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HBM2 gets an upgrade as semiconductor industry eyes HBM3
GDDR6 and HBM2 | February 19th, 2019
JEDEC recently updated its JESD235 High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) DRAM standard. As we’ve previously discussed onRambus Press, HBM DRAM supports a wide range of use cases and verticals including graphics (GPUs), high performance computing (HPC), [...]
Wanted Bugs- Dead or Alive Reward- $3,000 to $100,000
CryptoManager | February 18th, 2019
Can you believe it? There are big bucks rewards for catching, capturing, and turning in villains we’ve come to know as software bugs and vulnerabilities. Yes, that’s right, Big Bucks, according to Margaret Rouse who [...]
2018 Top IT Security Stories, Meltdown and Spectre at the Top
CryptoManager | February 15th, 2019
Meltdown and Spectre microprocessor vulnerabilities took top billingin ComputerWeekly.com’s top 10 IT security stories of 2018. Discovery of these and several similar vulnerabilities “were probably the single most challenging developments for enterprise IT security teams” [...]
Real-Time Payments and The Growing Obsolescence of Cash
Payments | February 13th, 2019
David Worthington, VP, Payments at Rambus According to this year’s World Payments Report, compiled by Capgemini and BNP Paribas, the global volumes of non-cash transaction volumes grew by 10.1%, reaching 482.6 billion between 2015 and [...]
GDDR6 DRAM Signal Integrity: Taking on The New Design Challenges
GDDR6 and HBM2 | February 11th, 2019
Signal integrity (SI) is a perennial issue with system and SoC designers. As design engineers begin to launch into next generation systems with GDDR6 DRAMs, they’ll encounter new rounds of signal integrity issues not faced [...]
Is Hardware-Based Security The Right Answer to Cloud Security?
CryptoManager | February 5th, 2019
Without question, today, there is considerable focus on securing the Cloud. This is especially true for virtualization systems, which have played a major role in creating cloud computing. However, the downsides to virtualization involve security [...]
When Real-Time Payments Go Wrong
Payments | February 4th, 2019
David Worthington, VP, Payments at Rambus Since the 1980s, momentum behind real-time payments (RTP) – also known as faster or instant payments – has grown at an accelerated pace, because of its benefit to both [...]
Protecting Wi-Fi chipsets with hardware-based security cores
CryptoManager | February 1st, 2019
Embedi security researcher Denis Selianin recently disclosed a slew of major vulnerabilitiesthat impacted one of the most popular Wi-Fi chipsets on the market. According to various media reports, the affected SoC can be found in [...]
Get Ready for DDR5 DIMM Chipsets
Server DIMM Chipsets | January 31st, 2019
Doug Daniels, Senior Manager, Applications Engineering at Rambus, recently penned an article for eeweb.com/EE Times, giving server/system designers a heads up on what to expect when transitioning from DDR4 to DDR5 server dual-in line memory [...]
The Next Vulnerability: Looking Back on Meltdown and Spectre One Year Later
CryptoManager | January 30th, 2019
By Paul Kocher, Senior Technology Advisor, Rambus Around this time last year, two vulnerabilities known as Meltdown and Spectre became public. Discovered independently by multiple research teams, each flaw exposed critical vulnerabilities across a wide [...]
Our top 5 smart ticketing predictions for 2019
Smart Ticketing | January 25th, 2019
In 2018, public transport, in particular our railways, was at the heart of heated discussion by all industry stakeholders in the UK. In September, an independent government rail review was launched with its recommendations expected [...]
Rambus Captures 3 Top Spots in Semi Engineering’s 2018 Top Tech Talks
Memory PHYs | January 25th, 2019
Kudos go to Rambus for scoring three big wins in Semiconductor Engineering’s 2018 Top Tech Talks. Semi Engineering staffer Linda Christensen reported on its site’s videos that had the most traffic and why. The three Rambus [...]
Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam Chooses Rambus for Its Mobile Strategy, Helping to Secure Customer Mobile Payments and Transactions
Payments | January 25th, 2019
The Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) takes considerable pride in its core values of integrity, customer focus, unity of purpose and excellence. The bank says it conducts itself with absolute integrity and takes complete ownership [...]
Are Tried and True Encryption Standards Going by the Wayside?
CryptoManager | January 23rd, 2019
Michael Cobb, certified information systems security professional – information systems security architecture professional (CISSP – ISSAP), is regarded as a top security expert and is a published author of many security papers. In his most [...]
Major Medical Equipment Magazines Highlight Rambus ACF
CryptoFirewall | January 16th, 2019
Anti-counterfeiting or ACF technology is becoming in greater demand in all industry sectors. It’s coming at a time when major product brands are being attacked by large shady, but technologically savvy organizations that are out [...]
India Tech Pursues RISC-V ISA
CryptoManager | January 11th, 2019
EE Times India reports that the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) has made significant progress in that country. It says that researchers at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) have designed and booted up India’s first [...]
Six Top Rambus IP Core Training Sessions Slated for DesignCon 2019
General | January 10th, 2019
Some of the top Rambus technical experts will hold forth at DesignCon 2019 in a full-day sponsored training session on Wednesday, January 30. Plus, the Rambus booth #837 will demonstrate the company’s developments in GDDR6, [...]
Rambus at Transport Ticketing Global 2019 Bringing ‘Ticketing as a Service’ to public transport
Smart Ticketing | January 10th, 2019
It’s the world’s largest event dedicated to smart ticketing for transport and will take place on 29-30 January at the iconic Old Billingsgate Market in London. It brings together key stakeholders and influencers from across [...]
Travel Ticketing Less Troublesome As Rambus Ticketing and TravelMaster Team Up
Smart Ticketing | January 7th, 2019
Travelers throughout South Yorkshire England will now have an easier go of it when riding on buses, trams, and trains. That’s because they’ll be using the Rambus Ticketing suite, instead of fretting and fumbling around [...]
Key Design Points To Consider: GDDR6 and HBM2 DRAMs
GDDR6 and HBM2 | December 5th, 2018
The industry is seeing continued growth in the need for high memory bandwidths to process and extract meaning from the increasing amounts of digital data in the world. The industry continues to be abuzz about [...]
Micron Taps CryptoManager Platform for Secure Provisioning To Authenta Technology
CryptoManager | December 5th, 2018
The latest news coming out of the security world is the link up of Micron’s Authenta™ secure memory product and Rambus’s CryptoManager™ infrastructure to add greater protection for industrial IoT devices, as well as medical, [...]
Rambus Highlights CryptoManager Root of Trust At RISC V Summit -2018
CryptoManager | November 30th, 2018
We will be showcasing our CryptoManager Root of Trust at the RISC-V Summit on December 3-6,2018, at the Santa Clara Convention Center.. CryptoManager Root of Trust is a fully programmable root of trust core that [...]
The blockchain…not as secure as you think
Payments | November 28th, 2018
With fraud, breaches and threats reaching pandemic proportions across the entire digital ecosystem, the blockchain is hyped as an instant fix to resolve security challenges for use-cases spanning financial services, retail, real estate, healthcare and [...]
A Potential Measure against Side Channel Attacks with DPASL
CryptoManager | November 19th, 2018
With the proliferation of connected devices and the sensitive data they produce comes a significant challenge for manufacturers seeking to comprehensively protect their devices from exploits and attacks. As devices and services get more sophisticated [...]
The Introduction of Contactless Payments in the New York City Subway
Smart Ticketing | November 19th, 2018
The largest transit system in the United States, and perhaps the Western world, is finally ready to catch up technology-wise, with plans to implement a contactless card system in its turnstiles in a manner not to dissimilar from the London Underground. To help facilitate this, banks have begun to issue contactless cards.
How Semiconductors are Still Relevant in an Increasingly Digitized Age
General | November 16th, 2018
Semiconductors are becoming more and more important to the future of technology. As an integral part of our tools since the 1950s, they have been powering every computerized device. As software becomes more sophisticated, and as Moore’s Law is fading from prominence, some may wonder how semiconductors can keep up in this increasingly mobile and digitized age.
Crypto, commerce and a competitive edge – what we learnt at Money 20/20
General | November 16th, 2018
The financial technology sector converged on Las Vegas for Money 20/20 last week, bringing together the biggest industry names to discuss the future of the payments, finance and commerce. Following four days of discussions, hundreds of speakers and thousands of attendees, what caught our eye at Money 20/20?
Ant Financial’s UEFA Soccer Kick Off
Payments | November 14th, 2018
Alipay has partnered with UEFA to bring its payments platform to events sanctioned by games featuring the organization’s men’s national football teams, most notably the Euro 2020 and Euro 2024 tournaments. The terms of the arrangement, to last eight years, were not made public as of November, 2018, according to CNBC.
Rambus Donates To California Wildfire Victims
Corporate Social Responsibility | November 14th, 2018
Firefighters are battling three major California wildfires. One is in Northern California in Butte County; another is the Woolsey fire in between LA and Ventura County; and the third is the Hill Fire in Ventura [...]
American Express and Rambus Work To Secure Global E-commerce
Payments | November 1st, 2018
The news just broke that Rambus is the first solution provider to offer an off-the-shelf retail token gateway solution with American Express embedded. The idea behind this collaboration is to help merchants enrich and secure [...]
Bitcoin 10 Year Anniversary: Market Opportunity for the Next 10 Years
Cryptocurrency | October 31st, 2018
With Bitcoin’s 10-year anniversary today (Happy Halloween! by the way), there are varying opinions on the progress that Bitcoin has made in the marketplace and what it will continue to do going forward. While still [...]
Rambus and STACK Team Up to Envision the Future of Secure Virtual Assets for the Next Generation of Mobile Banking
Payments | October 22nd, 2018
Taking on visionary roles, Rambus and Canadian challenger bank STACK are looking at a bright future for a new generation of mobile banking with secure virtual assets on blockchain. With a constant eye on the [...]
Ushering a New Level of Security for Crypto Assets on Blockchain with Vaultify Trade
Payments | October 22nd, 2018
Today, Rambus announced the availability of Vaultify Trade, the first product that enables banks, exchanges, and investment portals to leverage tokens to secure the purchase, storage, exchange, and sale of cryptocurrencies. The platform enables the secure storage and transfer of crypto and digital assets using proven, bank-grade, field-deployed tokenization and encryption technology.
Best-in-class Security Testing Platform for Side-channel Analysis by Rambus and Riscure
DPA Countermeasures | October 17th, 2018
Today, on October 16th, 2018, Rambus has announced the collaboration with Riscure, a global security lab based in San Francisco, to deliver cutting-edge security testing solutions to chip manufacturers, government institutions and security evaluation laboratories [...]
Matters of Import: The Ransomware Attack on San Diego and Barcelona
CryptoManager | October 12th, 2018
Our world is growing increasingly connected, and while most people have reaped the benefits of interconnectivity, ranging from social networks to Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the lack of security features that scale with the [...]
How to Choose an ITSO-based Mobile Ticketing Solution for a Lower Total Cost of Ownership
Smart Ticketing | October 9th, 2018
Smart cards will continue to be used in public transport for many years to come but it’s clear there is a growing expectation by customers to have a secure mobile based alternative. To facilitate mass adoption, a mobile solution must be secure enough to protect both operator revenues and customer data, it must be reliable and work well across the systems and infrastructure already in place.
How Can Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Make Payment Acceptance Work for Them?
Payments | October 8th, 2018
Julian Wallis, Retail Director at Rambus Payments have become the latest battleground for merchants. New technologies, regulations and consumer behaviors are converging to transform the payment acceptance space. Because of this, retailers are racing to [...]
Smart Ticketing in Hyderabad
Smart Ticketing | September 28th, 2018
Home to the second largest population in the world and the fastest growing population in the world, India has taken steps to modernize its public transportation scheme throughout its cities, such as Hyderabad and New Delhi. With a common card that can be used across various transport modes, from rapid transit to bus to autorickshaws, the customer has the added convenience of being able to travel the way they want without friction, and the merchant has the benefit of added revenue.
Another Japanese Cryptocurrency Theft
Cryptocurrency, General | September 28th, 2018
A couple of months after the infamous heist that saw Coincheck lose around $534.8 million, another Japanese cryptocurrency exchange has fallen victim to theft. Zaif, an exchange owned by the Tech Bureau Corp based in [...]
5 Reasons why e-commerce sites need a token gateway
Payments | September 24th, 2018
Growing card-not-present fraud, and the need for merchants to deliver a seamless user experience, is driving demand for card-on-file EMV payment tokenization. As industry players look to simplify tokenization initiatives, token gateway solutions can deliver considerable competitive advantages.
AliPay’s Foray into Japan
Payments | September 20th, 2018
The Land of the Rising Sun has not taken to mobile payments as readily as other countries, but Ant Financial, a company based in a country that has, hopes to bring its mobile payments know how to bolster Japan’s industries and tourist revenue, especially now with the 2020 Olympics not too far away.
Faster and Safer Money with Secure Remote Commerce
Payments | September 17th, 2018
Announced by Mastercard and Visa in November, 2017, Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) is a set of unified digital checkout specifications, representing an evolution of remote commerce that provides for secure and interoperable card acceptance. It [...]
What is card-on-file EMV payment tokenization?
Payments | September 17th, 2018
The way we pay is changing. Consumers are now using their PC, smartphones, wearable devices and even cars to buy goods and services. The size and value of the card-not-present (CNP) market is increasing exponentially [...]
Rambus Token Gateway for E-Commerce Certified “Visa Ready”
Payments | September 12th, 2018
Rambus announced on September 12th, 2018 that its Token Gateway for e-commerce solution is one of the first to be qualified under the “Visa Ready” for Tokenization program. This certified solution enables token requestors like [...]
Don’t Tread on Me: Smart Cities and Private Information
General | September 11th, 2018
People are living in an age with an unprecedented level of access to all kinds of information. Users of social media and networks can contact their far away friends in real time, and have access to events right as they develop. Such technology was the stuff of dreams, only imagined in science fiction stories in the late 20th century. Yet, the unprecedented access to citizens’ private information is something only imagined in George Orwell’s 1984 as well.
Californian Legislation and IoT
CryptoMedia | September 7th, 2018
State Senator Jackson’s S.B. 327 and Assemblywoman Irwin’s A.B. 1906 have both passed the California State Senate and State Assembly, respectively, and are on Governor Brown’s desk awaiting a signature or a veto by the end of September, 2018.
Tencent and Ant Financial’s Measures on Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency | September 7th, 2018
Chinese companies Ant Financial and Tencent, who own AliPay and WeChat, respectively, have taken measures to monitor cryptocurrency transactions on their popular mobile wallet platforms in light of the Chinese government’s recent crackdown on cryptocurrency-related fundraising and trading activities, one of them being a cryptocurrency gambling ring for the 2018 World Cup.
No Need to Reinvent the Wheel: How Easy It Is to Build with RISC-V
CryptoManager | September 7th, 2018
The single software ecosystem built on the RISC-V standard allows for OEMs to bypass having to lock into a specific processer ecosystem. When an OEM chooses a particular processor type, it not only has to pay for that particular processor, but it has to continue to purchase from whichever company it purchased it processor from, leading to a market where profits are not driven by competition
A Foreshadowing of Another Exploit: The Appearance of the Foreshadow Attack
CryptoManager | August 30th, 2018
Dubbed “Foreshadow,” this speculative execution attack allows an attacker to steal sensitive information stored inside personal computers or third-party clouds. There are two versions: the original attack designed to extract data from Software Guard Extensions (SGX) enclaves and a next-generation version that affects virtual machines (VM), hypervisors, operating system kernel memory, and System Management Mode (SMM) memory. SGX is a new feature in modern CPUs which allows computers to protect users’ data, even if the entire system falls under the attacker’s control.
Hack the Vote: The Simulation of Vote Hacking at DEF CON
General | August 30th, 2018
At the second annual DEF CON Voting Village, a part of the convention that seeks to exploit voting machines to better understand vulnerabilities, an 11-year old boy managed to hack into a replica of the Florida state election website, making it appear that 2016 independent presidential candidate Darrell Castle won the state.