Cryptographic processing system with programmable function units and method
US6081896A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 2, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/72
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A programmable cryptographic system (100) provides high performance cryptographic processing support for cryptographic algorithms. Two or more independent cryptographic algorithms may be performed at the same time through the processes of background staging and algorithm multi-tasking. A four stage software instruction pipeline and dynamically programmable function units support high performance cryptographic processing performance on the order of 60 mega bits per second (Mbps) aggregate throughput.
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