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Giorgio Di Natale

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arXiv2026

Spying Across Chiplets: Side-Channel Attacks in 2.5/3D Integrated Systems

Advanced packaging and chiplet-based integration are increasingly adopted to build complex heterogeneous systems beyond the limits of monolithic scaling. While these architectures offer major benefits in terms of modularity, yield, and performance, they also introduce new physical attack surfaces. In this paper, we show that side-channel attacks can be mounted across chiplets within the same package or stack. Our key idea is that a communication-oriented chiplet, originally intended to interact with the external environment through an antenna, an RFID-like element, or another contactless coupling structure, can be repurposed as an internal observation platform. We formalize this threat through a realistic adversary model, describe the corresponding attack principle, and experimentally assess its feasibility. The obtained results demonstrate that signals captured through such a communication-oriented interface can reveal information correlated with the activity of a neighboring victim chiplet.

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arXiv2026

Automatic Assertion Mining in Assertion-Based Verification: Techniques, Challenges, and Future Directions

Functional verification increasingly relies on Assertion-Based Verification (ABV), which has become a key approach for verifying hardware designs due to its efficiency and effectiveness. Central to ABV are automatic assertion miners, which apply different techniques to generate assertions automatically. This paper reviews the most recent, advanced, and widely adopted assertion miners, offering a comparative analysis of their methodologies. The goal is to provide researchers and verification practitioners with insights into the capabilities and limitations of existing miners. By identifying their shortcomings, this work also points toward directions for developing more powerful and advanced assertion miners in the future.

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arXiv2023

Security layers and related services within the Horizon Europe NEUROPULS project

In the contemporary security landscape, the incorporation of photonics has emerged as a transformative force, unlocking a spectrum of possibilities to enhance the resilience and effectiveness of security primitives. This integration represents more than a mere technological augmentation; it signifies a paradigm shift towards innovative approaches capable of delivering security primitives with key properties for low-power systems. This not only augments the robustness of security frameworks, but also paves the way for novel strategies that adapt to the evolving challenges of the digital age. This paper discusses the security layers and related services that will be developed, modeled, and evaluated within the Horizon Europe NEUROPULS project. These layers will exploit novel implementations for security primitives based on physical unclonable functions (PUFs) using integrated photonics technology. Their objective is to provide a series of services to support the secure operation of a neuromorphic photonic accelerator for edge computing applications.

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arXiv2023

Python Framework for Modular and Parametric SPICE Netlists Generation

Due to the complex specifications of current electronic systems, design decisions need to be explored automatically. However, the exploration process is a complex task given the plethora of design choices such as the selection of components, number of components, operating modes of each of the components, connections between the components and variety of ways in which the same functionality can be implemented. To tackle these issues, scripts are used generate designs based on high abstract constructions. Still, this approach is usually ad-hoc and platform dependent, making the whole procedure hardly reusable, scalable and versatile. We propose a generic, open-source framework tackling rapid design exploration for the generation of modular and parametric electronic designs that is able to work on any major simulator.

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arXiv2023

NEUROPULS: NEUROmorphic energy-efficient secure accelerators based on Phase change materials aUgmented siLicon photonicS

This special session paper introduces the Horizon Europe NEUROPULS project, which targets the development of secure and energy-efficient RISC-V interfaced neuromorphic accelerators using augmented silicon photonics technology. Our approach aims to develop an augmented silicon photonics platform, an FPGA-powered RISC-V-connected computing platform, and a complete simulation platform to demonstrate the neuromorphic accelerator capabilities. In particular, their main advantages and limitations will be addressed concerning the underpinning technology for each platform. Then, we will discuss three targeted use cases for edge-computing applications: Global National Satellite System (GNSS) anti-jamming, autonomous driving, and anomaly detection in edge devices. Finally, we will address the reliability and security aspects of the stand-alone accelerator implementation and the project use cases.

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