* Eugene Salamin <gene_salamin@yahoo.com> [Feb 18. 2012 18:35]:
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Buy FPGA board. Buy FPGA programming software. Program and debug FPGA. Write software drivers. Test and certify algorithm. Enjoy your nice new pseudo RNG.
Alternatively, buy Ivy Bridge computer. Enjoy Intel's nice new true RNG.
An RNG on (or at least near) CPU is a good thing[TM], no doubt. fxtbook citation (sect.1.30 "CPU instructions often missed", p.82-83): \item A random number generator, LHCAs (see section \jjvref{sect:lhca}) may be candidates. At the very least: a decent entropy source. The message I was replying to indicated a setting where "true" randomness would be exceedingly important. Also there are people who do FPGA designs as fast as a good programmer implements an algorithm within his/her core interest (i.e., in essentially no time). But after I see a good documentation of what the "nice new true" RNG exactly does I may well concede that that my idea is overkill. Note there once was (several years ago) an on-chipset RNG (by intel(?)) but that one was discontinued pretty much immediately (dunno why). best regards, jj
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