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Rambus Develops R+™ DDR4/3 PHY on Samsung 28nm LPP Process

Design achieves both high-performance and high-efficiency for networking, computing, and consumer applications

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – February 10, 2015 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) today announced it has developed an R+™ DDR4/3 PHY on the Samsung 28nm LPP process. Through the collaboration with Samsung, Rambus has achieved a robust, production-ready R+ DDR4/3 PHY on the power-performance optimized 28nm Low Power Plus (LPP) process. The Rambus design has been characterized at a system level, and can be easily integrated into a SoC.

“With the ongoing demand for data alongside the cloud driving more and more networking, the need for faster speeds and better bandwidth has never been more prevalent,” said Kevin Donnelly, general manager of the Memory and Interface division at Rambus. “Successfully taping out a production-ready R+ DDR4/3 PHY on the Samsung 28nm LPP process is a major step in our strategic and valued partnership. Together we are breaking the necessary ground to achieve the best possible speeds and bandwidth required by today’s consumer and networking devices.”

The Rambus R+ DDR4 multi-modal memory PHY enables customers to differentiate their offerings by providing industry-leading performance while maintaining full compatibility with industry standard DDR4, and DDR3 interfaces. Designed for server, compute, networking and consumer applications, the R+ DDR4 PHY delivers versatile configuration options for both area/power optimized consumer applications and performance intensive compute applications. The DDR4 IP product supports data rates from 800 to 3200Mbps in a low-power process and is available in both PoP and discrete packages “Our high-volume 28nm LPP technology gives SoC designers a robust manufacturing option for a new generation of feature-rich consumer devices.” said Shawn Han, Vice President of Foundry Marketing, Samsung. “We are pleased to be collaborating with Rambus to demonstrate the capabilities of Samsung’s 28nm processes and the design enablement ecosystem available for Samsung’s foundry customer and IP partners.”

The R+ DDR4/3 design leverages the wide range of design enablement support and expertise that Samsung offers, including process design kits (PDKs), DFM kits, analog mixed signal reference flow, extensive implementation services, and silicon proven logic libraries. Rambus also utilized Samsung’s foundry assembly support resources to provide a flip-chip packaging option on the high speed PHY design. In addition, Samsung’s 28nm Low-Power (LP) Gate First High-k Metal Gate (HKMG) process offers considerable power and performance advantages to a growing spectrum of mobile, consumer and IT infrastructure-computing applications.

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Rambus Ecebs strengthens its position as smart ticketing leader

February 2015

Rambus Ecebs were delighted to welcome a large number of companies and people involved in smart ticketing in the UK to our event in the Strangers Dining Room in the Palace of Westminster which was sponsored by the Right Honourable Michael McCann, the Rambus Ecebs local MP.

Rambus Ecebs strengthens its position as smart ticketing leader at House of Commons event

Smart Ticketing – a Blueprint for 21st Century Travel

Palace of Westminster

Rambus Ecebs were delighted to welcome a large number of companies and people involved in smart ticketing in the UK to our event in the Strangers’ Dining Room in the Palace of Westminster which was sponsored by the Right Honorable Michael McCann, the Rambus Ecebs local MP. This gathering of many of the most influential stakeholders in the smart ticketing community was held with transport representatives from central government, local authorities, transport operators, related commerical organisations and a number of prominent members of parliament and the House of Lords.

Guests attending Ecebs House of Commons event

The event, which was exceptionally well attended and oversubscribed, discussed how smart ticketing is evolving and growing within the UK and beyond with focus on how important this is to the UK economy and welfare.

Lillian Greenwood, the Shadow Minister for Transport and MP for Nottingham South, spoke of the Labour party’s vision, a challenge to achieve the goal similar to that set out bylinda Greenwood MP
Harold Wilson and Barbera Castle in the late 1960’s – that is, to deliver a reliable, secure and integrated travel system. She further explained how the use of smart ticketing in the North of England was growing. This was providing significant benefit to local constituents not just via concessionary travel but commercial too, with the Trent Barton Tram system now accepting smartcards which can also be used on buses in Nottingham.

Rambus Ecebs executive chairman said: ” This event highlights the importance of smart ticketing within the UK and beyond. We are witnessing a new age where technology is moving at such a pace that consumers demand services that can align with their expectations for customer experience. We are seeing this with the advent of mobile payments and transport is no exception”.

Michael McCann MP

He commented further, ” Rambus Ecebs are real leaders in smart ticketing implementation and have a very strong technical team who have long been leaders in smart technology and innovation. Rambus Ecebs have seen significant growth in demand for transport products and services.
The large attendance from key industry players at today’s event underlines that. I would like to thank Michael McCann and Lillian Greenwood for their support of this event in promoting the smart transport industry.”

Pat Curran with Ruassell McCullagh of Ecebs

 

To mark the event, Russell McCullagh, Rambus Ecebs Managing Director, presented some lucky attendees with a bottle of ‘Malt Whisky’, which of course can only be sampled when public transport is used afterwards.

 

 

 

 

Video: Overclocked HyperX DDR4 hits 4351MHz

The HyperX division of Kingston Technology has confirmed that its Predator DDR4 memory was recently overclocked at a screaming 4351MHz. The impressive overclock mark – set by “Toppc” of MSI – was achieved using a single 4GB HyperX Predator 3333MHz DDR4 module on MSI’s new X99S XPOWER AC motherboard.

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