Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Instruction to provide true random numbers
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Application No.: US15281159Application Date: 2016-09-30
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Publication No.: US10235138B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Dan F. Greiner , Bernd Nerz , Timothy J. Slegel , Tamas Visegrady , Christian Zoellin
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
- Agent Steven Chiu, Esq.; Blanche E. Schiller, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06F7/58
- IPC: G06F7/58

Abstract:
An instruction configured to perform a plurality of functions is executed. Based on a function code associated with the instruction having a selected value, one or more inputs of the instruction are checked to determine which one or more functions of the plurality of functions are to be performed. Based on a first input of the one or more inputs having a first value, a function of providing raw entropy is performed, in which the providing of raw entropy includes storing a number of raw random numbers. Further, based on a second input of the one or more inputs having a second value, a function of providing conditioned entropy is provided, in which the providing of conditioned entropy includes storing a number of conditioned random numbers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180095729A1 INSTRUCTION TO PROVIDE TRUE RANDOM NUMBERS Public/Granted day:2018-04-05
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