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Rambus Unveils On-chip Noise Monitor to Improve Quality and Reduce Time-to-Market of Complex SoCs

Compact IP enables accurate characterization of power supply noise in mobile and server applications

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – January 20, 2015 – Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) today announced the addition of an On-chip Noise Monitor to its suite of tools and IP cores. The Noise Monitor is a compact IP block that enables easy and precise noise measurements for both low-power mobile and high-performance server SoCs. Embedded on-chip, the noise monitor eliminates the need to use slow and often error-prone hand-probing techniques, improving the quality of silicon test results and speeding time-to-market.

“As the system requirements for smartphones, tablets and servers continue to drive higher data rates and reduced power, designers are facing increasingly difficult challenges to accurately measure and characterize SoC power supply noise,” said Kevin Donnelly, general manager of the Memory and Interface division at Rambus. “The fast and accurate results delivered by the On-chip Noise Monitor provide designers a better understanding of the affects of noise and circuit performance and an increased confidence in the quality of IC design.”

The Noise Monitor is an extremely small IP block that is integrated directly into the complex IC capable of measuring noise at frequencies as high a 6 gigahertz (GHz). This makes it ideal for high data rate applications, as well as those that use package-on-package and 2.5/3D packaging. When coupled with the Rambus LabStation™ Validation Platform, designers are able to precisely measure multiple aspects of power supply noise using only the LabStation Interface Module (LIM) and a personal computer.

Rambus will be demonstrating the On-chip Noise Monitor along with its R+™ enhanced standard memory and serial link cores at the upcoming DesignCon 2015 conference in booth 835, January 28-29, 2015.

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Rambus brings invention to market. Our customizable IP cores, architecture licenses, tools, services, and training improve the competitive advantage of our customer’s products while accelerating their time-to-market. Rambus products and innovations capture, secure and move data. For more information, visit rambus.com.

Rambus Enhances LabStation™ Validation Platform

Optimized for ease-of-use and productivity to address the latest challenges of complex IP bring-up and validation

SUNNYVALE, CA — January 28, 2014 — Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) today announced it has enhanced its LabStation™ validation platform to address the latest challenges of complex IP design and integration. The comprehensive test environment provides customers with a tool suite to validate advanced low-power, high-performance memory systems including LPDDR4/3, R+™ LPDDR3, DDR4/3, and R+ DDR4. LabStation™ is available as part of Rambus’ memory and serial link IP core solutions to help customers enhance quality and reduce time-to-market of their chips and systems. The platform is scalable, offers improved accuracy and is proven in complex, high-volume applications.

“The LabStation™ platform addresses the latest low-power, high-performance memory validation challenges, providing our customers with a straightforward and accurate method for testing chips and systems,” said Kevin Donnelly, senior vice president and general manager of the Memory and Interface Division at Rambus. “As we look to drive deeper engagements with our customers, we continue to invest in tools that simplify the design process and enhance the functionality of our IP core solutions.”

Key Features and Benefits of LabStation™

    • Helps customers during bring-up, de-bug and characterization, reducing time-to-market for chips and systems
    • Measures voltage and timing margin eye at target bit error rate (BER), addressing the latest characterization requirements for advanced memory systems
    • Enables automated measurement with on-chip infrastructure to provide testing process simplification and higher accuracy results for high-throughput and small form factor systems, including 2.5 and 3D packaging
    • Provides optimized user interface to improving usability and control of IP for on-chip resources, on-board devices, measurement equipment and 3rd party tools

The Rambus LabStation™ validation platform is currently available for Rambus customers. For additional information visitrambus.com/labstation..

About Rambus Memory and Interfaces Division (MID)

The Rambus Memory and Interfaces Division moves data. MID develops products and services that solve the power, performance, and capacity challenges of the mobile, cloud computing and connected device markets. Rambus enhanced standards-compatible and custom memory and serial link solutions include architectures, memory and chip-to-chip interfaces, DRAM, IP validation tools, and system and IC design services. Developed through our system-aware design methodology, Rambus’ products deliver improved time-to-market and first-time-right quality.

About Rambus

Rambus brings invention to market. Our customizable IP cores, architecture licenses, tools, services, and training improve the competitive advantage of our customer’s products while accelerating their time-to-market. Rambus products and innovations capture, secure and move data. For more information, visit rambus.com.

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.

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