@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1102, title = {Efficient Hardware Implementation of an Elliptic Curve Cryptographic Processor Over GF (2 163)}, author = {Massoud Masoumi and Hosseyn Mahdizadeh}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {A new and highly efficient architecture for elliptic curve scalar point multiplication which is optimized for a binary field recommended by NIST and is well-suited for elliptic curve cryptographic (ECC) applications is presented. To achieve the maximum architectural and timing improvements we have reorganized and reordered the critical path of the Lopez-Dahab scalar point multiplication architecture such that logic structures are implemented in parallel and operations in the critical path are diverted to noncritical paths. With G=41, the proposed design is capable of performing a field multiplication over the extension field with degree 163 in 11.92 s with the maximum achievable frequency of 251 MHz on Xilinx Virtex-4 (XC4VLX200) while 22% of the chip area is occupied, where G is the digit size of the underlying digit-serial finite field multiplier. }, journal = {International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering}, volume = {6}, number = {5}, year = {2012}, pages = {725 - 732}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1102}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/65}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 65, 2012}, }