EE 451 Final Project - Implicit vs. Explicit Parallelization - Blake2b Hashing Function

Group Members:
    - Jake Hosking
    - Tim Chang

Files

Within this .zip file is included 3 versions of our blake2b implementation:

blake2b_serial.cpp
    A serial implementation of the hashing algorithm which simulates no implicit 
    parallelization or optimizations

blake2b_optimized.cpp
    The optimized and best performing version of blake2b, with implicit parallelizations 
    and optimizations included

blake2b_parallel.cpp
    The parallelized version of blake2b_optimized.cpp, using pthreads and OpenMP to explicitly 
    parallize the Blake2b hashing algorithm

In addition there is:

test.cpp
    Testing code writen to test the operating time of all 3 blake2b algorithms
    Can be easily modified within the main code block and the global variables at the top 
    of the file to change which tests are completed,the test parameters, and which file 
    you want to be hashed

Makefile
    The primary makefile for the project
    Running "make test_serial" will test blake2b_serial.cpp
    Running "make test" will test blake2b_optimized.cpp
    Running "make test_par" will test blake2b_parallel.cpp

blake2.pdf
    Testing file for Medium input data

test-large-file.pdf 
    Testing file for Large input data

READ_ME.txt
    What you are reading currently :)

blake2-impl.h
blake2.h
    Header files required to make the .cpp file operate

testvectors/blake2-kat.h
    Test input vectors used in some tests of the code

Using our blake2b code as a library

Our code can easily be added to any current C++ project
Simply add both of the header files to the top of your project with #include
Then add the .cpp of the version you would like to use to your makefile dependency list 
(use the Makefile and test.cpp as an example)