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jonathrg
6 months ago
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Optimizing a bignum library for fun
Just curious, what kind of embedded system were you working on that required arbitrary precision numbers, and where it was acceptable for the system to stall for 40 seconds during a calculation?
worstspotgain
6 months ago
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The ModExp was used for cryptographic authentication, and only ran once per session or once when pairing. IIRC it was a battery BLE device.
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