Performance characteristics of ItaniumTM processor on data encryption algorithms

In this paper, performance characteristics of the Itanium^TM processor, the first implementation of the Itanium^TM Processor Family (IPF), is examined for the task of data encryption using public key and symmetric key encryption algorithms. The Itanium^TM processor key performance characteristics: wide issue width, large number of functional units, and large number of registers are examined for the task of performing multi-precision arithmetic dominant in public key algorithms and the computing requirements of symmetric key encryption algorithms.