====== Papers and books ====== 

===== Semi-invasive attacks - A new approach to hardware security analysis =====
  * Sergei P. Skorobogatov
  * University of Cambridge
  * http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-630.pdf

Detailed overview of the entire process. Highly recommended.

===== The State-of-the-Art in IC Reverse Engineering =====
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w8568j6533634w74/fulltext.pdf

Has some history and current techniques.

===== Reverse Engineering Complex Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) =====
http://www.gemes.com/company_info/reverse_engineering_complex_ASICS.pdf

Basic overview of IC RE process

===== Integrated circuit failure analysis: a guide to preparation techniques =====
  * part of failure analysis, chips must be decapped. Provides industrial grade walkthrough of how to decap chips
  * ISBN-10: 0471974013
  * ISBN-13: 978-0471974017

===== Building a High-Performance, Programmable Secure Coprocessor =====
http://www.research.ibm.com/secure_systems_department/projects/scop/papers/arch.pdf

====== Presentations ======

===== 25C3 IC Reverse Engineering =====
Karsten Nohl

http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/events/2896.en.html

===== VLSI CAD: Logic to layout =====
http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ee760/

Class with some web resources on how to convert logic gates to silicon masks

===== Texplained: Hardware Reverse-engineering Tools new threats - new oppertunities =====

Olivier Thomas

http://recon.cx/2013/slides/Recon2013-Olivier%20Thomas-Hardware%20reverse%20engineering%20tools.pdf

===== Backside IC analysis =====

Dmitry Nedospasov

http://sandiego.toorcon.net/2013/10/07/backside-ic-analysis/


====== Blog ====== 

===== CHIPWORKS blog =====

http://www.chipworks.com/blogs.aspx

===== Flylogic blog =====

http://www.flylogic.net/blog/

====== Misc ====== 

===== A guide to interpreting logic by Alex Rad =====

[[http://i.imgur.com/m7BWE.png]]

===== ESD =====

http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p212

===== Hacking smart cards =====

http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/05/tarnovsky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vtnY7UVyaFiQ

===== Logic gates (esp inverters) =====

http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?page_id=36

===== CMOS storage teardown =====

http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p232

http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p231