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- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Subject: Generating exponentially distributed pseudorandom numbers.
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- References: <1992Nov10.153705.27804@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM> <1992Nov12.131856.12605@linus.mitre.org> <TMB.92Nov13144057@arolla.idiap.ch>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:49:59 GMT
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- In the latest NASA Tech Briefs is an article describing a piece of hardware
- that generates ten million exponentially distributed random numbers, 8 bits
- wide, per second. From the description, extending this to 32 or more bits is
- a simple matter of plugging more units in (at an n**2 cost per bit,
- admittedly). It's quite a clear presentation. I would be interested in
- seeing Herman's response to the article.
-
- NASA Tech Briefs, November 1992, Volume 16 No. 11, Page 52.
-
- The work was done by James E. Steelman, Jeff Beasley, Michael Aragon,
- Francisco Ramirez, Keneth L. Summers, and Arthur Knoebel of Regents of
- New Mexico State University for NASA JPL.
-
- There is a reference to a previous work in Nasa Tech Briefs Volume 10 No. 4.
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- Peter da Silva / 77487-5012 USA / +1 713 274 5180
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