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Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2013
Applicant:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

David A. Kaplan, Austin, TX (US);

Winthrop J. Wu, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 7/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/588 (2013.01);
Abstract

A random number generator may include an input configured to receive a plurality of entropy bits generated by an entropy source of a random number generator, wherein the random number generator is configured to generate a plurality of random numbers; and an entropy health monitor coupled with the input, wherein the entropy health monitor is configured to perform a corrective action based on the plurality of entropy bits.


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