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A side-channel attack evaluation board (SASEBO) used for tamper resistance research.
Intentional fault injection into microprocessor hardware is an important threat to the embedded computers and microcontrollers that secure the nation's information technology infrastructure. Virginia Tech's FAME project develops a methodology to defend micro-controllers against malicious fault injection. The methodology is being validated with test chips which are subjected to an elaborate tamper-sensitivity analysis. The photo shows a test board used to support this analysis by enabling precise control of the operating conditions of the test chip.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Jim Stroup, Virginia Tech
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