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echo: rberrypi
to: JAN PANTELTJE
from: THEO
date: 2021-01-07 16:37:00
subject: Re: Will raspberry get EC

Jan Panteltje  wrote:
> Was reading this:
> 
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/01/linus-torvalds-blames-intel-for-lack-of
-ecc-ram-in-consumer-pcs/?comments=1
>
> with ever more RAM (now 8 GB) and raspberry used more and more for very
serious things
> should that not be the next step?

The Pi is a low cost computer.  Given that ECC requires more memory (36 bits
for every 32 of data), who is paying?

(noting that ECC is extremely uncommon in mobile devices, 36-bit wide LPDDR4
chips may be hard to find)

Theo

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