Opportunistic decoding in memory systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9122619
APP PUB NO 20140122975A1
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14149460

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Approaches for decoding data read from memory cells of a nonvolatile, solid state memory involve attempting to decode hard data using a hard decoding process prior to a time that soft data is available to the decoder. The hard data includes information about the digital symbols stored in the memory cells without data confidence information. The soft data includes information about the digital symbols stored in the memory cells and data confidence information. In response to the hard decoding process failing to achieve convergence, after the soft data becomes available to the decoder, the soft data is decoded using a soft decoding process. The decoder generates an output of the decoded data after the hard decoding process or the soft decoding process achieves convergence.

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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCCALIFORNIA USA CALIFORNIA

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Buch, Bruce D Westborough, US 27 694
Patapoutian, Ara Hopkinton, US 134 2341
Rub, Bernardo Sudbury, US 54 2147

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