Efficient and Agile ECC Acceleration: A Hardware/Software Co-Design with Automated Compilation
Student Contest:
Yes
Affiliation Type:
Academia
Keywords:
Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), Hardware Acceleration, Automated Compilation, Intelligent Transport Systems
Abstract:
Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is a widely adopted public-key cryptosystem that ensures data integrity and authentication, particularly in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). In ITS, vehicles communicate via vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocols, which require ECC accelerators to deliver low-latency responses, high throughput, and agile programmability. However, existing solutions often fail to balance performance and elliptic curve versatility, and they typically lack automated tools for agile task deployment. To address these challenges, this paper presents a general modular multiplier optimized for specific elliptic curves, namely SM2, NIST P256r1 and Secp256k1, to reconcile performance with modulus generality. Furthermore, an automated compiler is implemented for Application-Specific Instruction-set Processor (ASIP) tailored for ECC acceleration, which translates high-level mathematical expressions into executable instructions. Experimental results on FPGA show that our ECC accelerator achieves a speedup of 1.28x-4.1x for point multiplication (PM) and 1.1x-6x for double PM across specific curves, while fully meets V2V standards via its automated compilation framework.
Track ID:
2.6
Track Name:
Hardware Security for Internet-of-Things, Cyber-Physical Systems
