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The throughput is given by the frequency of the radioactive events. This can easily made bigger with a more radioactive source. The limit in this is how fast is the underlying reference timer. If you could have a fast enough timer, you could raise the radioactivity of the source and get a bigger throughput.



I wouldn't be comfortable putting the kind of strong radiation source that can increase events by some orders of magnitude close to me or my computers. Large detectors or multiple detectors to catch more natural radiation are safer.


Yep but the main point that i was trying to make is that to get a faster generator you need a faster clock and a bigger timer, not a bigger detector nor more events, if you cannot back them up with the faster clock and bigger timer




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