Re:Google says Rowhammer attacks are gaining range as RAM is...
by marcan_42 on Saturday May 29, 2021 @10:42PM
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> "QLC" and "TLC" are complete misnomers developed specifically to hide the truth.
I know what those terms mean. I find it amusing that you'd think I don't, given I just rattled off the ECC types used by a dozen technologies and mentioned 3 different kinds of nonvolatile charge trap memory.
I know about weak sectors. Only shitty (i.e. defective by design) drives wouldn't be able to handle them, while others would do it just fine.
Why are you drawing an arbitrary line for RAM and saying it can't use ECC?
I'm not saying that ECC is not a good idea. I'm saying that ECC errors in RAM occurring simply because of specific access patterns is far from "normal operation". In fact, if you use ECC RAM and see a lot of errors, it should be considered a sign of failing hardware. In other words, advocating for ECC in this scenario is deflecting the blame and compensating for a defective product.
The solution is simple: don't buy QLC flash. That stuff's garbage, at least today
"QLC" and "TLC" are complete misnomers developed specifically to hide the truth. It's not 4 or 3 "levels", but 16 and 8, respectively. 16LC and 8LC are the technically correct terms.
Corporate greed has somehow resulted in everyone parroting the dominant industry position and using Intel and ECC as a scapegoat. That just shows how entrenched their propaganda is.