Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Dec 18


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=176 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

More Efficient Side-Channel Analysis By Applying Two Deep Feature Loss Functions


A technical paper titled “Beyond the Last Layer: Deep Feature Loss Functions in Side-channel Analysis” was published by researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Radboud University, and Delft University of Technology. Abstract: "This paper provides a novel perspective on improving the efficiency of side-channel analysis by applying two deep feature loss functions: Soft Nearest Neig... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing


Public USB phone charging stations are now another vector that bad actors can use to plant malware and steal data on devices — known as "juice jacking," according to the United States’ Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC is encouraging people to stay away from these public charging stations, found in airports and hotels, because of bad actors can install malware on the charging... » read more

Online Template Attacks


Authors: Lejla Batina, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Łukasz Chmielewski, Riscure, Delft, The Netherlands Louiza Papachristodoulou, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Peter Schwabe, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Michael Tunstall, Rambus Cryptography Research Division, San Francisco, USA. Template attacks are a special... » read more

Manufacturing Bits: Sept. 5


Laser-magnet metrology The FELIX Laboratory and the High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML) have recently conducted the first measurements that combine a free electron laser (FEL) with a powerful magnet. The combination enables researchers to explore the electronic properties of materials. It provides a way to perform terahertz (THz) magneto spectroscopy on samples. The FELIX Laboratory at R... » read more