How Smart Is a Smart Card?
Page 2 of 4
Logic and Transistor Layers
A close look at these layers reveals about 10,000 groups of transistors, which execute the algorithms that run the chip. Nohl and Starbug’s analysis revealed that each group performs one of 70 logic functions, and that the groups are repeated in different patterns.



0 comments. Share your thoughts » 0 comments about this story. Start the discussion »