[sdiy] analog loses another niche

[Oren Leavitt]

Tim Parkhurst wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Tom Corbitt <tom.corbitt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/intel-makes-a-digital-coin-tosser-for-future-processors
>>
>> ”Historically, RNGs have been analog,” says Greg Taylor, director of
>> the Circuit Research Lab. ”But porting to smaller technology nodes
>> [with analog devices] requires a lot of fine-tuning that is
>> unnecessary with digital versions.”
>>
>> Be interesting to see how they rigged the metastability to be a 50/50 shot.
>>
>>
>> Tom "And I, for one, welcome our new randomly digital overlords" Corbitt
> 
> FYI, related circuit for a random bit generator and references:
> http://web.jfet.org/hw-rng.html
> 
> 
> Tim (random bits) Servo

And then there comes the 2N 00001010 10011000 - A digital replacement 
for the 2N2712 that runs off of 3.3V.

- Oren