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Rambus to Showcase Solutions and Innovations at ARM TechCon 2013

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – October 30, 2013

 

Who: Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS)
Where: ARM TechCon 2013
Santa Clara Convention Center – Booth #200
5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, Calif.
armtechcon.com
When: October 29 – 31, 2013

At ARM TechCon 2013, Rambus will demonstrate two memory and interface solutions with its Beyond DDR4 initiative and consumer electronics-oriented R+ DDR3, as well as innovations in Binary Pixel technology and differential power analysis (DPA) countermeasures.

Demonstrations:

R+ DDR3 PHY Featuring LabStation™ Validation Platform
This demonstration of a high-performance, low-cost R+ DDR3 PHY solution is tailored for consumer electronics. The solution will demonstrate operation in working silicon at a data rate of 2133 Mbps in a low-cost wire bond package. The LabStation™ validation platform includes a built-in-self-test and characterization features to achieve high reliability, reduce field returns as well as enable fast time-to-market.

Beyond DDR4 – R+ Technology for Next-generation Server Memory
This demonstration will showcase next-generation technologies that extend server memory solutions beyond the capabilities of DDR4. With data rates of up to 6.4 Gbps in a multi-rank, multi-DIMM system, this high-performance, high-capacity technology simplifies system design and significantly reduces overall system power requirements.

Binary Pixel Technology Enabling the World’s Best Image Sensors
Rambus’ binary pixel technology improves the quality of photos taken from mobile devices. This demonstration shows how image sensor and image processing architectures can achieve single-shot high dynamic range (HDR) and improved low-light sensitivity for better videos and photos in any lighting condition. The demonstration also showcases how the technology, optimized at the pixel level, senses light similar to the human eye, resulting in professional-quality images and videos from mobile devices that capture the full gamut of details in dark and bright intensities.

Securing Devices from Side-Channel Attacks Using Differential Power Analysis (DPA) Countermeasures
All forms of electronic devices with secret keys are susceptible to side channel attacks which are low-cost, non-invasive methods for adversaries to extract secret keys of a cryptosystem. Cryptography Research, a division of Rambus, developed DPA countermeasures to protect tamper-resistant devices from many applications ranging from mobile phones to game consoles against all forms of side channel attacks. This demonstration uses basic electromagnetic equipment to perform side-channel attacks, which extract the security keys from mobile devices.

About Rambus Inc.

Rambus is the innovative technology solutions company that brings invention to market. Unleashing the intellectual power of our world-class engineers and scientists in a collaborative and synergistic way, Rambus invents, licenses and develops solutions that challenge and enable our customers to create the future. While best known for creating unsurpassed semiconductor memory architectures, Rambus is also developing world-changing products and services in security, and advanced LED lighting and displays. For additional details, visit:rambus.com.

Rambus Unveils Binary Pixel Technology that Dramatically Improves Photo Quality in Mobile Devices

Breakthrough technology Provides Single-Shot High Dynamic Range and Improved Low-Light Sensitivity in a Single Exposure

SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES and BARCELONA, SPAIN – 02/25/2013 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), the innovative technology solutions company that brings invention to market, today unveiled breakthrough binary pixel technology that dramatically improves the quality of photos taken from mobile devices. The Rambus binary pixel technology includes image sensor and image processing architectures with single-shot high dynamic range (HDR) and improved low-light sensitivity for better videos and photos in any lighting condition.

“Today’s compact mainstream sensors are only able to capture a fraction of what the human eye can see,” said Dr. Martin Scott, chief technology officer at Rambus. “Our breakthrough binary pixel technology enables a tremendous performance improvement for compact imagers capable of ultra high-quality photos and videos from mobile devices.”

As improvements are made in resolution and responsiveness, more and more consumers are using the camera functionality on their smart phone as the primary method for taking photos and capturing memories. However, high contrast scenes typical in daily life, such as bright landscapes, sunset portraits, and scenes with both sunlight and shadow, are difficult to capture with today’s compact mobile sensors – the range of bright and dark details in these scenes simply exceeds the limited dynamic range of mainstream CMOS imagers.

This binary pixel technology is optimized at the pixel level to sense light similar to the human eye while maintaining comparable form factor, cost and power of today’s mobile and consumer imagers. The results are professional-quality images and videos from mobile devices that capture the full gamut of details in dark and bright intensities.

Benefits of binary pixel technology:

  • Improved image quality optimized at the pixel level
  • Single-shot HDR photo and video capture operates at high-speed frame-rates
  • Improved signal-to-noise performance in low-light conditions
  • Extended dynamic range through variable temporal and spatial oversampling
  • Silicon-proven technology for mobile form factors
  • Easily integratable into existing SoC architectures
  • Compatible with current CMOS image sensor process technology

The Rambus binary pixel has been demonstrated in a proof-of-concept test-chip and the technology is currently available for integration into future mobile and consumer image sensors. For additional information visit www.rambus.com/binarypixel.

About Rambus Inc.
Rambus is the innovative technology solutions company that brings invention to market. Unleashing the intellectual power of our world-class engineers and scientists in a collaborative and synergistic way, Rambus invents, licenses and develops solutions that challenge and enable our customers to create the future. While best known for creating unsurpassed semiconductor memory architectures, Rambus is also developing world-changing products and services in security, advanced LED lighting and displays, and immersive mobile media.

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