Physically unclonable function with feed-forward addressing and variable latency output

1. An electronic processing system, comprising:

a processor;

memory communicatively coupled to the processor;

a physically unclonable function, wherein the physically unclonable function is to include one or more of a memory-based unclonable function or a timing-based unclonable function;

logic communicatively coupled to the processor and the physically unclonable function to:

generate a first output from the physically unclonable function based on a challenge,

modify the challenge based on the first output, wherein modification of the challenge is to decorrelate a challenge sent to the system from a challenge provided to the physically unclonable function, and

generate a response based on the modified challenge,

wherein the physically unclonable function comprises a static random access memory, and wherein the logic is to change a read sequence of the static random access memory based on an output of the physically unclonable function;

a variable latency linear feedback shift register communicatively coupled to the logic, wherein the output is to modify a number of cycles for the variable latency linear feedback shift register based on an output from the physically unclonable function; and

a compressor communicatively coupled to the variable latency linear feedback shift register to compress the response,

wherein the physically unclonable function and logic are to provide a security primitive to authenticate the system, and to decorrelate the challenge and the response to prevent attacks on the physically unclonable function based on cadence, frequency, latency and timestamp data.

2. A semiconductor package apparatus, comprising:

one or more substrates;

a physically unclonable function coupled to the one or more substrates, wherein the physically unclonable function is to include one or more of a memory-based unclonable function or a timing-based unclonable function;

logic coupled to the physically unclonable function and to the one or more substrates, wherein the logic is at least partly implemented in one or more of configurable logic and fixed-functionality hardware logic, the logic coupled to the one or more substrates to:

generate a first output from the physically unclonable function based on a challenge,

modify the challenge based on the first output, wherein modification of the challenge is to decorrelate a challenge sent to the system from a challenge provided to the physically unclonable function, and

generate a response based on the modified challenge,

wherein the physically unclonable function comprises a static random access memory, and wherein the logic is to change a read sequence of the static random access memory based on an output of the physically unclonable function;

a variable latency linear feedback shift register communicatively coupled to the logic, wherein the output is to modify a number of cycles for the variable latency linear feedback shift register based on an output from the physically unclonable function; and

a compressor communicatively coupled to the variable latency linear feedback shift register to compress the response,

wherein the physically unclonable function and logic are to provide a security primitive to authenticate the apparatus, and to decorrelate the challenge and the response to prevent attacks on the physically unclonable function based on cadence, frequency, latency and timestamp data.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the logic coupled to the one or more substrates includes transistor channel regions that are positioned within the one or more substrates.

4. A method of generating a response to a challenge, comprising:

generating, via logic at least partly implemented in one or more of configurable logic and fixed-functionality hardware logic, a first output from a physically unclonable function based on a challenge, wherein the physically unclonable function is to include one or more of a memory-based unclonable function or a timing-based unclonable function;

modifying, via the logic, the challenge based on the first output, wherein modification of the challenge is to decorrelate a challenge sent to the system from a challenge provided to the physically unclonable function;

generating, via the logic, a response based on the modified challenge,

wherein the physically unclonable function comprises a static random access memory, and wherein the logic is to change a read sequence of the static random access memory based on an output of the physically unclonable function;

a variable latency linear feedback shift register communicatively coupled to the logic, wherein the output is to modify a number of cycles for the variable latency linear feedback shift register based on an output from the physically unclonable function; and

a compressor communicatively coupled to the variable latency linear feedback shift register to compress the response,

wherein the physically unclonable function and logic are to provide a security primitive for authentication, and to decorrelate the challenge and the response to prevent attacks on the physically unclonable function based on cadence, frequency, latency and timestamp data.

5. A semiconductor package apparatus, comprising:

one or more substrates;

a physically unclonable function coupled to the one or more substrates, wherein the physically unclonable function is to include one or more of a memory-based unclonable function or a timing-based unclonable function;

a linear feedback shift register communicatively coupled to the one or more substrates;

logic coupled to the physically unclonable function, the linear feedback shift register, and to the one or more substrates, wherein the logic is at least partly implemented in one or more of configurable logic and fixed-functionality hardware logic, the logic coupled to the one or more substrates to:

generate an output from the physically unclonable function based on a challenge,

modify the challenge based on the output of the physically unclonable function, wherein modification of the challenge is to decorrelate a challenge sent to the system from a challenge provided to the physically unclonable function,

vary a latency of the linear feedback shift register based on the output from the physically unclonable function,

generate a response based on an output of the linear feedback shift register, and

modify a number of cycles for the linear feedback shift register based on the output from the physically unclonable function, and

a compressor communicatively coupled to the linear feedback shift register to compress the response,

wherein the physically unclonable function and logic are to provide a security primitive to authenticate the apparatus, and to decorrelate the challenge and the response to prevent attacks on the physically unclonable function based on cadence, frequency, latency and timestamp data.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the logic coupled to the one or more substrates includes transistor channel regions that are positioned within the one or more substrates.