The Interview Olivier Thomas‘ best stories, his worst customers, and his tips. > How has hardware security changed over the last 20 years? The biggest change I noticed is the community growing over the years. People were interested in analyzing protocols and performing side channels. Silicon level hacking existed too, but was confidential and limited […]
From Software Curiosity to Chip Discovery: Meet Pierre at Texplained
Meet Pierre at Texplained Pierre joined the team as an apprentice software developer with a strong passion and a desire to keep learning. At just 18 years old, he had already been exploring software development for five years. Today, he contributes to ChipJuice, Texplained’s data extraction & analysis software, where he works on algorithms designed […]
Join us for the ORSHIN Summer-School! – 07-10th September 2025
Get ready to dive into the future of IoT security at the ORSHIN Summer School on Open-source Resilient Hardware and Software for Internet of Things, happening September 7-10, 2025, in beautiful Crete, Greece! As proud partners of this cutting-edge event, Texplained is thrilled to join industry leaders, academics, and students in exploring groundbreaking topics like […]
Texplained to Present ChipJuice at Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference 2025
Wilmington, NC – [10th April 2025] – Texplained, a global leader in semiconductor reverse engineering and digital forensics, is excited to announce its participation in the Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference 2025, taking place June 3rd to 5th, 2025, in Wilmington, North Carolina. At this essential event for cybersecurity and forensic professionals, Texplained will […]
ORSHIN European Project: Interview of our CEO
In this interview, our CEO and Co-Founder provides an update on ORSHIN’s progress and a comprehensive overview of its outcomes. Through ORSHIN, Texplained shares its insights and expertise in hardware security design and evaluation, introducing a new framework that integrates high-level attack scenarios and open-source principles within the semiconductor industry. With less than a year […]
Women in Tech – Interview of our CEO
Portrait d’ingénieure en microélectronique – Clarisse chez Texplained Our CEO shares her perspective on the role of women in science and society as a whole. She also offers advice to girls and parents on fostering a more inclusive world where women are equally empoweredalongside men.
ORSHIN – Learn about the project
ORSHIN: Open-source ReSilient Hardware and software for Internet of thiNgs (Project funded by Europe) Watch this 2′ Video presenting ORSHIN project, which goal is to create the first generic and integrated methodology, called trusted lifecycle, to develop secure network devices based on open-source components while managing their entire lifecycle. Learn more about ORSHIN project here
Read our paper! RISC-V: 3 countermeasures to prevent from linear code extraction
Our paper, presented, demonstrated and published at 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), is now readable on IEEE Xplore Authors: Théophile Gousselot; Olivier Thomas; Jean-Max Dutertre; Olivier Potin; Jean-Baptiste Rigaud Abstract: Linear Code Extraction (LCE) is an invasive attack aiming at fully extracting a code from a device’s memory for […]
Report – Counterfeit, Clones and Genuine Printer Cartridges – HP
As an independent expert lab in IC security, Texplained was mandated by HP Legal Teams to compare Counterfeits, Clones & Genuine Printer Cartridges. The operation consisted in plugging in the different cartridges, observing the behavior of the printers, and reporting on it in detail. Integrated Circuits have also been opened to check the information visible […]
Texplained’s Expertise Serving Europe fights against crime and terrorism
Texplained Leading the Hardware Approach to Extract Essential Information for Decryption in a Major European Project Encrypted mobile phones are often a key factor in criminal cases; the data stored in these devices may contain critical evidence. With most telephones protected by encryption, the rapid processing of critical evidence by various information retrieval techniques is slowed […]









