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AMD's random number generator can't generate a 0?

288 points · 220 comments · BruceEel

  1. matja · · focus · HN ↗
    I'm getting 16-bit zeros on my Zen 3 chip (+1:3821, 0:3893, -1:3895), I will wait to get some statistically significant samples for the 32-bit values and update the forum thread. Maybe it was fixed after Zen 2?
    1. rbanffy · · focus · HN ↗
      Does anyone have access to an HPC cluster with thousands of Zen2 chips? We might want to check 64-bit ones with that - should take just a couple years depending on the size of the machine.

      Anyone from the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart willing to play on the 720,320 Zen2 cores?

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