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DDR5 contains two forms of ECC. The first is standard ECC which is used to correct for bit flips in transmission. The second on-die ECC is used to correct bit flips on the die, hence the name. The world has already accepted that standard ECC on high speed interfaces is a good idea, so why would on-die ECC be a bad idea? Yes, they correct different error types, but they both attempt to correct corrupted bits and the do so in a mathematically similar way.

All that said, there are still ECC (has an ECC memory) and no-ECC dimms for DDR5. So if the on-die ECC is concerning for anyone, they can still get a DIMM with a separate ECC memory. But the ECC happening at the interface between the DIMM and the CPU will still exist always and you will have to trust it.

parent grue_some 4 years ago

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