Most energy efficient (home) setup
Jeroen van Aart
jeroen at mompl.net
Wed Apr 18 01:05:26 UTC 2012
Jimmy Hess wrote:
> Consider that the probability 16GB of SDRAM experiences at least one
> single bit error at sea level,
> in a given 6 hour period exceeds 66% = 1 - (1 - 1.3e-12 * 6)^(16 *
> 2^30 * 8). In any given 24 hour period, the probability of at least
> one single bit error exceeds 98%. Assuming the memory is good and
> functioning correctly;
> application in the effected space, and moderately important data is
> being damaged
> well, that's just plain uncool
Having limited knowledge of which consumer devices support ECC memory
and which don't I was pleasantly surprised to find out the always on IBM
thinkpad I ran for years refused to work with non-ECC memory.
Greetings,
Jeroen
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