Hardware Trojan Threats to Multi-Chiplet Photonic Neural Network Accelerators
cs.AR, cs.AI, cs.LG
Submitted: 2026-09-06
Updated: 2026-09-06
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
The gist: Multi-chiplet photonic neural network accelerators (MCPNAs) combine photonic computation, photonic communica-tion, and heterogeneous chiplet integration to enable scalable and energy-efficient AI
Abstract
Multi-chiplet photonic neural network accelerators (MCPNAs) combine photonic computation, photonic communica-tion, and heterogeneous chiplet integration to enable scalable and energy-efficient AI acceleration. However, their distributed archi-tecture and reliance on third-party chiplets introduce significant hardware security risks. This paper examines Hardware Trojan (HT) threats to MCPNAs across three dimensions: confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
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