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XTS-AES IEEE P1619 Core Families XTS2 and XTS3


General Description

XTS2 and XTS3 (formerly known as XEX2 and XEX3)  implement the NIST standard AES cipher in the XEX/XTS mode for encryption and decryption. The XTS3 family of cores covers a wide range of area / throughput combinations using both 256 and 128-bit keys, allowing the designer to choose the smallest core that satisfies the desired clock/throughput requirements. XTS2 is similar to XTS3, but supports only 128-bit keys. Each core contains the base AES core AES1 and is available for immediate licensing.
The design is fully synchronous and available in both source and netlist form.
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Key Features

Key Features Small size: XTS2-12.8 starts at less than 30,000 ASIC gates and delivers throughput of 7 Gbps. XTS3-18.2 starts at  44,000 ASIC gates at throughput of 18.2 bits per clock. The fastest cores in the families, XTS2-128 and XTS3-128, deliver 128 bits of throughput per clock (for example, at 500 MHz clock the maximum throughput is 64 Gbps).
Completely self-contained: does not require external memory
Supports both encryption and decryption
Includes key expansion and CTS support
Supports XEX-based Tweaked CodeBook mode (TCB) with CipherText Stealing (CTS) (XTS) mode encryption and decryption
128+128 and 256+256 bit AES keys supported.
Easily parallelizable for even higher data rates
Flow-through design
Test bench provided
Applications
Hard drive encryption compliant with the IEEE P1619 and NIST SP800-38E draft
Pin Description
CLK Input   Core clock signal
CEN Input   Synchronous enable signal. When LOW the core ignores all      its inputs and all its outputs must be ignored.
E/D Input   When HIGH, core is encrypting, when LOW core is decrypting When HIGH, core uses the 256-bit key
K256 Input   When HIGH, core uses the 256-bit key
START Input   HIGH level starts the input data processing
READ Output   Read request for the input data byte
WRITE Output   Write signal for the output interface
D[127:0] Input   Input Data (other data bus widths are also available)
  plain or cipher text
IV[127:0] Input   IV (logical position)
K1[255:0] Input   AES key
K2[255:0] Input   Tweak key (K2)
Q[127:0] Output   Output plain or cipher text
 
Function Description
The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm is a new NIST data encryption standard as defined in the NIST FIPS-197

The XTS3 implementation fully supports the AES algorithm for XTS-AES-256 and XTS-AES-128 as defined by the IEEE 1619 SISWG. XTS2 supports only XTS-AES-128.

The core is designed for flow-through operation, with 128-bit wide input and output interfaces. XTS2 and XTS3 support both encryption and decryption modes.

 
Implementation Results
Area Utilization and Performance

Representative area/resources figures are shown below.

XTS3-64 TSMC 0.09 µ LV 140,500 gates 215 MHz 13.7 Gbps
Multiple XTS3 cores can be easily paralleled for throughputs of 100 Gbps and higher.
 
Export Permits
US Bureau of Industry and Security has assigned the export control classification number 5E002 to our AES core. The core is eligible for the license exception ENC under section 740.17(A) and (B)(1) of the export administration regulations. See the licensing basics page, for links to US government sites and more details.
 
Deliverables
HDL Source Licenses
Synthesizable Verilog RTL source code
Verilog testbench (self-checking)
Vectors for testbench
Expected results
User Documentation
Netlist Licenses
Post-synthesis EDIF
Testbench (self-checking)
Vectors for testbenches
Expected results
 
Contact Information
IP Cores, Inc.
3731 Middlefield Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
Phone: +1 (650) 815-7996
E-mail: info@ipcores.com
www.ipcores.com