摘要 |
A random number generator system that utilizes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) that is controlled by an STT-MTJ entropy controller that determines whether to proceed with generating random numbers or not by monitoring the health of the MTJ-based random number generator is illustrated. If the health of the random number generation is above a threshold, the STT-MTJ entropy controller shuts down the MTJ-based random number generator and sends a message to a requesting chipset that a secure key generation is not possible. If the health of the random number generation is below a threshold, the entropy controller allows the MTJ-based random number generator to generate random numbers based on a specified algorithm, the output of which is post processed and used by a cryptographic-quality deterministic random bit generator to generate a security key for a requesting chipset. |