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Worldwide semiconductor capital spending to increase over 10% in 2017
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/worldwide-semiconductor-capital-spending-to-increase-over-10-in-2017/Gartner analysts say worldwide semiconductor capital spending will hit $77.7 billion in 2017, posting an impressive 10.2% increase. According to Takashi Ogawa, research vice president at Gartner, growth rate is up from the previous quarter’s forecast of 1.4 percent – due to continued aggressive investment in memory and leading-edge logic which is driving spending in […]
U.S. Senate legislation seeks to bolster federal IoT security
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/u-s-senate-legislation-seeks-to-bolster-federal-iot-security/U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO), co-chairs of the Senate Cybersecurity Caucus, along with Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Steve Daines (R-MT), have introduced bipartisan legislation to bolster the security of Internet-connected devices. Specifically, the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 would require that devices purchased by the […]
Customer loyalty accelerates mobile wallet adoption
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/customer-loyalty-accelerates-mobile-wallet-adoption/Earlier this year, BusinessInsider’s Ayoub Aouad observed that retailers like Starbucks (mobile payments now account for 30% of the coffee chain’s transactions) and Dunkin’ Donuts were “winning over” consumers with their mobile wallets. Moreover, says Aouad, these retailer wallets are leading the overall mobile wallets industry due to the rapid launch of innovative features like […]
Memory and the IoT
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/memory-and-the-iot/Semiconductor Engineering’s Ed Sperling and Jeff Dorsch recently wrote an article about the challenges of chip design in the age of the IoT. As Sperling notes, this includes sensors, various types of processors, a growing menu of on-chip and off-chip memory types and a long list of I/O and interface IP, chips and chiplets. “There […]
British police official eyes security ratings for IoT-connected devices
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/british-police-official-eyes-security-ratings-for-iot-connected-devices/A British police official has suggested that televisions, fridges and other internet-connected home appliances should carry a cyber security score alongside energy efficiency ratings. “Whenever you go into a store now you see fridges and its A down to F in terms of its energy efficiency. [Yet], where are the security ratings?” Durham chief constable […]
HBM2 continues to ramp
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/hbm2-continues-to-ramp/Samsung ramps volume production of 8GB HBM2 Earlier this month, Samsung confirmed an increase in production volume of its 8-gigabyte (GB) High Bandwidth Memory-2 (HBM2) to meet growing market needs across a wide range of applications including artificial intelligence, HPC (high-performance computing), advanced graphics, network systems and enterprise servers. Image Credit: Samsung According to Samsung, […]
The open APIs of PSD2 and beyond
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/the-open-apis-of-psd2-and-beyond/Unlocking the true value of APIs Herber de Ruijter, EVP Head of Digital for Transaction Banking at iGTB, recently penned an article for FX-MM about unlocking the hidden value of client data in open APIs. As Ruijter explains, regulations such as the EU’s new Payment Services Directive (PSD2) require banks to offer third-party providers access […]
Millennials want to scan and go
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/millennials-want-to-scan-and-go/A new survey conducted by Acosta (cited by eMarketer) finds that more than 8 in 10 millennials are interested in scanning products in-store and then paying via a mobile app. Nevertheless, very few retailers plan on offering this type of checkout technology anytime soon, with less than one-fifth saying they will upgrade within 24 months. […]
Softbank Technology announces strategic IoT security partnership with Rambus
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/softbank-technology-announces-strategic-iot-security-partnership-with-rambus/Softbank Technology, along with two of its subsidiaries, Cybertrust Japan and Miracle Linux Corporation, have announced a strategic partnership with Rambus. The partnership will see the three companies collaborate to bolster IoT security and device management using Rambus’ versatile CryptoManager platform. “We are excited to partner with Softbank Technology Group and its subsidiaries, Cybertrust Japan […]
Devil’s Ivy haunts vulnerable IoT devices
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/devils-ivy-haunts-vulnerable-iot-devices/Security researchers at Senrio have discovered a stack buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2017-9765) in the M3004 Axis Communications security camera. Dubbed “Devil’s Ivy,” the vulnerability, identified in an open source third-party code library, results in remote code execution. “When exploited, it allows an attacker to remotely access a video feed or deny the owner access to […]
