Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months agoThe probability of losing your life to a cosmic ray bit-flip is increasing dailymessage-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down112
arrow-up1142arrow-down1message-squareThe probability of losing your life to a cosmic ray bit-flip is increasing dailyArtemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareolafurp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 months agoI thought we already had a way to deal with bit flips. CPU bit flips should be common by now because of the size of processors these days.
minus-squareThoth19@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoYup. There is technology to deal with this. But does every piece of hw have that tech? No. Does every piece of sw run eccs for this purpose? No.
I thought we already had a way to deal with bit flips. CPU bit flips should be common by now because of the size of processors these days.
Yup. There is technology to deal with this. But does every piece of hw have that tech? No. Does every piece of sw run eccs for this purpose? No.