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Malicious Hardware & Its Effects On Industry, Gustavo Perez
Malicious Hardware & Its Effects On Industry, Gustavo Perez
Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
In recent years advancements have been made in computer hardware security to circumnavigate the threat of malicious hardware. Threats come in several forms during the development and overall life cycle of computer hardware and I aim to highlight those key points. I will illustrate the various ways in which attackers exploit flaws in a chip design, or how malicious parties take advantage of the many steps required to design and fabricate hardware. Due to these exploits, the industry and consumers have suffered damages in the form of financial loss, physical harm, breaches of personal data, and a multitude of other …
Non-Volatile Memory Adaptation In Asynchronous Microcontroller For Low Leakage Power And Fast Turn-On Time, Jean Pierre Thierry Habimana
Non-Volatile Memory Adaptation In Asynchronous Microcontroller For Low Leakage Power And Fast Turn-On Time, Jean Pierre Thierry Habimana
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation presents an MSP430 microcontroller implementation using Multi-Threshold NULL Convention Logic (MTNCL) methodology combined with an asynchronous non-volatile magnetic random-access-memory (RAM) to achieve low leakage power and fast turn-on. This asynchronous non-volatile RAM is designed with a Spin-Transfer Torque (STT) memory device model and CMOS transistors in a 65 nm technology. A self-timed Quasi-Delay-Insensitive 1 KB STT RAM is designed with an MTNCL interface and handshaking protocol. A replica methodology is implemented to handle write operation completion detection for long state-switching delays of the STT memory device. The MTNCL MSP430 core is integrated with the STT RAM to create …