ACE

This is an implementation of a NIST Lightweight Cryptography Round 2 candidate, ACE.

Top-level Repository Structure

Files:

• LICENSE.txt - License and authors.
• LICENSE - Text of license applied to this repository, implementation, documentation, etc.
• README.md - This brief overview of the repository and implementation.

Directories:

• bd - Block diagrams.
• docs - Documentation.
• KAT - Known-answer tests.
• results - Preliminary benchmarking results.
• scripts - Simulation scripts.
• src_rtl - Synthesizable source RTL code.
• src_sw - Reference software implementation.
• src_tb - Testbench and non-synthesizable source code.

Author(s)

GMU CERG members:

LWC Development Package. See files for specific authors/contributors.

Omar Zabala-Ferrera, GMU CERG:

ACE (aceae128v1 & acehash256v1) implementation using LWC Development Package.

Credits

Thanks to Dr. Kris Gaj and the rest of the GMU CERG group for their help and patience as I completed my first contribution to the team.

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