On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 15:39:37 -0400 "Ian! D. Allen" <idallen [ at ] idallen [ dot ] ca> wrote: > At 17m53s: "On one five-day [Space Shuttle Mission] there were 161 > separate bit flips." > Okay, maybe we *do* need ECC RAM. Certainly on the space shuttle. Probably on important servers on Earth. I wonder about flash memory. As flash memory cells shrink, could a cosmic ray flip the charge on the floating gate? And if so, does flash have the equivalent of ECC? Regards, Dianne. To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org