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CLP-403: SNOW 3G Look Aside Core

Elliptic’s CLP-403 security core supports the SNOW 3G confidentiality and integrity modes as specified by the 3GPP standards. The Release 7 standard is governed by a European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) document - SNOW 3G Algorithm Specification Version 1.1 and these algorithms are known as UEA2 (encryption) and UIA2 (integrity). Releases 8, 9, 10 and 11 refer to these algorithms as 128-EEA1 and 128-EIA1. The differences between these releases and Release 7 do not affect the hardware core. Elliptic's CLP-41: Snow 3G Flow Through Core implements a flow-through or in-line version of the core although the core can also be provided as a look-aside engine. The security core is silicon proven and shipped in millions of units as a standalone core, or as a component of Elliptic’s security protocol accelerators and processors.

 

Features

  • SNOW 3G cipher for 3GPP
    • Supports both the confidentiality (UEA2) and Integrity (UIA2) modes in Release 7
    • Supports both the confidentiality (128-EEA1) and Integrity (128-EIA1) modes in Releases 8, 9, 10, 11
  • Maximum clock frequency: 408 MHz in 90 nm
    • 1.9 Gbps @ 200 MHz for 64 byte messages (UEA2 and 128-EEA1)
    • 5.0 Gbps @ 200 MHz for 512 byte messages (UEA2 and 128-EEA1)
  • Flow-through architecture
    • Ingress and egress FIFO depth configurable at build time
  • Key size - 128 bits
  • 34K ASIC gates (supports both encryption and integrity modes)
    • 16K ASIC gates confidentiality option (128-EEA1 and UEA2) also available

 

 

Benefits

  • Silicon proven
  • Highly integrated
  • SoC/ASIC developers and embedded system OEMs benefit from
    • Reduced time to market
    • Reduced risk
    • Highly tuned solutions for performance, power and size
  • IP developed by industry experts through a structured and rigorous development and verification program

Applications

  • Mobile communications
  • 3GPP, UMTS, LTE, LTE Advanced (3G and 4G technologies)
    • eNodeB Base stations
    • Handsets
    • Femtocells

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Snow 3G Flow Through  Core

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