher notes, cryptographic limits have historically been constrained by a salient lack of computing power.
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RSA Conference
RSA Conference 2016 is your best opportunity to connect with the technology, trends and people that will protect our digital world. Based on feedback from past attendees, we have increased Expo hours, expanded session times, and added more Learning Labs and Crowdsourced Sessions. Plus, we’ve created new programs such as Birds of a Feather Sessions, Focus-On Series and much more.
AMD extends Rambus patent license agreement
Rambus has extended its patent license with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) for a third, five-year term.
Under the terms of the agreement, AMD will continue to be licensed for its integrated circuit and circuit board products for an additional five years.
