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Memory buffer chips: The Amdahl-Moore’s Law connection
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/memory-buffer-chips-the-amdahl-moores-law-connection/John Eble, a senior director of technical product marketing at Rambus, recently penned an article for Semiconductor Engineering about memory buffer chips. As Eble notes, Moore’s Law, which observes that available transistors in an integrated circuit doubles every two years, has driven the semiconductor and IT industries to unparalleled growth over the last 50+ years. […]
What’s inside your mobile wallet?
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/whats-inside-your-mobile-wallet/Rambus Payments CTO Chakib Bouda recently sat down with Pymnts.com to discuss the future of mobile wallets. According to Bouda, brick-and-mortar retailers are now seriously rethinking their approach to remaining competitive in the digital age as mobile and online eCommerce channels continue to consume a larger portion of consumer spend. “[Retailers are] seeing it not […]
Part 2: DRAM goes cryogenic
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/part-2-dram-goes-cryogenic/In part one of this series, Rambus Chief Scientist Craig Hampel told Semiconductor Engineering’s Ed Sperling that cryogenic DRAM (below minus−180 °C or 93.15 kelvin) offers numerous power and performance advantages. These include increased transistor performance, the elimination of leakage, wires that super conduct, the ability of DRAM to operate as a non-volatile device and […]
Report: Global tokenization market to hit $2.25 billion by 2022
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/report-global-tokenization-market-to-hit-2-25-billion-by-2022/A new report published by Research and Markets predicts the global tokenization market will hit $2.25 billion by 2020 with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 22.4%. “The constant pressure of managing sensitive data of consumers, along with the need to manage stringent compliances, has led enterprises of all sizes to adopt tokenization solutions […]
Let’s talk about PSD2 and mobile payments
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/lets-talk-about-psd2-and-mobile-payments/The Payments Services Directive (PSD) was adopted in 2007, creating a single market for payments in the European Union and providing the legal foundation for a Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). In 2015, the European Parliament adopted the European Commission’s proposal to create safer and more innovative European payments with the new PSD2 directive. The […]
Contactless in London: One billion journeys and counting
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/contactless-in-london-one-billion-journeys-and-counting/Contactless in London UK transport officials confirm that London’s transport network has seen more than one billion pay-as-you-go journeys made by contactless payment cards, with the new payment option “substantially changing” the way customers pay for their travel around the city. “The landmark figures show that, on average, two million journeys are now made using contactless […]
Encouraging IoT security adoption
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/encouraging-iot-security-adoption/Rambus Sr. Director of Security Products Asaf Ashkenazi recently wrote an article for Semiconductor Engineering about encouraging IoT security adoption. As Ashkenazi notes, everyone acknowledges that the clear majority of IoT devices are vulnerable and easily compromised, as many lack even the most basic of security functionalities. “This is problematic, because an unsecured IoT ecosystem […]
How to achieve a perfect buying experience – views from around the industry
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/how-to-achieve-a-perfect-buying-experience-views-from-around-the-industry/Earlier this year, Rambus welcomed leading payments experts from around the world to our Rotterdam offices for the Mobey Forum member meeting. During the networking sessions, we spoke to a range of industry experts to get their thoughts on where the mobile payments industry is now, and where it is heading in the future. So […]
Mobile payments on the Beijing Metro
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/mobile-payments-on-the-beijing-metro/Masha Borak of TechNode reports that the Beijing Metro has begun promoting the use of mobile payments on the Fangshan Line which runs through the south of the city. As Borak notes, Beijing has beaten New York, where local authorities plan to introduce NFC-enabled subway payments by 2018. “The lack of NFC technology on most […]
Part 1: DRAM goes cryogenic
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/part-1-dram-goes-cryogenic/Rambus Chief Scientist Craig Hampel recently spoke with Ed Sperling of Semiconductor Engineering about the power benefits and performance advantages of running DRAM at extremely low cryogenic temperatures (below minus−180 °C or 93.15 kelvin). “When operating fairly conventional technologies based on CMOS in that domain, a lot of interesting things begin to happen. One of […]
