I was under the impression the random number generator is one of the features
of the up coming (or ever delaying) 820 chipsets not of the CPU itself.
> IMHO, the hardware random generator might improve cryptography somewhat,
> and is the only feature desirable to me that the Althon lacks (AFAIK,
> anyway).
The Linux /dev/random is effectively a hardware RNG. It uses entropy data
from keyboard timings and other interrupts that depend on your typing
timing, the disk timings etc
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