Hardware security and trust have become a pressing issue during the last two decades due
to the globalization of the semiconductor supply chain and ubiquitous network connection of …

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 …

Intellectual property (IP) cores are essential to creating modern system-on-chips (SoCs).
Protecting the IPs deployed in modern SoCs has become more difficult as the IP houses …

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 …

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

With the ever-increasing re-use of intellectual property (IP) cores in modern system-on-chips
(SoCs), it is crucial to prevent security risks such as IP piracy and overuse. Considering that …

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

Reusable hardware intellectual property (IP) cores play a significant role in the modern
system on chip (SoC) designs. However, raging threats of IP piracy and IP ownership …

Design fingerprinting is a means to trace the illegally redistributed intellectual property (IP)
by creating a unique IP instance with a different signature for each user. Existing …

The ever-increasing propensity for intellectual property (IP) reuse has reduced the design
productivity gap in the supply chain. As a consequence, protecting IPs has become more …