Building security into an AI SoC using CPU features with extensions
Monday Apr. 12, 2021
Marco Ciaffi (Dover Microsystems), John Min (Andes Technology) embedded.com (April 12, 2021)
With the rapid deployment of artificial intelligence (AI), the focus of AI system on chip (SoC) design has been on building smarter, faster and cheaper devices rather than safer, trusted, and more secure. Matheny is founding director of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University.
Before we look at how to build security into AI SoCs at silicon level, consider what an AI system is. It comprises three elements:
an inference engine that processes data, makes decisions, and sends commands;