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by sitkack 3183 days ago
> ECC requires more resources and is therefore intrinsically more expensive

manufacturing cost is non-linear. Obviously intrinsically word gunk.

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Can you expand on this? Memory already includes controller logic and adding ECC logic does not need a seperate process. All you need is more silicon real estate because of the extra bits needed for the ECC. Silicon is cheap.