Abstract:
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there is provided systems and methods for providing a post-processing mechanism for physically unclonable functions. An integrated circuit includes a physically unclonable function (PUF) unit including an adaptive PUF logic. The adaptive PUF logic receives a PUF response having a plurality of bits. The adaptive PUF logic also determines whether a record exists for bit among the plurality of bits in the PUF response. The record includes a stored bit location and a stored bit value corresponding to the stored bit location. The adaptive PUF logic also overrides a bit value of the bit in the PUF response with the stored bit value when it is determined that the record exists for the bit in the PUF response. The bit value of the bit in the PUF response is different from the stored bit value.
Abstract:
In one example a computer implemented method comprises generating an error correction code for a memory line, the memory line comprising a first plurality of data blocks, wherein the error correction code comprises a first plurality of parity bits and a second plurality of parity bits, applying a domain-specific function to the second plurality of parity bits to generate a modified block of parity bits, generating a metadata block corresponding to the memory line, wherein the metadata block comprises the error correction code for the memory line and at least a portion of the modified block of parity bits, encoding the first plurality of data blocks and the metadata block to generate a first encoded data set, and providing the encoded data set and the encoded metadata block for storage on a memory module. Other examples may be described.
Abstract:
An apparatus is described that includes a semiconductor chip memory array having resistive storage cells. The apparatus also includes a comparator to compare a first word to be written into the array against a second word stored in the array at the location targeted by a write operation that will write the first word into the array. The apparatus also includes circuitry to iteratively write to one or more bit locations where a difference exists between the first word and the second word with increasing write current intensity with each successive iteration.