Arm Limited

Arm Technologies Israel Ltd.

Qualcomm Incorporated

Altair Semiconductor Ltd.

Kigen (uk) Limited

Sony Semiconductor Israel Ltd.

Asaf Shen

Hagai Bar-El

Subbayya Chowdary Yanamadala

Alexander Klimov

Christopher Neal Hinds

Avishay Sharaga

Carl Wayne Vineyard

Omer Botvinik

Patrick Biget

Various embodiments may include methods and systems for providing security on a system-on-a-chip (SoC). A method may include receiving, from a service requesting environment by a secure subsystem, a request to perform a cryptographic function, in which the secure subsystem stores a condition for performing the requested cryptographic function. The method may further include receiving, by the secure subsystem, an input from a sensing circuit that includes at least one indication relevant to the condition for performing the requested cryptographic function, determining, by the secure subsystem, whether the input indicates that the condition for performing the requested cryptographic function is satisfied, and performing the requested cryptographic function using a cryptographic key stored in the secure subsystem in response to determining that the condition is satisfied.

Devices and methods utilizing sensor information for increased trust level

A computing device can include a comparator coupled to an I/O pin of the computing device; a storage unit coupled to the comparator; and a counter coupled to receive an output of the comparator, an output of the counter being coupled to a computation engine to provide a limit-exceeded signal to the computation engine, wherein the counter comprises a volatile counter and a nonvolatile storage, wherein the nonvolatile storage stores a bit for each top volatile count number of events identified by the volatile counter. The computing device can further include a backup power source coupled to the volatile counter; and readout circuitry and control logic coupled to the volatile counter and to the nonvolatile storage, the readout circuitry and control logic being configured to control operations of the volatile counter during an error event and determine a total number of events. The computing device can be a smart card.

Tracking events of interest to mitigate attacks

A system for tracking events of interest can include at least one volatile counter; a nonvolatile storage coupled to the at least one volatile counter, the nonvolatile storage storing a bit for each top volatile count number of events identified by the at least one volatile counter; a backup power source coupled to the at least one volatile counter; and readout circuitry and control logic coupled to the one or more of the at least one volatile counter and to the nonvolatile storage, the readout circuitry and control logic being configured to control operations of the at least one volatile counter during an error event and determine a total number of events.

Tracking events of interest

A method for exporting sensitive information an integrated circuit, the method comprising: fabricating an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit having a register-transfer level 'RTL' key fabricated in the integrated circuit, wherein the RTL key is a pre-determined cryptographic key; signing the sensitive information using the RTL key using a signature; and exporting the signed sensitive information and the signature for validation.

Sensitive information provision process

The described cipher system includes a bits of some randomness (BOSR) reservoir; a first multiplexer circuit that receives a BOSR key, a functional key, and a first control signal for selection between the BOSR key and the functional key; a second multiplexer circuit that receives a BOSR state, a functional state, and a second control signal for selection between the BOSR state and the functional state; a block cipher logic circuit that receives the outputs from the first and second multiplexer circuits and a functional input. The block cipher outputs bits into either the BOSR reservoir or as a functional output according to a third control signal. The cipher system includes a control logic block that outputs the first control signal, second control signal, and third control signal and controls whether a clock cycle of the block cipher logic circuit is used for a BOSR operation or a functional operation.

Cipher system with continuously replenished reservoir of pseudorandom bits

System, device, and method of provisioning cryptographic assets to electronic devices. A delegation message is generated at a first provisioning server. The delegation message indicates provisioning rights that are delegated by the first provisioning server to a second provisioning server with regard to subsequent provisioning of cryptographic assets to an electronic device. The delegation message includes an association key unknown to the first provisioning server, encrypted using a public key of the electronic device. The delegation message further includes a public key of the second provisioning server. The electronic device locally generates the association key, which is unknown to the first provisioning server. The delegation message is delivered to the electronic device. Based on the delegation message, cryptographic assets are provisioned by the second provisioning server to the electronic device, using the association key.

Growing community of inventors

Irvine, CA, United States of America

Asaf Shen