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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2003
Emrys Williams, Milton Keynes, GB;
Emrys Williams, Milton Keynes, GB;
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An Error Correcting Code (ECC) conversion facility includes a first interface for receiving input data protected in accordance with a first ECC, and first and second processing paths, each connected to the first interface. First and second decoders are incorporated into respective first and second processing paths. Each of these decoders serves to extract clear data from input data protected in accordance with the first ECC. The first processing path also includes a decoder that can protect clear data in accordance with a second ECC. The output of the system is then connected to both the first and second processing paths, and produces output data protected in accordance with the second ECC. A first portion of this output data comprises data received from the first processing path, and a second portion of the output data comprises data received from the second processing path.