Title :
Accelerating next-generation public-key cryptosystems on general-purpose CPUs
Author :
Eberle, Hans ; Shantz, Sheueling ; Gupta, Vipul ; Gura, Nils ; Rarick, Leonard ; Spracklen, Lawrence
Author_Institution :
Sun MicroSystems Inc., CA, USA
Abstract :
This article describes low-cost techniques for accelerating the ECC and RSA public-key cryptosystems on general-purpose processor architectures. We focus on hardware acceleration of public-key cryptosystems on 64-bit server machines. A prototype based on a Sparc CPU data path shows a clear performance advantage of ECC over RSA.
Keywords :
computer architecture; instruction sets; performance evaluation; public key cryptography; RSA; Sparc CPU data path; elliptic curve cryptography; general-purpose processor architectures; public-key cryptosystem; Acceleration; Arithmetic; Central Processing Unit; Computer aided instruction; Computer architecture; Elliptic curve cryptography; Elliptic curves; Hardware; Public key cryptography; Security; Cryptographic controls; Processor Architectures; Public key cryptosystems;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
