Transposable Multiport SRAM-based In-Memory Compute Engine for Binary Spiking Neural Networks in 3nm FinFET

Ultra-low power Edge AI hardware is in increasing demand due to the battery-limited energy budget of typical Edge devices such as smartphones, wearables, and IoT sensor systems. For this purpose, this Thesis introduces an ultra-low power event-driven SRAM-based Compute In-Memory (CIM) accelerator optimized for inference of Binary Spiking Neural...

Bias-mapped Computation-In-Memory Neural Inference Engine using RRAMs

The ever-increasing energy demands of traditional computing platforms (CPU, GPU) for large-scale deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has spawned an exploration for better alternatives to existing von-Neumann compute architectures. Computation In-Memory (CIM) using emerging memory technologies such as Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM)...

Pre-Silicon Power Leakage Assessment Framework using Generative Adversarial Networks

As of 2021, the world economic forum deems cyber-security failures as one of the most potent threats to the world. According to a McAfee report, the cost of cybercrimes in 2020 reached nearly 1 trillion US dollars, which was around 50 percent more than what it was in 2018. Exacerbating the already mammoth financial implication of such a failure...

Hardware­-Based Methods for Memory Acquisition: Analysis and Improvements

Some server hosters facilitate cyber crime either intentionally (so called “bulletproof hosters”) or unintentionally (“bad hosters”). When dealing with uncooperative hosters during forensic investigations, it may sometimes be necessary to collect data or information on the servers without help from the owner of the server....

Fault Classification and Vulnerability Analysis of Microprocessors

The adoption of Microprocessors is increasingly diversifying to several embedded and mo- bile devices. Growingly they can also be found in Smart Cards, RFID tags, SIM cards, Pay TVs, identity cards and passports. These devices store, processes and transact sensitive information like social security numbers and credit card numbers. Ensuring...

Circumventing Secure JTAG: A detailed plan of attack

Forensic science is the cornerstone of the modern justice system, as it allows us to analyze evidence in order to discover the truth behind a crime scene. As mobile phones became more important to our daily lives they've taken up a bigger part in forensic research as well. These devices contain digital traces telling us the story of our lives....

Autonomous battery less sensor for IoT applications in Smart Buildings: Low-power Energy Conversion and Storage for RF Energy Harvesting

This report discusses one part of a project consisting of three parts. The goal of the project is to design a battery less sensor powered by RF energy fields present in an office environment. The sensor is able to measure the temperature and is able to communicate wirelessly using a low power communication protocol.In this report the energy...

A System-Level Aging and Mitigation Assessment Simulation Framework

As technology scaling enters the nanometer regime, device aging effects cause quality and reliability issues in CMOS Integrated Circuits (ICs), which in turn shorten its lifetime. Evaluating system aging through circuit simulations is very complex and time consuming. In this thesis, a framework is proposed, which allows for the evaluation of...