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U.S. mobile payments ready to ramp
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/us-mobile-payments-ready-to-ramp/New research published by eMarketer confirms that 38.4 million Americans 14 and over will have used their mobile phones to pay at a point of sale at least once in the preceding six months during 2016. According to eMarketer analyst Bryan Yeager, the above-mentioned statistics represent 19.4% of U.S. smartphone users, although the figure is […]
Set-top boxes go cardless with hardware security cores
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/set-top-boxes-go-cardless-with-hardware-security-cores-2/Embedded security cores are becoming an increasingly popular option for set-top box chipsets. To be sure, set-top boxes that eschew smart cards in favor of hardware security cores offer operators robust protection with embedded, integrated hardware that is capable of performing a range of functions, including the secure storage and protection of cryptographic keys against […]
Wearables eyed for mobile payments
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/wearables-eyed-for-mobile-payments-2/According to Samsung, wearable vendors and banks have been piloting and launching a number of solutions that employ multiple types of near field communication (NFC)- enabled form factors, including fobs, rings and stickers in addition to smartwatches and wristbands. Although wearable payments are considered an early niche market, gradual growth is projected as the industry […]
Millennials want seamless and secure mobile payments
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/millennials-want-seamless-and-secure-mobile-payments-2/A recent survey commissioned by VocaLink found that more than a third of Dutch millennials (36%) and a quarter of UK millennials (25%) are now making mobile payments in-store, online and in-app. As Rian Boden of NFC World reports, the survey also found that 58% of UK respondents would prefer to use a mobile payment […]
The evolving requirements of IoT security
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/the-evolving-requirements-of-iot-security-2/Ed Sperling and Jeff Dorsch of Semiconductor Engineering recently penned an article about the future of IoT security. Specifically, the two journalists highlighted the distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) against Dyn which saw waves of attacks created by Mirai malware. “Connected devices of all sizes can [now] be amassed into an army of bots […]
The evolution of embedded FPGAs
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/the-evolution-of-embedded-fpgas-2/Brian Bailey of Semiconductor Engineering observes that systems on chip have been manufactured with numerous processing variants ranging from general-purpose CPUs to DSPs, GPUs and custom processors which are highly optimized for certain tasks. “When none of these options provide the necessary performance or consumes too much power, custom hardware takes over. But there is one […]
Design-led marketing with SVEN
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/design-led-marketing-with-sven-2/Rambus CMO Jerome Nadel recently curated a Silicon Valley Executive Network (SVEN) event that convened at Accenture’s Redwood Shores Liquid Studio to explore how design thinking can create a truly competitive advantage. Nadel, who has a background in psychology and scientific research, as well as experience in both design and marketing, opened the conference by […]
Semiconductor Engineering highlights side-channel attacks
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/semiconductor-engineering-highlights-side-channel-attacks-2/Brian Bailey of Semiconductor Engineering has written an article that highlights the danger side-channel attacks pose to connected devices and systems. “As the world begins to take security more seriously, it becomes evident that a device is only as secure as its weakest component. No device can be made secure by protecting against a single kind of […]
Let’s talk about the future of mobile payments
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/lets-talk-about-the-future-of-mobile-payments-2/Mobile payments currently offer a number of benefits for consumers, retailers and financial institutions. However, next-gen mobile payments will shape the contours of a new retail paradigm that can help redefine the traditional brick-and-mortar experience. Indeed, shopping will one day become a truly interactive experience, with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi beacons scanning digital profiles, stored in […]
Simplifying tokenization for mobile payments
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/simplifying-tokenization-for-mobile-payments-2/Martin Cox, a Strategic Product Marketing at Rambus, recently observed that technologies such as tokenization are steadily evolving as the mobile payments ecosystem matures. “Now a security requirement for paying by smartphone, banks are faced with the challenge of implementing and managing tokenization,” he explained. “This isn’t so arduous when the issuer is only connecting […]
