The challenges in the current design process for consumer electronics products include
greater complexity and stiff time-to-market pressure, which has led to the usage of reusable …

Finite state machines (FSMs) are the backbone of sequential circuit design. In this paper, a
new FSM watermarking scheme is proposed by making the authorship information a non …

As integrated circuits (ICs) continue to have an overwhelming presence in our digital
information-dominated world, having trust in their manufacture and distribution mechanisms …

Preventing the illegal use of Intellectual Property (IP) cores has been one of the most
fundamental challenges for the semiconductor industry. Hardware watermarking is a viable …

Sequential components are crucial for a real-time embedded system as they control the
system based on the system's current state and real life input. In this article, we explore the …

This paper presents a framework for embedding watermarks into DNN hardware
accelerators. Unlike previous works that have looked at protecting the algorithmic …

Increased design complexity, shrinking design cycle, and low cost—this three‐dimensional
demand mandates advent of system‐on‐chip (SoC) methodology in semiconductor industry …

Sharing intellectual property (IP) blocks in today's competitive market poses significant high
security risks. In this paper, we present a tutorial for a watermarking approach based on the …

Unlike conventional legal means, digital watermark enables an effective self-protection
mechanism for Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) designers to protect their intellectual …

Purpose In the buyer-supplier relationship of a high-technology enterprise, the concepts of
trust and risk are closely intertwined. Entering into a buyer-supplier relationship inherently …