So we have a bunch of SoCs and small boards based on them [1], and it seems like one of these could be made into an Ethervideo box. But, so far I haven't found any mention of any of them having ECC, or even parity.
Given how many transistors are in a CPU/GPU/etc. these days, a few extra to provide ECC is like a drop in the ocean. Even larger systems like Kaveri can't be bothered to provide ECC. It's not like having ECC available means you *have* to use ECC RAM. Idiots that don't care about data integrity can buy the slightly less expensive non-ECC RAM. I can't believe that some miracle has occured, and memory somehow no longer has errors. That would be big news. And yes there are a lot of idiots that don't understand and don't care. But surely there are enough people that care to make it worth throwing in a handful of gates. What am I missing? Does anyone know of a SoC chip or small board (or even a larger system like Kaveri) with ECC? AMD's FX chips do, and I assume a few of intel's buggy chips do, and presumably some systems with "Enterprise" pricetags. Unfortunately the FX chips are a bit disappointing, and the chipsets are obsolete (PCI v2, USB2, ...) and some tasks don't need such a high end system. Presumably Berlin will have ECC, if it ever gets released (over 2 months late and counting). [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_single-board_computers _______________________________________________ Open-hardware-ethervideo mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-hardware-ethervideo
