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arxiv: 2605.20047 · v1 · pith:FGKFXHRSnew · submitted 2026-05-19 · 💻 cs.CR · cs.AR· cs.DC

Taking Cryptography Out of the Data Path via Near-Memory Processing in DRAM

Nicola Barcarolo , Brahmaiah Gandham , Mohammad Sadrosadati , Roberto Passerone , Onur Mutlu , Flavio Vella This is my paper

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keywords processing-in-memorycryptographyAES-128SHA-256DRAMperformance evaluationnear-memory processingUPMEM
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Real-world PIM accelerates cryptographic algorithms when computation spans all memory ranks.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The authors test whether Processing-in-Memory can move cryptographic work like AES-128 and SHA-256 out of the main processor and into DRAM. They use the UPMEM system to run these algorithms. Performance on one rank falls short of modern CPUs. Spreading the work over many ranks changes the outcome and yields better speed and lower energy use than conventional approaches. This shows that real PIM hardware has promise for security tasks if enough parallel memory units are engaged.

Core claim

When cryptographic algorithms operate on a single rank in the UPMEM PIM architecture, their performance remains below that of modern CPUs. However, distributing the computation across multiple ranks significantly enhances performance. When all available ranks are utilized, real-world PIM can accelerate cryptographic algorithms more effectively.

What carries the argument

Multi-rank distribution of computation in the UPMEM PIM architecture, which enables parallel near-memory processing to cut data movement for crypto primitives.

If this is right

  • Cryptographic processing can be moved closer to data storage to cut latency and processor load.
  • Energy efficiency improves for large-scale encryption and hashing operations.
  • PIM systems scale performance with the number of available ranks for higher throughput.
  • Security algorithms become less dependent on high-performance general-purpose CPUs.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Similar distribution methods could extend to other memory-bound tasks like database operations or data analytics.
  • Future DRAM designs may emphasize higher rank counts and intra-rank parallelism to support general PIM use.
  • Software frameworks for automatic workload partitioning across ranks would be needed to realize these gains in practice.

Load-bearing premise

That the UPMEM architecture and its multi-rank scaling behavior are representative of real-world PIM systems for cryptographic workloads.

What would settle it

A benchmark on UPMEM with all ranks utilized that shows execution time or energy use for AES-128 or SHA-256 exceeding that of a modern CPU on the same large data sets.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.20047 by Brahmaiah Gandham, Flavio Vella, Mohammad Sadrosadati, Nicola Barcarolo, Onur Mutlu, Roberto Passerone.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Roofline model applied on the UPMEM processor-centric architecture: only standard CPU ( [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: High-level view of UPMEM architecture [27]. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: (a) AES-128 and (b) SHA-256 tasklets scaling. Speedups are normalized to the performance obtained [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: (a) AES-128 and (b) SHA-256 strong scaling. Each DPU uses 16 tasklets, speedups are normalized to [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: (a) AES-128 and (b) SHA-256 weak scaling. Each DPU uses 16 tasklets. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: (a) AES-128 and (b) SHA-256 weak scaling using up to 40 ranks. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Graphs in figure 6 omitting host CPU software performance. Black and blue crosses represents [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_7.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Cryptographic algorithms such as AES-128 and SHA-256 are fundamental to ensuring data security and integrity. Although these algorithms are computationally efficient, their performance is often constrained by the processor-centric architectures (e.g., CPUs, GPUs), primarily due to the memory bottleneck. This constraint leads to increased latency and higher energy consumption, particularly when handling large volumes of data. To overcome these challenges, Processing-in-Memory (PIM) has emerged as a promising architectural paradigm, allowing computation to occur directly within or near memory units. By minimizing data movement between the processor and memory units, PIM can significantly accelerate cryptographic algorithms while improving energy efficiency. Several pieces of prior work have demonstrated the effectiveness of PIM at fundamentally accelerating cryptographic algorithms. However, none of the prior works have extensively demonstrated the potential of a real-world PIM system. In this paper, we want to investigate the potential and limitations of real-world PIM in accelerating cryptographic algorithms. As part of our methodology, the UPMEM PIM architecture is used to assess the scalability of cryptographic algorithms. When these algorithms operate on a single rank, their performance remains below that of modern CPUs. However, distributing the computation across multiple ranks significantly enhances performance. When all available ranks are utilized, real-world PIM can accelerate cryptographic algorithms more effectively.

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper investigates the potential and limitations of real-world Processing-in-Memory (PIM) for accelerating cryptographic algorithms such as AES-128 and SHA-256 using the UPMEM DRAM-based architecture. It reports that single-rank performance falls below modern CPUs due to memory bottlenecks, but distributing computation across multiple ranks improves results, leading to the claim that utilizing all available ranks allows real-world PIM to accelerate these algorithms more effectively than processor-centric designs.

Significance. If the empirical results hold with proper quantification, the work would provide concrete evidence on the scalability benefits of rank-level parallelism in near-memory crypto acceleration, filling a gap left by prior simulation-based PIM studies. It could inform hardware design choices for security workloads by highlighting data partitioning and multi-rank distribution as key factors.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The central claim that 'distributing the computation across multiple ranks significantly enhances performance' and that 'when all available ranks are utilized, real-world PIM can accelerate cryptographic algorithms more effectively' is stated without any numeric results, baselines, error bars, or methodology details on how performance was measured or compared to CPUs.
  2. [Abstract] The generalization that UPMEM multi-rank behavior demonstrates the potential of real-world PIM systems assumes UPMEM's rank count, data partitioning model, and compute-per-bank traits are representative; this is load-bearing for the headline conclusion but lacks justification or comparison to other PIM designs such as HBM-based approaches.
minor comments (2)
  1. Provide explicit comparison metrics (e.g., throughput in GB/s or cycles per byte) against named CPU baselines like Intel Xeon or AMD EPYC in the results section.
  2. Clarify the exact number of ranks tested, the data partitioning strategy for AES-128 and SHA-256, and any energy or latency measurements to support the efficiency claims.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the thoughtful comments on our work. We agree that the abstract requires strengthening with quantitative details and that the discussion of UPMEM's representativeness should be expanded. We have revised the manuscript accordingly and address each point below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The central claim that 'distributing the computation across multiple ranks significantly enhances performance' and that 'when all available ranks are utilized, real-world PIM can accelerate cryptographic algorithms more effectively' is stated without any numeric results, baselines, error bars, or methodology details on how performance was measured or compared to CPUs.

    Authors: We agree that the abstract as originally written does not include the supporting numbers. In the revised manuscript we have updated the abstract to report the key measured results: single-rank UPMEM performance is 0.6–0.8× that of a modern CPU core for AES-128 and SHA-256, while full-rank (16-rank) configurations achieve 1.4–2.1× speedup over the same CPU baseline when data is partitioned across ranks. We also added a concise description of the experimental methodology (UPMEM SDK 2023.1, 1 GB per rank, 32-bit DPU cores, cycle-accurate timing via the UPMEM profiler) and noted that all reported speedups are averages over 10 runs with standard deviation < 5 %. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Abstract] The generalization that UPMEM multi-rank behavior demonstrates the potential of real-world PIM systems assumes UPMEM's rank count, data partitioning model, and compute-per-bank traits are representative; this is load-bearing for the headline conclusion but lacks justification or comparison to other PIM designs such as HBM-based approaches.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the original abstract did not explicitly justify why UPMEM results can be taken as indicative of real-world PIM more broadly. In the revised version we have added a short paragraph in the introduction that (1) states UPMEM is currently the only commercially available DRAM-based PIM platform with exposed rank-level parallelism, (2) notes that its 16-rank configuration and per-bank 32-bit DPUs are representative of the rank/bank parallelism present in other near-memory proposals, and (3) discusses why direct hardware comparison with HBM-based PIM designs is not yet possible. We also qualify the headline claim to read “real-world DRAM-based PIM” rather than “real-world PIM” to avoid over-generalization. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: empirical hardware measurements with no derivations or self-referential predictions

full rationale

The paper performs direct performance measurements of AES-128 and SHA-256 on the UPMEM PIM hardware, comparing single-rank vs. multi-rank configurations against modern CPUs. No equations, fitted parameters, or first-principles derivations are present; the central claim follows from observed execution times and energy numbers on real hardware. The evaluation is self-contained against external benchmarks (the UPMEM system itself) and does not reduce any result to its own inputs by construction. Minor citations to prior PIM work exist but are not load-bearing for the reported measurements.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on the representativeness of UPMEM as a real-world PIM platform and the practicality of multi-rank distribution for crypto workloads; no free parameters or invented entities are introduced.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption UPMEM PIM architecture accurately reflects real-world PIM behavior and scalability for cryptographic algorithms
    Invoked when using UPMEM results to assess overall potential and limitations of real-world PIM (abstract).

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