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EDN’s Stephen Evanczuk recently confirmed that embedded systems face continuous threats by persistent individuals and entities armed with an increasingly sophisticated arsenal of tools. “On-chip security features do serve as fundamental enablers for secure systems but can provide a false sense of security without a broader view of security policies,” he explained. “Consequently, the trend […]
Navy Adm. Michael S. Rogers recently told a House panel that a range of cyber threats could potentially lead to a catastrophic failure if not properly addressed. Rogers, the commander of U.S. Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service, was testifying before members of the House Permanent […]
EE Times journalist Cabe Atwell recently noted that a plethora of single board computer (SBC) manufacturers are popping up on the market every year, bringing a myriad of hardware options in tow. “Some of the newer SBCs to hit the market are certainly impressive, given their respective price points, multicore CPUs and gigabytes worth of […]
Writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, Benny Evangelista reports that once-mundane household devices – such as light bulbs – are being transformed into smart, customizable tools. “There’s a nice symmetry in smart light bulbs blazing the trail for the Internet of Things (IoT),” he explains. “When electric wires first appeared in homes in the early […]
The Imitation Game is a 2014 British-American historical drama film about British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5CjKEFb-sM] As Wikipedia notes, Turing was a key figure in cracking Nazi Germany’s Enigma code that helped the Allies win World War II. For legendary cryptographer Paul Kocher, who serves as President and […]
Founded by John Espey, Organic Electrics designs and builds robots based on insects and other living organisms. Indeed, the small size, power efficiency and complex behaviors of insects make the creatures ideal models for next-gen robotics. “Prominent robotics researchers like Rodney Brooks, Randall D. Beers, Joseph Ayers and Mark Tilden have been making this claim […]
Writing for the Boston Globe, Ty Burr confirms that accessing video on demand (VOD) is now the way most people watch movies. “[They are viewing films] at home with a flick of the remote, on laptops or smartphones with the tap of a finger, renting or buying films through their cable on-demand menus, through subscription […]
A Trojan Horse malware program has reportedly “penetrated the software” that runs much of the nation’s critical infrastructure. According to an official ICS-CERT bulletin, the program successfully compromised numerous industrial control systems (ICSs) environments using a variant of the BlackEnergy malware. “Analysis indicates that this campaign has been ongoing since at least 2011. Multiple companies […]
Certified interoperability of DDR4/3, LPDDR3/2 Multi-modal PHY and Universal controller combines industry-leading signal integrity and broad configurability SUNNYVALE and MILPITAS, Calif. – November 18, 2014 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) and Mobiveil today announced they have validated interoperability of the Rambus R+™ DDR4 Multi-modal PHY with the Mobiveil Universal Multiport Memory Controller (UMMC) Core for JEDEC […]
A microcontroller (MCU) is a small computer built on a single integrated circuit that contains a processor core, memory and programmable input/output peripherals. As Rambus Labs VP Gary Bronner points out, there are currently dozens of semiconductor companies rolling out both 8-bit and 32-bit MCUs. The biggest challenge for manufacturers, he says, is successfully differentiating […]