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The evolving mobile wallet
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/the-evolving-mobile-wallet/Xiaofeng Wang, a senior analyst at Forrester, recently penned an article in Forbes that explores what global mobile wallet players can learn from Asia’s digital leaders. According to Wang, the future of mobile wallets is expected to go “far beyond” mobile payments. In the West, says Wang, this vision is still very much a work […]
Keeping up with Ethernet
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/keeping-up-with-ethernet/Gary Hilson of the EE Times has written a detailed article about Rambus’ 56G SerDes PHY. As Hilson notes, the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and (DSP) architecture of Rambus’ 56G SerDes PHY is designed meet the long-reach backplane requirements for the industry transition to 400 GB Ethernet applications. This means it can support scaling to speeds […]
DARPA wants hardware-anchored security
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/darpa-wants-hardware-anchored-security/Network World’s Michael Cooney reports that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has expressed interest in adopting a hardware-based approach to cyber security. Indeed, DARPA has offered preliminary details about a new program dubbed “System Security Integrated Through Hardware and Firmware (SSITH).” According to Cooney, the program’s goal is to develop new integrated circuit […]
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, […]
