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"Supposedly" is false. The sun doesn't produce cosmic ray-power particles and soft errors aren't affected by sunspot activity. It is affected by altitude and sp
by 1letterunixname 4y ago
"Supposedly" is false. The sun doesn't produce cosmic ray-power particles and soft errors aren't affected by sunspot activity. It is affected by altitude and space weather, but not solar activity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_error https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_error
I was in the audience of the talk. All devices should be required to use ECC because it's a security risk. Not as much as http:// http:// era, but silent corruption across networks and systems is a thing.
- colechristensen 4y ago> space weather, but not solar activity Space weather is solar activity.
- dtgriscom 4y agoWell, mostly...
- 1letterunixname 4y agoNot entirely. Extrasolar activity is the most likely cause for energetic cosmic rays at the Earth's surface.
- davidcuddeback 4y agoThe link you provided contradicts your comment. From the link in your comment: "The average rate of cosmic-ray soft errors is inversely proportional to sunspot activity. That is, the average number of cosmic-ray soft errors decreases during the active portion of the sunspot cycle and increases during the quiet portion."