Intel® Cryptography Primitives Library is a software library that provides a broad range of secure and efficient cryptographic algorithm implementations.
The library is delivered as a part of Intel® oneAPI Base Toolkit. Alternatively, you may install a specific library version by downloading binaries from Intel.
The Unified Directory Layout was implemented in 2024.0. If you have multiple toolkit versions installed, the Unified layout adds the ability to ensure your development environment contains the component versions that were released as part of that specific toolkit version. The directory layout that was used prior to 2024.0 is still supported on new and existing installations. This prior layout is called the Component Directory Layout. Now you have the option to use the Component Directory Layout or the Unified Directory Layout.
To learn more about the two directory layouts, see Use the setvars Script with Linux* or Windows*.
After installing Intel® Cryptography Primitives Library, set the IPPCRYPTOROOT, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and NLSPATH environment variables by running the script appropriate to your target platform architecture. The scripts are available in <install dir>\ippcp\bin for Component Directory Layout, or <install dir>\etc\ippcp for Unified Directory Layout.
By default, the <install dir> is located at:
Component Directory Layout
C:\Program files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI
Unified Directory Layout
C:\Program files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI\<toolkit-version>
To configure your Microsoft* Visual Studio* development system for linking with the Intel® Cryptography Primitives Library, follow the steps below. Though some versions of the Visual Studio* IDE may vary slightly in the menu items mentioned below, the fundamental configuring steps are applicable to all these versions.
In Solution Explorer, right-click your project and click Properties.
Select Configuration Properties > VC++ Directories and set the following from the Select directories for drop down menu:
Include Files menu item, and then type in the directory for the Intel® Cryptography Primitives Library include files (default is <install_dir>\ippcp\include)
Library Files menu item, and then type in the directory for the Intel® Cryptography Primitives Library files (default is <install_dir>\ippcp\lib\<arch>)
Executable Files menu item, and then type in the directory for the Intel® Cryptography Primitives Library executable files (default is <install_dir>\redist\<arch>\ippcp)
The code example below represents a short application to help you get started with Intel® Cryptography Primitives Library:
#include "ippcp.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#define ippCPUID_MMX 0x00000001 /* Intel® Architecture MMX™ technology */
#define ippCPUID_SSE 0x00000002 /* Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions */
#define ippCPUID_SSE2 0x00000004 /* Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 */
#define ippCPUID_SSE3 0x00000008 /* Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 */
#define ippCPUID_SSSE3 0x00000010 /* Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 */
#define ippCPUID_MOVBE 0x00000020 /* The processor supports the MOVBE instruction */
#define ippCPUID_SSE41 0x00000040 /* Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.1 */
#define ippCPUID_SSE42 0x00000080 /* Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2 */
#define ippCPUID_AVX 0x00000100 /* Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel® AVX) */
#define ippAVX_ENABLEDBYOS 0x00000200 /* The operating system supports Intel AVX */
#define ippCPUID_AES 0x00000400 /* Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) */
#define ippCPUID_CLMUL 0x00000800 /* PCLMULQDQ instruction */
#define ippCPUID_ABR 0x00001000 /* Reserved */
#define ippCPUID_RDRAND 0x00002000 /* Read Random Number instructions */
#define ippCPUID_F16C 0x00004000 /* Float16 instructions */
#define ippCPUID_AVX2 0x00008000 /* Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 */
#define ippCPUID_ADCOX 0x00010000 /* ADCX and ADOX instructions */
#define ippCPUID_RDSEED 0x00020000 /* The RDSEED instruction */
#define ippCPUID_PREFETCHW 0x00040000 /* The PREFETCHW instruction */
#define ippCPUID_SHA 0x00080000 /* Intel® SHA Extensions */
#define ippCPUID_AVX512F 0x00100000 /* Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel® AVX-512) Foundation instructions */
#define ippCPUID_AVX512CD 0x00200000 /* Intel AVX-512 Conflict Detection instructions */
#define ippCPUID_AVX512ER 0x00400000 /* Intel AVX-512 Exponential & Reciprocal instructions */
#define ippCPUID_AVX512PF 0x00800000 /* Intel AVX-512 Prefetch instructions */
#define ippCPUID_AVX512BW 0x01000000 /* Intel AVX-512 Byte & Word instructions */
#define ippCPUID_AVX512DQ 0x02000000 /* Intel AVX-512 DWord & QWord instructions */
#define ippCPUID_AVX512VL 0x04000000 /* Intel AVX-512 Vector Length extensions */
#define ippCPUID_AVX512VBMI 0x08000000 /* Intel AVX-512 Vector Bit Manipulation instructions */
#define ippCPUID_MPX 0x10000000 /* Intel® Memory Protection Extensions */
#define ippCPUID_AVX512_4FMADDPS 0x20000000 /* Intel AVX-512 DL floating-point single precision */
#define ippCPUID_AVX512_4VNNIW 0x40000000 /* Intel AVX-512 DL enhanced word variable precision */
#define ippCPUID_KNC 0x80000000 /* Intel® Xeon Phi™ Coprocessor */
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
const IppLibraryVersion *lib;
IppStatus status;
Ipp64u mask, emask;
/* Get Intel® Cryptography Primitives Library version info */
lib = ippcpGetLibVersion();
printf("%s %s\n", lib->Name, lib->Version);
/* Get CPU features and features enabled with selected library level */
status = ippcpGetCpuFeatures( &mask );
if( ippStsNoErr == status ) {
emask = ippcpGetEnabledCpuFeatures();
printf("Features supported by CPU\tby Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives Cryptography\n");
printf("-----------------------------------------\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_MMX = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_MMX ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_MMX ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Intel® Architecture MMX technology supported\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_SSE = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_SSE ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_SSE ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_SSE2 = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_SSE2 ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_SSE2 ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 2\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_SSE3 = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_SSE3 ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_SSE3 ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 3\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_SSSE3 = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_SSSE3 ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_SSSE3 ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_MOVBE = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_MOVBE ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_MOVBE ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("The processor supports MOVBE instruction\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_SSE41 = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_SSE41 ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_SSE41 ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.1\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_SSE42 = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_SSE42 ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_SSE42 ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_AVX = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_AVX ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_AVX ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel® AVX) instruction set\n");
printf(" ippAVX_ENABLEDBYOS = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippAVX_ENABLEDBYOS ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippAVX_ENABLEDBYOS ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("The operating system supports Intel® AVX\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_AES = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_AES ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_AES ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Intel® AES instruction\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_SHA = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_SHA ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_SHA ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Intel® Secure Hash Algorithm - New Instructions\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_CLMUL = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_CLMUL ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_CLMUL ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("PCLMULQDQ instruction\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_RDRAND = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_RDRAND ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_RDRAND ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Read Random Number instructions\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_F16C = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_F16C ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_F16C ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Float16 instructions\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_AVX2 = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_AVX2 ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_AVX2 ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 instruction set\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_AVX512F = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_AVX512F ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_AVX512F ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 Foundation instruction set\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_AVX512CD = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_AVX512CD ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_AVX512CD ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 Conflict Detection instruction set\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_AVX512ER = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_AVX512ER ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_AVX512ER ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 Exponential & Reciprocal instruction set\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_ADCOX = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_ADCOX ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_ADCOX ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("ADCX and ADOX instructions\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_RDSEED = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_RDSEED ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_RDSEED ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("The RDSEED instruction\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_PREFETCHW = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_PREFETCHW ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_PREFETCHW ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("The PREFETCHW instruction\n");
printf(" ippCPUID_KNC = ");
printf("%c\t%c\t",( mask & ippCPUID_KNC ) ? 'Y':'N',( emask & ippCPUID_KNC ) ? 'Y':'N');
printf("Intel® Xeon Phi™ Coprocessor instruction set\n");
}
return 0;
}This application consists of two sections:
Get the library layer name and version.
Show the hardware optimizations used by the selected library layer and supported by CPU.
On Windows* OS, Intel® Cryptography Primitives Library applications are significantly easier to build with Microsoft* Visual Studio*. To build the code example above, follow the steps:
Start Microsoft* Visual Studio* and create an empty C++ project.
Add a new c file and paste the code into it.
Set the include directories and the linking model.
Compile and run the application.
Document |
Description |
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Developer Guide and Reference for Intel® Cryptography Primitives Library To find a downloadable version of this document, go to the Downloadable Documentation page. |
Provides detailed guidance on Intel® Cryptography Primitives Library configuration, development environment, functions, and linkage modes. |
Intel® Cryptography Primitives Library product page. See this page for support and online documentation. |
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Product and Performance Information |
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