Most of what we do is, technically, pseudo-random (but we’ll say random number and assume you know what we mean). One way to generate seemingly random sequences is to use a linear feedback shift ...

A truly random number is something that is surprisingly difficult to generate. A typical approach is to generate the required element of chance from a natural and unpredictable source, such as radi… ...

Given the same seed, a pseudo-random number generator will always produce the exact same sequence of numbers. For applications where predictability could be an issue, like in cryptography, even a ...

The PRNG1 core implements a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator per NIST publication SP800-90. Basic core is small (6,500 gates) and uses an external 256-bit entropy seed to ...

The new memristor circuit rapidly spits out true random numbers while consuming less energy compared with other techniques, according to research in an upcoming issue of IEEE Electron Device Letters.

Lack of a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator subsystem for the internet of things ... Even if developers would come across the correct code that discards 32 numbers, ...