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Ultra-Fast DAES IP Core for AES Encryption

Ultra-Fast DAES IP Core for AES Encryption

DCD-SEMI, a global provider of secure and high-reliability semiconductor IP, announces the launch of DAES IP Core, a high-performance hardware accelerator designed to bring lightning-fast AES encryption and decryption to today’s embedded, communication, and data-centric systems.

Supporting AES-128 and AES-256 across five major modes — ECB, CBC, CFB, OFB, and CTR — DAES delivers exceptional throughput while remaining easy to integrate into FPGA- and ASIC-based designs.

Hardware Acceleration for Real-World Performance

Engineered for maximum efficiency, DAES automatically manages data flow and performs hardware-level key expansion. This allows software to focus exclusively on I/O operations, significantly simplifying system architecture and eliminating common performance bottlenecks associated with software-based AES.

Its flexible memory-mapped interface supports the most widely used system buses, including AMBA (APB/AHB/AXI), Avalon, and OPB, ensuring fast, frictionless deployment in a wide range of SoC and FPGA platforms.

Performance Highlights

  • Up to 7.68 Gbit/s throughput on AES-128 at 1 GHz

  • Optimized for Xilinx Artix-7, Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+, and Intel/Altera FPGAs

  • Configurable AES modes and key sizes to match system-level requirements

  • Fully synthesizable and ready for ASIC or FPGA implementation

The DAES package includes Verilog RTL, testbenches, reference vectors, synthesis scripts, example C drivers, and complete documentation — all supported by DCD-SEMI’s engineering team.

With DAES, system designers can build faster, more secure products for communications, data storage, networking, edge devices, and embedded systems without compromising flexibility or performance.

Part of the Holistic DCD-SEMI Cryptography Ecosystem

DAES is a key component of CryptOne, DCD-SEMI’s comprehensive cryptography portfolio, which includes encryption engines, hash cores, public-key accelerators, TRNG modules, and security-oriented IP blocks.

Together, these solutions form a holistic, interoperable security ecosystem enabling complete end-to-end encryption architectures tailored to high-performance, high-reliability applications across communications, storage, industrial, and IoT markets.

Explore the ecosystem: https://www.dcd.pl/product-category/cryptography/

About DCD-SEMI

For more than 25 years, DCD-SEMI has delivered synthesizable IP cores enabling semiconductor companies and OEMs to accelerate product development and enhance system reliability. With over 5000 successful silicon implementations, DCD-SEMI technologies power solutions in automotive, industrial automation, communications, and IoT markets worldwide. The company specializes in secure, high-performance IP, offering advanced capabilities for functional safety, cybersecurity, and low-latency system design.