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No Need to Reinvent the Wheel: How Easy It Is to Build with RISC-V
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
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
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.
Memory Does not Come Cheap…. Or Does It?
In the age of cryptocurrency mining and with demand for memory getting higher, it is getting harder to find more affordable memory. Yet, there is a belief that RAM and graphics cards prices may be cheaper by about 25% in 2019.
Lowering Risks with RISC-V
Reduced Instruction Set Computing Five (RISC-V) is an open Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) designed with small, fast, and low-power real-world implementations in mind. It describes the way in which software talks to an underlying processor
A Rise in IoT Spending: Bain and Company’s Findings
According to a new report published by Bain and Company, the combined markets of the
The Future of Semiconductors
Last updated on: December 11, 2019 What’s the future of semiconductor industry? In an age
GSMA’s Guidelines and Assessment for IoT Security
A group of wireless carriers worldwide announced in late June that they would adopt and
Data Breaches in Retail over the Last Two Years
Depending on the person doing the shopping, it can be either a relaxing or a
Innovator of the Future: a Scholarship from Rambus
The Rambus “Innovator of the Future” Scholarship seeks to broaden the educational opportunities of students who, by virtue of their academic and extracurricular achievement, demonstrate a passion for science and technology that extends beyond the classroom. The winners must possess strong leadership and communication skills and the desire to positively impact society through innovation in science and technology.
The US Department of Homeland Security’s Guidelines for IoT Security
March of 2018 saw the United States Department of Defense (DoD) introduce a guidelines document
Thales e-Security’s Countermeasure Validation Certification
Side-channel analysis, and specifically Differential Power Analysis (DPA), can be used as an attack, statistically
The importance of a hardware root-of-trust in an anti-counterfeiting IC
Scott Best, a technical director at Rambus Security, has written an article for Semiconductor Engineering about the
An introduction to side-channel attacks
The rapid growth of connected devices and the sensitive data they generate poses a significant
Rambus at the Samsung Foundry Forum
In 2005, Samsung launched its Foundry business to provide leading-edge technology to the broader market.
NIST eyes lightweight cryptography to protect small electronics
Small devices, comprehensive protection Cryptography experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Machine learning in scientific fields
As machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more sophisticated and advanced, there are more
Understanding HBM design challenges
HBM2 @ 256GB/s As Semiconductor Engineering’s Ann Steffora Mutschler observes, high-bandwidth memory (HBM) enables lower
Blockchain Royale: How hype and buzzwords aren’t doing blockchain favors
Ever since the sharp rise of cryptocurrencies, most notably with Bitcoin exceeding $10,000 dollars in
Introducing the Rambus CryptoManager Root of Trust (CMRT)
Taking a closer look: The Rambus CMRT The recent Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities illustrate the
Buying in Korea with crypto
South Korea has an interesting relationship with cryptocurrency, a relationship that could be best likened