Paper 2020/1459 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2020/1459 ↗
Preliminary Hardware Benchmarking of a Group of Round 2 NIST Lightweight AEAD Candidates
Abstract
In this report, we analyze the hardware implementations of 10 candidates for Round 2 of the NIST lightweight cryptography standardization process. These candidates are Ascon, DryGASCON, Elephant, Gimli, PHOTON-Beetle, Pyjamask, Romulus, Subterranean, TinyJAMBU and Xoodyak. Specifically, we study the implementations of these algorithms when synthesized using the TSMC 65nm and FDSOI 28nm technologies and Synopsys Design Compiler, targeting various performance trade-offs and different use-cases. We show how different candidates stack-up against such trade-offs. We base our benchmarking parameters and metrics on real-world use-cases, such as high-speed applications, lightweight communication protocols and internet payloads.
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- Preprint.
- History
- 2020-11-19: last updated
- 2020-11-19: published
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- https://ia.cr/2020/1459
- License
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2020/1459,
author = {Mustafa Khairallah and Thomas Peyrin and Anupam Chattopadhyay},
title = {Preliminary Hardware Benchmarking of a Group of Round 2 NIST Lightweight AEAD Candidates},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2020/1459},
year = {2020},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/1459}
}