Intel to also add RNG

[Paul Wouters]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2010, Ben Laurie wrote:

> On 2 July 2010 13:19, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=25670&channel=Briefings&section=Microprocessors
>>
>> Tuesday, June 29, 2010
>>
>> Nanoscale Random Number Circuit to Secure Future Chips
>>
>> Intel unveils a circuit that can pump out truly random numbers at high speed.
>
> Have they forgotten the enormous amount of suspicion last time they tried this?

I love how they pretend to be the first ones with this, totally ignoring others
who have had this for years, such as the VIA PadLock.

The article lists NIST having done tests, but does not mention any CPU model where
this is on. Anyone knows?

Paul

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