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September 08, 2015

Teeny Tiny Guardians of Our Chips
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 07, 2015
See that black speck on the Lincoln's penny-minted nostril? And on the right, notice another three of those specks comfortably framed by the eye of a needle? Those semiconductor chiplets, or "dielets" as DARPA Program Manager Kerry Bernstein calls them, could become Lilliputian electronic tamper-watching sentinels affixed to virtually every chip built into commercial and military systems. Their future job? To safeguard against an expanding arena of 21st century crime that could threaten the trustw ... read more

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