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On the face it seems like CPU manufacturers should be able to put actual performance numbers out; until we realize that the temperature characteristics - and th
by genewitch 5y ago
On the face it seems like CPU manufacturers should be able to put actual performance numbers out; until we realize that the temperature characteristics - and therefore performance - are non-deterministic.
This fact allows hardware RNG from thermal emissions on consumer grade CPUs to output at least 3 megabits of 'entropy' per second. The same as 3,000,000 coin flips.
I may be misunderstanding what is going on, though.