Space/Time Trade-Offs for Higher Radix Modular Multiplication Using Repeated Addition

  • Authors:
  • Colin D. Walter

  • Affiliations:
  • UMIST, Manchester, UK

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

The value of using a higher radix for modular multiplication in the context of RSA is investigated. The main conclusion is that for algorithms which perform the multiplication via repeated addition, there is, broadly speaking, a direct trade-off between space and time provided by change of radix. Thus chip area utilized is roughly proportional to speed. However, initially, as the radix is increased from 2, there is a short-lived increase in speed greater than the extra area used.