Reconfigurable design and implementation of the MD6 Hash function

Efficient reconfigurable field programmable gate array (FPGA) architectures for the MD6-224/256/384/512 Hash algorithm are proposed in this article. The basic iterative compact design requires 923 ALMs and achieves a throughput ranging from 225 Mbit/s to 394 Mbit/s at a maximum frequency of 198 MHz. The 32-step-unrolled high-throughput design requires 7 090 ALMs and achieves a throughput ranges from 5 776 Mbit/s to 9 490 Mbit/s at a maximum frequency of 173 MHz. The simulation results show that high flexibility and efficient FPGA implementation of the MD6 Hash function is achieved.