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Securing intelligent transportation systems

Earlier this week, Team Lightbulb hosted its annual Broadband Conference at CES 2016. A number of topics were discussed at various panels throughout the day, including the steady evolution of intelligent transportation systems (ITS).

Jill Ingrassia, the Managing Director of Government Relations and Traffic Safety Advocacy at AAA, told conference attendees the auto industry has managed to significantly reduce the amount of vehicle crashes in recent years. However, more progress must be made, as thousands of people a year still lose their lives in traffic accidents.

New York Times talks lensless smart sensors

Dave Gershgorn of the New York Times recently noted that the optics of the camera obscura have faithfully served photographers for ages. Indeed, the recipe has been kept fairly simple throughout the years: a lens, aperture, dark box and something to record the light.

“But the camera as we know it is changing,” Gershgorn confirmed. “A revolution in digital imaging research could surpass the camera obscura in almost every technical way: resolution, size and energy efficiency. It’s called computational photography, and it stems from the idea that if you can capture visual data instead of a true image, then the picture can be reconstructed with software.”

Rambus showcases lensless smart sensor prototypes @ PepCom 2016

Rambus will be showcasing a number of functional lensless smart sensor (LSS) prototypes at the CES 2016 PepCom Digital Experience tonight in Las Vegas. Developed in conjunction with frog design and IXDS, the prototypes include a drone (UAV), smartwatch as well as a maintenance and assembly platform.

Reimagining the future of smart manufacturing

Written by Dr. Patrick Gill, Rambus Principal Research Scientist

From its inception, the Internet has been revolutionary in the way it moves data. Let’s explore what makes the Internet so effective, and determine if we can implement a similar revolution for physical goods manufacturing.

Rambus renews patent license agreement with Toshiba

Rambus has renewed its patent license agreement with Toshiba Corporation.

As per the terms of the new three-year agreement, Toshiba will be licensing a wide range of technologies from Rambus to cover products that include SoCs with DRAM memory controllers and/or serial link interfaces, as well as Flash Memory and system products.

Optimizing memory for next-gen computing

Semiconductor Engineering Editor in Chief Ed Sperling recently noted that getting data in and out of memory is just as important as optimizing the speed and efficiency of a processor.

“[Nevertheless], for years design teams managed to skirt the issue because it was quicker, easier and less expensive to boost processor clock frequencies with a brute-force approach,” he explained. “That worked well enough prior to 90nm, and adding more cores at lower clock speeds filled the gap starting at 65nm.”

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