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High Performance Elliptic Curve Cryptographic Co-processor (2003)
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Jonathan Lutz
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@MISC{Lutz03highperformance,
author = {Jonathan Lutz},
title = {High Performance Elliptic Curve Cryptographic Co-processor},
year = {2003}
}
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Abstract
In FIPS 186-2, NIST recommends several finite fields to be used in the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA). Of the ten recommended finite fields, five are binary extension fields with degrees ranging from 163 to 571. The fundamental building block of the ECDSA, like any ECC based protocol, is elliptic curve scalar multiplication. This operation is also the most computationally intensive. In many situations it may be desirable to accelerate the elliptic curve scalar multiplication with specialized hardware.
