Try an Internet search on ECC memory.
My understanding is that no software can gain any performance boost from using ECC memory but the overall system stability will improve as memory corruption faults will be fewer or non at all, likewise the chance/risk of getting an error on a task because of memory corruption will be lower.
Not that I plan to, but the specs on my M/B say it can use ECC memory with certain cpu's. Does E@H have any work units that employ this?
I don't believe so. One primary method used by E@H to screen for calculation errors is comparison b/w results from different computers ie. our quorum methodology. AFAIK both parity anomalies and bit correction are at the firmware level and thus for the most part 'invisible' to applications*.
Cheers, Mike.
* ... unless the processor has the relevant interrupt line and servicing routine. Even then the application code may not be aware of such errors. ECC memory is slower too ....
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
You might get a more
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You might get a more technical answer in the Crunchers Corner thread.
Try an Internet search on ECC
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Try an Internet search on ECC memory.
My understanding is that no software can gain any performance boost from using ECC memory but the overall system stability will improve as memory corruption faults will be fewer or non at all, likewise the chance/risk of getting an error on a task because of memory corruption will be lower.
John_Waters wrote:Not that I
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I don't believe so. One primary method used by E@H to screen for calculation errors is comparison b/w results from different computers ie. our quorum methodology. AFAIK both parity anomalies and bit correction are at the firmware level and thus for the most part 'invisible' to applications*.
Cheers, Mike.
* ... unless the processor has the relevant interrupt line and servicing routine. Even then the application code may not be aware of such errors. ECC memory is slower too ....
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal