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I don't understand what this is supposed to mean. The chip doesn't have to "predict the output". It has the output already.


Yes, I didn't express myself clearly there.

I was thinking of how the chip's output could possibly be used to attempt to predict the output of the PRNG and so be used in something like a side-channel attack. I'm not thinking it's highly likely, but with an organization of mathematicians and code breakers like the NSA has I wondered how much an advantage that would give against random keys, key exchanges, etc.




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