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This goes against all available information on ECC on the internet. Source?
by posix_me_less 7y ago
This goes against all available information on ECC on the internet. Source?
- blackflame7000 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity_bit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity_bit Furthermore, there is error correction at the chip level. I think a fitting analogy is like this: A single-engine airplane might seem much more dangerous than a dual engine airplane, but most single-engine airplanes have dual fuel pumps, dual ignitions sources, and additional auxiliary devices sharing the same engine body. Will it ever be as safe as a dual engine plane, no, but it's not as dangerous as having no failsafes.
- tjoff 7y agoFrom the linked article: Modern RAM is believed, with much justification, to be reliable, and error-detecting RAM has largely fallen out of use for non-critical applications. By the mid-1990s, most DRAM had dropped parity checking as manufacturers felt confident that it was no longer necessary.