A Tutorial on Design Obfuscation: from Transistors to Systems

Abstract

The recent advances in the area of design obfuscation are encouraging, but may present themselves as hard to read for a non-specialist audience. This tutorial uncovers these advances in a clear language, contrasting the approaches that can be implemented at layout level, in the netlist of a circuit, or even at chip level. This tutorial also highlights the available support, both from the tooling side and the logistics of fabricating an obfuscated integrated circuit.