[Cryptech Core] starting to plan a novena test run

[Randy Bush]

> We now have a modexp core that can do sign/verify with real size
> numbers. The integration into the Cryptech FPGA design has been done.

yes!

> What is needed now is SW for testing and then updates of the HAL and
> application SW to utilize the core.

i presume you are coordinating with paul

> With hashes, trng and modexp/rsa we should have all the HW parts in
> place for the use cases in the Dashboard. So yes, from HW side we
> should be ready to do a release in June.

early june?  nudge nudge :)

> (I'm hesitant to change the modexp status to done before we have done
> testing in the FPGA driving it from SW side and we really do 2048,
> 4096 bit based operations with the core.)

what test suite(s) do you plan to use?

this is really cheering.

randy