Intel 810 Random Number Generator

[David Whysong]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 nathan.zook en amd.com wrote:

>Clearly, if we sample every clock, the RNG data will be highly skewed by
>nearby gate transitions.  I don't know what the minimum interval between
>samples should be, but this needs to be estimated.

There is a register that tells you if the RNG is ready to be read.

Dave

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