Physical unclonable function (PUF) is hardware‐specific security primitive for providing
cryptographic functionalities that are applicable for secure communication among the …

We introduce the first active hardware metering scheme that aims to protect integrated
circuits (IC) intellectual property (IP) against piracy and runtime tampering. The novel …

Hardware Trojan horses (HTHs) are the malicious altering of hardware specification or
implementation in such a way that its functionality is altered under a set of conditions defined …

Processors progressively age during their service life due to normal workload activity. Such
aging results in gradually slower circuits. Anticipating this fact, designers add timing …

Physically unclonable functions (PUFs) provide a basis for many security and digital rights
management protocols. PUF-based security approaches have numerous comparative …

System security has emerged as a premier design requirement. While there has been an
enormous body of impressive work on testing integrated circuits (ICs) desiderata such as …

Design for Manufacturability and Statistical Design: A Constructive Approach provides a
thorough treatment of the causes of variability, methods for statistical data characterization …

Energy efficiency has become a ubiquitous design requirement for digital circuits.
Aggressive supply-voltage scaling has emerged as the most effective way to reduce energy …

The paradigm and the usage of CMOS are changing, and so are the requirements at all
levels, from transistor to an entire CMOS system. The traditional drivers, such as speed and …

Process variability has become a critical issue in scaled CMOS design. This article provides
a comprehensive view on the predominant variation sources in sub-90-nm devices, their …