| 摘要 |
<p>An improved apparatus and method for modular multiplication and exponentiation to achieve efficient computation involved in Montgomery multiplication is provided. Currently employed conventional iteration methods involve carry look-ahead additions. To overcome the time taken by carry look-ahead additions, there is thus provided, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus and method for separately storing and tracking the sum and the carry of the addition involved in Montgomery multiplication. In such a manner, the present invention achieves fast addition times since they are not dependent on the time to compute the carries. As a result, the iterations are carried out much faster than previously possible. By representing the value A in the Montgomery multiplication algorithm with a redundant notation, the sum and the carry of the addition are separately stored and tracked, thereby avoiding the delays involved in the computation of the carries. In such a manner, by separately storing and tracking the sum and the carry of the addition, this carry-save addition enables a much faster computation involved in Montgomery multiplication.</p> |
