The article focuses on a technique called computational forensic engineering (CFE) for ownership protection. FE extracts the features of DSP IP cores and matches to statistically suggest the original ownership. It also discusses various steps involved in CFE hard IP core and presents specific details with case study examples.

Chapter Contents:

• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.1.1 Overview of forensic engineering
• 6.2 Computational FE technology
• 6.3 IP core feature extraction algorithms
• 6.3.1 Feature extraction rules
• 6.3.2 IP core validation
• 6.3.3 Important characteristics of customized CFE
• 6.4 Analysis on case studies
• 6.4.1 Results of the customized CFE approach
• 6.5 Conclusion
• 6.6 Exercises
• References

Inspec keywords: digital signal processing chips; industrial property; feature extraction; digital forensics

Other keywords: feature extraction; CFE hard IP core; ownership conflict; computational forensic engineering; intellectual property; ownership protection; DSP IP core

Subjects: Digital signal processing chips; Security aspects of hardware; Data handling techniques; Digital signal processing chips