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DDR4 on track to hit largest share of DRAM market (by architecture)
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/ddr4-on-track-to-hit-largest-share-of-dram-market-by-architecture/Earlier this month, IC Insights confirmed that DDR4 DRAM gained significant market share in 2016, representing 45% of total DRAM sales. DDR3 DRAM – including low-power versions used in tablets, smartphone and notebook PCs – accounted for 84% of total DRAM sales in 2014 and 76% in 2015. By 2016, DDR4 price premiums had evaporated, […]
Mobile payments: Looking beyond Amazon Go
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/mobile-payments-looking-beyond-amazon-go/Nick Ismail of the Information Age has penned an article about the future retail experience in the era of Amazon Go and beyond. As Ismail notes, Amazon Go heralds a new way of thinking for the retailer-customer relationship. Image Credit: Amazon “Shopping won’t ever be the same again, thanks to the blend of digital, IoT […]
Hajime challenges Mirai in battle over unsecured IoT devices
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/hajime-challenges-mirai-in-battle-over-unsecured-iot-devices/First identified in October 2016 by Rapidity Networks, Hajime has reportedly infected approximately 100,000 devices across the globe. According to PC World’s Michael Kan, Hajime scans the internet for vulnerable IoT devices such as cameras, DVRs and routers that have open Telnet ports and use default passwords. “[Hajime] compromises them by trying different username and […]
Understanding the role of buffer chips in the evolving data center
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/understanding-the-role-of-buffer-chips-in-the-evolving-data-center/Rambus VP of Systems and Solutions Steven Woo recently penned an article for ChipEstimate about the changing data center. According to Woo, the evolution of computing from the PC-centric world of the 1980’s-1990’s to today’s mobile+cloud environment has been a primary driver for change in processors, memory, storage and networks. Clock speeds and the breakdown […]
BrickerBot targets unsecured IoT devices for permanent denial of service (PDoS)
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/brickerbot-targets-unsecured-iot-devices-for-permanent-denial-of-service-pdos/The DHS’s ICS-CERT has issued an alert update about BrickerBot, a nefarious family of malware that is designed to exploit hard-coded passwords in IoT devices and cause permanent denial of service (PDoS). According to Radware (via the DHS), BrickerBot.1 and BrickerBot.2 exploit hard-coded passwords, exposed SSH and brute force Telnet. The original BrickerBot, which was active […]
HCE adoption to increase 5-fold over the next 4 years
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/hce-adoption-to-increase-5-fold-over-the-next-4-years/Juniper Research analysts have termed 2015/16 “watershed years” for HCE (Host Card Emulation) in terms of commercial service rollouts. Indeed, at least 194 banks introduced such services by the end of 2016, while Juniper expects PayPal to “rapidly deploy” a portfolio of contactless payment and loyalty solutions. Juniper analysts also concluded that Apple Pay, along […]
The importance of hardware-based security solutions
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/the-importance-of-hardware-based-security-solutions/Earlier this month, Paul Kocher, a Rambus security technology advisor, spoke with Ed Sperling of Semiconductor Engineering about the importance of hardware-based security solutions. According to Kocher, the industry is finally realizing that hardware-based security solutions are not cost-prohibitive for transistors. “If you look at what it costs for a small microprocessor on a die, […]
Rambus Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial Results
https://www.rambus.com/rambus-reports-first-quarter-2017-financial-results/Revenue of $97.4 million, up 34% year over year GAAP diluted net income per share of $0.03; non-GAAP diluted net income per share of $0.17 Licensed Western Digital for memory and security innovations Launched Unified Payment Platform, extending mobile OEM pay to retailers SUNNYVALE, Calif. – April 24, 2017 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) today reported […]
PC World: Microsoft’s cool quantum computing plan embraces cryogenic memory
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/pc-world-microsofts-cool-quantum-computing-plan-embraces-cryogenic-memory/PC World’s Agam Shah reports that Microsoft is working with Rambus to develop and build prototype computers with memory subsystems that can be cooled at cryogenic temperatures, typically below minus 180 degrees Celsius or minus 292 degrees Fahrenheit. “Cryogenics goes hand in hand with quantum computers, which promise to be significantly faster than today’s PCs […]
Rambus develops 56G SerDes PHY on Samsung’s 10nm LPP process
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/rambus-develops-56g-serdes-phy-on-samsungs-10nm-lpp-process/Rambus has confirmed that its recently launched 56G SerDes PHY will be developed on Samsung’s 10nm LPP (Low-Power Plus) process technology. According to Luc Seraphin, senior vice president and general manager of the Rambus Memory and Interfaces Division, the 56G SerDes PHY delivers enterprise-class performance across the challenging signaling environments typical of high-speed communication systems […]
