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China’s DRAM consumption hit $10.2 billion in 2014
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/chinas-dram-consumption-hit-10-2-billion-in-2014-2/DRAMeXchange recently reported that nearly 5 billion DRAM chips from the 2GB category have been consumed in China, accounting for 19.2% of the world’s total DRAM output. More specifically, China’s PC DRAM consumption currently stands at approximately 15%, with mobile DRAM on track to gradually replace PC DRAM as the mainstream (DRAM) category due to […]
Is the Internet held together with Band-Aid fixes?
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/is-the-internet-held-together-with-band-aid-fixes-2/Earlier this week, the New York Times interviewed Paul Kocher, president and chief scientist of the Rambus Cryptography Research division, about the recent slew of high-profile digital attacks that have targeted numerous corporations and government entities. “[Kocher] says he thinks the explanation for the world’s dismal state of digital security may lie in two charts,” […]
EDN features Rambus CryptoManager
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/edn-features-rambus-cryptomanager-2/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 […]
Cybercom chief confirms SCADA vulnerabilities
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/cybercom-chief-confirms-scada-vulnerabilities-2/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 talks SBCs and RAM
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/ee-times-talks-sbcs-and-ram-2/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 […]
Smart lighting evolves for the IoT
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/smart-lighting-evolves-for-the-iot-2/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 […]
What cryptographers can learn from The Imitation Game
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/what-cryptographers-can-learn-from-the-imitation-game-2/The Imitation Game is a 2014 British-American historical drama film about British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing. [youtube https://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 […]
Why insects can helps us build better ‘bots
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/why-insects-can-helps-us-build-better-bots-2/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 […]
Video on Demand to hit $45 billion by 2018
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/video-on-demand-on-to-hit-45-billion-by-2018/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 […]
BlackEnergy targets critical infrastructure
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/blackenergy-targets-critical-infrastructure-2/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 […]
