ASIC Benchmarking for Proposed Lightweight Cryptography Standard Xoodyak
Abstract
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has initiated a process to standardize alightweight cryptographic algorithm. Lightweight algorithms are designed for use in gate andperformance-limited devices. This report compares an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)implementation of the NIST Advanced Encryption Standard-128 (AES-128) and a competition finalist,Xoodyak. Implementations were written in SystemVerilog. Testing was performed using Vivado fieldprogrammable gate array simulations. Twenty six instances of AES and Xoodyak were built. These buildswere optimized for throughput, clock frequency, and cell area, respectively. Size and performancebenchmarks were obtained from builds using an 5nm and 16nm ASIC technology. Results indicate Xoodyakis capable of higher throughput than AES-128 while using a lower cell area.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1173488
Entities
People
- Michael C Wakeland
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School