IC Chip Authentication and Guarantee

– As Root Problems of Hardware Security –

Abstract

IC chips become dubious in authenticity – the identity, birth origin and operation correctness may be faked or altered somewhere in the international specializations of IC chip manufacturing and packaging. The warning is directed not at semiconductor businesses but also at every hardware product development. This article gives an overviews of the counterfeiting, tampering and falsification of IC chips and an explorations of preventive as well as proactive measures against them.