> *you can still buy DDR3 --- used --- from various shops in China, and it'll be... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		inetknght on Nov 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Blacksmith – Rowhammer bit flips on all DRAM devic... > you can still buy DDR3 --- used --- from various shops in China, and it'll be 100% perfect and Rowhammer-free because it was made before the insane process shrinkages that caused it That's demonstrably false. I remember rowhammer being thought of and demonstrated on DDR3 modules. [0] https://hammertux.github.io/rowhammer-ffs-ddr3

userbinator on Nov 16, 2021 [–]

Rowhammer started appearing in newer DDR3; see the original paper (figure 3): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8713411

The tl;dr is that everything 2009 and older is good, 2010-2011 is possibly bad, 2012 and newer is almost certainly bad.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact