Paper 2018/605 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2018/605 ↗

N-term Karatsuba Algorithm and its Application to Multiplier designs for Special Trinomials

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new type of non-recursive Mastrovito multiplier for $GF(2^m)$ using a $n$-term Karatsuba algorithm (KA), where $GF(2^m)$ is defined by an irreducible trinomial, $x^m+x^k+1, m=nk$. We show that such a type of trinomial combined with the $n$-term KA can fully exploit the spatial correlation of entries in related Mastrovito product matrices and lead to a low complexity architecture. The optimal parameter $n$ is further studied. As the main contribution of this study, the lower bound of the space complexity of our proposal is about $O(\frac{m^2}{2}+m^{3/2})$. Meanwhile, the time complexity matches the best Karatsuba multiplier known to date. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first time that Karatsuba-based multiplier has reached such a space complexity bound while maintaining relatively low time delay.