This paper describes an efficient architecture to perform modular exponentiation using the Montgomery Powering Ladder algorithm The implementation is composed by two parallel modular multiplication modules in order to speed-up the modular exponentiation time. The modular multiplication architecture is high-radix and presents an one-dimensional array of processing elements within multiplexed multipliers. This architecture can performs the 1024 bits RSA decryption in 2.5 ms. Furthermore, the modular exponentiation architecture presents a countermeasure against SPA attack.