Chinese Researchers Tap Quantum Noise to Generate Randomness at Record Rates

From Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now:

There's a race brewing between Chinese and American researchers, but this one has no weapons or spheres of influence or even space -- though it does involve lasers. It's a race to generate the most random numbers the fastest, and by tapping the quantum noise in a laser beam the Chinese just took the lead, turning out 300 megabits of random numerals per second to break a U.S. record that stood for only a matter of days.

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