Tom’s Hardware has announced that Rambus lensless smart sensors (LSS) won the publication’s “Best Of” (hardware) award for Mobile World Congress 2015. It should be noted that Rambus LSS technology clinched the “Best of MWC” award from Tom’s Guide in 2014.
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CNET talks Rambus lensless smart sensors
A number of prominent journalists covered Rambus’ lensless smart sensors (LSS) demo during Mobile World Congress 2015, including CNET’s Stephen Shankland. “With chip-based camera technology from Rambus, your next smartphone may understand a new range of commands issued by moving your hands and wiggling your fingers in front of the screen instead of by touching it,” Shankland reported.
AnandTech analyzes DDR4 and beyond
Writing for AnandTech, Ian Cutress recently explained why DDR4 was first launched in the enthusiast space. “On the server side, any opportunity to use lower power and drive cooling costs down is a positive, so aiming at [Intel] Xeons and high-end consumer platforms was priority number one,” he said.
Cooper’s Metalux and SkyRidge pack sensing and control systems
Eaton’s Cooper Lighting is now offering an optional integrated sensing and control system in certain solid-state lighting (SSL) luminaires based on WaveStream™ light guide technology. According to Maury Wright of LEDs Magazine, Metalux Encounter and SkyRidge LED luminaires can be ordered with an adaptive control option for installation in areas where energy codes require occupancy sensing and daylight harvesting.
Special purpose eyes and lensless smart sensors (LSS)
Human eyes – and perhaps more importantly our brains – offer such a high degree of general-purpose visual object recognition and spatial awareness that it’s difficult to imagine them doing anything but relaying a coherent picture of objects.
What makes a lensless sensor “smart?”
Rambus Fellow and Research Director Dr. David Stork recently spoke with Smithers Apex about lensless smart sensor (LSS) technology on the sidelines of the Image Sensors 2015 conference in the United Kingdom. According to Stork, Rambus lensless smart sensors consist of special optical phase gratings affixed to standard CMOS image sensor arrays.
