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> Memory either is corrupted (which can be detected by running MemTest) or it works perfectly fine without ECC. While there is reason to think soft errors are
by resoluteteeth 10y ago
> Memory either is corrupted (which can be detected by running MemTest) or it works perfectly fine without ECC.
While there is reason to think soft errors are much less common than often claimed and therefore ECC memory has been much less necessary than people think (at least within the atmosphere), there's now a pretty good reason to prefer ECC memory because of rowhammer.
- msbarnett 10y agoECC has been shown to be ineffective against all but the most primitive forms of rowhammer attacks