Back in the 80s the need for ECC was much less because the gates were physically bigger and there was much less overall memory. Back then the chance of your com

Back in the 80s the need for ECC was much less because the gates were physically bigger and there was much less overall memory. Back then the chance of your computer having a bit flip was like one in a million per year, now with gigabytes of memory it's near 100% chance per year.