We’re on the 11th floor of a tall glass building overlooking San Francisco’s iconic Market Street. Clanging cable cars ply the bustling streets below as the fading rays of a softly setting sun reflect off a row of remarkably preserved cipher machines, including an Enigma. The early cryptography platform – invented by Arthur Scherbius at the close of World War 1 – was used commercially during the 1920s before being adopted by various militaries for enciphering and deciphering secret messages, although it was famously cracked during World War II.
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Building a foundation for secure RPMs
Approximately 100 million wearable remote patient monitoring (RPM) devices will ship over the next 5 years. According to ABI Research, the RPM market has been boosted by increased interest and awareness about the benefits of supporting healthcare away from the hospital and into patients’ homes.
Report: 204 million connected TV devices by 2017
A recent report published by the NPD Group estimates there will be 204 million connected TV devices by 2017. More specifically, streaming media players and TVs are expected to represent the majority of the growth in installed and Internet connected units over the next three years.
MStar Semiconductor and Rambus secure connected TVs
MStar Semiconductor recently confirmed that it will be equipping its lineup of connected TV SoCs with CryptoFirewall™ security cores. Designed by Rambus’ Cryptography Research division, the self-contained ASIC cores provide a secure hardware-based root-of-trust for content protection applications.
Making the World a Better Place While Helping an Acquisition Succeed
Several years ago, Cryptography Research was in talks with Rambus about a potential acquisition. The opportunity was exciting, and would bring a chance to grow and transform the company I had started in 1995. For both entrepreneurs and acquirers, however, acquisitions are scary — even for Cisco, which knows more about acquiring than almost any other company, about a third of acquisitions fail.
IDC analyzes the Rambus CryptoManager Secure Feature Management Platform
Recently licensed to Qualcomm, the Rambus CryptoManager™ platform is built around an advanced Security Engine and versatile Infrastructure Suite.