Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Mar. 11


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=205 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

K-Fault Resistant Partitioning To Assess Redundancy-Based HW Countermeasures To Fault Injections


A technical paper titled “Fault-Resistant Partitioning of Secure CPUs for System Co-Verification against Faults” was published by researchers at Université Paris-Saclay, Graz University of Technology, lowRISC, University Grenoble Alpes, Thales, and Sorbonne University. Abstract: "To assess the robustness of CPU-based systems against fault injection attacks, it is necessary to analyze the... » read more

The Week In Review: Manufacturing


Test and packaging In a major surprise, Cohu has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Xcerra for approximately $796 million. With the deal, Cohu will enter the ATE market. Last year, a group from China entered into a definitive agreement under which it would acquire Xcerra. But the U.S. blocked Xcerra’s sale to the Chinese group. Ironically, at one time, Cohu was reportedly lobbyin... » read more