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Re:Intel Launches 8th Generation CPUs, Starting with Kaby La... by TorKlingberg on Monday August 21, 2017 @09:03AM (#15064231)
This shouldn't de downvoted, it's a fair question. Just a few years ago ECC was widely considered an unnecessary belt-and-suspenders thing that made enterprise hardware expensive. I guess the general perception changed with the Rowhammer attack.
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Re:Intel Launches 8th Generation CPUs, Starting with Kaby La... by MichaelGG on Monday August 21, 2017 @03:29PM (#15067084)
I don't think so. Well before Rowhammer, Google published their paper showing the high amount of memory errors they get.

What's changed is higher memory densities, making it even more important.

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Re:Intel Launches 8th Generation CPUs, Starting with Kaby La... by Dylan16807 on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @12:16AM (#15069647)
It only made things expensive because of low segmented volume. Otherwise it's a 10% bump on RAM and free on everything else.
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