Does each core in a processor with Intel Secure Key have its own unique entropy source?

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Does each core in a processor with Intel Secure Key have its own unique entropy source?

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Hello,

I am wondering if each core in a multi-core processor with Intel Secure Key (Ivy Bridge and later) has its own entropy source? Or would, say, a quad-core chip have all four cores share a single entropy source?

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