Is ECC memory any use?
Bruno Wolff III
bruno at wolff.to
Mon Dec 10 14:52:46 UTC 2007
On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 00:49:25 -0800,
Les <hlhowell at pacbell.net> wrote:
> Bits do not typically "flip occasionally". As memory ages, a "feature"
> of CMOS is something that creates bridges internal to the silicon. This
> in turn causes failures. If you are lucky, the bit that fails will
Bit flips are also caused by cosmic rays and those do happen occassionally.
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