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Generating exponentially distributed pseudorandom numbers.

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From: peter da silva
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:49
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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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