A System Architecture, Processor, and Communication Protocol for Secure Implants

ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1-23

  Strydis, Christos ^a   Seepers, Robert M ^a   Peris Lopez, Pedro ^b   Siskos, Dimitrios ^c   Sourdis, Ioannis ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Design; Implantable Device; Performance; Security; System On Chip; Ultra Low Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025393425     PISSN: 15443566     EISSN: 15443973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2541228.2555313     Document Type: Article

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