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IDTechEx: Sensors to enable $70bn wearable technology market by 2025
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/csi-idtechex-sensors-to-enable-70bn-wearable-technology-market-by-2025/IDTechEx analysts say there will be over three billion sensors in wearable technology devices by 2025 – with more than 30% categorized as emerging sensor types. As a recently published IDTechEx report notes, sensors are the most diverse component type in wearable devices. Perhaps most importantly, they are responsible for enabling key functionality. “Advances with […]
Why Use Mobile Payments
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/why-use-mobile-payments/Amongst all the hype and bluster around mobile payments a fundamental question seems to be largely overlooked – why use mobile payments?
The Evolution of Biometric Security: Part Two
http://www.rambusblog.com/2015/06/11/the-evolution-of-biometric-security-part-two/#new_tabWriting for SemiconductorEngineering, Ernest Worthman notes that while biometrics offer a plethora of potential security-based tools, there are currently only two in wide-scale deployment: fingerprints and facial scanning. Indeed, according to ABI digital security analyst Dimitrios Pavlakis, fingerprints account for 60% to 70% of all biometric applications. Additional technologies eyed by major industry players include […]
The Evolution of Biometric Security: Part Two
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/the-evolution-of-biometric-security-part-two-2/Writing for SemiconductorEngineering, Ernest Worthman notes that while biometrics offer a plethora of potential security-based tools, there are currently only two in wide-scale deployment: fingerprints and facial scanning. Indeed, according to ABI digital security analyst Dimitrios Pavlakis, fingerprints account for 60% to 70% of all biometric applications. Additional technologies eyed by major industry players include […]
What is a smart card?
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/what-is-a-smart-card/The Smart Chip Provides Simplicity and Reliability The Smart card chip can store large amounts of data securely in both read only and read/write formats giving the user the ability to safely add and remove data from their card as required. The smart card chip is contained within a button or module, which is embedded […]
The evolution of biometric security
http://www.rambusblog.com/2015/05/12/the-evolution-of-biometric-security/#new_tabWriting for Semiconductor Engineering, Ernest Worthman notes that Hollywood films have long portrayed a wide range of futuristic biometric security procedures. In addition, a number of mobile devices now offer optional fingerprint scans instead of a traditional password login. However, current biometric technology will have to further evolve if it is to meet the security […]
The evolution of biometric security
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/the-evolution-of-biometric-security-2/Writing for Semiconductor Engineering, Ernest Worthman notes that Hollywood films have long portrayed a wide range of futuristic biometric security procedures. In addition, a number of mobile devices now offer optional fingerprint scans instead of a traditional password login. However, current biometric technology will have to further evolve if it is to meet the security […]
Microsoft preps universal sensor driver set for Windows 10
http://www.rambusblog.com/2015/04/30/microsoft-preps-universal-sensor-driver-set-for-windows-10/#new_tabIDG’s Agam Shah recently reported that every Windows 10 device will feature APIs “for developers to work with sensors.” “The company has been incorporating a universal sensor driver set so Windows 10 can exploit a slew of environmental, biometric, proximity and motion sensors on devices,” he explained.
Microsoft preps universal sensor driver set for Windows 10
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/microsoft-preps-universal-sensor-driver-set-for-windows-10-2/IDG’s Agam Shah recently reported that every Windows 10 device will feature APIs “for developers to work with sensors.” “The company has been incorporating a universal sensor driver set so Windows 10 can exploit a slew of environmental, biometric, proximity and motion sensors on devices,” he explained. As Shah notes, Redmond hopes to usher in an era […]
U.S. EMV Payments: PIN or Signature?
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/us-emv-payments-pin-or-signature/One of the longest ongoing discussions about EMV in the US is the card verification method (CVM) to authenticate EMV payments: PIN or signature?
