• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.29 no.4A
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• pp.447-457
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• 2004

This paper proposes a RSA crypto-processor for embedded systems. The architecture of the RSA crypto-processor should be used relying on Big Montgomery algorithm, and is supported by configurable bit size. The RSA crypto-processor includes a RSA control signal generator, an optimal Big Montgomery processor(adder, multiplier). We use diverse arithmetic unit (adder, multiplier) algorithm. After we compared the various results, we selected the optimal arithmetic unit which can be connected with ARM core-processor. The RSA crypto-processor was implemented with Verilog HDL with top-down methodology, and it was verified by C language and Cadence Verilog-XL. The verified models were synthesized with a Hynix 0.25${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$, CMOS standard cell library while using Synopsys Design Compiler. The RSA crypto-processor can operate at a clock speed of 51 MHz in this worst case conditions of 2.7V, 10$0^{\circ}C$ and has about 36,639 gates.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.1471-1479
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• 2017

This paper describes a design of RSA public-key cryptography processor supporting key length of 2,048 bits. A modular multiplier that is core arithmetic function in RSA cryptography was designed using word-based Montgomery multiplication algorithm, and a modular exponentiation was implemented by using Left-to-Right (LR) binary exponentiation algorithm. A computation of a modular multiplication takes 8,386 clock cycles, and RSA encryption and decryption requires 185,724 and 25,561,076 clock cycles, respectively. The RSA processor was verified by FPGA implementation using Virtex5 device. The RSA cryptographic processor synthesized with 100 MHz clock frequency using a 0.18 um CMOS cell library occupies 12,540 gate equivalents (GEs) and 12 kbits memory. It was estimated that the RSA processor can operate up to 165 MHz, and the estimated time for RSA encryption and decryption operations are 1.12 ms and 154.91 ms, respectively.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.3-11
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• 2000

In this paper, we design modular multiplication systolic array and exponentiation processor having n bits message black. This processor uses Montgomery algorithm and LR binary square and multiply algorithm. This processor consists of 3 divisions, which are control unit that controls computation sequence, 5 shift registers that save input and output values, and modular exponentiation unit. To verify the designed exponetion processor, we model and simulate it using VHDL and MAX+PLUS II. Consider a message block length of n=512, the time needed for encrypting or decrypting such a block is 59.5ms. This modular exponentiation unit is used to RSA cryptosystem.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.522-531
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• 2018

A public-key cryptography processor EC-RSA was designed, which integrates a 224-bit prime field elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) defined in the FIPS 186-2 as well as RSA with 2048-bit key length into a single hardware structure. A finite field arithmetic core used in both scalar multiplication for ECC and exponentiation for RSA was designed with 32-bit data-path. A lightweight implementation was achieved by an efficient hardware sharing of the finite field arithmetic core and internal memory for ECC and RSA operations. The EC-RSA processor was verified by FPGA implementation. It occupied 11,779 gate equivalents (GEs) and 14 kbit RAM synthesized with a 180-nm CMOS cell library and the estimated maximum clock frequency was 133 MHz. It takes 867,746 clock cycles for ECC scalar multiplication resulting in the estimated throughput of 34.3 kbps, and takes 26,149,013 clock cycles for RSA decryption resulting in the estimated throughput of 10.4 kbps.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.516-520
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• 2009

RSA crypto-processors equipped with more than 1024 bits of key space handle the entire key stream in units of blocks. The RSA processor which will be the target design in this paper defines the length of the basic word as 128 bits, and uses an 256-bits register as the accumulator. For efficient execution of 128-bit multiplication, 32b*32b multiplier was designed and adopted and the results are stored in 8 separate 128-bit registers according to the status flag. In this paper, an efficient method to execute 128-bit MAC (multiplication and accumulation) operation is proposed. The suggested method pre-analyzed the all possible cases so that the MAC unit can remove unnecessary calculations to speed up the execution. The proposed architecture prototype of the MAC unit was automatically synthesized, and successfully operated at 20MHz, which will be the operation frequency in the RSA processor.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.740-743
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• 2008

RSA crypto-processors equipped with more than 1024 bits of key space handle the entire key stream in units of blocks. The RSA processor which will be the target design in this paper defines the length of the basic word as 128 bits, and uses an 256-bits register as the accumulator. For efficient execution of 128-bit multiplication, $32b^*32b$ multiplier was designed and adopted and the results are stored in 8 separate 128-bit registers according to the stalks flag. In this paper, a fast 32bit nodular multiplier which is required to execute 128-bit MAC (multiplication and accumulation) operation is proposed. The proposed architecture prototype of the multiplier unit was automatically synthesized, and successfully operated at the frequency in the target RSA processor.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.29-39
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• 2007

RSA is one of the most popular public-key crypto-system in various applications. This paper addresses a high-speed RSA crypto-processor with modified radix-4 modular multiplication algorithm and Chinese Remainder Theorem(CRT) using Carry Save Adder(CSA). Our design takes 0.84M clock cycles for a 1024-bit modular exponentiation and 0.25M cycles for a 512-bit exponentiations. With 0.18um standard cell library, the processor achieves 365Kbps for a 1024-bit exponentiation and 1,233Kbps for two 512-bit exponentiations at a 300MHz clock rate.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.100-108
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• 2018

This paper describes a design of scalable RSA public-key cryptography processor supporting four key lengths of 512/1,024/2,048/3,072 bits. The modular multiplier that is a core arithmetic block for RSA crypto-system was designed with 32-bit datapath, which is based on the CIOS (Coarsely Integrated Operand Scanning) Montgomery modular multiplication algorithm. The modular exponentiation was implemented by using L-R binary exponentiation algorithm. The scalable RSA crypto-processor was verified by FPGA implementation using Virtex-5 device, and it takes 456,051/3,496347/26,011,947/88,112,770 clock cycles for RSA computation for the key lengths of 512/1,024/2,048/3,072 bits. The RSA crypto-processor synthesized with a $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS cell library occupies 10,672 gate equivalent (GE) and a memory bank of $6{\times}3,072$ bits. The estimated maximum clock frequency is 147 MHz, and the RSA decryption takes 3.1/23.8/177/599.4 msec for key lengths of 512/1,024/2,048/3,072 bits.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.75-80
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• 2009

RSA cryptoprocessors equipped with more than 1024 bits of key space handle the entire key stream in units of blocks. The RSA processor which will be the target design in this paper defines the length of the basic word as 128 bits, and uses an 256-bits register as the accumulator. For efficient execution of 128-bit multiplication, 32b*32b multiplier was designed and adopted and the results are stored in 8 separate 128-bit registers according to the status flag. In this paper, a fast 32bit modular multiplier which is required to execute 128-bit MAC (multiplication and accumulation) operation is proposed. The proposed architecture prototype of the multiplier unit was automatically synthesized, and successfully operated at the frequency in the target RSA processor.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.163-165
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• 2018

GF(p)상 타원곡선 암호(ECC)와 RSA를 단일 하드웨어로 통합하여 구현한 공개키 암호 프로세서를 설계하였다. 설계된 EC-RSA 공개키 암호 프로세서는 NIST 표준에 정의된 소수체 상의 224-비트 타원 곡선 P-224와 2048-비트 키 길이의 RSA를 지원한다. ECC와 RSA가 갖는 연산의 공통점을 기반으로 워드기반 몽고메리 곱셈기와 메모리 블록을 효율적으로 결합하여 최적화된 데이터 패스 구조를 적용하였다. EC-RSA 공개키 암호 프로세서는 Modelsim을 이용한 기능검증을 통하여 정상동작을 확인하였으며, $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS 셀 라이브러리로 합성한 결과 11,779 GEs와 14-Kbit RAM의 경량 하드웨어로 구현되었다. EC-RSA 공개키 암호 프로세서는 최대 동작주파수 133 MHz이며, ECC 연산에는 867,746 클록주기가 소요되며, RSA 복호화 연산에는 26,149,013 클록주기가 소요된다.