On Feb 22, 2011, at 7:43 AM, Erik Trimble wrote:
> On 2/22/2011 6:00 AM, Gary Driggs wrote: >> On Feb 22, 2011 Orvar Korvar wrote: >>> This means I have to buy a Xeon grade Sandy Bridge, which sucks. I would >>> prefer a cheap i5/whatever. >> Actually, the mobile core i5-2515E& i7-2715QE will allegedly include ECC >> RAM support so don't be surprised if some desktop class CPUs will also. >> >> -Gary > > I highly doubt Intel will do this. There's no technical reason not to, but > it's a product-line differentiator for them. They could do it now, but don't, > and I can't see any reason for them to change their behavior. > > Remember that a i7 and a Xeon 5xxx are effectively identical CPUs (even > today), except for the fact that the Xeons have an ECC-enabled Memory > controller. > > > > -- > Erik Trimble > Java System Support > Mailstop: usca22-123 > Phone: x17195 > Santa Clara, CA > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
