Wondering why your computer just crashed again? Its memory might be to blame, according to real-world Google research that finds error rates higher than what earlier work showed. With hundreds of thousands of computers in its data centers, Google can collect an abundance of real-world data about how those machines actually work. That’s exactly what the company did for a research paper that found error rates are surprisingly high.
Google: Computer Memory Flakier Than Expected
October 8, 2009