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From: john larkin <jl@650pot.com>
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Subject: Re: DRAM accommodations
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:54:39 -0700
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On Thu, 5 Sep 2024 15:54:43 -0700, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
wrote:

>Given the high rate of memory errors in DRAM, what steps
>are folks taking to mitigate the effects of these?
>
>Or, is ignorance truly bliss?  <frown>

Lots of bad block swapping, and lots of error-correction codes.

The multi-level storage, many bits per element, is really scary.