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The central processing unit is the most important hardware component of a computer system, since it contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute instructions.
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In RSA, how does the CPU deal with this huge modulus (8192 bits)?
Whilst I understand how the RSA algorithm works, I don't understand how the CPU operates when it needs to use the mod function with a huge number $n$, for example.
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Usage difference between x86 RDRAND and RDSEED
Modern x86 CPUs often have the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions for hardware generation of random numbers. I just don't understand the difference between them.
Intel has this document: https://...
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