Title :
On-line task management for a reconfigurable cryptographic architecture
Author :
Beretta, Ivan ; Rana, Vincenzo ; Santambrogio, Marco D. ; Sciuto, Donatella
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
The increasing amount of programmable logic provided by modern FPGAs makes it possible to execute multiple hardware applications on the same device. This approach is reinforced by dynamic reconfiguration, which allows a single part of the device to be configured with a single hardware module. The proposed solution is a Linux-based operating system to manage on-demand module configuration on an FPGA while providing a set of high-level abstractions to user applications. The proposed approach has been validated in a cryptographic context using the DES and the AES algorithms.
Keywords :
Linux; cryptography; field programmable gate arrays; reconfigurable architectures; AES algorithm; DES algorithm; FPGA; Linux-based operating system; on-demand module configuration; on-line task management; programmable logic; reconfigurable cryptographic architecture; Application software; Cryptography; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Kernel; Logic devices; Operating systems; Programmable logic arrays; Programmable logic devices; Reconfigurable logic;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel & Distributed Processing, 2009. IPDPS 2009. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3751-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-2075
DOI :
10.1109/IPDPS.2009.5161211
