In the context of hardware systems, authentication refers to the process of confirming the
identity and authenticity of chip, board and system components such as RFID tags, smart …

As the number of transistors on Integrated Circuits grows VLSI systems are becoming
increasingly complex. In all but the highest performance systems, designers are turning to …

This two-part article aims to provide both a short historical and technical overview of
asynchronous design, as well as a snapshot of the state of the art. Part 1 covered …

Phishing is a form of electronic deception in which an attacker tries to cause the recipient to
do something or disclose data that they likely would not normally do by mimicking a …

We present a novel approach for the on‐chip generation of a fault‐tolerant clock. Our
method is based on the hardware implementation of a tick synchronization algorithm from …

The increasingly complex digital integrated circuits (ICs) often incorporate multiple power
domains, thereby requiring multiple voltage converters to produce the corresponding supply …

Self-timed circuits present an attractive solution to the problem of process variation.
However, implementing self-timed combinational logic is complex and expensive. In …

In the course of this thesis a novel approach for the on-chip generation of a fault-tolerant
clock is developed. At first this is motivated by the fact that with shrinking feature sizes and …

Several algorithms of hazard-free logic minimization were proposed for extended burst-
mode asynchronous controllers that operate in the generalized fundamental mode (GFM) …

As digital systems continue to grow in complexity, the design of conventional synchronous
systems is facing unprecedented challenges. The number of transistors on individual chips …