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by jbri 5406 days ago
Having a look at that paper, the actual rate at which it produces bits is very low - for 2.92μW, they're producing only 500 bits per second.

For an embedded device that might be suitable, but for a consumer or server machine you need a much higher bitrate.

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You only need a little "grade-A" random to seed an appropriate high bitrate algorithm from time to time.
No one has ever broken a properly designed CSPRNG properly seeded with more than 100 or 200 bits of entropy, total.