> It seems that more chips means more things that can break Nope. > I guess the question is what's more likely, one of one chips breaking, or one of two chips

> It seems that more chips means more things that can break Nope. > I guess the question is what's more likely, one of one chips breaking, or one of two chips breaking? Doesn't matter. In each case you lose your data. And if the system is so frail what addition of another chip rises the failure rate through the roof then the talk about the reliability of such system, no matter how much chips it have, is moot.