Re:ECC matters
by DCKing on Sunday January 03, 2021 @02:40PM
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Unless something weird happens, the next generation of the Apple M-line will use LPDDR5 memory instead of the LPDDR4X used in the Apple M1. While it probably won't support error correction monitoring, LPDDR5 has built in error correction that silently corrects single bit flips. That alone should be a huge reliability improvement.
LPDDR5 will enable some much needed level of error correction in a metric ton of other future SoC designs too. I look forward to the future Raspberry Pi with built in error correction capabilities.
Re:ECC matters
by DCKing on Monday January 04, 2021 @10:25AM
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Yes, this applies to both DDR5 and LPDDR5. Leaks indicate that DDR5 CPUs and motherboards by Intel and AMD are not going to be out this year though, at least not on the desktop.
LPDDR5 will enable some much needed level of error correction in a metric ton of other future SoC designs too. I look forward to the future Raspberry Pi with built in error correction capabilities.