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MIT says AWS cloud security infringes chip-fingerprint patents

MIT has sued Amazon Web Services over two patents for deriving reliable cryptographic values from manufacturing differences inside chips. The complaint targets physical unclonable function technology supplied by Synopsys, but infringement has not been established and both patents are listed as expired.

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