diff --git a/random_hw.c b/random_hw.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#define MB 131072
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+int j,jmax=0;
+
+if (argc >1) jmax = atoi(argv[1]);
+
+#pragma omp parallel for default(none) shared(jmax,stdout) private(j) schedule(dynamic,1)
+for (j=0; j<jmax; j++)
+{
+uint64_t rndval[MB];
+int i;
+
+for(i=0; i<MB; i+=1)
+__asm__(
+        "cftest:\n\t"
+        "rdrand %%r8\n\t"
+        "jnc cftest \n\t"
+        "movq  %%r8,    (%0)\n\t"
+        : : "r" (rndval+i) :
+        "cc", "r8", "memory");
+
+
+#pragma omp critical
+fwrite(rndval,8,MB,stdout);
+}
+
+return(0);
+}
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