Image of Test Board for a Computer (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Image of Test Board for a Computer

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Intentional fault injection into microprocessor hardware is an important threat to the embedded computers and microcontrollers that secure the nation's information technology infrastructure. Virginia Tech's FAME project develops a methodology to defend micro-controllers against malicious fault injection. The methodology is being validated with test chips which are subjected to an elaborate tamper-sensitivity analysis. The photo shows a test board used to support this analysis by enabling precise control of the operating conditions of the test chip.

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Photo courtesy of Jim Stroup, Virginia Tech

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