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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2003
Ara Patapoutian, Westborough, MA (US);
Bruce Buch, Westborough, MA (US);
Rose Shao, Worcester, MA (US);
Ara Patapoutian, Westborough, MA (US);
Bruce Buch, Westborough, MA (US);
Rose Shao, Worcester, MA (US);
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Abstract
An iterative decoder is controlled to iteratively decode a block by performing one or more decoding iterations for the block during a predetermined block time. The iterative decoder is further controlled to perform more decoding iterations for the block during a time in which the hardware of the iterative decoder is available, if the block fails to converge to correct data during the predetermined block time. The iterative decoder uses a parity-check matrix and can be configured to process that parity-check matrix for parallel, sequential or a combination of parallel and sequential ('hybrid') parity constraint updates.