Re: Is ECC memory any use?

On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 00:49:25 -0800,
Les <hlhowell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Bits do not typically "flip occasionally". As memory ages, a "feature"
of CMOS is something that creates bridges internal to the silicon. This
in turn causes failures. If you are lucky, the bit that fails will

Bit flips are also caused by cosmic rays and those do happen occassionally.

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