Comparison of hardware random number generators
- Comparison of hardware random number generators
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In computing, a hardware random number generator is an apparatus that generates random numbers from a physical process. Such devices are often based on microscopic phenomena that generate a low-level, statistically random "noise" signal, such as thermal noise or the photoelectric effect or other quantum phenomena.
| Manufacturer |
Model |
Intro Date |
Interface |
OS |
Price |
Throughput |
| Simtec Electronics |
Entropy Key |
2009 |
USB |
Windows[1]/Linux/BSD |
US$60 (£36) |
32 kbit/s[2] |
| ID Quantique SA |
Quantis-USB |
2006 |
USB |
Windows/Linux |
US$1310 (€990) |
4 Mbit/s[3] |
| ID Quantique SA |
Quantis-PCI-4 |
2006 |
PCI |
Windows/Linux |
US$2952 (€2230) |
16 Mbit/s[3] |
| Protego |
SG100 |
1997 |
SERIAL |
Windows/Linux/Solaris |
US$325 (€243) |
128 Kbit/s[4] |
| Protego |
SG100-EVO |
2009 |
USB |
Windows/Linux/Solaris |
US$373 (€279) |
128 Kbit/s[5] |
| Comscire |
R2000KU |
2006 |
USB |
Windows |
US$895 |
2 Mbit/s[6] |
| LETech (Dead Link, no company there) |
GRANG-PCI |
2008 |
PCI |
Linux/Windows |
US$5,500 |
400 Mbit/s[7] |
| TRNG98 |
TRNG9803 (Dead Link, no company there) |
2009 |
Serial |
Linux/Windows |
US$208 |
56 kbit/s[8] |
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