Paper 2025/909 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2025/909 ↗
Energy Consumption Framework and Analysis of Post-Quantum Key-Generation on Embedded Devices
Abstract
The emergence of quantum computing and Shor's algorithm necessitates an imminent shift from current public key cryptography techniques to post-quantum robust techniques. NIST has responded by standardising Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorithms, with ML-KEM (FIPS-203) slated to replace ECDH (Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman) for key exchange. A key practical concern for PQC adoption is energy consumption. This paper introduces a new framework for measuring the PQC energy consumption on a Raspberry Pi when performing key generation. The framework uses both available traditional methods and the newly standardised ML-KEM algorithm via the commonly utilised OpenSSL library.
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- 2025-05-21: last updated
- 2025-05-21: published
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- https://ia.cr/2025/909
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- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2025/909,
author = {J Cameron Patterson and William J Buchanan and Callum Turino},
title = {Energy Consumption Framework and Analysis of Post-Quantum Key-Generation on Embedded Devices},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2025/909},
year = {2025},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/909}
}