FPGA-Chain: Enabling Holistic Protection of FPGA Supply Chain With Blockchain Technology
Tao Zhang, Fahim Rahman, Mark Tehranipoor, Farimah Farahmandi
Abstract
Field-programmable gate array (FPGA) bitstream reverse engineering and counterfeiting is a pertinent challenge in the modern hardware supply chain. To this end, this article proposes a blockchain-based technology to foster authenticity and integrity of the FPGA supply chain for trustworthy traceability. The proposed approach is transformative in being able to detect counterfeit FPGA chips and bitstreams using state-of-the-art blockchain technologies.—Kanad Basu, The University of Texas at Dallas
Topics & Concepts
BlockchainField-programmable gate arrayTraceabilitySupply chainBitstreamEmbedded systemComputer scienceCounterfeitTransformative learningTrustworthinessComputer architectureComputer securityBusinessSoftware engineeringTelecommunicationsPsychologyLawDecoding methodsPolitical sciencePedagogyMarketingPhysical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware SecurityIntegrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure AnalysisNeuroscience and Neural Engineering