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Smartwatch teardowns reveal 512MB of memory
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/mid-smartwatch-teardowns-reveal-512mb-of-memory/Recent teardowns of two popular smartwatches – the Apple Watch Sport and LG Urbane – have confirmed that each device packs 512MB of memory. More specifically, the Apple Watch Sport is equipped with 512MB of Micron’s SDRAM, while the Urbane features 512 MB of Hynix mobile DDR2. “Initially, PCs shipped with 16KB of DRAM and […]
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 […]
Semiconductor market hit $336 billion in 2014
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/semiconductor-market-hit-336-billion-in-2014-2/The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) recently published its final semiconductor market figures for 2014. According to WSTS analysts, the global semiconductor market showed solid growth of almost 10% up to $336 billion in 2014 – driven primarily by the double-digit growth of memory (18.2%). Meanwhile, all other major product categories achieved positive growth rates, […]
CNET talks Rambus lensless smart sensors
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/cnet-talks-rambus-lensless-smart-sensors-2/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 […]
RIoT @ MWC: The hardware roundup
https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/riot-mwc-hardware-roundup/#new_tabImagination Technologies, a veteran GPU designer and the new owner of the low-power processor architecture MIPS, launched the G6020 at MWC – a GPU that is intended to serve the low-power requirements needed for devices in the wearables and IoT markets.
Envisioning an intelligent future with Rambus lensless smart sensors (LSS)
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/envisioning-an-intelligent-future-with-rambus-lensless-smart-sensors-lss-2/Rambus, along with partners MLove and IXDS, hosted 4YFN’s “Eyes of the IoT” MWC 2015 workshop this afternoon in Barcelona, Spain. Participants discussed how smart vision, facilitated by technology such as Rambus’ lensless smart sensors (LSS), could potentially impact the future of smart cities, medical equipment, transportation and manufacturing. In terms of smart cities, Harald […]
Lensless smart sensor technology is SWaP-C friendly
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/lensless-smart-sensor-technology-is-swap-c-friendly-2/Writing for Military Embedded Systems, Amanda Harvey notes that stringent size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C) requirements are influencing nearly every modern military platform. “Everything seems to be getting smaller in the U.S. military arsenal – whether it’s an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) payload, or a handheld GPS device,” […]
The LSS-wearables connection
https://www.rambusblog.com/2015/01/12/the-lss-wearables-connection/#new_tabWearable technology was highlighted at CES 2015 last week in Las Vegas, with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announcing the Curie module, a tiny hardware product based on the company’s first purpose-built system-on-chip (SoC) for wearable devices.
The LSS-wearables connection
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/the-lss-wearables-connection-2/Wearable technology was highlighted at CES 2015 last week in Las Vegas, with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announcing the Curie module, a tiny hardware product based on the company’s first purpose-built system-on-chip (SoC) for wearable devices. According to Gartner research director Annette Zimmermann, 30 percent of smart wearables will be completely unobtrusive to the eye […]
Remembering WarGames and the IMSAI 8080
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/remembering-wargames-and-the-imsai-8080-2/Launched in 1975, the IMSAI 8080 was an early microcomputer built around Intel’s 8080 and 8085 microprocessors. According to Wikipedia, memory options included 256/4K bytes on a 4K board (static), along with 16K, 32K and 64K DRAM configurations. In terms of storage, the IMSAI supported a cassette drive, floppy disks (5 1⁄4 & 8″) and […]
