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CCproc: A Custom VLIW Cryptography Co-processor for Symmetric-Key Ciphers

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Reconfigurable Computing: Architectures, Tools and Applications (ARC 2009)

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In this paper, we present CCProc, a flexible cryptography co-processor for symmetric-key algorithms. Based on an extensive analysis of many symmetric-key ciphers, including the five AES finalists, we designed an Instruction Set Architecture tailored to symmetric-key ciphers and built a hardware processor prototype by using the VHDL language. The design was mapped on FPGAs and ASIC. Results show a small-area design, while also supporting many ciphers. Besides flexibility, a 4-core FPGA design can achieve up to 615 Mbits/sec at 95 MHz for Rijndael.

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  1. ECE Department, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, GR73100

    Dimitris Theodoropoulos, Alexandros Siskos & Dionisis Pnevmatikatos

  2. Computer Engineering Laboratory, EEMCS, TU Delft, P.O. Box 5031, 2600, GA Delft, the Netherlands

    Dimitris Theodoropoulos

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  1. Institut für Technik der Informationsverarbeitung (ITIV), Universität Karlsruhe (TH), 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Jürgen Becker

  2. ECIT Institute, Queen’s University Belfast, Queen’s Road, Queen’s Island, BT3 9DT, Belfast, UK

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  3. Bradley Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Virginia Tech, 302 Whittemore (0111), 24061, Blacksburg, VA, USA

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  4. Department of Electronic Engineering, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

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Theodoropoulos, D., Siskos, A., Pnevmatikatos, D. (2009). CCproc: A Custom VLIW Cryptography Co-processor for Symmetric-Key Ciphers. In: Becker, J., Woods, R., Athanas, P., Morgan, F. (eds) Reconfigurable Computing: Architectures, Tools and Applications. ARC 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5453. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00641-8_35

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