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Simon is a family of lightweight block ciphers publicly released by the National Security Agency (NSA) in June 2013. Simon has been optimized for performance in hardware implementations, while its sister algorithm, Speck, has been optimized for software implementations.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon (cipher) | Block sizes | 32, 48, 64, 96 or 128 bits | 1.00 | infobox |
| Simon (cipher) | Designers | Ray Beaulieu, Douglas Shors, Jason Smith, Stefan Treatman-Clark, Bryan Weeks, Louis Wingers NSA | 1.00 | infobox |
| Simon (cipher) | First published | 2013 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Simon (cipher) | Key sizes | 64, 72, 96, 128, 144, 192 or 256 bits | 1.00 | infobox |
| Simon (cipher) | Related to | Speck | 1.00 | infobox |
| Simon (cipher) | Rounds | 32, 36, 42, 44, 52, 54, 68, 69 or 72 (depending on block and key size) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Simon (cipher) | Speed | 7.5 cpb (21.6 without SSE) on Intel Xeon 5640 (Simon128/128) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Simon (cipher) | Structure | Balanced Feistel network | 1.00 | infobox |
| ChaCha20 | instance of | in comparison to more conservative ciphers | 0.80 | text |
| Matsui's algorithm | instance of | The design team says that their cryptanalysis included linear and differential cryptanalysis using standard techniques | 0.80 | text |
| SAT/SMT solvers | instance of | The design team says that their cryptanalysis included linear and differential cryptanalysis using standard techniques | 0.80 | text |
| though a full list of techniques used is not given | instance of | The design team says that their cryptanalysis included linear and differential cryptanalysis using standard techniques | 0.80 | text |
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