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Strong light pulses turn out to have the ability to ionize the semiconductor region, which leads to a localized fault.
The process of removing some of the IC packaging material using chemical warfare, usually by dripping fuming nitric or sulfuric acid onto the chip package until it dissolves.
...to abruptly shift the voltage, raising or lowering it for such a brief moment that the chip does not crash but it also doesn't execute its instruction properly.
Microcontroller Exploits pg 135
...to create a stable power supply for the chip, except at the moment of a significant operation when it should be dropped or spiked to outside the normal operating voltage range.
Polishing off the chip's individual metal layers to expose the one below it.
...inserting a short clock pulse, one single edge or cycle that is far above the maximum rate of the chip.
Microcontroller Exploits pg 134
...to insert a rogue, too-narrow, or too-wide clock edge.
Introducing faults into a target to alter its intended behavior
Raelize TAoFI slideshow
...the practice of pushing hardware to a point that induces processing errors
...dunk[ing] the whole package in acid, after which the entire chip is laid bare.
...reattaching the tiny wires that normally connect the chip to the pins of a package.
Strong light pulses turn out to have the ability to ionize the semiconductor region, which leads to a localized fault.