Re:Intel demonstrates a 28-core processor running at 5GHz
by wmf on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @04:29PM
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That sounds like an artifact of Intel's artificial market segmentation. If we imagine a world where ECC was mandatory then it's likely that ECC gamer RAM would be available.
Re:Intel demonstrates a 28-core processor running at 5GHz
by qwerty456127 on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @10:55PM
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Well, I obviously didn't mean hardware meant for specific applications where ECC would do notably more harm than good must use ECC anyway nor that non-ECC memory should not be available to those who consciously want it. Perhaps graphics rendering farms should be built with non-ECC RAM or with both kinds used together (ECC for the system code and non-ECC for the graphical data).
As for me I'm just annoyed by the fact I have never seen a laptop that supports ECC (as for now it seems there actually are a couple of models e.g. ThinkPad P70). I personally don't really care about the RAM bandwidth, I'm still using DDR2 anyway, but I would love to use ECC.
Re:Intel demonstrates a 28-core processor running at 5GHz
by theandrewbailey on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @01:19PM
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> And if your 3d render has a pixel-error on frame 50, delete the .png file and rerender frame 50.
If your 3D rendering has any pixel errors, replace the offending hardware. If your RAM is bad in one place, you need to replace it, ECC or not.
Normal RAM can handle 1.35V typically and often goes up to 3200 MT/s (on AMD systems) or 3600 MT/s (on Intel systems). That's easily +20% to +35% more memory bandwidth. With lower latency and better overall specs to boot.
And if your 3d render has a pixel-error on frame 50, delete the .png file and rerender frame 50. No biggie.