Comment Comment by GuB-42 > I don’t think it has ever reappeared.It resurfaced, much later.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRANDThe main application is cryptography. I am not aware of Monte Carlo simulations that use real random numbers. Plus, true RNGs are often biased, so in the end, you still have a PRNG, the true RNG only being used to inject some entropy. parent GuB-42 2 years ago
It resurfaced, much later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRAND
The main application is cryptography. I am not aware of Monte Carlo simulations that use real random numbers. Plus, true RNGs are often biased, so in the end, you still have a PRNG, the true RNG only being used to inject some entropy.