Heat-Tolerant CNT-Based PUFs


A technical paper titled “CNT-PUFs: Highly Robust and Heat-Tolerant Carbon-Nanotube-Based Physical Unclonable Functions for Stable Key Generation” was published by researchers at Chemnitz University of Technology, University of Passau, Technical University of Darmstadt, and Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems (ENAS). Abstract: "In this work, we explore a highly robust and... » read more

Why Countermeasures Are Needed To Prevent Practical, Non-Invasive Attacks Against CNT-PUFs


A technical paper titled "Practical Non-Invasive Probing Attacks Against Novel Carbon-Nanotube-Based Physical Unclonable Functions" was published by researchers at University of Passau, Chemnitz University of Technology, Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems, and Technical University of Darmstad. Abstract: "As the number of devices being interconnected increases, so does also the d... » read more

Implementations of 2D Material-Based Devices For IoT Security


A new research paper titled "Application of 2D Materials in Hardware Security for Internet-of-Things: Progress and Perspective" was published by researchers at National University of Singapore and A*STAR. The paper explores the "implementation of hardware security using 2D materials, for example, true random number generators (TRNGs), physical unclonable functions (PUFs), camouflage, and ant... » read more

The Wiretap Channel for Capacitive PUF-Based Security Enclosures


Abstract: "In order to protect devices from physical manipulations, protective security enclosures were developed. However, these battery-backed solutions come with a reduced lifetime, and have to be actively and continuously monitored. In order to overcome these drawbacks, batteryless capacitive enclosures based on Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) have been developed that generate a key-e... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: June 1


Stronger PUFs Researchers from Ohio State University and Potomac Research propose a new version of physical unclonable functions, or PUFs, that could be used to create secure ID cards, to track goods in supply chains, and as part of authentication applications. "There's a wealth of information in even the smallest differences found on computers chips that we can exploit to create PUFs," sai... » read more

A Novel Complementary Architecture of One-time-programmable Memory and Its Applications as Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) and One-time Password


Abstract "For the first time, we proposed a 2T complementary architecture of one-time-programmable memory (OTP) in a foundry logic CMOS chip. It was then used to realize the PUF (Physical unclonable function), and the combination with the AI technology to provide a one-time password capability. At first, an OTP was developed based on a novel 2T CMOS unit cell. The experimental results show t... » read more

Who’s Responsible For Security?


Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss security issues and how to fix them with Mark Schaeffer, senior product marketing manager for secure solutions at Renesas Electronics; Haydn Povey, CTO of Secure Thingz; Marc Canel, vice president of security systems and technologies at [getentity id="22186" comment="Arm"]; Richard Hayton, CTO of Trustonic; Anders Holmberg, director of corporate dev... » read more