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How The Cyber Resilience Act Shifts Open-Source Responsibility To Vendors
By Marc Witteman - 09 Oct, 2025 - Comments: 0

The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), adopted last year, aims to strengthen product security in several ways. One of its most ambitious goals is the elimination of exploitable vulnerabilities from digital products. Vendors are now obligated to identify vulnerabilities, resolve them before delivery, and continue addressing them throughout the product’s lifecycle. The scale of the challenge The ... » read more

New Approaches To Limit Cyberattacks On Hardware
By Ann Mutschler - 09 Oct, 2025 - Comments: 0

The number and value of cyberattacks on semiconductors is rising, but new approaches to designing and packaging chips could put a significant dent in those figures. Semiconductor-related cybersecurity attacks have multiplied more than six times since 2022, according to a report by cyber intelligence firm CloudSEK. These attacks have cost the semiconductor industry an estimated $1.05 billion ... » read more

Network Security For AI/HPC: From MACsec/IPsec Towards Ultra Ethernet
By Maxim Demchenko - 04 Sep, 2025 - Comments: 0

The modern world is increasingly a digital one that encompasses the realm of electronic devices, the internet, and online platforms. This world is constantly evolving, driven by technological advancements and shaped by how humans interact with digital technologies. The key element of a digital world is information that needs to be collected, stored and processed in vast quantities. For many ... » read more

Security Requirements And Penalties Grow For Chipmakers
By Ed Sperling - 04 Sep, 2025 - Comments: 0

Governments and systems companies are fundamentally changing the rules around semiconductor security, forcing chipmakers and their suppliers to comply with tough new regulations that require resiliency in hardware. Unlike in the past, chips and systems deployed in these markets must be able to respond to threats rather than waiting for the next version of a chip or IP to address vulnerabilities... » read more

Physical Access Control Raises New Security Concerns
By Ann Mutschler - 27 Aug, 2025 - Comments: 0

Experts At The Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss hardware security challenges, including fundamental security of GenAI, with Nicole Fern, principal security analyst at Keysight; Serge Leef, AI-For-Silicon strategist at Microsoft; Scott Best, senior director for silicon security products at Rambus; Lee Harrison, director of Tessent Automotive IC Solutions at Siemens EDA; Mohit... » read more

Security Verification In Semiconductor Development
By Shylaja Sen - 07 Aug, 2025 - Comments: 0

By Shylaja Sen and Mouadh Ayache As advanced chips become increasingly embedded in our daily lives, developers must remain vigilant about potential security vulnerabilities. On top of PPA (power, performance and area), the focus in semiconductor development has been on minimizing faults to reduce the possibility of failure in mission mode. No one wants an alpha particle to cause their autono... » read more

Agentic AI: Lots Of Little Black Boxes
By Ed Sperling - 07 Aug, 2025 - Comments: 0

AI is changing so quickly that it's not always clear how much of a security threat it poses for semiconductor design, and that uncertainty increases as AI agents are introduced into the mix. So far, the use of AI in chip design has been highly targeted. Most of what is included in design tools is some version of machine learning, bounded by tight control loops. EDA and IP vendors, large chip... » read more

Security Tradeoffs: A Difficult Balance
By Ann Mutschler - 06 Aug, 2025 - Comments: 0

Experts At The Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss hardware security challenges, including new threat models from AI-based attacks, with Nicole Fern, principal security analyst at Keysight; Serge Leef, AI-For-Silicon strategist at Microsoft; Scott Best, senior director for silicon security products at Rambus; Lee Harrison, director of Tessent Automotive IC Solutions at Sieme... » read more

Tag-Based Memory Verification System for RISC-V (Inha Univ., Intel Labs et al.)
By Technical Paper Link - 22 Jul, 2025 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Efficient Hardware-Assisted Heap Memory Safety for Embedded RISC-V Systems" was published by researchers at Inha University, Intel Labs, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, and Korea National University of Education. Abstract "In recent years, memory safety issues in embedded environments have garnered significant attention, with spatial and ... » read more

10Base-T1S Ethernet And The Use Of MACsec For Link Security
By Maxim Demchenko - 08 Jul, 2025 - Comments: 0

10Base-T1S (henceforth in this blog referred to as T1S) is a relatively new standard for a 10Mbit/s single-pair Ethernet over an unshielded, single-twisted pair that was introduced with the IEEE 802.3cg-2019 specification. It brings Ethernet technology into the low-cost, edge applications space, enabling connection of “edge nodes” (remote sensors, actuators, light controls, etc.) to a “he... » read more

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