Security Research: Technical Paper Round-up


A number of hardware security-related technical papers were presented at the August 2023 USENIX Security Symposium. Here are some highlights with associated links. [table id=130 /] A complete listing of all papers presented at this summer's USENIX conference can be found here and here. The organization provides open access research, and the presentation slides and papers are free to the p... » read more

Side-Channel Security Analysis of Intel Optane Persistent Memory


A new technical paper titled "Side-Channel Attacks on Optane Persistent Memory" was published by researchers at University of Virginia, Cornell University, and Graz University of Technology. This paper was included at the recent 32nd USENIX Security Symposium. Abstract: "There is a constant evolution of technology for cloud environments, including the development of new memory storage tech... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: August 15


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=128 /] More Reading Technical Paper Library home » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing


Intel issued an advisory of a potential security vulnerability in some of its processors. The company recommends updating to the latest firmware version. NVIDIA unveiled its GH200 Grace Hopper platform, based on 144 Arm Neoverse cores and 282GB of HBM3e memory. Meanwhile, Chinese internet companies including Baidu, ByteDance, Tencent, and Alibaba ordered about $5 billion worth of A800 proces... » read more

A Chiplet-Based FHE Accelerator Design Enabling Scalability And Higher Throughput


A technical paper titled “REED: Chiplet-Based Scalable Hardware Accelerator for Fully Homomorphic Encryption” was published by researchers at Graz University of Technology and Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. Abstract: "Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) has emerged as a promising technology for processing encrypted data without the need for decryption. Despite its potential, its... » read more

How Attackers Can Read Data From CPU’s Memory By Analyzing Energy Consumption


A technical paper titled “Collide+Power: Leaking Inaccessible Data with Software-based Power Side Channels” was published by researchers at Graz University of Technology and CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security. Abstract: "Differential Power Analysis (DPA) measures single-bit differences between data values used in computer systems by statistical analysis of power traces. In th... » read more

Research Bits: April 18


Simplified microwave photonic filter for 6G Researchers from Peking University developed a new chip-sized microwave photonic filter to separate communication signals from noise and suppress unwanted interference across the full radio frequency spectrum. “This new microwave filter chip has the potential to improve wireless communication, such as 6G, leading to faster internet connections, ... » read more

Technical Paper Roundup: Sept 6


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=49 /] Semiconductor Engineering is in the process of building this library of research papers. Please send suggestions (via comments section below) for what else you’d like us to incorporate. If you have research papers you are trying to promote, we will review them to see if they are a good fit f... » read more

Synergies And Limitations Between Road Infrastructure And Automated Driving


This new technical paper titled "Road Infrastructure Challenges Faced by Automated Driving: A Review" was published by researchers at Graz University of Technology (Austria), University of Zagreb (Croatia), AKKA I&S (France). Abstract "Automated driving can no longer be referred to as hype or science fiction but rather a technology that has been gradually introduced to the market. The recen... » read more

Security Research: Technical Paper Round-Up


A number of hardware security-related technical papers were presented at recent conferences, including the August 2022 USENIX Security Symposium and IEEE’s International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST). Topics include side-channel attacks and defenses (including on-chip mesh interconnect attacks), heterogeneous attacks on cache hierarchies, rowhammer attacks and mitig... » read more

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