Rambus has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Inphi’s Memory Interconnect Business for $90M in cash. The acquisition includes all assets of the Inphi Memory Interconnect Business including product inventory, customer contracts, supply chain agreements and IP.
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UK eyes an end to paper train tickets
Lydia Willgress of the Telegraph says paper train tickets could be retired over the next 8 years, with government officials considering various plans that would see customers using smartphones and contactless cards to expedite travel. “Smartcards, which customers would top up online, could also become a priority as bosses attempt to cut queues at stations and save money,” she explains.
Evaluating lensless smart sensors (LSS)
Rambus lensless smart sensor (LSS) technology enables a new generation of low-power sensing by capturing information-rich images with a low-cost phase grating, standard image sensors and sophisticated computational algorithms. More specifically, the spiral grating of LSS diffractive optics (hardware), coupled with sophisticated computational algorithms (software); reduce computation time while facilitating application-specific design flexibility. Simply put, computation is effectively pushed past the ‘edge’ and performed on the LSS sensors themselves.
A look back at the Nintendo 64 (N64)
The long-awaited Nintendo 64 hit the hot neon city streets of Japan back in June 1996. Powered by a 64-bit NEC VR4300 CPU clocked at 93.75 MHz, the fifth generation console was one of the first to implement a unified memory subsystem and packed 4 megabytes of Rambus RDRAM (subsequently expandable to 8MB).
Rambus extends DPA countermeasures license with NAGRA
Rambus has extended its licensing agreement with NAGRA, a digital TV division of the Kudelski Group, for the use of its Differential Power Analysis (DPA) countermeasures in NAGRA digital TV offerings. “NAGRA has shown that security is a top priority and protection against side- channel attacks is an important component of their solutions,” said Dr. Martin Scott, general manager of Rambus’ Security Division.
Will London be cashless in 20 years?
A new survey conducted by London & Partners has determined that nearly three quarters of those polled in the capital city believe digital transactions will replace traditional notes and coins by 2036. “[Both] MasterCard and Visa have reported big rises in the number of contactless card payments, fueled by the use of smartphone payment apps,” reports Mark Blunden of the Evening Standard. “Contactless cards are used for about one in every 10 payments in the capital and Visa predicts that by 2020 about half of all transactions by Londoners will be on mobile. [In addition], MasterCard said contactless spending in the UK had more than tripled in the past year.”
