IDG’s Agam Shah recently reported that every Windows 10 device will feature APIs “for developers to work with sensors.” “The company has been incorporating a universal sensor driver set so Windows 10 can exploit a slew of environmental, biometric, proximity and motion sensors on devices,” he explained.
Microsoft preps universal sensor driver set for Windows 10
Rambus celebrates 25 years of innovation
Founded in 1990 by Mark Horowitz and Mike Farmwald, Rambus scientists and engineers have spent the past quarter of a century bringing invention to market. “Rambus has a rich, 25-year history of developing and licensing technology to a wide variety of customers across multiple industries,” said Rambus CMO Jerome Nadel.
Cyber attacks target IP and military secrets
Navy Adm. Michael S. Rogers recently testified before the House Armed Services Committee on cyber operations and improving the military’s cybersecurity posture. Rogers, who serves as U.S. CyberCom chief, confirmed that the global movement of threat activity in cyberspace has effectively blurred roles and relationships among government agencies – as well as between the public and private sectors and the real and virtual worlds.
DRAM revenue increased 32% in 2014
Gartner analysts recently reported that worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $340.3 billion in 2014 – representing a 7.9 percent increase from 2013 revenue of $315.4 billion. According to Gartner research VP Andrew Norwood, the top 25 semiconductor vendors’ combined revenue increased 11.7 percent, which was more than the overall industry’s growth. More specifically, the top 25 vendors accounted for 72.4 percent of total market revenue, up from 69.9 percent in 2013.
Securing an evolving cryptographic landscape
Paul Kocher, the President and Chief Scientist of Rambus’ Cryptography Research Division, recently participated in a two-part panel session on the role of cryptography in a post-Snowden world. The panel – which also featured Bart Preneel, Adi Shamir and Nigel Smart – discussed various security standards and implementations in the context of a changing cryptographic landscape.
CSI-2 – HDMI Demo (Northwest Logic, Mixel)
Rambus’, formerly Northwest Logic, and Mixel have created a new CSI-HDMI demo that features the Omnivision 13850 camera outputing 4K video over 4 MIPI data lanes, each running at 1.2 Gbit/s. The video runs through cables to Mixel’s D-PHY Test Chip. The D-PHY Test Chip receives the MIPI video stream and sends it to a Xilinx Virtex-7 located on the Xilinx VC707 board. Northwest Logic’s CSI-2 Rx Controller Core in the Virtex-7 processes the MIPI Camera Serial Interface protocol and extracts the video pixels. These pixels are then Beyer processed, color and gamma corrected and sent via HDMI to the 1080P display.
To learn more about the Rambus CSI-2 Controller Core, click here.
