"New Transistor Design Disguises Key Computer Chip Hardware From Hackers"

Engineers at Purdue University have proposed and demonstrated a new method that would prevent hackers from gathering enough information about a circuit on a computer chip to reverse engineer it. The researchers' approach involves building transistors out of a sheet-like material called black phosphorus. Their study has shown that disguising transistors by making them out of black phosphorus makes it impossible for hackers to determine which transistor is which in a circuit, preventing them from reproducing the circuit.  In addition to providing better disguise, the significantly thin material would require fewer transistors, resulting in more available space and the use of less power. This article continues to discuss Purdue researchers' approach to disguising transistors to prevent hackers from replicating computer chips and stealing intellectual property, and how their method is more effective than other camouflaging techniques used by chip manufacturers.   

ScienceDaily reports "New Transistor Design Disguises Key Computer Chip Hardware From Hackers"