[HN Gopher] Intel Enables ECC Memory on Consumer Alder Lake CPUs
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       Intel Enables ECC Memory on Consumer Alder Lake CPUs
        
       Author : walterbell
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2022-10-18 19:52 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.tomshardware.com)
        
       | bubblethink wrote:
       | Hopefully, mobile CPUs next for both Intel and AMD.
        
         | rasz wrote:
         | >You need a W680 chipset, though
         | 
         | its still artificially segmented exclusively for workstations
        
       | MichaelZuo wrote:
       | This is great news for cheaper fault tolerant computers.
        
       | [deleted]
        
       | extantproject wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/eBkn9
        
       | bumblebritches5 wrote:
        
       | ebb_earl_co wrote:
       | ""12th Generation Core processors support ECC when paired with
       | W680 platforms. In fact, even enthusiast-grade Core i9-12900K
       | gains ECC support when paired with W680." - Intel spokesperson."
       | This is a bit confusing: why single out the i9-12900K? The way
       | that sentence follows the first, it seems that it is the only CPU
       | that will gain ECC support.
        
       | metadat wrote:
       | What a nice surprise in the wake of the Linus Torvalds discussion
       | 2 days ago:
       | 
       |  _I *detest* the crazy industry politics that made ECC memory so
       | "special"_
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33224680
       | 
       | (260 points, 205 comments)
        
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