Linear Feedback Shift Register lfsr Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4610M CPU @ 3.00GHz lfsr period time sec lfsr4() 14 3.17e-07 lfsr8() 254 7.62e-07 lfsr16() 65534 0.000171577 lfsr24() 16777214 0.0365983 lfsr32() 4294967294 9.319464516 lfsr40() 1099511627774 2509.232952892