SBIR Phase II: Zero-Remanence Tamper-Responsive Cryptokey Memory

该SBIR第二阶段研究项目旨在开发一种更安全的非易失性存储器加密密钥。安全IC通常使用加密来保护非易失性存储器内容。聪明的工程师可以在解封和探测半导体芯片后找回密钥。NVE打算生产一种创新的非易失性自旋电子密钥存储器，该存储器将在没有数据残留的情况下进行自我擦除，在发生篡改和没有供电的情况下。本工作的主要研究目标是开发一种全集成的256位嵌入式防篡改磁随机存取存储器。这项在第二阶段SBIR计划中提出的技术旨在提供针对知识产权被盗的防御，并保护存储在集成电路中的敏感数据。身份盗窃已成为整个社会的一个非常大的问题，特别是在计算机化程度更高的社会中。这不仅仅是一个经济问题，因为美国的军事系统也被友好和不友好的国家逆转，以获得美国的武器能力。根据第二阶段计划提出的技术满足了为集成电路(IC)和IC组件上存储的数据提供更严格的安全级别的需求。在商业上，这为智能卡、自动取款机等基于IC的组件提供了额外的一层保护。此外，拟议的计划将使系统在物理篡改的情况下无法操作。这可能是一种非常有用的工具，可以阻止欺诈性使用、泄露和反向工程IC工具以及某些类型的身份盗窃的浪潮。

This SBIR Phase II research project is to develop a more secure encryption key for non-volatile memory. Secure ICs often utilize encryption to protect non-volatile memory contents. A clever engineer can recover the key after decapsulating and probing the semiconductor die. NVE intends to produce an innovative non-volatile spintronic cryptographic key memory that will self-erase without data remanence in the event of tampering and without applied power. The main research objectives of this work involve development of a fully integrated 256-bit embedded tamper resistant magnetic random access memory. The technology proposed in this Phase II SBIR program is intended to provide a defense against theft of intellectual property and to protect sensitive data stored in an integrated circuit. Identity theft has become a very large issue for society in general and particularly in the more computerized societies. This is more than a problem of economics, as US military systems have also been reversed engineered by both friendly and unfriendly nations to gain access to US weapons capability. The technology proposed under the Phase II program addresses the need to provide a tighter level of security for data stored on integrated circuit (IC) and IC assemblies. Commercially, this provides an extra layer of protection on IC-based assemblies such as smart cards, cash machines etc. In addition, the proposed program would render a system inoperable in the event of physical tamper. This may be a very useful tool in stemming the tide of fraudulent usage, compromises, and reverse engineering of IC-based instruments as well as certain types of identify theft.