Hardware metering

• Published in: Design Automation, 2001 Proceedings pp. 490 - 493
• Main Authors: Koushanfar, Farinaz, Qu, Gang
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY, USA ACM 01.01.2001; IEEE
• Series: ACM Conferences
• Subjects: Applied computing > Physical sciences and engineering > Electronics; Applied computing > Physical sciences and engineering > Engineering; Computer systems organization; Computer systems organization > Dependable and fault-tolerant systems and networks; Cryptography; Fingerprint recognition; Foundries; General and reference > Cross-computing tools and techniques > Performance; Hardware; Hardware > Robustness; Intrusion detection; Manufacturing; Networks > Network performance evaluation; Protection; Reverse engineering; Signal design; Testing
• ISBN: 1581132972; 9781581132977
• ISSN: 0738-100X
• DOI: 10.1145/378239.378568

We introduce the first hardware metering scheme that enables reli-able low overhead proofs for the number of manufactured parts. The key idea is to make each design slightly different. Therefore, if two identical hardware designs or a design that is not reported by the foundry are detected, the design house has proof of miscon-duct. We start by establishing the connection between the require-ments for hardware and synthesis process. Furthermore, we present mathematical analysis of statistical accuracy of the pro-posed hardware metering scheme. The effectiveness of the meter-ing scheme is demonstrated on a number of designs.