On Thu, 07 Jan 2021 16:37:28 +0000, Theo wrote:

> 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)
>
From an article in The Register, if you're running on fairly recent Intel
chips you won't have ECC memory unless you're on Xeons - none of their
consumer-grade of laptop MPUs support ECC, and because they don't, the
motherboards don't have the data lines needed to connect the extra bits.


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