Split-Chip Design to Prevent IP Reverse Engineering
Samuel Pagliarini, Joseph Sweeney, Ken Mai, R. D. Blanton, Larry Pileggi, Subhasish Mitra · IEEE Design and Test · 2020
Split-chip design combines integrated circuits (ICs) from two or more disparate (trusted and untrusted) foundries to create an integrated system on a chip. This approach thwarts IP theft, hardware Trojan horse (HTH) insertion, and overbuilding by any single untrustworthy foundry. This study uses two silicon demonstration vehicles in 16-nm technology as proofs of the split-chip concept.