Accession Number:

AD1173488

Title:

ASIC Benchmarking for Proposed Lightweight Cryptography Standard Xoodyak

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Master's Thesis]

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Wakeland, Michael C

Report Date:

2022-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

83

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 ASICimplementation 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.

Descriptors:

• integrated circuits
• application-specific integrated circuits
• algorithms
• circuits
• frequency
• simulations
• technical standards
• united states
• reliability
• abstracts
• competition
• diagrams
• electrical engineering
• schools
• security
• cryptography
• cybersecurity

Subject Categories:

• Computer Systems Management and Standards
• Cybernetics
• Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]