Thermal-Aware 3D Design for Side-Channel Information Leakage
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| author | Stow, Dylan Barnes, Russell Kurshan, Eren Xie, Yuan |
| author_facet | Stow, Dylan Barnes, Russell Kurshan, Eren Xie, Yuan |
| contents | Side-channel attacks are important security challenges as they reveal sensitive information about on-chip activities. Among such attacks, the thermal side-channel has been shown to disclose the activities of key functional blocks and even encryption keys. This paper proposes a novel approach to proactively conceal critical activities in the functional layers while minimizing the power dissipation by (i) leveraging inherent characteristics of 3D integration to protect from side-channel attacks and (ii) dynamically generating custom activity patterns to match the activity to be concealed in the functional layers. Experimental analysis shows that 3D technology combined with the proposed run-time algorithm effectively reduces the Side channel vulnerability Factor (SVF) below 0.05 and the Spatial Thermal Side-channel Factor (STSF) below 0.59. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Thermal-Aware 3D Design for Side-Channel Information Leakage Stow, Dylan Barnes, Russell Kurshan, Eren Xie, Yuan Cryptography and Security Emerging Technologies Side-channel attacks are important security challenges as they reveal sensitive information about on-chip activities. Among such attacks, the thermal side-channel has been shown to disclose the activities of key functional blocks and even encryption keys. This paper proposes a novel approach to proactively conceal critical activities in the functional layers while minimizing the power dissipation by (i) leveraging inherent characteristics of 3D integration to protect from side-channel attacks and (ii) dynamically generating custom activity patterns to match the activity to be concealed in the functional layers. Experimental analysis shows that 3D technology combined with the proposed run-time algorithm effectively reduces the Side channel vulnerability Factor (SVF) below 0.05 and the Spatial Thermal Side-channel Factor (STSF) below 0.59. |
| title | Thermal-Aware 3D Design for Side-Channel Information Leakage |
| topic | Cryptography and Security Emerging Technologies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02816 |