[Resource Topic] 2021/185: No Silver Bullet: Optimized Montgomery Multiplication on Various 64-bit ARM Platforms

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Title:
No Silver Bullet: Optimized Montgomery Multiplication on Various 64-bit ARM Platforms

Authors: Hwajeong Seo, Pakize Sanal, Wai-Kong Lee, Reza Azarderakhsh

Abstract:

In this paper, we firstly presented optimized implementations of Montgomery multiplication on 64-bit ARM processors by taking advantages of Karatsuba algorithm and efficient multiplication instruction sets for ARM64 architectures. The implementation of Montgomery multiplication can improve the performance of (pre-quantum and post-quantum) public key cryptography (e.g. CSIDH, ECC, and RSA) implementations on ARM64 architectures, directly. Last but not least, the performance of Karatsuba algorithm does not ensure the fastest speed record on various ARM architectures, while it is determined by the clock cycles per multiplication instruction of target ARM architectures. In particular, recent Apple processors based on ARM64 architecture show lower cycles per instruction of multiplication than that of ARM Cortex-A series. For this reason, the schoolbook method shows much better performance than the sophisticated Karatsuba algorithm on Apple processors. With this observation, we can determine the proper approach for multiplication of cryptography library (e.g. Microsoft-SIDH) on Apple processors and ARM Cortex-A processors.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/185

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