MIPS brings virtualization and tamper protection to 32bit MCUs
The MIPS Technologies group at Imagination Technologies has developed a set of cores aimed at embedded systems and microcontrollers that focus on security and reliability by including support for...
View ArticleLeakage analysis checks IP cores against crypto vulnerability
The Athena Group has implemented for its cryptographic IP cores countermeasures against side-channel attacks that it claims have been tested to offer the best protection currently available....
View ArticleAre you ready for design for crime?
Increasing attention from hackers on embedded systems developed for the internet of things (IoT) is going to drive a need for designers to take crime into account as part of their design signoff...
View ArticleTortuga introduces security checks for SoC designs
San Diego-based startup Tortuga Logic has developed a toolkit for checking the security aspects of SoC hardware designs. “What we really want to do is ensure that next-generation systems such as IoT...
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Synopsys adds ultra-low power security processor IP
Synopsys has announced ultra-low power ARC security processors for use in SoCs that need IP blocks which can act as both a main system microcontroller and separate security core. The DesignWare ARC...
View ArticleWebinar discusses SoC security, area, and power trade-offs
A webinar from Synopsys discusses the challenges of creating secure SoCs, and then covers the trade-offs necessary to balance the value of whatever it is that the SoC is protecting with the complexity,...
View ArticleThe unknown unknowns of secure devices
As they try to build a standard for the security assurance of intellectual property (IP) cores, members of an Accellera working group were among those who explained the challenges they face in handling...
View ArticleFeed fake news to hardware hackers
At the CICC conference earlier this week, held online because of the Covid19 outbreak, Intel director of circuit research Vivek De described the need for IoT-oriented SoCs to become much more adaptable...
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Backside metal defends against IR drop and side-channel attacks
When Imec proposed the possibility of capitalizing on buried power rails and pushing the power distribution network to the die’s backside in future generations of CMOS, the main attraction seemed to be...
View ArticleFault simulator tackles intrusive hacks
Nazareth-based Optima Design Automation is turning its high-throughput fault-simulation technology to the problem of verifying that hardware designs can survive intrusive fault-injection attacks...
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