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Yeah, this is a problem with high density DRAM. Fixes are possible but difficult and expensive. In the cutthroat DRAM market nobody seems willing to put in th
by jandrese 5y ago
Yeah, this is a problem with high density DRAM. Fixes are possible but difficult and expensive. In the cutthroat DRAM market nobody seems willing to put in the engineering effort to develop a solution and then manufacture it. It would have to sell at a premium, in a market where it's difficult to even find ECC memory at times.
The article states that ECC isn't sufficient to solve Rowhammer, but it does make the attack harder. If you are looking for a hardware solution it is your only option currently, even if it is imperfect.
- seiferteric 5y agoI imagine you are right that consumers don't care or know enough to put pressure on manufacturers, but what about big companies like the FANGs? Or Government agencies like NSA etc? What are they doing about it? I imagine intelligence agencies are well aware of the issue and have or are trying to get solutions to protect their own infra.
- codetrotter 5y agoOff topic but shouldn’t FAANG really be referred to as MAAAN now? Google -> Alphabet Facebook -> Meta Meta, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Netflix. MAAAN.
- somethingwitty1 5y agoGoogle still exists. Facebook still exists. Meta/Alphabet are mainly holding companies. For example, I received reach outs from recruiters for Google and Facebook today. Not from Meta and Alphabet. Maybe once Meta and Alphabet deliver on things and build brand recognition, it should change. Until then, I'd vote "no".
- vidarh 5y agoIf you're doing that: M3AN.
- gjs278 5y agofaang is a stupid fucking acronym, just kill it and refer to them as nothing
- tester756 5y agoI like MAGMA more
- Tempest1981 5y agoRight, the idea was to swap Netflix for Microsoft, giving MAGMA or GAMMA: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29042753 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29042753
- festkal 5y agoMANGA M - Meta A - Apple N - Netflix G - Google A - Amazon
- gavinray 5y agoI'm now adopting this, thanks
- daniel-thompson 5y agoAMANAM Apple Microsoft Amazon Netflix Alphabet Meta
- salawat 5y agoNow I can add "I have never worked for the MAAAN" with pride on my business cards! Every now and again I worry I've grown up. Then I realize there is no grown up, just a Matroyshka doll of more and more eclectic subtexts
- R0b0t1 5y agoIf you detect flips you can send it back, it's violating the advertised interface.
- 0xffff2 5y agoSure, but if it's possible to cause bit flips in basically all currently available components, then what's the point? Return all of your RAM and have a non-functional computer?
- therein 5y agoCan't get bit flips on my RAM if I have no RAM.
- ziddoap 5y agoSo you just.. Send back all of your RAM all the time because they are all susceptible to bitflips? This is not a tenable solution.