Rambus – a silver sponsor of ARM TechCon 2015 – is kicking off the show this morning with a series of live demos centered on the burgeoning Internet of Things (IoT).
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Rambus CryptoFirewall secures Marvell’s 88PA810 Trusted Authentication IC
Marvell has confirmed that its second-gen 88PA810 Trusted Authentication IC integrates Rambus’ CryptoFirewall security core solution, along with anti-tampering and anti-reverse engineering technologies. Designed for use in systems that require secure product authentication and usage tracking, the 88PA810 provides a proven and trusted offering to prevent counterfeit attacks. The 88PA810 also includes IoT smart device protection against external attacks that threaten vulnerable cloud-connected devices.
Cryptographically securing on-chip firewalling
Rambus security researchers recently presented a paper at NSS 2015 that details the process of cryptographically securing on-chip firewalling. Authored by Jean-Michel Cioranesco, Craig Hampel, Guilherme Ozari de Almeida, and Rodrigo Portella do Canto, the paper describes how complex SoCs continue to influence the evolution of on-chip interconnects as points of integration for a variety of system level functions, including security.
Seeing terahertz with megapixel CCD devices
As IEEE Spectrum’s Alexander Hellemans recently pointed out, terahertz waves are difficult to create and detect. Indeed, this frequency band is squeezed in between the far infrared and very short wave radio frequency region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Nevertheless, a SwissFEL laser team led by Christoph Hauri at the Paul Scherrer Institute near Zurich used a common megapixel CCD device to capture images produced by terahertz waves. More specifically, the team leveraged a silicon CCD of 1360 x 1024 pixels to obtain images of THz beams with a resolution 25 times higher than currently available bolometer-based terahertz imaging systems – and at a fraction of the cost.
Understanding sensor data and context
Toby McClean recently noted on LinkedIn Pulse that the value of sensor data is lost when each and every device maker or IoT system defines a new model of observation or measurement.
“The value is decreased because third-parties are not able to build reusable algorithms, analytics and visualizations,” he opined. “It is difficult to have reusability when there is no common model for sensor data; for example if every thermometer manufacturer had a different model for temperature.”
Connected vehicles are still vulnerable to hacks
Junko Yoshida, Chief International Correspondent at UBM Electronics, recently reported that the automotive industry is still “ill equipped” to protect connected from hackers. Indeed, according to a survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute, only 41 percent of developers agreed secure software was a priority for their companies, while 28 percent disagreed.
