Replacing linear Hamming codes by robust nonlinear codes results in a reliability improvement of memories
Replacing linear Hamming codes by robust nonlinear codes results in a reliability improvement of memories
复制标题
用鲁棒非线性码代替线性汉明码可以提高存储器的可靠性
DOI:
10.1109/dsn.2009.5270297
复制
发表时间:
2009
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
Konrad J. Kulikowski
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Zhen Wang;M. Karpovsky;Konrad J. Kulikowski
Linear single-error-correcting, double-error-detecting (SEC-DED) codes used in the design of reliable memories cannot detect and can miscorrect errors with large Hamming weights. We propose protection for memory devices based on extended Vasil'ev codes. These nonlinear SECDED codes have a minimum distance of four, fewer undetectable errors and fewer errors that are miscorrected than linear codes with the same dimension and redundancy. The extended Vasil'ev codes can provide for higher reliability in the presence of repeating errors or high rate of multibitupsets. As far as we know, our paper is the only one discussing application of efficient nonlinear codes for design of reliable memories. The proposed approach can be applied to RAM, ROM, FLASH and disk memories with relatively low hardware overhead.