A universal solution that effectively accelerates the SHA2-512 hash function complying with FIPS PUB 180-4 is the SHA2-512 bridge to APB, AHB, and AXI bus. It computes the message digest in four different bit modes: 256, 224, 384, or 512. A message length of up to 264 +/- 1 bit may be entered. It also natively supports the SHA2-512 HMAC (Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code), a cryptographic mechanism defined in RFC 2104. This depends on the core settings. This IP is appropriate for secure communication in general as well as digital signature techniques that need authentication and data integrity verification. It may also be applied to speed up calculations related to cryptocurrencies.
It provides a functionality for switching between contexts, which might be useful in intricate systems when a job has a preemption mechanism. Custom HMAC schemes or software management are its other applications.
FIPS PUB 180-4 compliant SHA2-512 function
RFC 2104 compliant HMAC mode native support
SHA2 224, 256, 384, 512-bit modes support
Secure storage for precomputed HMAC keys
Hash/HMAC context swapping
Internal, automatic padding module
Binary message resolution support
Flexible data read/write modes
Software driver with OpenSSL/MbedTLS interface ready
Available system interface wrappers:
AMBA – APB / AHB / AXI Bus
Altera Avalon Bus
Xilinx OPB Bus
Deliverables
Source code:
VERILOG test bench environment
Technical documentation
Synthesis scripts
Example application Technical support
IP Core implementation support
12 months of maintenance
Applications
Digital signature
Data integrity
Key derivation
TLS/SSH/PGP IPsec communication
