Rambus’ Cryptography Research division has signed an agreement with The Athena Group for the use of DPA countermeasure patents in the latter company’s cryptographic security IP cores. These include field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and defense application specific integrated circuits (ASICs).
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Designing the eyes of the IoT
Rambus recently participated in the 4YFN Innovators Breakfast with IXDS and Bosch at the MWC (Fira Montjuic) MLove Lounge. During the event, Rambus CMO Jerome Nadel discussed his take on design thinking, with a focus on lensless smart sensors (LSS) and related partners-in-open-development (POD) initiatives.
Moore’s Law in the FaaS lane
Recode’s Arik Hesseldahl recently noted that chip industry is running up against some “truly fundamental” limits. “At the five-nanometer juncture — due maybe in 2021, give or take — the outlook [of Moore’s Law] has tended to get incomprehensibly fuzzy. At that size, elements on the chip would be about twice the size of a strand of DNA,” he explained. “Smaller than that, the design features on a chip become no bigger than 10 individual atoms. At that scale, electrons start to behave unreliably: The laws of classical physics give way to the infamously uncertain rules of the quantum scale.”
The LSS-VR connection
A slew of virtual reality (VR) products are on display at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016, including LG’s VR headset for the new G5 smartphone. Meanwhile, Samsung set up an entire theater dedicated to VR outside Plaza Catalunya in central Barcelona, Spain. According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who made a surprise appearance at Samsung’s MWC press conference earlier this week, VR could be “the most social platform” of the future.
A closer look at Android Pay and tokenization
Last week, Rambus confirmed that Bell ID would be supporting the integration of Android Pay for international issuing banks, payment schemes and processors. Today, we’d like to take a closer look at Android Pay for the benefit of our readers. Launched in September 2015, Android Pay can perhaps best be described as a mobile payment solution that offers consumers a simple and secure way of buying items with their Android-based devices.
CryptoManager enables FaaS with in-field provisioning
Rambus has announced that its CryptoManager security platform now supports in-field feature and service provisioning, alongside SoC management and device personalization capabilities. “In-field feature and service provisioning enables complete silicon-to-cloud functionality to support the growing requirements of trusted applications,” said Dr. Martin Scott, senior VP and GM of the Rambus Cryptography Research division. “These include secure mobile banking, identity and entertainment, along with IoT device security.”
