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.”
CryptoManager
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.”
LG Electronics licenses Rambus CryptoManager security platform
LG Electronics (LGE) has licensed Rambus’ CryptoManager security platform for its next generation of mobile devices. The versatile platform will provide LGE with a robust security solution, which includes a hardware-based root-of-trust for the provisioning of keys to manage sensitive data on mobile devices.
When power becomes a problem
Semiconductor Engineering editor in chief Ed Sperling recently reported that the current emphasis on lowering power – in everything from wearable electronics to data centers
Rambus CryptoManager highlighted @ GSA Silicon Summit
Dr. Martin Scott, the senior VP and GM of Rambus’ Cryptography Research Division, recently participated in a Silicon Summit Internet of Things (IoT) panel hosted by the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA). Additional speakers included Rahul Patel of Broadcom, James Stansberry of Silicon Labs and Gregg Bartlett of Globalfoundries.
CryptoManager hits general availability milestone
Designed to bolster efficiency and security during the chip manufacturing process, CryptoManager was first announced in June 2014 and hit its general availability milestone earlier this month. “SoC manufacturing has become increasingly intricate and costly,” Rambus security marketing manager Zainab Al-Shamma explained.