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Re:Intel Launches 8th Generation CPUs, Starting with Kaby La... by mamon on Monday August 21, 2017 @06:15AM (#15063378)
Never gonna happen. ECC is "pro" feature for Intel, reserved for Xeons only. They have to justify high price of Xeons somehow.
Re:Intel Launches 8th Generation CPUs, Starting with Kaby La... by chx on Monday August 21, 2017 @07:52AM (#15063844)
You mean server chips. The server Atoms also support ECC. For eg. https://ark.intel.com/products/97927/Intel-Atom-Processor-C3...
Re:Intel Launches 8th Generation CPUs, Starting with Kaby La... by sborra on Monday August 21, 2017 @07:29AM (#15063723)
If I'm not mistaken there are a few Pentiums and i3 chips that support ECC. For example the G4560.
Re:Intel Launches 8th Generation CPUs, Starting with Kaby La... by TazeTSchnitzel on Monday August 21, 2017 @06:22AM (#15063399)
Even AMD think of it as such. Ryzen doesn't have it disabled on the desktop, but AMD haven't validated it either.
Re:Intel Launches 8th Generation CPUs, Starting with Kaby La... by agumonkey on Monday August 21, 2017 @06:25AM (#15063413)
Didn't AMD employees confirm it a few times on the web already ?
Re:Intel Launches 8th Generation CPUs, Starting with Kaby La... by onli on Monday August 21, 2017 @06:56AM (#15063557)
ECC is working with AMD if the motherboard supports it, but you can't always be sure that the motherboard does support it correctly. You need to rely on user reports/what the motherboard producer promises, instead of it being a default feature that always works.

Still a lot more than what Intel offers in that space.

Re:Intel Launches 8th Generation CPUs, Starting with Kaby La... by agumonkey on Monday August 21, 2017 @08:39AM (#15064108)
Thanks
Re:Intel Launches 8th Generation CPUs, Starting with Kaby La... by TazeTSchnitzel on Monday August 21, 2017 @05:02PM (#15067834)
I didn't say ECC doesn't work. It is enabled on Ryzen. But it's not something AMD go to the effort of validating to make sure it works properly and it doesn't get support. It's left in there as a footnote for enthusiasts.