Rambus has added an On-chip Noise Monitor to its suite of tools and IP cores. According to Loren Shalinsky, a Strategic Development Director at Rambus, the Noise Monitor is designed to accurately characterize power supply noise of low- power, high-performance complex IPs and electronic systems.
Xiaomi’s Mi Note Pro is loaded with 4GB of RAM
Announced earlier this month at CES 2015, the Asus Zenfone 2 features a 64-bit Intel Atom Z3580 processor and supports up to 4GB LPDDR3 DRAM. As we previously confirmed on Rambus Press, the Zenfone 2 was the very first smartphone to carry a full payload of 4GB of RAM. Unsurprisingly, a number of manufacturers are eyeing 4GB of RAM for their next-gen smartphones and phablets.
DSI Demo (Northwest Logic, Mixel)
CSI – DVI Demo (Northwest Logic, Mixel)
DSI Demo (Altima, Northwest Logic, Meticom)
DRAM vendors top semiconductor industry
Worldwide semiconductor revenue reportedly totaled $339.8 billion in 2014, marking a 7.9 percent increase from $315 billion in 2013. According to Gartner, the top 25 semiconductor vendors’ combined revenue increased 11.7 percent, which was more than the overall industry’s growth. More specifically, the top 25 vendors accounted for 72.1 percent of total market revenue, up from 69.7 percent in 2013.