The Emergence of Hardware Fuzzing: A Critical Review of its Significance

arXiv:2403.12812v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In recent years, there has been a notable surge in attention towards hardware security, driven by the increasing complexity and integration of processors, SoCs, and third-party IPs aimed at delivering advanced solutions. However, this complexity also introduces vulnerabilities and bugs into hardware systems, necessitating early detection during the IC design cycle to uphold system integrity and mitigate re-engineering costs. While the Design Verification (DV) community employs dynamic and formal verification strategies, they encounter challenges such …

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