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Silicon Valley’s Only

Electronic Trust

Technology Concierge

Fides Sales

Intellectual Property Protection

and Trusted Foundry Support

via Reverse EngineeringJC Bouzigues

Fides Sales

LTEC Sales Representative in the US

GSA IP Workgroup

1/21/2016


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• Companies build their value through huge investments in research and development, including IP cores and patents. – How can one be confident that these valuable assets are

adequately protected?

• As the IC supply chain becomes more and more delocalized and fragmented (wafer manufacturing, wafer sort, packaging, final test, product engineering, quality…) the risk of an IC being tampered with increases.

In this talk, we will review the latest reverse engineering techniques and tools to ensure the protection of your patents and IP cores, and discuss how to discover any tampering that has been done to your IC.


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Agenda

• The problem statement– Patent and IP: a proactive portfolio management

• Offensive, defensive, licensing and litigation

– Trusted supply chain• Trojan Horse

• Counterfeiting

• Recent Patent Infringement cases

• Supply chain and Trusted Foundry

• Who is LTEC

• How does LTEC support solving the problem statement– LTEC capabilities

– New tools to support resolving the problem statement


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Patent and IP: a proactive

portfolio management

Offensive, defensive, licensing and

litigation


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Proactive Patent portfolio

management

• IP Acquisition– Organic Development- New and Enhancements

– IP Purchases, Licensing, etc.

– IP Acquisition via M&A

• IP Management– Portfolio Evaluation and Patent Analysis

– Patent Ranking

– Patent Maintenance

– IP Intelligence

– IP Defensive and Offensive Measures

• IP Disposition– Abandon

– Sell or License


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Recent acquisition

and litigation headlines


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Trusted supply chain

IP protection, Trojan Horse and

Counterfeiting protection


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Electronics Supply Chain is Global

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Global nature of supply chain makes chain-of-custody unworkable


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Trusted Foundry as part of

a trusted Supply Chain

• Source: Security Challenges and Requirements for Industrial Control Systems in the Semiconductor Manufacturing Sector

• Malek Ben Salem, Accenture Technology Labs , NIST Workshop on Cyber-Security for Cyber-physical Devices ,April 23rd, 2012


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Counterfeit Chips and Systems

on the Rise

• http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/counterfeit-chips-on-the-rise


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Hardware Trojan

• A small change to an integrated circuit that can disturb chip operation.

• With the right design, a clever attacker can alter a chip so that it– Fails at a crucial time

– Or generates false signals.

– Or the attacker can add a backdoor that can sniff out encryption keys or passwords or transmit internal chip data to the outside world.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/design/stopping-hardware-trojans-in-their-tracks


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How a HTH Operates

• Source: A Survey of Hardware Trojan Taxonomy and Detection Mohammad Tehranipoor University of Connecticut Farinaz Koushanfar Rice University


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Many Opportunities

for Malicious Insiders

• Source: Security Challenges and Requirements for Industrial Control Systems in the Semiconductor Manufacturing Sector

• Malek Ben Salem, Accenture Technology Labs , NIST Workshop on Cyber-Security for Cyber-physical Devices ,April 23rd, 2012


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Government initiatives

http://www.iarpa.gov/images/files/programs/tic/08-TIC_final.pdf


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Circuit extraction and Viewer

For the analysis of • Circuit IP core reuse• Patent infringement• Hardware Trojan Horse

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Features

• Extracts circuit block diagram from an actual IC

– Down to 10nm

• Allows easy viewing and navigation from Layout to

extracted circuit block diagram

• Used for

– Circuit patent infringement

– IP core infringement

– Trojan analysis

– Competitive analysis


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Analysis Flow

� LTEC delivers circuit analysis reports (CAR)� Tile array of stitched images (SEM images)� Circuit schematic data base� Software to view the images and the linked schematics

� The software is then used to� View schematic hierarchies and images annotated to identify circuit

components and connectivity� Cross-reference objects between schematics and annotated images� Highlight signals to determine their path and trace connected

objects� Export netlists and schematics in industry-standard formats� Locate objects or a group of objects in the annotated images� Locate annotated images in the hierarchical schematic

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Cross-referencing

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� An object (or group of objects) in circuit view can be located in the layout

� Similarly, objects in layout can be located in the circuit view

� Of the views available in the schematic hierarchy, you can cross-reference

to and from circuit views.

� Circuit views contain the necessary device connectivity information for

cross-referencing to and from annotated images

Taken images stitched = Layout structure Extracted circuit


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Pattern Matching/ Search Tool

with Enhanced Viewer

For the detection of

• IP core unauthorized reuse

• Hardware Trojan Horse

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Features

• Compare IC Reverse Engineered structure with– Actual structure in different IC or same IC other areas

– Original GDS2

• Used for finding identical or dissimilar structure– Hardware Trojan Horse

– Infringing layout structures

– Hard IP cores illegitimate use

– Analyzing complex processors and circuits• In infringement investigations

• Standard cell utilization statistics

• Cell library analysis

• Competitive intelligence


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Results Viewer

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Result viewer


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Image analysis

in GDS2 format

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Analysis area (gds2)

Selected areaSelected areas highlighted

cross-hatched


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About LTEC


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About LTEC

� 33 years of IP-centric technical analysis experience

� Over 110 highly trained engineers� Serving many leading companies in

Japan and the USA � Comprehensive global database for

patents, IP and technical journals.� >12,000 analysis cases completed� State-of-the-art analysis facilities� Experienced career analysts

LTEC Corporation is the largest circuits/systems and IP analysis firm in Japan, serving the US

& Asian markets


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What do we do?

� We perform in-depth engineering analysis of products � Integrated circuits and semiconductor device

analysis� Electronic device and systems analysis (mobile

communication, automotive electronics, power electronics, etc.)

� MEMS device analysis� Intellectual property analysis & litigation support

services (discovery)

� We compile� In-depth custom analysis reports (confidential)� Competitive benchmark and tear-down analysis

reports (public domain)


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� Document search, Prior Art� 1 Preparation for filing /

examination of patent application� 2 Preparation for new R&D

activities� 3 Patent Invalidation� 4 Patent-based trends analysis� 5 Prior art search

� Search range� All patents world-wide

� JPO, Total Patent, � FOCUST-J, SRPARTNER

� All documents world-wide� IEEE, General technical � document libraries, � Datasheet etc.

We Work With Patents

� IP Research and Analysis, Investigation of patents utilization

� 1 Research and studies� 2 Proposal of most

suitable analysis method

� 3 Support in choosing patents to be studied

� 4 Target product procurement

� 5 Patent inventory clearing (Patent rating)


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We PerformCircuit/System Analysis

� Integrated circuits� Bipolar, CMOS, IGBT, GaN,

SiC� Thin film transistors� Memory devices� MCUs, ARM processors� Image capture devices

� Communications & consumer electronic devices/systems

� Smartphones (incl. all of its components), LTE

� Wireless charging systems� Home connectivity circuits and

systems

� Display devices� LCD, LED, OLED etc.� Touchscreen devices

� Automotive circuits� Engine control units� EV inverter� EV battery, Multi-stack control� Hall-effect devices� CAN transceivers

� Medical IC & systems� Heart monitors� Glucose meters

� MEMS devices & modules� Gyroscopes� Motion sensors� Accelerometers

–And more….


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Summary

• IP and Patent protection are critical

– Manage your portfolio actively

– Use professional evidence for you licensing and defensive/ offensive litigation planning

• Trusted supply chain can use the benefit of actual device

– Evidence of IP reuse

– Trojan Horse detection

– Counterfeiting evidence


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U.S. Representative Office2880 Zanker Road, Suite 203San Jose, CA, 95134, U.S.A. (408) [email protected]

Corporate Head Office4-42-8, Higashi-Arioka, ItamiHyogo, 664-0845, JAPAN

Thank you!

US Sales Representative:Fides Sales2310 Homestead Road, C1, 500

Los Altos, CA 94024

(408) 673-0073

[email protected]

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Q & A

Thank you


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Sales Representation - Business Development

Marketing, Funding

Semiconductor Market

Named for the Roman God of Trust, Fides Sales brings access to leading

technology brands for innovators in electronic security design and related

sectors.

Only Fides brings decades of experience in major tech brands with every

member.

As Silicon Valley’s only electronic trust technology concierge, nobody knows the

valley's senior tech executives or creates a stronger bridge to sales success like

Fides.

Fides prides itself in customer satisfaction and business integrity.


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Fides Sales: Profile

• Sales, Business Development, Marketing, Funding

– Semiconductor and Electronics market

– Targeting Tier 1 Semiconductor and OEM companies

– Silicon Valley

• Experienced and hyper-connected Executive Team

– Average 20+ years of experience

– Combined 150 years experience in Silicon Valley

• Guiding principle

– Business Integrity

– Customer Satisfaction

• Line currently represented

– Design: IP and Services

– IP and Patent protection

– Focused market:

IoT, Security and Trust, SSD Storage


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– JC Bouzigues,

• President

• Specialties:: Strategic engagement

• Former: Altera, LSI Logic, IDT,

Toshiba, eSilicon

– Sergio Perez

• Sales Director, Secure IC PLD

• Specialties: Venture community

• Former: SV Probe, FormFactor,

Advantest

– Barry Fitzgerald

• Sales Director, QuantumTrace PLD

• Specialties: Security IP, Processor

• Former: AMD, IDT, Altera

– Eugene Lin

• Sales Director, LTEC PLD

• Specialties: Process management,

Reverse Engineering for IP protection

• Former: eSilicon, BAE Systems, LSI LOGIC

– Ford Kanzler

• Marketing Communications Director

• Specialties: Trade journals, connected to

the “who is who” editorial

Fides Sales: The Team


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Category Company Technology Web site

IP

Security evaluation

platform

Physically Unclonable

Function (PUF) IP

http://www.quantumtrace.com

Design Services

System in a package module

integrating Digital (logic,

MEMS …), Radio (LTE, Wifi,

BlueTooth, BlueTooth

Smart…) and Antenna

http://www.insightsip.com

Digital Security

Token

Certificate based token for

Digital security application

(Data security, Physical

security, Authentication,

Bitcoin wallet…)

http://www.neowave.fr/en

IP Patent analysis

IP legal services

Reverse engineering for

patent protection and

litigation; Prior art search

http://www.ltecusa.com/

Line card: IoT and Security


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Category Company Technology Web site

IP Storage SSD, NVMe http://www.ip-maker.com/

Line card: Storage IP


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Customers

• Fides Sales is engaged with all Tier 1 Semi and Electronics company in

Silicon Valley

• The depth of our network allows us to target any companies

Tier Company

Super 1 AMD, Altera, Broadcom, Infineon, Intel Mobile Communications,

Microsemi, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Xilinx

1 Analog Devices, Apple, Cisco, Freescale, Gemalto, Global Foundries,

Google, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Maxim, Micron, NXP, Palo Alto Networks,

Renesas, Samsung, STMicro, TI, Toshiba, TSMC

2 Achronix, Ambarella, Amkor, ASE, Atmel, Cavium, Cirrus Logic, Cypress, e2V, Fairchild, IDT,

Imagination, Inside-Secure, Intersil, Juniper Networks, Lab126, LSI, Marvell, Microchip,

Microsoft, Mindspeed, National Instruments, NetApp, Netronome, Nok Nok Labs,

OmniVision, On Semi, OpenSilicon, Oracle, PayPal, PMC-Sierra, Quicklogic, Rambus, RFMD,

Rochester Electronics, Semtech, Silicon Image Silicon Labs, Sony, Spansion, SPIL, Square,

Tellabs, Tilera, Validity Inc, Vitesse, Volterra

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