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Hardware-based Seed Selection

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**Hardware-based seed selection** is a technique referenced in the context of RTL fuzzing, where fuzzing inputs (“seeds”) are selected using hardware-oriented criteria to improve the effectiveness of testing hardware designs such as CPU cores. It is described as one of the performance-improving components of **INSTILLER**, an RTL fuzzer proposed for detecting hardware bugs before deployment.[27264e40-9188-43f6-9eea-e0179c329bfe]

First seen 5/24/2026
Last seen 6/3/2026
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Hardware-based Seed Selection

Hardware-based seed selection is a technique referenced in the context of RTL fuzzing, where fuzzing inputs (“seeds”) are selected using hardware-oriented criteria to improve the effectiveness of testing hardware designs such as CPU cores. It is described as one of the performance-improving components of INSTILLER, an RTL fuzzer proposed for detecting hardware bugs before deployment.[1]

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Seed Selection implements → 97% 8e
Hardware-based seed selection implements seed selection using hardware-related heuristics.
INSTILLER ← uses 100% 6e
Instiller uses hardware-based seed selection strategies to improve fuzzing performance.
INSTILLER ← implements 98% 6e
Instiller implements hardware-based seed selection to improve fuzzing performance.
Seed Selection uses → 3e
Hardware-based seed selection extends the concept of seed selection with hardware-related heuristics.
INSTILLER ← introduces 1e
Instiller introduces hardware-based seed selection as a novel contribution.