Google says Rowhammer attacks are gaining range as RAM is getting denser

Re:Google says Rowhammer attacks are gaining range as RAM is... by notriddle on Friday May 28, 2021 @03:31PM (#27319545)

Yes.

Intel is an industry leader. EFI, Thunderbolt, and the "ultrabook" product category are all their ideas. By adding a feature to their CPU products, they induce demand for anything that complements it.

By putting ECC support into their highest-end mobile CPUs only, they made them into high-end luxuries instead of industry standard. https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/search/featurefi...

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Re:Google says Rowhammer attacks are gaining range as RAM is... by userbinator on Friday May 28, 2021 @09:41PM (#27322425)

As others have mentioned, ECC is nothing more than a bandaid for what is ultimately a defective product.

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Re:Google says Rowhammer attacks are gaining range as RAM is... by staticassertion on Friday May 28, 2021 @11:49PM (#27322886)

I don't think that's true at all. ECC wasn't designed specifically with this attack in mind, and it's still a pretty effective mitigation.

There's nothing defective about RAM, it's never going to be the case that errors won't happen, it's just that before we were worried about heat and radiation and now we have to worry about attackers too.

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Re:Google says Rowhammer attacks are gaining range as RAM is... by jolux on Friday May 28, 2021 @04:23PM (#27320024)

The Ultrabook brand was Intel's idea but I'm pretty sure it was created to make sure that the Wintel ecosystem could stay competitive with the MacBook Air.

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Re:Google says Rowhammer attacks are gaining range as RAM is... by sroussey on Friday May 28, 2021 @05:17PM (#27320628)

That doesn’t explain Apple and the M1 though.

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