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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals

Hierarchical Intellectual Property Protection Using Partially-Mergeable Cores

Vikram IYENGAR, Hiroshi DATE, Makoto SUGIHARA, Krishnendu CHAKRABARTY

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We present a new technique for hierarchical intellectual property (IP) protection using partially-mergeable cores. The proposed core partitioning technique guarantees 100% protection of critical-IP, while simplifying test generation for the logic that is merged with the system. Since critical-IP is tested using BIST, the controllability and observability of internal lines in the core are enhanced, and test application time is reduced. Case studies using the ISIT-DLX and Picojava processor cores demonstrate the applicability of our technique.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals Vol.E84-A No.11 pp.2632-2638
Publication Date
2001/11/01
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Special Section PAPER (Special Section on VLSI Design and CAD Algorithms)
Category
IP Protection

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