Paper Title: Requirements for Fail-Safe Automotive Storage Solutions with Secure NOR Flash

Paper Abstract: Designers of autonomous vehicles are preparing to usher in a revolution in mobility systems. These vehicles rely on advanced electronic systems to sense the environment, make decisions, and control the vehicle. As the level of autonomy increases, the burden of responsibility for passenger safety is transferred from humans to electronics. Therefore, these electronic systems need to ensure functional safety in compliance with ISO 26262 standards and require cryptographic security assurance to protect against attacks. Flash memory is one critical component in these electronic systems. Flash is used to store the complex algorithms and data that power the autonomous operations. Therefore, it is critical to ensure the functional safety and security of the Flash Memory device. Flash devices must provide functions to diagnose faults inside the memory and cryptographically protect code and data from unintentional changes or manipulations. This lecture will focus on highlighting some of the key functional safety and security and propose a solution for adding a cryptographic root-of-trust inside the flash and enabling secure remote updates from cloud-to-flash with end-to-end protection.

Paper Author: Sandeep Krishnegowda, Marketing Director, Flash Business Unit, Cypress Semiconductor

Author Bio: Sandeep Krishnegowda is marketing and applications director of the Flash Business Unit at Cypress Semiconductor Corp. He has worked in Cypress’ memory products division for more than ten years in a variety of engineering, management and marketing roles. He earned an MS in Electronics and Communication from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a BE in Electronics and Communication from Visvesvaraya Technological University.