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HBM2 or GDDR6?
Earlier this month, Semiconductor Engineering editor-in-chief Ed Sperling hosted an industry roundtable to discuss new DRAM options and considerations. Frank
NetCat Exploits Intel’s DDIO
Targeting Intel’s DDIO White hat security researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and ETH Zurich have unveiled a new exploit dubbed
How 5G is Driving AI at the Edge
Written by Steven Woo Introduction The ongoing transition from 4G to 5G is driving major infrastructure upgrades that include the
What is a Root of Trust?
What is a root of trust? A root of trust is the foundation on which all secure operations of a
White hat malware attack highlights SGX vulnerability
Researchers from the University of Iasi and the University of Switzerland have published a paper describing a white hat malware
Part 2: Steven Woo Explains GDDR6 – HBM2 Design Tradeoffs
In part one of this two-part series, Steven Woo, Rambus fellow and distinguished inventor, speaks with Ed Sperling of Semiconductor
Hacking the vote
In late 2018, six researchers published a DEF CON report that detailed a range of critical security vulnerabilities affecting voting
A Letter to Our Valued Northwest Logic Customers
A Letter to Our Valued Customers: Taking the Next Step to Comprehensive Interface Solutions Dear Customers, We are thrilled to
Part 1: Steven Woo Explains GDDR6 – HBM2 Design Tradeoffs
Steven Woo, Rambus fellow and distinguished inventor, recently spoke with Ed Sperling of Semiconductor Engineering about designing systems with GDDR6
Counterfeit Semiconductors in Military Equipment
Here’s a fact: the counterfeit market for semiconductors is real, sizable and growing. Here’s a much more sobering fact: earlier
The HPC Bottlenecks of Amdahl’s Other Law
Written by Steven Woo As we discussed in our previous blog post, there is a sense of growing concern in
Protecting medical devices with a hardware-based root of trust
Nicole Wetsman of The Verge recently penned an in-depth article about the many security issues plaguing the global health care
DARPA wants secure silicon and scalable defense mechanisms
Automatic Implementation of Secure Silicon (AISS) The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently published an article that details the
Reassessing the HPC Memory Hierarchy
Written by Steven Woo As we’ve discussed in previous Rambus blog posts, high-performance computing (HPC) memory bandwidth and capacity are
An Introduction to HPC computing
Written by Steven Woo Dominated by the United States, Japan and China, the high-performance computing (HPC) space is driven by
Silex malware bricks unprotected IoT devices
Earlier this summer, a new strain of destructive malware known as Silex began to spread and effectively brick IoT devices.
Side-channel attack targets deep neural networks (DNNs)
All physical electronic systems routinely leak information about the internal process of computing via fluctuating levels of power consumption and
FIPS 140-3 and DPA: A Winning Combination
Recently, Rambus blogged about a large number of our DPARC and Crypto Accelerator Hardware Cores receiving FIPS-140-2 CAVP certification by
Selfblow exploits Tegra chipset vulnerability
A white hat researcher by the name of Triszka Balázs recently identified a security vulnerability that reportedly “affect[ed] every single”
Autonomous Vehicles: Memory Requirements & Deep Neural Net Limitations
Written by Steven Woo Introduction According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), various driver assistance technologies are already
Taking the Show on the Road
Starting later this month, Rambus will host a series of lunch & learns around the globe entitled “Securing Electronic Systems