| 1. Introduction |
1. Introduction |
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| One of the requirements imposed on all eSTREAM stream cipher submissions |
One of the requirements imposed on all eSTREAM stream cipher submissions |
| was that they should be "demonstrably superior to the AES in at least one |
was that they should demonstrate the potential to be superior to the AES |
| significant aspect". An aspect which is particularly significant for |
in at least one significant aspect. An aspect which is particularly |
| Profile I candidates is software performance. |
significant for Profile I candidates is software performance. |
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| Software performance can be measured in many different ways, and in order |
Software performance can be measured in many different ways, and in order |
| to make comparisons as fair as possible, eSTREAM has decided to develop a |
to make comparisons as fair as possible, eSTREAM has decided to develop a |
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| | Intel Pentium 4 | 2.40GHz | 15/2/9 | [revision 115] | |
| Intel Pentium 4 | 2.40GHz | 15/2/9 | [revision 115] | |
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| Intel Pentium 4 | 3.00GHz | 15/4/1 | [revision 115] | |
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| | AMD Athlon 64 3000+ | 1.80GHz | 15/47/0 | [revision 115] | |
| AMD Athlon 64 3000+ | 1.80GHz | 15/47/0 | [revision 115] | |
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| | Alpha EV5.6 | 400MHz | 21164A | [revision 115] | |
| Alpha EV5.6 | 400MHz | 21164A | [revision 115] | |
