Verifying the authenticity of chip designs with the DesignTag system
Tom Kean, David I. McLaren, Carol Marsh · 2008
This paper introduces DesignTag - a novel, patented, dasiasecurity tagpsila technology which can be used to verify the authenticity of semiconductor devices. The tag takes the form of a small digital circuit which is added to the chip design and communicates through the package with an external sensor. Falsely marked dasiaghostpsila chips are present in the supply chain and cause economic damage to reputable semiconductor companies. They can also constitute a safety hazard in critical applications and act as a vector for inserting malicious dasiaTrojanpsila functionality into a secure system such as banking or government communications. DesignTag can also be used to address related threats such as copying of chip designs and Intellectual Property cores and unlicensed use of CAD tools.