• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.26 no.7
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• pp.1071-1077
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• 2022

A security SoC that can be used to implement elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) based public-key infrastructures was designed. The security SoC has an architecture in which a hardware accelerator for the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA) is interfaced with the Cortex-A53 CPU using the AXI4-Lite bus. The ECDSA hardware accelerator, which consists of a high-performance ECC processor, a SHA3 hash core, a true random number generator (TRNG), a modular multiplier, BRAM, and control FSM, was designed to perform the high-performance computation of ECDSA signature generation and signature verification with minimal CPU control. The security SoC was implemented in the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC device to perform hardware-software co-verification, and it was evaluated that the ECDSA signature generation or signature verification can be achieved about 1,000 times per second at a clock frequency of 150 MHz. The ECDSA hardware accelerator was implemented using hardware resources of 74,630 LUTs, 23,356 flip-flops, 32kb BRAM, and 36 DSP blocks.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.46 no.8
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• pp.95-101
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• 2009

Random numbers are used in many sorts of applications. Some applications, like simple software simulation tests, communication protocol verifications, cryptography verification and so forth, need various levels of randomness with various process speeds. In this paper, we propose a fast pseudorandom generator module for embedded systems. The generator module is implemented in hardware which can run in two modes, one of which can generate random numbers with higher randomness but which requires six cycles, the other providing its result within one cycle but with less randomness. An ASIP (Application Specific Instruction set Processor) was designed to implement the proposed pseudorandom generator instruction sets. We designed a processor based on the MIPS architecture,, by using LISA, and have run statistical tests passing the sequence of the Diehard test suite. The HDL models of the processor were generated using CoWare's Processor Designer and synthesized into the Dong-bu 0.18um CMOS cell library using the Synopsys Design Compiler. With the proposed pseudorandom generator module, random number generation performance was 239% faster than software model, but the area increased only 2.0% of the proposed ASIP.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.934-936
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• 2004

본 논문의 목적은 AES(Advanced Encryption Standard)로 선정된 Rijndael 암호 및 복호 알고리즘을 하드웨어로 설계하고 이를 저비용의 FPGA로 구현하는 것이다. 설계된 AES 암호프로세서는 20만 게이트 급 이하의 FPGA로 구현한다는 비용의 제약 조건 하에서 대용량의 데이터를 암호화, 복호화 하기에 적합한 성능을 가지도록 하였다. 또한 구현 단계에서는 설계한 AES 암호프로세서와 UART 모듈을 동일 FPGA상에서 통합하여 실용성 및 면적 효율성을 보였다. 구현된 Rijndael 암호 프로세서는 20만 게이트를 갖는 Xilinx사의 Spartan-II 계열의 XC2S200 칩 사용시 53%의 면적을 차지하였고, Static Timing Analyzer로 분석한 결과 최대 29.3MHz 클럭에서 동작할 수 있고 337Mbps의 최대 성능을 가진다. 구현된 회로는 실제 FPGA를 이용하여 검증을 수행하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.188-190
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• 2017

투영(projective) 좌표계를 이용한 스칼라 곱셈(scalar multiplication) 연산을 지원하는 224-비트 타원곡선 암호(Elliptic Curve Cryptography; ECC) 프로세서의 설계에 대해 기술한다. 소수체 GF(p)상의 덧셈, 뺄셈, 곱셈 등의 유한체 연산을 지원하며, 연산량과 하드웨어 자원소모가 큰 나눗셈 연산을 제거함으로써 하드웨어 복잡도를 감소시켰다. 수정된 Montgomery ladder 알고리듬을 이용하여 스칼라 곱셈 연산을 제어하였으며, 단순 전력분석에 보다 안전하다. 스칼라 곱셈 연산은 최대 2,615,201 클록 사이클이 소요된다. 설계된 ECC-P224 프로세서는 Xilinx ISim을 이용한 기능검증을 하였다. Xilinx Virtex5 FPGA 디바이스 합성결과 7,078 슬라이스로 구현되었으며, 최대 79 MHz에서 동작하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2017.10a
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• pp.247-249
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• 2017

NIST에서 표준으로 정의된 P-192, P-224, P-256, P-384 타원곡선 상의 스칼라 곱셈(scalar multiplication) 연산을 지원하는 Scalable 타원곡선 암호(Elliptic Curve Cryptography; ECC) 프로세서의 설계에 대해 기술한다. 투영(projective) 좌표계를 이용하여 하드웨어 자원 소모가 큰 나눗셈 연산을 제거하였으며, GF(p) 상의 덧셈, 뺄셈, 곱셈 등의 유한체 연산을 지원한다. 워드 기반 몽고메리 곱셈기를 이용하여 다양한 크기의 필드(field)에서 고정된 하드웨어 자원을 통하여 곱셈 연산을 수행하도록 하였으며, 필드의 크기에 따라 연산 사이클이 증가하거나 감소한다. 설계된 Scalable ECC 프로세서는 Verilog HDL로 모델링 되었으며, Modelsim을 이용한 기능검증을 하였다. Xilinx Virtex5 FPGA 디바이스 합성결과 5,376-비트 RAM과 970 슬라이스로 구현되었으며, 최대 55 MHz의 동작 주파수를 갖는다.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.87-96
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• 2021

Quantum computers will be a game-changer in various fields, such as cryptography and new materials. Quantum computer is quite different from the classical computer by using quantum-mechanical phenomena, such as superposition, entanglement, and interference. The main components of a quantum computer can be divided into quantum-algorithm, quantum-classical control interface, and quantum processor. Universal quantum computing, which can be applied in various industries, is expected to have more than millions of qubits with high enough gate accuracy. Currently, It uses general-purpose electronic equipment, which is placed in a rack, at room temperature to make electronic signals that control qubits. However, implementing a universal quantum computer with a low error rate requires a lot of qubits demands the change of the current control system to be an integrated and miniaturized system that can be operated at low temperatures. In this study, we explore the fundamental units of the control system, describe the problems and alternatives of the current control system, and discuss a future quantum control system.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.1163-1170
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• 2016

A hardware implementation of ultra-lightweight block cipher algorithm PRESENT which was specified as a standard for lightweight cryptography ISO/IEC 29192-2 is described. The PRESENT crypto-processor supports two key lengths of 80 and 128 bits, as well as four modes of operation including ECB, CBC, OFB, and CTR. The PRESENT crypto-processor has on-the-fly key scheduler with master key register, and it can process consecutive blocks of plaintext/ciphertext without reloading master key. In order to achieve a lightweight implementation, the key scheduler was optimized to share circuits for key lengths of 80 bits and 128 bits. The round block was designed with a data-path of 64 bits, so that one round transformation for encryption/decryption is processed in a clock cycle. The PRESENT crypto-processor was verified using Virtex5 FPGA device. The crypto-processor that was synthesized using a $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS cell library has 8,100 gate equivalents(GE), and the estimated throughput is about 908 Mbps with a maximum operating clock frequency of 454 MHz.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.2569-2578
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• 2009

Core-A microprocessor is the all-Korean product designed as 32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor developed by KAIST and supported by the Industrial Property Office. This paper analyze Core-A microprocessor architecture and proposes efficient method to interface Core-A microprocessor with coprocessor. To verify proposed interfacing method, the AES cryptography processor that has 128-bit key and block size is used as a coprocessor. Coprocessor and AES are written in Verilog-HDL and verified using Modelsim simulator. It except AES module consists of about 3,743 gates and its maximum operating frequency is about 90Mhz under 0.35um CMOS technology. The proposed coprocessor interface architecture is efficiency to send data or to receive data from Core-A to coprocessor.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.463-471
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• 2021

Since 2016, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been conducting a post quantum cryptography standardization project in preparation for a quantum computing environment. Three rounds are currently in progress, and most of the candidates (5/7) are lattice-based. Lattice-based post quantum cryptography is evaluated to be applicable even in an embedded environment where resources are limited by providing efficient operation processing and appropriate key length. Among them, SABER KEM provides the efficient modulus and Toom-Cook to process polynomial multiplication with computation-intensive tasks. In this paper, we present the optimized implementation of evaluation and interpolation in Toom-Cook algorithm of SABER utilizing ARM/NEON in ARMv8-A platform. In the evaluation process, we propose an efficient interleaving method of ARM/NEON, and in the interpolation process, we introduce an optimized implementation methodology applicable in various embedded environments. As a result, the proposed implementation achieved 3.5 times faster performance in the evaluation process and 5 times faster in the interpolation process than the previous reference implementation.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.31 no.7
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• pp.402-413
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• 2004

This paper presents an Implementation of Korean standard 128-bit block cipher SEED for the small (8 or 16-bits) embedded system using a low-cost FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Array) chip. Due to their limited computing and storage capacities most of the 8-bits/16-bits small embedded systems require a separate and dedicated cryptography processor for data encryption and decryption process which require relatively heavy computation job. So, in order to integrate the SEED with other logic circuit block in a single chip we need to invent a design which minimizes the area demand while maintaining the proper performance. But, the straight-forward mapping of the SEED specification into hardware design results in exceedingly large circuit area for a low-cost FPGA capacity. Therefore, in this paper we present a design which maximize the resource sharing and utilizing the modern FPGA features to reduce the area demand resulting in the successful implementation of the SEED plus interface logic with single low-cost FPGA. We achieved 66% area accupation by our SEED design for the XC2S100 (a Spartan-II series FPGA from Xilinx) and data throughput more than 66Mbps. This Performance is sufficient for the small scale embedded system while achieving tight area requirement.