Secure Integrated Circuits and Systems

Download or read book Secure Integrated Circuits and Systems written by Ingrid M.R. Verbauwhede and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-04-05 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On any advanced integrated circuit or "system-on-chip" there is a need for security. In many applications the actual implementation has become the weakest link in security rather than the algorithms or protocols. The purpose of the book is to give the integrated circuits and systems designer an insight into the basics of security and cryptography from the implementation point of view. As a designer of integrated circuits and systems it is important to know both the state-of-the-art attacks as well as the countermeasures. Optimizing for security is different from optimizations for speed, area, or power consumption. It is therefore difficult to attain the delicate balance between the extra cost of security measures and the added benefits.