SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONVERTING DATA IN A BINARY REPRESENTATION TO A NON-POWER OF TWO REPRESENTATION

• US 20100064093A1
• Filed: 09/09/2008
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC (Seagate Technology Holdings Plc)
• Original Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC (Seagate Technology Holdings Plc)
• Inventors: Danilak, Radoslav
• Application Number:
  US12/207,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20100064093A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/103
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 5/16 the pulses having three levels
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 7/06 the radix thereof being a positive integer different from two

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for converting data in a binary representation to a non-power of two representation. In operation, data in a binary representation is identified. Additionally, the data in the binary representation is converted to a non-power of two representation having a non-power of two number of voltage levels.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying data in a binary representation; and

converting the data in the binary representation to a non-power of two representation having a non-power of two number of voltage levels.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the conversion is performed by a memory controller.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the conversion is performed in memory.

4. The method as set forth in claim 3, wherein the memory includes volatile memory.

5. The method as set forth in claim 3, wherein the memory includes non-volatile memory.

6. The method as set forth in claim 3, wherein the memory is included in a portable memory device.

7. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the conversion is performed by a host.

8. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the data in the non-power of two representation is identified in association with a read operation.

9. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the data in the non-power of two representation includes a binary representation of encoded non-power of two voltages.

10. The method as set forth in claim 9, wherein a flash memory device communicates the data in the binary representation to a memory controller.

11. The method as set forth in claim 10, wherein the memory controller converts the data in the binary representation into the non-power of two representation having a non-power of two number of voltage levels using a closest larger power of two binary representation for the non-power of two number of voltage levels.

12. The method as set forth in claim 11, wherein the non-power of two representation having a non-power of two number of voltage levels is sent to the flash memory device.

13. A method, comprising:

identifying data in a non-power of two representation having a non-power of two number of voltage levels; and

converting the data in the non-power of two representation into a binary representation.

14. The method as set forth in claim 13, wherein the conversion is performed by a memory controller.

15. The method as set forth in claim 13, wherein the conversion is performed in memory.

16. The method as set forth in claim 15, wherein the memory includes volatile memory.

17. The method as set forth in claim 15, wherein the memory includes non-volatile memory.

18. The method as set forth in claim 15, wherein the memory is included in a portable memory device.

19. The method as set forth in claim 13, wherein the conversion is performed by a host.

20. The method as set forth in claim 13, wherein the data in the non-power of two representation having a non-power of two number of voltage levels representation is written to memory after the conversion.

21. The method as set forth in claim 13, wherein the data in the non-power of two representation includes a binary representation of encoded non-power of two voltages.

22. The method as set forth in claim 21, wherein a memory controller communicates the data in the non-power of two representation having the non-power of two number of voltage levels encoded into a closest larger power of two binary power of two representation to a flash memory device.

23. The method as set forth in claim 22, wherein the flash memory device converts the data in the non-power of two representation having the non-power of two number of voltage levels encoded into a closest larger power of two binary power of two representation to the non-power of two representation having a non-power of two number of voltage levels representation.

24. The method as set forth in claim 23, the non-power of two representation having a non-power of two number of voltage levels encoded into closest larger power of two binary power of two representation is sent to the memory controller.

25. A system, comprising:

a controller for identifying data in a binary representation and converting the data in the binary representation to a non-power of two representation having a non-power of two number of voltage levels.

26. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium, comprising:

computer code for identifying data in a binary representation; and

computer code for converting the data in the binary representation to a non-power of two representation having a non-power of two number of voltage levels.