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Unified field multiplier for GF(p) and GF(2 n) with novel digit encoding

Au, Lai Sze 2004. Unified field multiplier for GF(p) and GF(2 n) with novel digit encoding. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

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Abstract

In recent years, there has been an increase in demand for unified field multipliers for Elliptic Curve Cryptography in the electronics industry because they provide flexibility for customers to choose between Prime (GF(p)) and Binary (GF(2')) Galois Fields. Also, having the ability to carry out arithmetic over both GF(p) and GF(2') in the same hardware provides the possibility of performing any cryptographic operation that requires the use of both fields. The unified field multiplier is relatively future proof compared with multipliers that only perform arithmetic over a single chosen field. The security provided by the architecture is also very important. It is known that the longer the key length, the more susceptible the system is to differential power attacks due to the increased amount of data leakage. Therefore, it is beneficial to design hardware that is scalable, so that more data can be processed per cycle. Another advantage of designing a multiplier that is capable of dealing with long word length is improvement in performance in terms of delay, because less cycles are needed. This is very important because typical elliptic curve cryptography involves key size of 160 bits. A novel unified field radix-4 multiplier using Montgomery Multiplication for the use of G(p) and GF(2') has been proposed. This design makes use of the unexploited state in number representation for operation in GF(2') where all carries are suppressed. The addition is carried out using a modified (4:2) redundant adder to accommodate the extra 1 * state. The proposed adder and the partial product generator design are capable of radix-4 operation, which reduces the number of computation cycles required. Also, the proposed adder is more scalable than existing designs.

Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
Status: Unpublished
Schools: Engineering
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
ISBN: 9781303201271
Funders: ARM Ltd.
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 30 March 2016
Last Modified: 23 Oct 2023 14:24
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/55975

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