Winbond Electronics Corporation and Karamba Security announced unprecedented automotive cybersecurity solutions with their collaborative solution. Karamba’s XGuard software has already been recognized as a name in the automotive and IoT markets, enabling customers to comply with the new UN R155 regulation, detect and prevent cyber-attacks on the device, without changing R&D and validation processes. Winbond’s […]
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SoC/RAM combo targets IoT hi-rez display apps
Winbond Electronics Corporation announced a collaboration to combine HyperRAM and Apollo4 to deliver ultra-low-power system solutions for IoT endpoints and wearables. Several customers are in design with Ambiq’s Apollo4 SoC and Winbond 256Mbx8 HyperRAM Hybrid Sleep Mode (HSM), with volume production expected in 2022. HSM power consumption is about 50% if comparing to normal standby […]
Reference design covers secure OTA firmware updating of IoT devices
A fully integrated reference design for secure over-the-air (OTA) firmware updating of IoT devices is secured from the cloud to the device’s code storage memory. By providing a proven way to implement secure firmware updates on a secure and certified hardware and software, the Winbond/Nuvoton/Qinglianyun solution reduces the time it takes to develop new IoT […]
Secure cloud controller flash memory for IoT devices
NanoLock Security and Winbond will debut the first solution to securely protect and manage IoT devices from the device’s persistent memory all the way to the cloud at electronica 2018, November 13-16, Messe Munich. The joint solution, available for demonstrations in Hall B5 Booth 520, provides embedded lightweight, ironclad security and manages flash memory, controlled from the cloud. “As IoT […]
Teardown: Inside the PlayStation 4 game box
We take a look at the venerable Sony game box with an eye toward power handling and architecture. Chances are that if you’re a gamer, you’re experiencing your video games on a Sony PlayStation 4. To date, over 75 million PlayStation 4 boxes have sold. The closest competitor is the Xbox One (36.03 million) and […]
Cozmo Robot, a distant relative of Vector: Teardown
Cozmo is a palm-sized robot from San Francisco-based Anki, the same company that makes an intelligent racing robot system called Overdrive that we’ve torn down previously. Cozmo is actually an earlier version of an Anki robot called Vector. Vector has more capabilities in the area of artificial intelligence, thanks to its use of a processor that’s […]
Teardown: Inside Sphero’s R2-D2 toy
Our teardown of R2-D2 shows what’s inside this little droid with a big personality. One of the hot new toys released in advance of the new Star Wars movie is R2-D2 by Sphero, the same toymaker that developed the BB8 for the 2015 Star Wars sequel called The Force Awakens. As with the BB8, R2 […]
