Rambus has spent the better part of the last two years evolving as a company. Having started with Rambus in January 2012, I can personally attest to how this evolution has positively impacted our culture, mindset, and strategy. Our external focus and the level of collaboration with both customers and industry peers has increased exponentially since I joined.
Controllers Newsletter – Q2 2014
Northwest Logic Releases PCI Express Solution For Kintex UltraScale
Northwest Logic, a Xilinx Premier IP partner, now offers full PCI Express support for Xilinx Kintex UltraScale devices. This support includes Northwest Logic’s high-performance DMA Cores with AXI4 streaming and memory-mapped interfaces for both endpoint and root-port applications. These cores have been fully validated in hardware on the Kintex Ultrascale KCU-705 Board and are fully released. Northwest Logic also offers high-performance PCI Express 3.0 Endpoint/ Root Port Cores. Contact Northwest Logic for more information.
Northwest Logic Best Overall Supplier for 2013
ChipStart LLC, a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (SIP), recently honored Northwest Logic, a global leader in high-performance interface solutions for the semiconductor industry, with its inaugural Partner of the Year award for 2013.
DINI Group Chooses Northwest Logic PCIe Solution
DINI Group and Northwest Logic recently announced that DINI Group’s 1, 2, and 4-FPGA ASIC prototyping platforms have been validated using Northwest Logic’s PCI Express 3.0 solution including the Expresso 3.0 Core (PCI Express 3.0 Controller Core). Click here for more information.
Achronix Passes PCI-SIG with Northwest Logic PCIe
Achronix Semiconductor Corporation recently announced that its 22nm Speedster22i devices have achieved PCI-SIG® compliance with the PCI Express 3.0 Specification for 8 lanes. The Speedster22i devices successfully passed the PCI-SIG Compliance and Interoperability Tests at the PCI-SIG workshop and are now included in the PCI-SIG integrators list. Based on Intel’s 22nm Tri-gate technology, Speedster22i devices include Northwest Logic’s PCI Express Controller and DMA Core as hard IP. Click here for more information.
Northwest Logic Uses Avery Design’s Verification IP
Northwest Logic uses Avery Design’s PCI-Xactor VIP including associated compliance tests to comprehensively verify Northwest Logic family of PCI Express Cores against the PCI Express standard. This VIP enables Northwest Logic to obtain a high level of test coverage with a reasonable level of effort. Avery as a company has been very responsive to Northwest Logic’s needs. Avery keeps the VIP up to date against the PCIe standard and has provided a variety of support services to help Northwest Logic accelerate its verification efforts. Northwest Logic plans on using other Avery VIP including memory models and Mobile PCIe in the future. For more information on Avery, visit their website at www.avery-design.com
Where is Interconnect Technology Heading?
With 16nm chips moving to production this year, companies are actively developing the 10nm and 7nm technology nodes. These generations are interconnect heavy with more than 50% of their cost due to Back-End-Of-Line (BEOL) wiring levels, and designs that are dominated by interconnect delay. Qualcomm’s VP of Technology, Geoffrey Yeap, in fact, called BEOL performance/area/cost the foremost issue for 10nm and 7nm nodes.
Rambus, Qualcomm Team Up to Make Phones More Secure
Rambus this week introduced CryptoManager, a new end-to-end security platform for makers of mobile processors which includes a silicon-based security core and various safeguards for protecting IP and data breaches.
End-To-End Security Starts With The SoC
Security is a long term effort that needs to start when a system is designed and this includes the hardware. RAMBUS’ CryptoManager technology is designed to provide this end-to-end security support (Fig. 1).
Rambus Signs Comprehensive License Agreement with Qualcomm
Agreement enables broad adoption of Rambus technologies for inclusion in Qualcomm chipsets
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – June 11, 2014 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) today announced that it has signed a comprehensive patent license agreement with Qualcomm Global Trading Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. The agreement provides Qualcomm Incorporated and its subsidiaries with access to innovative patented memory, interface, and security technologies from Rambus. Other terms of the agreement are confidential.
“This agreement highlights our ongoing commitment to providing access to valuable memory and security technologies to industry leaders,” said Dr. Ron Black, president and chief executive officer at Rambus. “Engaging with Qualcomm with this agreement gives us an opportunity to collaborate with the broader industry to bring compelling solutions to the segment.”
In addition to certain high-performance, low-power memory innovations, this agreement provides Qualcomm Incorporated and its subsidiaries with access to patented security technologies developed by the Cryptography Research (CRI) division of Rambus. These security technologies include countermeasures for protecting integrated circuit systems on a chip (SoCs) against differential power analysis and other side channel attacks.
Rambus continues to innovate across memory architectures and security to meet the emerging requirements of device-driven segments like mobile and cloud. Working with industry leaders like Qualcomm positions Rambus’ inventions for broad adoption.
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Rambus brings invention to market. Our customizable IP cores, architecture licenses, tools, services, and training improve the competitive advantage of our customer’s products while accelerating their time-to-market. Rambus products and innovations capture, secure and move data. For more information, visit rambus.com.
