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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
John D. Acton, Danville, CA (US);
Inventor:
John D. Acton, Danville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M013/29 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for operating a data processing system is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of data segments, and for each of the plurality of data segments, generating an error correction code (ECC) corresponding to the data segment, said ECC providing at least one-bit error correction capability. Finally, an extended parity segment is calculated from the plurality of data segments and the corresponding ECCs, said extended parity segment including a parity segment calculated from the plurality of data segments and a parity ECC calculated from the corresponding ECCs.