Translating a Hash Function from Software to Hardware: A Functional Programming Approach

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2012

Authors

Paulo Ferreira (Author) FEUP; João Canas Ferreira (Author) FEUP; José Carlos Alves (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings National

Title: Actas das VIII Jornadas sobre Sistemas Reconfiguráveis (REC 2012)

Pages: 35-41

VIII Jornadas sobre Sistemas Reconfiguráveis (REC 2012)

Lisboa, Portugal, 9 a 10 de Fevereiro de 2012

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Electronic engineering ; Technological sciences > Engineering > Computer engineering

Other information

Abstract (EN): The use of concurrent functional languages in embedded systems offers advantages related to code size, simplicity and ease of maintenance. But, a performance decrease is also a normal side effect of the use of high level languages. This is aggravated in embedded reconfigurable systems with CPUs of limited performance, and to overcome this some of the computational tasks can be delegated to dedicated hardware, to improve the global performance of the systems. This paper describes the implementation of a cryptographic core, using the high level structure of the original software as a template for building the custom hardware, and the analysis of the possible methods of interconnection using a soft core based reconfigurable system.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific