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sign-01 Aigis-Sig+ — 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: public-key algorithm; function: digital signature
Algorithm: Aigis-Sig+
Implementation versions measured: reference
Parameter sets: Aigis-sig1, Aigis-sig2, Aigis-sig3
Security evaluation: sign-01 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 sign-01/kat.sha256 in the harness) before timing.

instance	build flags	KAT
`Aigis-sig1`	guide	PASS
`Aigis-sig2`	guide	PASS
`Aigis-sig3`	guide	PASS

4. Performance

instance	operation	mean cycles	mean time	ops/s	median trial	n (trials × iters)
`Aigis-sig1`	keygen	564.0 k	209 µs	4.78e+03	208 µs	13890 (5 × 2778)
`Aigis-sig1`	sign	9.75 M	3.62 ms	277	3.61 ms	845 (5 × 169)
`Aigis-sig1`	verify	494.1 k	183 µs	5.45e+03	183 µs	17070 (5 × 3414)
`Aigis-sig2`	keygen	1.78 M	659 µs	1.52e+03	654 µs	4630 (5 × 926)
`Aigis-sig2`	sign	7.50 M	2.78 ms	359	2.79 ms	1120 (5 × 224)
`Aigis-sig2`	verify	1.68 M	623 µs	1.61e+03	618 µs	5085 (5 × 1017)
`Aigis-sig3`	keygen	5.90 M	2.19 ms	457	2.19 ms	1395 (5 × 279)
`Aigis-sig3`	sign	8.31 M	3.08 ms	324	3.07 ms	1005 (5 × 201)
`Aigis-sig3`	verify	5.80 M	2.15 ms	465	2.15 ms	1450 (5 × 290)

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
`Aigis-sig1`	keygen	43000	1440 KiB	1536 KiB
`Aigis-sig1`	sign	43000	1472 KiB	1576 KiB
`Aigis-sig1`	verify	43000	1512 KiB	1576 KiB
`Aigis-sig2`	keygen	44344	1444 KiB	1592 KiB
`Aigis-sig2`	sign	44344	1520 KiB	1656 KiB
`Aigis-sig2`	verify	44344	1588 KiB	1656 KiB
`Aigis-sig3`	keygen	43872	1456 KiB	1724 KiB
`Aigis-sig3`	sign	43872	1660 KiB	1848 KiB
`Aigis-sig3`	verify	43872	1780 KiB	1848 KiB

6. Transmission and storage overhead

External public-key, ciphertext and signature sizes follow the curated performance/external_sizes.csv catalog; secret-key and shared-secret lengths remain API figures. See the size audit for disagreements.

instance	public key	secret key	signature
`Aigis-sig1`	928	2800	2015 (maximum)
`Aigis-sig2`	1824	4976	4533 (maximum)
`Aigis-sig3`	4672	8800	9134 (maximum)

Symmetric primitives

Survey verdict: ICCS-only — own fips202.c compiled but unreachable from the API

Share of each operation spent in the ICCS placeholder hash functions and in the ICCS DRNG (reference build, measured in the same run with link-time wrappers):

instance	operation	pseudohash/XOF/sm3	DRNG	calls per operation
`Aigis-sig1`	keygen	7.6%	66%	drng 25, pseudoXOF 2
`Aigis-sig1`	sign	65%	6.3%	drng 57, pseudoXOF 75, sm3hash 37
`Aigis-sig1`	verify	11%	63%	drng 21, pseudoXOF 2, sm3hash 1
`Aigis-sig2`	keygen	4.4%	74%	drng 88, pseudoXOF 2
`Aigis-sig2`	sign	57%	17%	drng 90, pseudoXOF 45, sm3hash 11
`Aigis-sig2`	verify	5.8%	73%	drng 80, pseudoXOF 2, sm3hash 1
`Aigis-sig3`	keygen	5.0%	75%	drng 293, pseudoXOF 2
`Aigis-sig3`	sign	29%	51%	drng 278, pseudoXOF 15, pseudohash 2
`Aigis-sig3`	verify	6.0%	73%	drng 277, pseudoXOF 2, pseudohash 1

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
`Aigis-sig1`	KAT log (sha256 `78472f66205b0187…`)	`kat/sign-01/Aigis-sig1.log`
`Aigis-sig1`	timing keygen	`records/sign-01/Aigis-sig1__keygen.json`
`Aigis-sig1`	timing sign	`records/sign-01/Aigis-sig1__sign.json`
`Aigis-sig1`	timing verify	`records/sign-01/Aigis-sig1__verify.json`
`Aigis-sig1`	hash profile keygen	`profile/sign-01/Aigis-sig1__keygen.json`
`Aigis-sig1`	hash profile sign	`profile/sign-01/Aigis-sig1__sign.json`
`Aigis-sig1`	hash profile verify	`profile/sign-01/Aigis-sig1__verify.json`
`Aigis-sig2`	KAT log (sha256 `f20e1494288c8aa3…`)	`kat/sign-01/Aigis-sig2.log`
`Aigis-sig2`	timing keygen	`records/sign-01/Aigis-sig2__keygen.json`
`Aigis-sig2`	timing sign	`records/sign-01/Aigis-sig2__sign.json`
`Aigis-sig2`	timing verify	`records/sign-01/Aigis-sig2__verify.json`
`Aigis-sig2`	hash profile keygen	`profile/sign-01/Aigis-sig2__keygen.json`
`Aigis-sig2`	hash profile sign	`profile/sign-01/Aigis-sig2__sign.json`
`Aigis-sig2`	hash profile verify	`profile/sign-01/Aigis-sig2__verify.json`
`Aigis-sig3`	KAT log (sha256 `e519b919e383ab6a…`)	`kat/sign-01/Aigis-sig3.log`
`Aigis-sig3`	timing keygen	`records/sign-01/Aigis-sig3__keygen.json`
`Aigis-sig3`	timing sign	`records/sign-01/Aigis-sig3__sign.json`
`Aigis-sig3`	timing verify	`records/sign-01/Aigis-sig3__verify.json`
`Aigis-sig3`	hash profile keygen	`profile/sign-01/Aigis-sig3__keygen.json`
`Aigis-sig3`	hash profile sign	`profile/sign-01/Aigis-sig3__sign.json`
`Aigis-sig3`	hash profile verify	`profile/sign-01/Aigis-sig3__verify.json`

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