Integer Codes Correcting Single Errors and Detecting Burst Errors Within a Byte

Correcting single and detecting adjacent errors has become important in memory systems using high density DRAM chips. The reason is that, in these systems, the strike of a single energetic particle can upset one or more adjacent bits. In this article, we present a simple solution for this problem based on integer codes capable of correcting single errors and detecting l -bit burst errors confined to a b -bit byte ( 1<l<b ). Unlike the classical approach, the proposed one does not rely on the use of dedicated encoding/decoding hardware. Instead, it uses the processor as both encoder and decoder. The effectiveness of such solution is demonstrated on a theoretical model of an eight-core processor. The obtained results show that it has the potential to be used in future DDR5 systems.This is the peer-reviewed version of the paper: Radonjic, A., 2020. Integer Codes Correcting Single Errors and Detecting Burst Errors Within a Byte. IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability 20, 748–753. [https://doi.org/10.1109/TDMR.2020.3033511]© 20XX IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.Published version: [https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_9998