TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN SIDE-CHANNEL LEAKAGE SUPPRESSION USING INTEGRATED VOLTAGE REGULATOR CASCADED WITH RUNTIME CRYPTO ARITHMETIC TRANSFORMATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20220200784A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17132365

    申请日:2020-12-23

    Abstract: Apparatus and method for resisting side-channel attacks on cryptographic engines are described herein. An apparatus embodiment includes a cryptographic block coupled to a non-linear low-dropout voltage regulator (NL-LDO). The NL-LDO includes a scalable power train to provide a variable load current to the cryptographic block, randomization circuitry to generate randomized values for setting a plurality of parameters, and a controller to adjust the variable load current provided to the cryptographic block based on the parameters and the current voltage of the cryptographic block. The controller to cause a decrease in the variable load current when the current voltage is above a high voltage threshold, an increase in the variable load current when the current voltage is below a low voltage threshold; and a maximization of the variable load current when the current voltage is below an undervoltage threshold. The cryptographic block may be implemented with arithmetic transformations.

    Device, system, and method to change a consistency of behavior by a cell circuit

    公开(公告)号:US10825511B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-03

    申请号:US16417538

    申请日:2019-05-20

    Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for changing a consistency with which a cell circuit (“cell”) settles into a given state. In one embodiment, a cell settles into a preferred state based on a relative polarity between respective voltages of a first rail and a second rail. Based on the preferred state, a hot carrier injection (HCI) stress is applied to change a likelihood of the cell settling into the preferred state. Applying the HCI stress includes driving off-currents of two PMOS transistors of the cell while the relative polarity is reversed. In another embodiment, a cell array comprises multiple cells which are each classified as being a respective one of a physically unclonable function (PUF) type or a random number generator (RNG) type. A cell is selected for biasing, and a stress is applied, based on each of: that cell's preferred state, that cell's classification, and another cell's classification.

    Bitcoin mining hardware accelerator with optimized message digest and message scheduler datapath

    公开(公告)号:US10755242B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-25

    申请号:US15274200

    申请日:2016-09-23

    Abstract: A Bitcoin mining hardware accelerator is described. A System on Chip implementing a Bitcoin mining hardware accelerator may include a processor core and a hardware accelerator coupled to the processor core, the hardware accelerator to mine digital currency. The hardware accelerator may include a first computational block, including a message digest datapath, wherein the first computational block is to: precompute a first summation of a 32-bit message (Wi), a 32-bit round constant (Ki), and a content of a first shifted state register (Gi−1), and store a result of the first summation in a state register (Hi). The Bitcoin mining hardware accelerator may further include a second computational block comprising a message scheduler datapath.

    Odd index precomputation for authentication path computation

    公开(公告)号:US11770262B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-26

    申请号:US17568919

    申请日:2022-01-05

    CPC classification number: H04L9/3247 H04L9/085 H04L9/0852 H04L9/50

    Abstract: In one example an apparatus comprises a computer-readable memory, signature logic to compute a message hash of an input message using a secure hash algorithm, process the message hash to generate an array of secret key components for the input message, apply a hash chain function to the array of secret key components to generate an array of signature components, the hash chain function comprising a series of even-index hash chains and a series of odd-index hash chains, wherein the even-index hash chains and the odd-index hash chains generate a plurality of intermediate node values and a one-time public key component between the secret key components and the signature components and store at least some of the intermediate node values in the computer-readable memory for use in one or more subsequent signature operations. Other examples may be described.

    Post quantum public key signature operation for reconfigurable circuit devices

    公开(公告)号:US11205017B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-21

    申请号:US16456339

    申请日:2019-06-28

    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to post quantum public key signature operation for reconfigurable circuit devices. An embodiment of an apparatus includes one or more processors; and a reconfigurable circuit device, the reconfigurable circuit device including a dedicated cryptographic hash hardware engine, and a reconfigurable fabric including logic elements (LEs), wherein the one or more processors are to configure the reconfigurable circuit device for public key signature operation, including mapping a state machine for public key generation and verification to the reconfigurable fabric, including mapping one or more cryptographic hash engines to the reconfigurable fabric, and combining the dedicated cryptographic hash hardware engine with the one or more mapped cryptographic hash engines for cryptographic signature generation and verification.

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