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Pre-Silicon Side Channel Analysis Software Inspector Software
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Integrate Side-Channel Security Earlier in the Design Lifecycle
Inspector SC2 Pre-Silicon Side-Channel Analysis enables hardware security, design, and verification teams to detect, localize, and mitigate side-channel leakage before silicon is manufactured. By analyzing RTL, synthesized netlist, and gate-level designs using simulation activity data, the solution provides visibility into potential security vulnerabilities during development, when changes are easier and less costly to implement.
Unlike traditional post-silicon testing, which can reveal that leakage exists in a fabricated device, pre-silicon analysis helps teams understand which signals leak, how much they leak, when leakage occurs, and where it originates within the design. This insight allows engineers to move beyond detection and focus on root-cause analysis, making it easier to evaluate countermeasures, compare design alternatives, and prioritize mitigation efforts.
Using simulation test vectors and Value Change Dump (VCD) files, Inspector SC2 integrates security validation into existing design and verification workflows. By identifying vulnerabilities earlier in the development lifecycle, teams can reduce the cost and risk of post-silicon remediation while building confidence in the security of their designs before tape-out.
Identify Leakage Early
Detect potential side-channel leakage during design and verification before silicon is manufactured.
Understand Root Causes
Analyze design behavior and signal activity to identify where leakage originates and how it propagates through the implementation.
Reduce Post-Silicon Risk
Address security weaknesses earlier in the development cycle, when fixes are faster and less costly to implement.
Integrate Security into Design Workflows
Support collaboration between hardware designers, verification engineers, and security teams through a common analysis framework.
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Applications
Pre-silicon side-channel analysis, Leakage assessment, Semiconductor security evaluation, Secure chip design, Security validation, Certification preparation
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Functionality
EDA integration, Simulation analysis, Leakage assessment, Root cause analysis, RTL analysis, Netlist analysis, Place-and-route analysis, Security verification
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Key Features
Pre-silicon security evaluation; Integration with existing EDA workflows; Early vulnerability detection; Design-to-security feedback; Proven inspector methodologies; Reduced redesign risk; Secure-by-design development
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License options
Floating license, USB-based portable license
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License types
Perpetual, Subscription
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Inspector SC2 Pre-Silicon Side Channel Analysis
Detect, localize, and mitigate side-channel leakage before tape-out. Inspector SC2 Pre-Silicon Side-Channel Analysis enables hardware security, design, and verification teams to identify side-channel vulnerabilities during design phase and development, before silicon is manufactured (pre-silicon). While traditional post-silicon testing can determine whether leakage exists in a fabricated device, Inspector SC2 Pre-Silicon Side-Channel Analysis provides visibility into where leakage originates within the design, helping teams identify the root cause and evaluate mitigation strategies earlier in the development lifecycle. By analyzing register-transfer level (RTL), synthesized netlist, and gate-level designs using test vectors and design activity data, Inspector SC2 Pre-Silicon Side-Channel Analysis identifies which signals leak, how much they leak, when leakage occurs, and where it originates within the design. This visibility enables teams to validate countermeasures, compare design alternatives, and reduce the cost and risk of discovering vulnerabilities after fabrication.
Detect, localize, and mitigate side-channel leakage before tape-out. Inspector SC2 Pre-Silicon Side-Channel Analysis enables hardware security, design, and verification teams to identify side-channel vulnerabilities during design phase and development, before silicon is manufactured (pre-silicon). While traditional post-silicon testing can determine whether leakage exists in a fabricated device, Inspector SC2 Pre-Silicon Side-Channel Analysis provides visibility into where leakage originates within the design, helping teams identify the root cause and evaluate mitigation strategies earlier in the development lifecycle. By analyzing register-transfer level (RTL), synthesized netlist, and gate-level designs using test vectors and design activity data, Inspector SC2 Pre-Silicon Side-Channel Analysis identifies which signals leak, how much they leak, when leakage occurs, and where it originates within the design. This visibility enables teams to validate countermeasures, compare design alternatives, and reduce the cost and risk of discovering vulnerabilities after fabrication.
Inspector SC2 Pre-Silicon Side Channel Analysis
DS2210A
Detect, localize, and mitigate side-channel leakage before tape-out. Inspector SC2 Pre-Silicon Side-Channel Analysis enables hardware security, design, and verification teams to identify side-channel vulnerabilities during design phase and development, before silicon is manufactured (pre-silicon). While traditional post-silicon testing can determine whether leakage exists in a fabricated device, Inspector SC2 Pre-Silicon Side-Channel Analysis provides visibility into where leakage originates within the design, helping teams identify the root cause and evaluate mitigation strategies earlier in the development lifecycle. By analyzing register-transfer level (RTL), synthesized netlist, and gate-level designs using test vectors and design activity data, Inspector SC2 Pre-Silicon Side-Channel Analysis identifies which signals leak, how much they leak, when leakage occurs, and where it originates within the design. This visibility enables teams to validate countermeasures, compare design alternatives, and reduce the cost and risk of discovering vulnerabilities after fabrication.
Inspector SC2 Pre-Silicon Side-Channel Analysis helps semiconductor teams detect and localize side-channel leakage before tape-out, when design changes are faster, less costly, and easier to implement.
Using test vectors, VCD activity files, and optional power models generated through existing electronic design automation (EDA) workflows, Inspector analyzes RTL, synthesized netlist, and gate-level designs to identify leakage, measure its severity, and pinpoint the signals and modules responsible. By providing actionable root-cause analysis, teams can validate countermeasures, compare implementation options, compare leakage across RTL, synthesized netlist, and gate-level designs to identify changes introduced during the design flow.
- Detect side-channel leakage before tape-out (pre-silicon) when design modifications are still practical and cost-effective.
- Complement traditional post-silicon testing by identifying vulnerabilities earlier in the development cycle.
- Automatically pinpoint the root cause of leakage down to specific signals, gates, and modules.
- Identify which signals leak, how much they leak, and when leakage occurs using quantitative leakage metrics.
- Validate the effectiveness of side-channel countermeasures and compare alternative implementations.
- Analyze RTL, synthesized netlist, and gate-level designs throughout the development flow.
- Detect leakage introduced during synthesis and optimization as designs evolve.
- Support continuous security validation and regression testing.
- Enable design and verification teams, not only security specialists, to identify and address security issues.
- Generate customizable reports and visualizations using Python scripts for internal workflows, reviews, and certification activities.
- Reduce post-silicon testing effort, certification risk, and costly redesigns after fabrication.
- Evaluate security trade-offs alongside performance, power, and area considerations.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Pre-silicon side-channel analysis evaluates a hardware design for potential side-channel leakage before the physical chip is manufactured. Instead of measuring power or electromagnetic emissions from fabricated silicon, the analysis uses simulation activity from the design to identify potential leakage during development.
This gives engineering teams an opportunity to investigate and address security weaknesses before tape-out.
Finding a security weakness after silicon has been fabricated can make remediation more difficult, costly, and time-consuming. Pre-silicon analysis brings side-channel security evaluation earlier into the development process, when design changes are generally easier to implement.
It also allows security considerations to become part of the design and verification process rather than waiting until physical samples are available.
DS2210A Inspector Pre-Silicon SCA provides hardware security, design, and verification teams with an environment for detecting, localizing, and investigating potential side-channel leakage before tape-out.
The software analyzes simulated design activity to help teams understand which signals may leak, where that leakage originates, when it occurs, and how significant it is.
Post-silicon side-channel analysis works with physical measurements collected from a fabricated device, such as power consumption or electromagnetic emissions.
Pre-silicon analysis works with simulated design activity before manufacturing. A major advantage is visibility into the internal design, enabling teams to investigate not only whether leakage exists, but also where it originates within the implementation.
The two approaches are complementary and can support security validation at different stages of the product lifecycle.
Inspector SC2 works with simulation activity generated from the design, including simulation test vectors and Value Change Dump (VCD) files.
This activity provides visibility into how internal signals change during operation, allowing Inspector SC2 to evaluate potential relationships between design behavior and sensitive information.
Inspector Pre Silicon Side Channel Analysis is relevant for teams involved in designing and securing semiconductor devices, including:
- Hardware security teams
- RTL and hardware designers
- Design verification teams
- Semiconductor security teams
- Cryptographic hardware developers
- Product security teams
It can also help improve collaboration between security specialists and design engineers by providing a common basis for analyzing potential leakage.