SHARK - A Realizable Hardware Architecture for Factoring 1024-bit Composites with the GNFS
J. Franke, T. Kleinjung, Christof Paar, Jan Pelzl, C. Priplata, C. Stahlke
Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems - - CHES 2005, 7th International Workshop, Edinburgh, UK, Proceedings. LNCS 3659, Springer-Verlag, August 29 - September 1, 2005.
Abstract
Since 1999 specialized hardware architectures for factoring numbers of 1024 bit size with the General Number Field Sieve (GNFS) have attracted a lot of attention ([Ber], [ST]). Concerns about the feasibility of giant monolytic ASIC architectures such as TWIRL have been raised. Therefore, we propose a parallelized lattice sieving device called SHARK, which completes the sieving step of the GNFS for a 1024-bit number in one year. Its architecture is modular and consists of small ASICs connected by a specialized butter y transport system. We estimate the costs of such a device to be less than US$ 200 million. Because of the modular architecture based on small ASICs, we claim that this device can be built with today's technology.
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