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Re:M1 Mac Mini Teardown by goatinaboat on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @04:55PM (#25142951)
I mean, ECC is going to mean lower yields from the fab and a higher TDP. Will it be worth it?
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Re:M1 Mac Mini Teardown by wmf on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:13PM (#25143170)
I don't see why that would be the case.
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Re:M1 Mac Mini Teardown by goatinaboat on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @06:10PM (#25143892)
Because it’s half the density of non-ECC so bigger wafers, and runs at a higher voltage?
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Re:M1 Mac Mini Teardown by fomine3 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:50PM (#25146338)
DDR4 ECC needs just 1 parity chip for 8 chip, not half. Of course it consumes a bit more power to calculate checksum. IMO it worth for every computing.
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