Anyone here try the new Intel Random number generator that comes with Ivy Bridge CPUs?
http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-digital-random-number-generator-drng-software-implementation-guide/
Anyone here try the new Intel Random number generator?
It looks interesting, but I don't really have a game development-related use for strong cryptographic key generation.
My thought was that it is currently too limited. Only one chip supports it. While it might be interesting from an academic point of view, it isn't very practical right now.
Wish I could, but I'm stuck with my Sandy Bridge until next year at least (no need to upgrade yet). I have to agree with frob that it is too hardware-specific to be of any real use right now, but give it two years and it'll be everywhere if it really lives up to its expectations.
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Yeah I just got my shiny new Core i7 3770K so I was curious.
I agree if it's new tech be very few who can use it but in a few years should be more adpoted to mainstream usage.
Thanks!
I agree if it's new tech be very few who can use it but in a few years should be more adpoted to mainstream usage.
Thanks!
I see no point in using it. Only, like, one tenth of your users probably have ivy bridge CPU's, and why wouldn't the normal random number generator work just as well?
I see no point in using it. Only, like, one tenth of your users probably have ivy bridge CPU's, and why wouldn't the normal random number generator work just as well?
I agree with your first observation, but the second one is a bit narrow. rand() just isn't good enough for most things, and even a Mersenne Twister can be inappropriate in particular contexts such as cryptography.
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