Abstract: In one embodiment, a chip comprising a circuit, the circuit comprising a plurality of components, wherein the circuit is adapted to perform a function that is dependent on timing behavior of the circuit, and wherein a geometry of a layout of the circuit is substantially the same as another geometry of another layout of another circuit adapted to perform another function that is dependent on different timing behavior.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a chip comprising a circuit, the circuit comprising a plurality of components, wherein the circuit is adapted to perform a function that is dependent on timing behavior of the circuit, and wherein a geometry of a layout of the circuit is substantially the same as another geometry of another layout of another circuit adapted to perform another function that is dependent on different timing behavior.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a chip comprising a circuit, the circuit comprising a plurality of components, wherein the circuit is adapted to perform a function that is dependent on timing behavior of the circuit, and wherein a geometry of a layout of the circuit is substantially the same as another geometry of another layout of another circuit adapted to perform another function that is dependent on different timing behavior.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a chip comprising a circuit, the circuit comprising a plurality of components, wherein the circuit is adapted to perform a function that is dependent on timing behavior of the circuit, and wherein a geometry of a layout of the circuit is substantially the same as another geometry of another layout of another circuit adapted to perform another function that is dependent on different timing behavior.

Abstract: A method of encrypting a block of data, is described, the method including providing a combining unit operative to combine a key with a block of data, the block of data expressed as a block of bits, providing a mix and condense unit operative to mix bits included in the block of bits among themselves, receiving an input including the block of data expressed as the block of bits, combining, at the combining unit, the block of bits with a key, and mixing, at the mixing and condensing unit, the combined block of bits, wherein the mix and condense unit includes a plurality of layers, each layer among the plurality of layers including a plurality of mini-functions. Related apparatus and methods are described.

Abstract: In an iterated block cipher, a method for round key encryption and key generation, the method including providing a first function Fi and a second function Fj, providing a round key generation function, the round key generation function being operative to utilize, in any given round, exactly one of the first function Fi, and the second function Fj, providing a round mixing function, the round mixing function being operative to utilize, in any given round, exactly one of the first function Fi, and the second function Fj, utilizing the round key generation function in at least a first round to generate a second round key for use in a second round, and utilizing the round mixing function in at least the first round to mix a first round key with a cipher state, wherein one of the following is performed in the first round the round key generation function utilizes the first function Fi to generate the second round key for use in the second round, substantially simultaneously with the round key mixing function util

Abstract: In an iterated block cipher, a method for round key encryption and key generation, the method including providing a first function Fi and a second function Fj, providing a round key generation function, the round key generation function being operative to utilize, in any given round, exactly one of the first function Fi, and the second function Fj, providing a round mixing function, the round mixing function being operative to utilize, in any given round, exactly one of the first function Fi, and the second function Fj, utilizing the round key generation function in at least a first round to generate a second round key for use in a second round, and utilizing the round mixing function in at least the first round to mix a first round key with a cipher state, wherein one of the following is performed in the first round the round key generation function utilizes the first function Fi to generate the second round key for use in the second round, substantially simultaneously with the round key mixing function util