HW Fingerprinting Technique for Silicon Photonic ICs Using Photonic Crystal-based Density-Controlled Patterns (U. of Florida)


Researchers from University of Florida published a technical paper titled “Enhancing Co-packaging Optics Enabled Silicon Photonics Security Assurance Hardware Fingerprinting.” Abstract Excerpt: The paper proposes a method that “embeds two-dimensional photonic crystal (PhC) patterns” and creates a “distinctive optical signature” for device authentication. Find the technical pap... » read more

On-Chiplet Framework for Verifying Physical Security and Integrity of Adjacent Chiplets


A new technical paper titled "ChipletQuake: On-die Digital Impedance Sensing for Chiplet and Interposer Verification" was published by researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Abstract "The increasing complexity and cost of manufacturing monolithic chips have driven the semiconductor industry toward chiplet-based designs, where smaller and modular chiplets are integrated onto a singl... » read more