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ID: 02fbafa6-eb4d-5a94-a422-11756a0cfb2b

STIX ID: report--02fbafa6-eb4d-5a94-a422-11756a0cfb2b

Feed Name: Ars Technica Security (category)

Date Published: 2026-08-01

Date Updated: 2026-08-01

Author: Kim Zetter, wired.com

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A technology report on an open-source RISC-V security chip that leverages resistive RAM (RRAM) to make physical extraction more difficult. The chip currently functions like a YubiKey and may evolve into an HSM or run Linux; it includes a 350 MHz RISC-V core with 2 MB SRAM, 4 MB RRAM, and 4x700 MHz PicoRV32 cores. The author notes the chip’s security benefits while acknowledging it could be defeated by a well-funded hardware lab, and expects DefCon testing and discovery of potential zero-days.

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