Re:Where's the white noise generator? (Score 1)

As I understand it, it is non-trivial to implement a random number generator in hardware that is non-biased. That is, it is difficult to create a piece of hardware that creates a a uniform distribution of numbers. To distill the problem down; how would you create a circuit that outputs a 1 or 0 with exactly (like really exactly) 50-50 probability? Figure that out, then figure out how to make it work in potentially wildly varying temperatures. Then once you've done that figure out how to make it that your design can be mass-produced. It can be done, but perhaps not as easily as it seems.