Why don’t PCs use error correcting RAM? “Because Intel,” says Linus – Ars Technica

Enlarge/ We’ve been enjoying a kinder, gentler Linus Torvalds for the past couple of years… but that doesn’t mean he stopped having opinions.
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This Monday, Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds went on a frustrated rant about the lack of Error Correcting Checksum (ECC) RAM in consumer PCs and laptops.
… the misguided and arse-backwards policy of “consumers don’t need ECC”,

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