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mark@taylor.infi.net (Mark Davis) writes:

>Parity RAM is next to useless.  It is really a waste of valuable bits.
>The only logical approach is to use no parity, or use ECC RAM.
>Parity memory can't even detect but SOME memory errors, and can't do
>ANYTHING about it, except warn (or as pointed out, just go ahead and
>crash the system anyway).

I disagree.  Without parity, single-bit errors will silently corrupt data.
This can be very problematic.  A system panic is often preferable.

Of course, ECC memory provides significantly more protection than parity, but 
the extra two bits per byte makes it more costly.  Parity is a reasonable 
compromise for desktop workstations.

Regards,

John
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