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Buried Si/SiGe Interfaces Investigated Using Soft X-Ray Reflectometry and STEM-EDX
By Technical Paper Link - 27 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Interface sharpness in stacked thin film structures: a comparison of soft X-ray reflectometry and transmission electron microscopy" was published by researchers at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), imec, and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. The paper states: "A key element of semiconductor fabrication is the precise deposition of thin films. Among other... » read more

A Generic Approach For Fuzzing Arbitrary Hypervisors
By Technical Paper Link - 19 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “HYPERPILL: Fuzzing for Hypervisor-bugs by Leveraging the Hardware Virtualization Interface” was presented at the August 2024 USENIX Security Symposium by researchers at EPFL, Boston University, and Zhejiang University. Abstract: "The security guarantees of cloud computing depend on the isolation guarantees of the underlying hypervisors. Prior works have presented... » read more

A Novel Attack For Depleting DNN Model Inference With Runtime Code Fault Injections
By Technical Paper Link - 19 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “Yes, One-Bit-Flip Matters! Universal DNN Model Inference Depletion with Runtime Code Fault Injection” was presented at the August 2024 USENIX Security Symposium by researchers at Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, CSIRO's Data61, University of Western Australia, and University of Waterloo. Abstract: "We propose, FrameFlip, a novel attack ... » read more

Uncovering A Significant Residual Attack Surface For Cross-Privilege Spectre-V2 Attacks
By Technical Paper Link - 19 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “InSpectre Gadget: Inspecting the Residual Attack Surface of Cross-privilege Spectre v2” was presented at the August 2024 USENIX Security Symposium by researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Abstract: "Spectre v2 is one of the most severe transient execution vulnerabilities, as it allows an unprivileged attacker to lure a privileged (e.g., kernel) victim into... » read more

Data Memory-Dependent Prefetchers Pose SW Security Threat By Breaking Cryptographic Implementations
By Technical Paper Link - 19 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “GoFetch: Breaking Constant-Time Cryptographic Implementations Using Data Memory-Dependent Prefetchers” was presented at the August 2024 USENIX Security Symposium by researchers at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Texas at Austin, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of California Berkeley, University of Washington, and Carnegie Mellon U... » read more

A New Low-Cost HW-Counterbased RowHammer Mitigation Technique
By Technical Paper Link - 19 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “ABACuS: All-Bank Activation Counters for Scalable and Low Overhead RowHammer Mitigation” was presented at the August 2024 USENIX Security Symposium by researchers at ETH Zurich. Abstract: "We introduce ABACuS, a new low-cost hardware-counterbased RowHammer mitigation technique that performance-, energy-, and area-efficiently scales with worsening Ro... » read more

5 Novel Layout Design Methodologies For The 3nm Nanosheet FET Library (Samsung, KNU)
By Technical Paper Link - 13 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Design Technology Co-Optimization and Time-Efficient Verification for Enhanced Pin Accessibility in the Post-3-nm Node" was published by researchers at Samsung Electronics and Kyungpook National University (KNU). Abstract: "As the technology nodes approach 3 nm and beyond, nanosheet FETs (NSFETs) are replacing FinFETs. However, despite the migration of devices ... » read more

The Impact Of Simulation On The Carbon Footprint of Wafer Fab Equipment R&D
By Technical Paper Link - 13 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Achieving Sustainability in the Semiconductor Industry: The Impact of Simulation and AI" was published by researchers at Lam Research. Abstract "Computational simulation has been used in the semiconductor industry since the 1950s to provide engineers and managers with a faster, more cost-effective method of designing semiconductors. With increased pressure in t... » read more

Potential Of 2D Semi-Metallic PtSe2 As Source/Drain Contacts For 2D Material FETs
By Technical Paper Link - 13 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “Improvement of Contact Resistance and 3D Integration of 2D Material Field-Effect Transistors Using Semi-Metallic PtSe2 Contacts” was published by researchers at Yonsei University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Lincoln University College, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), and Ewha Womans University. Abstract: "In this ... » read more

Freeing Up Near-Memory Capacity For Cache Using Compression Techniques In A Flat Hybrid-Memory Architecture
By Technical Paper Link - 13 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “HMComp: Extending Near-Memory Capacity using Compression in Hybrid Memory” was published by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and ZeroPoint Technologies. Abstract: "Hybrid memories, especially combining a first-tier near memory using High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and a second-tier far memory using DRAM, can realize a large and low cost, high-bandwi... » read more

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