[Cryptography] ORWL - The First Open Source, Physically Secure Computer

[dj at deadhat.com]

>
> I wonder if one could build a low-performance, high-cost but secure
> processor from an FPGA?  It would seem on the surface to be more difficult
> to embed an exploit in an un-programmed FPGA, especially if it had a very
> regular structure.


People build CPUs in FPGAs all the time.

The practicality of building a secure CPU in an FPGA is of course
dependent on first understanding what is meant by secure.