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hash-21 Neulaser — performance on AArch64 (system arm_1)

Independent measurement following the structure of the NICCS ARM self-assessment guide, §3.5 (1)–(7). Not a submitter self-assessment.

1. Basic information

Category: cryptographic hash algorithm; function: hash
Algorithm: Neulaser
Implementation versions measured: reference
Parameter sets: Neulaser-512, Neulaser-768, Neulaser-1024
Security evaluation: hash-21 report
Measurement method: arm_1 method
Submission: NICCS page

2. Assessment environment

item	value
processor	Qualcomm Oryon (CPU 2, one core)
machine	ASUS Vivobook S 15
clock	fixed 2.71 GHz (governor performance, minimum = maximum), boost off, SMT none
memory	30562 MiB
OS / kernel	Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS / 7.0.0-34-generic
compiler / build tool	gcc (Ubuntu 15.2.0-16ubuntu1) 15.2.0 / cmake version 4.2.3
campaign start / end (UTC)	2026-09-28T15:05:46 / 2026-09-29T08:43:52

3. Functional testing (KAT)

Each library was checked against the submitted KAT vectors (SHA-256 manifest hash-21/kat.sha256 in the harness) before timing.

instance	build flags	KAT
`Neulaser-512`	guide	PASS
`Neulaser-768`	guide	PASS
`Neulaser-1024`	guide	PASS

4. Performance

instance	message	mean cycles	cycles/byte	mean time	MB/s	n
`Neulaser-512`	32 B	8781	274.4	3.26 µs	9.8	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-512`	128 B	16.2 k	126.8	6.03 µs	21.2	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-512`	512 B	38.7 k	75.5	14.3 µs	35.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-512`	1024 B	68.5 k	66.9	25.4 µs	40.3	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-512`	4096 B	261.9 k	64.0	97.2 µs	42.1	29945 (5 × 5989)
`Neulaser-512`	8192 B	557.3 k	68.0	207 µs	39.6	16445 (5 × 3289)
`Neulaser-512`	16384 B	1.02 M	62.5	380 µs	43.2	8440 (5 × 1688)
`Neulaser-512`	65536 B	4.09 M	62.4	1.52 ms	43.2	1905 (5 × 381)
`Neulaser-768`	32 B	11.2 k	348.8	4.14 µs	7.7	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-768`	128 B	11.2 k	87.3	4.15 µs	30.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-768`	512 B	39.6 k	77.3	14.7 µs	34.9	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-768`	1024 B	71.7 k	70.0	26.6 µs	38.5	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-768`	4096 B	266.3 k	65.0	98.8 µs	41.5	31500 (5 × 6300)
`Neulaser-768`	8192 B	511.7 k	62.5	190 µs	43.1	16495 (5 × 3299)
`Neulaser-768`	16384 B	1.02 M	62.4	379 µs	43.2	8310 (5 × 1662)
`Neulaser-768`	65536 B	4.23 M	64.5	1.57 ms	41.8	2075 (5 × 415)
`Neulaser-1024`	32 B	14.3 k	447.6	5.32 µs	6.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-1024`	128 B	14.1 k	110.3	5.24 µs	24.4	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-1024`	512 B	37.2 k	72.7	13.8 µs	37.0	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-1024`	1024 B	75.4 k	73.6	28 µs	36.6	100000 (5 × 20000)
`Neulaser-1024`	4096 B	273.8 k	66.9	102 µs	40.3	30950 (5 × 6190)
`Neulaser-1024`	8192 B	524.3 k	64.0	195 µs	42.1	16165 (5 × 3233)
`Neulaser-1024`	16384 B	1.05 M	63.8	388 µs	42.2	7985 (5 × 1597)
`Neulaser-1024`	65536 B	4.14 M	63.2	1.54 ms	42.7	2045 (5 × 409)

5. Resource consumption

Static memory is approximated by the library's loadable ELF segments; peak memory is the process high-water mark (VmHWM) including the benchmark driver and libc, so both are upper-bound proxies rather than isolated algorithm memory.

instance	operation	static: ELF image (bytes)	baseline RSS	peak RSS
`Neulaser-512`	hash_32	12692	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Neulaser-512`	hash_128	12692	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Neulaser-512`	hash_512	12692	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Neulaser-512`	hash_1024	12692	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Neulaser-512`	hash_4096	12692	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Neulaser-512`	hash_8192	12692	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Neulaser-512`	hash_16384	12692	3436 KiB	3500 KiB
`Neulaser-512`	hash_65536	12692	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_32	12724	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_128	12724	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_512	12724	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_1024	12724	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_4096	12724	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_8192	12724	1408 KiB	1472 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_16384	12724	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Neulaser-768`	hash_65536	12724	1464 KiB	1528 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_32	12820	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_128	12820	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_512	12820	1400 KiB	1464 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_1024	12820	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_4096	12820	1404 KiB	1468 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_8192	12820	3444 KiB	3508 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_16384	12820	1416 KiB	1480 KiB
`Neulaser-1024`	hash_65536	12820	1464 KiB	1528 KiB

7. Raw evidence index

Paths are relative to performance/data/arm_1/ in the harness; each JSON file records its commands, environment and trials.

instance	item	file
`Neulaser-512`	KAT log (sha256 `981a5351552eeb9c…`)	`kat/hash-21/Neulaser-512.log`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_1024.json`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_128.json`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_16384.json`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_32.json`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_4096.json`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_512.json`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_65536.json`
`Neulaser-512`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-512__hash_8192.json`
`Neulaser-768`	KAT log (sha256 `09892f2364b5b3d7…`)	`kat/hash-21/Neulaser-768.log`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_1024.json`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_128.json`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_16384.json`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_32.json`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_4096.json`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_512.json`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_65536.json`
`Neulaser-768`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-768__hash_8192.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	KAT log (sha256 `4df66d57a8e87e06…`)	`kat/hash-21/Neulaser-1024.log`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_1024	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_1024.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_128	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_128.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_16384	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_16384.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_32	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_32.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_4096	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_4096.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_512	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_512.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_65536	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_65536.json`
`Neulaser-1024`	timing hash_8192	`records/hash-21/Neulaser-1024__hash_8192.json`

Scripts: performance/campaign.py, performance/ngcc_perf.c, performance/hashprof/ in the harness.