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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan D. Poeppelman, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Mark D. Rutherford, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/300 ; G06F 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/300 ; G06F 1/500 ;
Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for performing error-correction operations to correct errors in a block of block-encoded data. Two ALUs are operable in parallel to perform finite-field mathematical operations and to calculate addresses used pursuant to the error-correction calculations. Instructions pursuant to which the ALUs are operable are stored in a memory device. The instructions are retrieved during operation of error-correcting calculations. The manner by which the error-correcting apparatus operates is alterable by appropriate alteration of the instructions stored at the memory device.