Large Language Models for SoC Security

With the increasing prevalence and sophistication of systems-on-chip (SoCs) architectures in electronics, ensuring the security of SoCs has become a complex challenge. Traditional security mechanisms fail to effectively verify contemporary SoC designs, often due to issues of scale, thoroughness, and flexibility. In contrast, Large Language Models (LLMs) have gained acclaim for their exceptional abilities in language comprehension, sophisticated problem-solving, and code generation. This chapter investigates the viability of employing LLMs to bridge the existing deficiencies in SoC security, aiming to develop a verification strategy that is fortified, more scalable, and adaptable. This integration of LLMs into the SoC security verification process marks the dawn of an innovative era, fraught with both opportunities and challenges, in safeguarding complex SoC systems. The chapter provides a detailed examination of the current literature and practical use cases. We discuss the future prospects and hurdles associated with the adoption of LLMs for various SoC security verification processes.