Whirlpool SoPC Implementation : Hardware/Software Co-Design Example

The aim of this work was to design a System on Programmable Chip (SoPC), that implements the Whirlpool Hash Function (WHF) algorithm. An assumption of the project was to use an embedded soft-processor NIOS II controlling the whole system, which functionality was extended by a custom logic in order to improve the used algorithm efficiency. This paper presents the Whirlpool Hash Function realized in several SoPC configurations, which differ in implementation complexity and performance.