On area, time, and the right trade-off

• Main Authors: Poschmann, A., Robshaw, M. J. B.
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Mathematics::Discrete mathematics::Algorithms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99703; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17587
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Recently one of the most active fields of cryptography has been the design of lightweight algorithms. Often the explicit goal is to minimise the physical area for an implementation. While reducing area is an important consideration, beyond a certain threshold there is little point minimising area fu...