tag: Rambus

The Week In Review: Design/IoT
By Jesse Allen - 26 Feb, 2016 - Comments: 0

Tools Synopsys incorporated automated analog and mixed-signal debug capabilities into its Verdi SoC debug platform, which now provides comprehensive hierarchical and schematic views of both the analog and digital portions of designs and automated tracing across analog and digital blocks. Mentor announced three applications for the Veloce emulation platform focused on overcoming unpredicta... » read more

Blog Review: Feb. 24
By Jesse Allen - 24 Feb, 2016 - Comments: 0

Synopsys' Graham Etchells digs through the toolbox and finds that schematic PCells can be vital in helping layout engineers tackle FinFET complexity. Cadence's Paul McLellan looks at two techniques to test the increasing number of digital gates on an automotive chip with only two pins. In the latest PCB Tech Talk Podcast, Mentor's John McMillan discusses where collaboration with MCAD fits... » read more

Blog Review: Feb. 10
By Jesse Allen - 10 Feb, 2016 - Comments: 0

You could be flying on a hybrid plane that uses hydrogen fuel cells in the future, and might even be able to hear the loudspeaker announcements while waiting for the flight, in this week's top tech picks from Ansys' Justin Nescott. Plus, smart soccer balls. Thermal is the new power, argues Cadence's Paul McLellan, and when it comes to SoCs treating thermal analysis as an afterthought is no l... » read more

What Is Cyberwarfare?
By Ernest Worthman - 08 Feb, 2016 - Comments: 1

Cyberwarfare is emerging as the most sophisticated battleground of the 21st century. In fact, the military in all major countries make it a priority. Collectively they are spending tens of billions of dollars on education and building a knowledgebase of how attacks can be perpetrated and what defenses are needed. The entire effort is based on technology, both legacy and new, starting on the ... » read more

M2M Vs. IoE
By Ernest Worthman - 04 Feb, 2016 - Comments: 0

For some time now, there has been discussion that the IoE is really nothing more than the M2M infrastructure with a new coat of paint. Are M2M and the [getkc id="260" comment="Internet of Everything"] really just different generations of the same family, or are they completely different? This is more than just a philosophical question. The answer affects everything from technology investmen... » read more

Network Challenges Ahead
By Ernest Worthman - 04 Feb, 2016 - Comments: 0

The Internet of Everything will require a new breed of networks to handle data from billions of devices quickly and securely, but how exactly that will happen isn't completely clear. The terms "high performance" and "high security" are generally incompatible in the networking world because the security technology in use today bogs down network performance. To have a high level of security re... » read more

Executive Insight: Paul Kocher
By Ed Sperling - 04 Feb, 2016 - Comments: 0

Paul Kocher, president and chief scientist of Rambus' Cryptography Research Division, sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to talk about the state of security today and how it will be affected as more devices are connected. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. SE: The number of vulnerabilities is increasing. Are we making progress? Kocher: If your metric for progress is the... » read more

Blog Review: Feb. 3
By Jesse Allen - 03 Feb, 2016 - Comments: 0

In this week's top five tech picks, Ansys' Bill Vandermark highlights a variety of breakthroughs which, working together, help boost self-driving cars. Rambus' Aharon Etengoff reviews the television show Mr. Robot, which he says may have as much potential impact as WarGames did in the 80s. Cadence's Paul McLellan looks at Conway's Law of business organization and the changing structure of... » read more

The Week In Review: Design/IoT
By Jesse Allen - 29 Jan, 2016 - Comments: 0

Mergers & Acquisitions Rambus expanded the scope of its Cryptography Research Division with the acquisition of UK-based Smart Card Software. The £64.7M ($91.84 million) deal comprises advanced mobile payment platform developer Bell ID as well as Ecebs, a supplier of smart ticketing systems to the UK transport markets. Tools & IP Mentor Graphics uncorked its Embedded Multicore ... » read more

Blog Review: Jan. 27
By Jesse Allen - 27 Jan, 2016 - Comments: 0

There's an ocean of possibilities for transistors and interconnects at the 5nm node, says Cadence's Paul McLellan – but will any of them be feasible in time? How would you design R2-D2? Mentor's Joe Hupcey III lays out what low power techniques he thinks the Star Wars droid might require. It's not all clear skies in the world of FinFETs, as Synopsys' Graham Etchells continues his series... » read more

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