In memory, single event upset (SEU) and single event multiple node upset
(SEMNU) have become the principal problems during the past four decades.
Significant dependability issues arise from these upsets in a variety of
applications such as space, terrestrial, military, and healthcare
sector. The use of scaled on-chip memory devices to store private and
sensitive data has grown dramatically in the last several years across
all the sectors. Memory devices are seriously at risk from non-invasive
side-channel assaults (SCAs), which extract secret and sensitive
information as well as during SEU/SEMNU, which may flip stored secret
and sensitive information. This article presents the history behind the
emergence of radiation-hardened circuits and survey of several
techniques to mitigate the impact of radiation over the past few decades
along with SCA based on leakage power analysis. By educating the
researchers on two crucial on-chip memory issues—radiation effect
SEU/SEMNU and SCA—this work seeks to accelerate co-design efforts.