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Rambus Unveils Binary Pixel Technology that Dramatically Improves Photo Quality in Mobile Devices
Breakthrough technology Provides Single-Shot High Dynamic Range and Improved Low-Light Sensitivity in a Single Exposure
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES and BARCELONA, SPAIN – 02/25/2013 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), the innovative technology solutions company that brings invention to market, today unveiled breakthrough binary pixel technology that dramatically improves the quality of photos taken from mobile devices. The Rambus binary pixel technology includes image sensor and image processing architectures with single-shot high dynamic range (HDR) and improved low-light sensitivity for better videos and photos in any lighting condition.
“Today’s compact mainstream sensors are only able to capture a fraction of what the human eye can see,” said Dr. Martin Scott, chief technology officer at Rambus. “Our breakthrough binary pixel technology enables a tremendous performance improvement for compact imagers capable of ultra high-quality photos and videos from mobile devices.”
As improvements are made in resolution and responsiveness, more and more consumers are using the camera functionality on their smart phone as the primary method for taking photos and capturing memories. However, high contrast scenes typical in daily life, such as bright landscapes, sunset portraits, and scenes with both sunlight and shadow, are difficult to capture with today’s compact mobile sensors – the range of bright and dark details in these scenes simply exceeds the limited dynamic range of mainstream CMOS imagers.
This binary pixel technology is optimized at the pixel level to sense light similar to the human eye while maintaining comparable form factor, cost and power of today’s mobile and consumer imagers. The results are professional-quality images and videos from mobile devices that capture the full gamut of details in dark and bright intensities.
Benefits of binary pixel technology:
- Improved image quality optimized at the pixel level
- Single-shot HDR photo and video capture operates at high-speed frame-rates
- Improved signal-to-noise performance in low-light conditions
- Extended dynamic range through variable temporal and spatial oversampling
- Silicon-proven technology for mobile form factors
- Easily integratable into existing SoC architectures
- Compatible with current CMOS image sensor process technology
The Rambus binary pixel has been demonstrated in a proof-of-concept test-chip and the technology is currently available for integration into future mobile and consumer image sensors. For additional information visit www.rambus.com/binarypixel.
About Rambus Inc.
Rambus is the innovative technology solutions company that brings invention to market. Unleashing the intellectual power of our world-class engineers and scientists in a collaborative and synergistic way, Rambus invents, licenses and develops solutions that challenge and enable our customers to create the future. While best known for creating unsurpassed semiconductor memory architectures, Rambus is also developing world-changing products and services in security, advanced LED lighting and displays, and immersive mobile media.
Marvell Selects Cryptography Research’s CryptoFirewall Anti-Counterfeiting Technology for Use in Consumable Security Chip
CryptoFirewall provides secure authentication and reduces counterfeiting business risks for mass-market consumables and peripherals
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 02/25/2013 – – Cryptography Research (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS), today announced that Marvell has chosen its anti-counterfeiting technology, the CryptoFirewall™ core, for inclusion in the Marvell PA800 Consumable Security chip. The CRI Consumable CryptoFirewall (CCF) technology will be incorporated into the PA800 solution, providing advanced levels of security, authentication and/or secure usage tracking to verify system integrity. The PA800 is a very low-cost, low pin-count chip that enables devices to cryptographically verify both authenticity and usage across their lifecycle.
“CRI is the leader in security solutions across multiple markets. Their CryptoFirewall solution offers our customers the most robust security solution for connected products. Marvell’s PA800 with CryptoFirewall enables customers to authenticate and track usage for consumable parts or accessories with ease and confidence,” said Greg Allen, vice president, Printer Business Unit, Marvell. “Now manufacturers building systems have a cost-effective and secure method to protect the integrity of their systems.”
“Marvell is a global leader in providing complete silicon solutions enabling the digital connected lifestyle. Whenever devices are digitally connected, security becomes a critical need and Marvell clearly understands the need to ensure devices are secure,” said Paul Kocher, president and chief scientist at Cryptography Research. “We are delighted to be working with Marvell to provide customers with effective solutions for protecting their consumable items and peripherals.”
The Cryptography Research CCF solution uses field-proven, integrated anti-tamper security technologies and provides consumers and manufacturers with the assurance of authenticity. CCF technology authenticates devices at risk for counterfeiting through a silicon core that provides cryptographic confirmation of validity. The Verifier CryptoFirewall (VCF)-CCF core authentication on the system side provides the flexibility to implement the solution in either software or hardware on the device System on Chip (SoC).
For additional information on Cryptography Research or on the CryptoFirewall product, visit www.cryptography.com.
About Cryptography Research, Inc.
Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), is a leader in semiconductor security research and development. Established by internationally renowned cryptographer Paul Kocher, CRI develops and licenses innovative technologies in areas including tamper resistance, content protection, anti-counterfeiting, network security, and financial services. Over seven billion security products are made each year under license from CRI. Security systems designed by CRI scientists and engineers protect hundreds of billions of dollars in commerce annually. Additional information is available at www.cryptography.com.
Rambus to Demonstrate the Imerz™ Multi-Media Platform at Mobile World Congress 2013
Semantic web meets interactive TV
BARCELONA, SPAIN – 02/25/2013
| Who: | Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) | |
| Where: | Mobile World Congress Fira Gran Via Barcelona, Spain 5MR132/5MR134 |
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| When: | February 25 – March 1, 2013 | |
At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013, Rambus will be demonstrating the Imerz™ multi-media platform. This unique multi-media solution allows consumers to interact with and access “over the top” video in a personalized, immersive experience. The Imerz universal platform allows for integrated multi-screen viewing, social interaction, access to metadata and ecommerce in a simple and compelling way.
The Imerz multi-media platform enables:
- Personally relevant video search – sophisticated search engine with intuitive program selection
- Content shifting – simple and powerful multi-screen switching with smartphone or tablet as an augmented remote
- Social sharing and social feeds – sharing video clips with social networks, side-by-side viewing of content-provider social feeds
- Hotspot content immersion – data embedded in video objects to power learning, sharing, and transacting on dynamic visual content
The Imerz media platform allows content rights owners and distributors to integrate against a single point in the cloud to distribute their content over multiple heterogeneous devices and take advantage of the full interactivity.
For additional information, please visit rambus.com/imerz
About Rambus Inc.
Rambus is the innovative technology solutions company that brings invention to market. Unleashing the intellectual power of our world-class engineers and scientists in a collaborative and synergistic way, Rambus invents, licenses and develops solutions that challenge and enable our customers to create the future. While best known for creating unsurpassed semiconductor memory architectures, Rambus is also developing world-changing products and services in security, advanced LED lighting and displays, and immersive mobile media.
Cryptography Research Signs License Agreement with EchoStar for CryptoFirewall Security Technology to Combat Piracy
Leading TV Technology Provider to Deploy Tamper-Resistant Security Core
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 02/26/2013 – Cryptography Research (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS), today announced a license agreement with EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS), to adopt the Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall™ security core for use with EchoStar set-top box technologies to protect against TV signal theft.
“We are committed to the strongest and most advanced security solutions, and pleased to be integrating the CryptoFirewall core into our future set-top box platforms,” said Dave Kummer, Chief Technology Officer at EchoStar. “Cryptography Research’s technologies have an excellent reputation for securing content, and the CryptoFirewall core complements and reinforces the technologies utilized by our conditional access partners.”
The CryptoFirewall core is a self-contained ASIC security core that provides a secure hardware foundation for signal security applications. The core is designed to protect cryptographic keys and computations within a chip even if surrounding components are compromised. The CryptoFirewall core is integrated directly into leading video decoding systems-on-a-chip, providing a robust and cost-effective solution that is complementary with hardware and software-based conditional access solutions.
“We are honored that EchoStar has selected the CryptoFirewall core as part of its comprehensive and robust portfolio of security tools to prevent piracy and signal theft,” said Paul Kocher, president and chief scientist at Cryptography Research. “EchoStar continues to deploy strong, proven security technology across the hardware and software level, and this announcement demonstrates their continued commitment to providing a secure distribution channel for high value content.”
For additional information on Cryptography Research or on the CryptoFirewall product, visit www.cryptography.com.
About EchoStar
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. is a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), a premier global provider of satellite operations and video delivery solutions. EchoStar’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Hughes, is the world’s leading provider of satellite broadband services, delivering network technologies and managed services for enterprise and government customers in more than 100 countries. Headquartered in Englewood, CO, with additional business units world-wide, EchoStar is a multiple Emmy award-winning company that has pioneered advancements in the set-top box and satellite industries for over 30 years, consistently delivering value for customers, partners and investors through innovation and outstanding quality. Over the last three decades EchoStar’s contribution to video technology has had a major influence on the way consumers view, receive and manage TV programming. EchoStar’s consumer solutions include HughesNet®, North America’s #1 high-speed satellite Internet service, Sling Media’s Slingbox products, and EchoStar’s line of advanced digital video set-top box products for the European free satellite and terrestrial viewer markets.
About Cryptography Research, Inc.
Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), is a leader in semiconductor security research and development. Established by internationally renowned cryptographer Paul Kocher, CRI develops and licenses innovative technologies in areas including tamper resistance, content protection, anti-counterfeiting, network security, and financial services. Over seven billion security products are made each year under license from CRI. Security systems designed by CRI scientists and engineers protect hundreds of billions of dollars in commerce annually. Additional information is available at www.cryptography.com.
Cryptography Research Executives to Speak at RSA Conference 2013
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 02/22/2013
| Who: | Cryptography Research, Inc. | |
| Where: | RSA Conference 2013 Moscone Convention Center San Francisco, CA |
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| When: | February 25–March 1, 2013 | |
At the RSA Conference 2013, executives from Cryptography Research (CRI) will lead two sessions that address side-channel attacks. The first session includes a live demonstration on how keys can be extracted from Suite B Crypto algorithms, while the second covers how developers can efficiently test for side-channel leakage. CRI will also participate in a day-long seminar teaching important, essential security and technology concepts.
Also at the conference, Paul Kocher, president and chief scientist at CRI, will participate as a judge of the Innovation Sandbox, a half-day program dedicated to exploring and evaluating new and promising information security technologies.
In its booth (#2225) at the show, CRI will be demonstrating and discussing its differential power analysis (DPA) countermeasures and its hardware-based CryptoFirewall™ core. For additional details, visit: www.cryptography.com.
Cryptography Research Presentations:
Monday, February 25, 2013
Title: Security Basics Seminar
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Benjamin Jun, vice president & chief technology officer at CRI and executives at BioCatch, Bloomberg LP, Cheswick.com, iSEC Partners, Omgeo and RSA
In this day-long course, Benjamin Jun will join other security thought-leaders to discuss some of the most important security principles and technologies to participants. The course is designed to lay a foundation of essential concepts that will enhance participants’ understanding of the advanced security issues that will be discussed throughout the RSA Conference. In particular, Jun will lead a 45-minute discussion on “Crypto101/Encryption Basics, SSL & Certificates” starting at 1:15 p.m.
Title: New Technology Innovation Sandbox
1:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Paul Kocher, president and chief scientist at CRI, and executives at Greylock Partners, In-Q-Tel, Sophos and Venture Capital Journal
In this half-day program, Paul Kocher and other leading security authorities will explore and evaluate new technologies that promise to transform the information security industry, now and in the future, including the “Most Innovative Company at RSA Conference 2013” award.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Title: Suite B Crypto, Keys, and Side Channel Attacks
9:20 a.m.–10:20 a.m. – Room 310
Mark Marson, technical director at CRI and Pankaj Rohatgi, technical director of hardware security solutions at CRI
NSA’s Suite B approved crypto is strong when implemented properly. But common implementations of AES, SHA-256 and ECDSA can leak secrets via radiated emissions and power consumption measurements. This session will highlight how keys can be extracted from all three algorithms and how developers and product integrators can address side channel vulnerabilities.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Title: Is Your Design Leaking Keys? Efficient Testing for Side-Channel Leakage
1:40 p.m.–2:00 p.m. – Room 132
Benjamin Jun, vice president and CTO at CRI and Pankaj Rohatgi, technical director of hardware security solutions at CRI
From mobile apps to HSMs, many systems succumb to side-channel attacks. Until recently, designers and evaluators confirmed product security with costly and time-consuming penetration tests. Improved test approaches can quickly and reliably identify whether a device has unacceptable side-channel leakage. Developers can use these tests in conjunction with existing automated security tools.
About Cryptography Research
Cryptography Research (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), is a leader in semiconductor security research and development. Established by internationally renowned cryptographer Paul Kocher, CRI develops and licenses innovative technologies in areas including tamper resistance, content protection, anti-counterfeiting, network security, and financial services. Over seven billion security products are made each year under license from CRI. Security systems designed by CRI scientists and engineers protect hundreds of billions of dollars in commerce annually. Additional information is available at www.cryptography.com.
