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There is specialized hardware to generate a lot of RNG.
by Kuinox 7y ago
There is specialized hardware to generate a lot of RNG.
- hannob 7y agoYeah, e.g. quantum based RNGs. Which are also pretty useless.
- Kuinox 7y agoThey are useful in some cases. But it's not for everyone.
- DonHopkins 7y agoSilicon Graphics developed a specialized hardware random number generator in 1997, covered under U.S. Patent 5,732,138: "Method for seeding a pseudo-random number generator with a cryptographic hash of a digitization of a chaotic system." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavarand https://www.wired.com/2003/08/random/ https://www.wired.com/2003/08/random/ https://patents.google.com/patent/US5732138A/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US5732138A/en