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NetCat Exploits Intel’s DDIO
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/netcat-exploits-intels-ddio/Targeting Intel’s DDIO White hat security researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and ETH Zurich have unveiled a new exploit dubbed NetCAT. The exploit targets Direct Cache Access (DCA) – widely known as Data-Direct I/O (DDIO) – found in recent generations of Intel server processors. As a performance optimization feature, DDIO grants network devices and other […]
How 5G is Driving AI at the Edge
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/how-5g-is-driving-ai-at-the-edge/Written by Steven Woo Introduction The ongoing transition from 4G to 5G is driving major infrastructure upgrades that include the integration of AI and machine learning capabilities at the edge. This is due to several major factors, the most important of which is the relentless growth in the amount of the world’s digital data. According […]
Rambus Signs Agreement to Acquire Silicon IP and Secure Protocols Business from Verimatrix
https://www.rambus.com/rambus-signs-agreement-to-acquire-silicon-ip-and-secure-protocols-business-from-verimatrix/SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Sep. 11, 2019 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), a premier silicon IP and chip provider making data faster and safer, today announced it has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the Silicon IP and Secure Protocols business of Verimatrix (Euronext Paris: VMX), formerly Inside Secure, for $65 million in cash. With the proposed acquisition, […]
White hat malware attack highlights SGX vulnerability
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/white-hat-malware-attack-highlights-sgx-vulnerability/Researchers from the University of Iasi and the University of Switzerland have published a paper describing a white hat malware attack that targets Intel’s Software Guard Extension (SGX). Essentially, software guard extensions are a set of hardware instructions designed to provide a secure execution environment for user-developed applications. “To our knowledge, there was no serious […]
Part 2: Steven Woo Explains GDDR6 – HBM2 Design Tradeoffs
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/part-2-steven-woo-explains-gddr6-hbm2-design-tradeoffs/In part one of this two-part series, Steven Woo, Rambus fellow and distinguished inventor, speaks with Ed Sperling of Semiconductor Engineering about the basic design tradeoffs between GDDR6 and HBM2. To illustrate the differences between the two memory types, Woo highlights a 256 gigabyte per second memory system built using either GDDR6 or HBM2. In […]
Rambus Reports Inducement Grants under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
https://www.rambus.com/rambus-reports-inducement-grants-under-nasdaq-listing-rule-5635c4/SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Sept. 5, 2019 – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), a premier silicon IP and chip provider making data faster and safer, today announced grants of inducement awards to its Chief Operating Officer, Sean Fan, and other employees joining the company as a result of the recent acquisition of Northwest Logic, Inc. […]
Rambus to Acquire Silicon IP and Secure Protocols Business from Verimatrix, Creating Global Authority in Semiconductor Security IP
https://www.rambus.com/rambus-to-acquire-silicon-ip-and-secure-protocols-business-from-verimatrix-creating-global-authority-in-semiconductor-security-ip/Highlights: Combined products and expertise to create industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of silicon-proven security IP and chip provisioning solutions Augments mission-critical, hardware-based security solutions for data center, artificial intelligence (AI), networking, IoT and automotive applications Expands global reach to provide security solutions worldwide SUNNYVALE, Calif. – September 3, 2019 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), a […]
Hacking the vote
https://www.rambus.com/blogs/hacking-the-vote/In late 2018, six researchers published a DEF CON report that detailed a range of critical security vulnerabilities affecting voting equipment and related computer systems. These include supply chain insecurity, proven susceptibility to remote attacks, machines that can be hacked faster than an actual vote and perpetually unpatched vulnerabilities. Let’s take a closer look at […]
Sean Fan Joins Rambus as Chief Operating Officer
https://www.rambus.com/sean-fan-joins-rambus-as-chief-operating-officer/Brings over 20 years of semiconductor operations expertise SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Aug. 28, 2019 — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), a premier silicon IP and chip provider making data faster and safer, today announced that Sean Fan has joined the company as chief operating officer (COO). Fan has a 20-year track record of […]
Sean Fan
https://www.rambus.com/leadership/sean-fan/Sean Fan Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Sean Fan is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Rambus, focused on transforming and growing the company in all aspects of business and R&D functions. Before joining Rambus, Sean served as a corporate vice president and general manager at Renesas Electronics, in charge of […]
