Efficient FPGA Implementation of a Programmable Architecture for GF(p) Elliptic Curve Crypto Computations

Authors:
Lo'Ai Ali Tawalbeh;Abidalrahman Mohammad;Adnan Abdul-Aziz Gutub
Affiliations:
Computer Engineering Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan;Computer Engineering Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan;Computer Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 31261
Venue:
Journal of Signal Processing Systems
Year:
2010

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Abstract

This paper presents a processor architecture for elliptic curve cryptography computations over GF(p). The speed to compute the Elliptic-curve point multiplication over the prime fields GF(p) is increased by using the maximum degree of parallelism, and by carefully selecting the most appropriate coordinates system. The proposed Elliptic Curve processor is implemented using FPGAs. The time, area and throughput results are obtained, analyzed, and compared with previously proposed designs showing interesting performance and features.