Chipkill is IBM's trademark for a form of advanced error checking and correcting (ECC) computer memory technology that protects computer memory systems from any single memory chip failure as well as  multi-bit errors from any portion of a single memory chip. One simple scheme to perform this function scatters the bits of a Hamming code ECC word across multiple memory chips, such that the failure of any single memory chip will affect only one ECC bit per word.
Chipkill is IBM's trademark for a sophisticated error detection and correction (EDC) computer memory technology that safeguards computer memory systems from any single memory chip failure as well as multi-bit errors from any part of a single memory chip. A straightforward method to execute this function distributes the bits of a Hamming code EDC word across multiple memory chips, ensuring that the failure of any single memory chip impacts only one ECC bit per word.