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authorJeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>2018-11-27 02:54:26 -0500
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2018-11-27 02:54:26 -0500
commit3db34abf2f9ec9c25b1140955fced60c8d40394c (patch)
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parent1966d13617b30e63068b056be90c75f37e549339 (diff)
downloadcryptopp-git-3db34abf2f9ec9c25b1140955fced60c8d40394c.tar.gz
Add Power9 Random Number Generator support (GH #747, PR #748)
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// GenerateBlock unconditionally retries and always fulfills the request.
// Throughput varies wildly depending on processor and manufacturer. A Core i5 or
-// Core i7 RDRAND can generate at over 200 MiB/s. Its below the theroetical
-// maximum, but it takes about 5 instructions to generate, retry and store a
+// Core i7 RDRAND can generate at over 200 MiB/s. It is below the theroetical
+// maximum, but it takes about 5 instructions to generate, retry and store a
// result. A low-end Celeron may perform RDRAND at about 7 MiB/s. RDSEED
// performs at about 1/4 to 1/2 the rate of RDRAND. AMD RDRAND performed poorly
// during testing with Athlon X4 845. The Bulldozer v4 only performed at 1 MiB/s.