Rambus is boarding the blockchain bus with the unveiling of Vaultify Trade, a platform that enables the secure storage and transfer of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets using proven, bank-grade, field-deployed tokenization and encryption technology.
Rambus Unveils Vaultify Trade for Secure Transaction and Storage of Crypto Assets on Blockchain
Deploys proven, bank-grade tokenization and encryption technologies for virtual assets
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and Las Vegas, NV – Oct. 22, 2018 – Ushering in a new level of security for blockchain implementations, Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), today announced the availability of Vaultify Trade. The platform enables the secure storage and transfer of crypto and digital assets using proven, bank-grade, field-deployed tokenization and encryption technology. Vaultify Trade is the first product that enables banks, exchanges and investment portals to leverage tokens to secure the purchase, storage, exchange and sale of cryptocurrencies.
451 Research Director, Jordan McKee explains: “While cryptocurrencies represent significant opportunities, a major risk factor is that they are prone to theft, in large part due to the lack of strong security solutions for the blockchain. This undermines consumer confidence and limits the ability for financial services companies to offer products that help comply with regulations and best practices. With additional trust and transparency, the potential for cryptocurrencies to transform financial services can be realized.”
Blockchain is gaining increased traction across industries with the decentralized public-ledger framework opening new use cases daily, extending beyond cryptocurrency into financial services, retail, real estate, healthcare and insurance. While it provides a trusted and immutable record, the blockchain is not completely secure. Blockchain stores assets of value at an address in a public ledger using a private key. Much like a card or account number to access funds, that key is all that is required to access that digital asset, and if it is lost or stolen, that value is gone. Multi-signature enhances the level of security by introducing additional distributed keys for recovery and authentication of transactions, but still relies upon the use of original keys that are vulnerable to attack. Given the high-value financial and safety-critical nature of some proposed use cases, it is imperative that nothing alters data prior to its placement on the blockchain.
Tokenizing crypto assets and the blockchain
To meet this critical market gap, Rambus has created Vaultify Trade. Vaultify Trade combines multi-signature with proven, bank-grade tokenization technology to enhance security, confidentiality and privacy by replacing sensitive credentials—such as private keys for blockchain and crypto assets—with a non-sensitive equivalent token that is unique to each transaction. Unlike the private keys used to authorize blockchain transactions, tokens cannot be used by a third party to conduct transactions if intercepted. By replacing sensitive private keys with a limited use token that can include domain controls for device or channel, tokenization mitigates fraud risk and protects the underlying value of credentials. This reduces cryptocurrency security risks, which have led to enormous losses, adverse brand impact and suspensions of trading.
“Crypto assets are on the verge of going mainstream, but many of today’s consumers find cryptocurrency to be inaccessible and confusing, and are concerned by high-profile hacks. In order to accelerate adoption, consumers are seeking a secure, familiar way to access, trade, and own crypto assets through their trusted banking or trading apps,” said Jerome Nadel, GM of Payments and CMO, Rambus. “With over 100 billion transactions secured by Rambus technology, Vaultify Trade is a logical extension of our tokenization expertise. Banks, exchanges and investment houses can now quickly incorporate blockchain technologies into their product portfolios, armed with the confidence that data, value and assets are secure.”
Designed for virtual assets on the blockchain, Vaultify Trade features include:
- Tokenized Security – Replace sensitive private keys with domain-specific tokens to secure the transaction and storage of digital assets, limit vulnerabilities and improve trust.
- Multi-Signature – Multi-signature wallets require at least two signatures to confirm a transaction, increasing security and preventing fraud, while enabling faster transactions.
- Segregated Wallets – Combine the security benefits of an offline cold wallet with the convenience of an online wallet through multi-factor authenticated access to an online segregated wallet.
- White-label app and SDK – The Vaultify platform can support a white-label app or an SDK, allowing consumers to easily access and trade cryptocurrency through their usual mobile and desktop banking portals.
To learn more about how Vaultify Trade can help your organization, please visit www.rambus.com/vaultifytrade. Or, to see a demo of Vaultify Trade, please visit Rambus during Money 20/20 in Las Vegas at the Sands Expo Center in Booth #1349.
Rambus and Riscure Team Up to Deliver Best-in-class Security Testing Platform for Side-channel Analysis
Comprehensive solution combines leading-edge DPA Workstation and fault injection capabilities
SUNNYVALE, CA – October 16, 2018 – Today, Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) announced the collaboration with Riscure to deliver cutting-edge security testing solutions to chip manufacturers, government institutions and security evaluation laboratories worldwide. As part of the combined solution, Rambus will expand its Differential Power Analysis (DPA) Workstation to include the Riscure Inspector Fault Injection (FI) products to deliver a comprehensive side-channel analysis platform.
“As the number of widespread chip vulnerabilities continues to grow, hardware-level security and resistance to side-channel attacks is becoming a critical requirement for secure chip design,” said Dr. Martin Scott, SVP/GM of Cryptography and CTO, Rambus. “As leaders in side-channel testing, Rambus and Riscure have a long-standing collaborative relationship and this agreement strengthens that alliance to provide the best overall solutions and services for both company’s customers.”
The collaboration enables Rambus to offer Riscure’s unique fault injection products and capabilities in combination with the Rambus DPA Workstation, allowing our customers to source a combined side-channel testing platform from a single vendor. The combined solution is a powerful and flexible testing platform that includes an integrated suite of hardware and software for analyzing the vulnerabilities of cryptographic chips and systems to attacks such as fault, power and electromagnetic (EM) side-channel attacks.
“Fault Injection becomes an alarmingly widespread hardware attack technique and, on an adversary level, the cost of performing such an attack also decreases,” said Marc Witteman, chief executive officer at Riscure. “To outpace this development, hardware vendors should test their products for robustness against all kinds of hardware vulnerabilities using cutting-edge equipment and attack know-how. Riscure Inspector Fault Injection accumulates more than 10 years of experience in hardware security testing. Thanks to our partnership with Rambus, the world-class fault injection tools and software from Riscure now become available to a wider range of businesses worldwide.”
For additional information on Rambus DPA Countermeasure solutions, please visit https://www.rambus.com/security/dpa-countermeasures/.
Rambus and Phison Sign Patent License
Agreement includes use of Rambus memory and SerDes technologies
SUNNYVALE, Calif., – October 10, 2018 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) today announced that Phison, a global leader in NAND Flash controller IC and storage solutions, has signed a patent license agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Rambus will license Phison the use of a wide range of innovations in the Rambus patent portfolio, including technologies for DRAM and NAND Flash memory controllers, as well as serial links. Specific terms of the agreement are confidential.
“Rambus has been recognized as a long-time innovator in the memory and high-speed I/O space. Licensing Rambus’ patent portfolio is part of Phison’s ongoing efforts to provide its customers the best-in-class controller IC and storage solutions,” said CS Ma, director of Innovation Technology R&D Group at Phison.
“We are excited to collaborate with Phison by providing them with access to innovations that enhance their product portfolio,” said Kit Rodgers, SVP of Technology Partnerships and Corporate Development at Rambus.
For more information on Rambus solutions, visit www.rambus.com.
Rambus Renews Patent License with NVIDIA
Broad license agreement includes use of Rambus memory and SerDes technologies
SUNNYVALE, Calif., – October 5, 2018 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) today announced it has renewed a patent license agreement with NVIDIA. The agreement allows NVIDIA’s use of innovations in the Rambus patent portfolio, including those covering memory controllers and serial links. Specific terms of the agreement are confidential.
“We are delighted that NVIDIA is continuing its relationship with Rambus for technologies that enhance its industry leading high-performance computing platforms,” said Kit Rodgers, SVP of Technology Partnerships and Corporate Development at Rambus.
For more information on Rambus solutions, visit www.rambus.com.
Controllers Newsletter – Q3/Q4 2018
Northwest Logic and Rambus Present Cutting Edge HBM2 and GDDR6 Solutions Webinar
Please join us as we discuss the features, benefits and availability of our cutting edge HBM2 and GDDR6 solutions. These fully integrated controller and PHY solutions are optimized to meet the needs of high-performance applications including machine learning, data mining, and networking.
When: October 30, 2018 at 7am PDT (California)
October 30, 2018 at 5pm PDT (California)
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Northwest Logic and Mixel Delivering C-PHY/D-PHY Combo MIPI IP Solution
Northwest Logic’s CSI-2SM and DSI-2SM MIPI® Controller Cores and Mixel’s C-PHYSM/D-PHYSM Combo IP have been silicon proven in 28nm and deployed in 55nm and 65nm process nodes. C-PHY provides significantly more bandwidth (17.1 vs 10 Gbps) with the same pin count as D-PHY. “We are seeing significant interest and growing adoption of combo C-PHY/D-PHY support in customer designs,” said Ashraf Takla, Mixel’s President and CEO. “Northwest Logic and Mixel have collaborated to provide a wide range of fully integrated and validated MIPI controller + PHY solutions. These combined solutions have been used in more than 40 MIPI design with all tapeouts first time silicon successful,” said Brian Daellenbach, Northwest Logic’s President. Click here for details.
Northwest Logic’s GDDR6 Controller Core Now Available
Northwest Logic is now delivering evaluation versions of its GDDR6 Controller Core. This controller supports x32 and dual x16 GDDR6 channel configurations along with GDDR6 x16 and x8 clamshell modes. It also supports advanced features including look ahead command processing and automated retry. The GDDR6 controller is part of the Northwest Logic’s full featured, modular memory interface solution. It is delivered fully integrated and verified with the Rambus GDDR6 PHY. GDDR6 supports 60 GB/s transfer rates with a single device while utilizing proven BGA packaging. GDDR6 provides a significant performance advantage over DDR4 enabling highly differentiated solutions for high-performance networking, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence and 5G infrastructure applications. Click here for more product information or to request an evaluation.
Microsemi is Utilizing Northwest Logic’s IP Cores in Many Products
Microsemi Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microchip Technology Inc. and a well-known global player for its semiconductor and system solutions, has been a longtime customer of Northwest Logic. Several of Microsemi’s market-leading storage solution products have utilized Northwest Logic’s PCI Express and Memory Controller Cores. “We have been pleased to be able to support Microsemi in its long line of compelling products,” said Brian Daellenbach, President of Northwest Logic. “Our relationship with Northwest Logic has been an extremely fruitful and solid one. The quality of its products and its level of support has been exceptional,” said Charlie Baron, Senior Manager of Product Development at Microsemi. Click here for more information on Northwest Logic’s Solutions.
GEO Deploys Mixel and Northwest Logic’s MIPI Solution in the World’s First Edge Based Automotive Smart Viewing Camera Processor
GEO Semiconductor, Inc. (“GEO”) has announced the GW5 Camera Video Processor (CVP) . The GW5 is the world’s first edge based automotive smart viewing camera processor. The GW5 utilized Mixel’s MIPI® D-PHYSM and Northwest Logic’s CSI-2SM Tx Controller Core V2 to achieve first time silicon success in a 28nm node. Mixel’s PHY IP has the widest process coverage in the industry having been silicon-proven at eight different nodes and eight foundries. Northwest Logic provides full featured, easy-to-use MIPI controller cores for CSI-2 and DSI-2/DSI. The Mixel and Northwest Logic controllers are delivered as fully integrated and verified solution. This solution has been used in more than 40 designs with all tapeouts first time silicon successful. Click here to request more information.
