A practical Galois field arithmetic processor capable of high-speed operation with a simple configuration is disclosed. The processor comprises an instruction decoder, an arithmetic unit including a Galois field vector adder, a Galois field vector multiplier and a Galois exponent adder-subtractor for...http://www.google.de/patents/US6523054?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6523054 - Galois field arithmetic processor