Cost. You are about to making computers 10-20% more expensive.
Computers also aren't used much these days, and phones and tables don't have ECC
Cost. You are about to making computers 10-20% more expensive.
Computers also aren't used much these days, and phones and tables don't have ECC
ECC has only 10-15% more transistor count. So you're only making one component of the computer 15% more expensive. This should have been a non-brainer, at least before the recent DRAM price hikes.
Also, while computers may not be used much for cosmic rays to be a risk factor, but they're still susceptible to rowhammer-style attacks, which ECC memory makes much harder.
Finally, if you account for the current performance loss due to rowhammer counter-measures, the extra cost of ECC memory is partially offset.