Patent ID: 9130596
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G06F,G11C,H03M,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a first data storage medium having a first set of characteristics including at least one of a transmission method, a storage medium, a data compression, an error correction capability, a data density, a data error, and a data throughput; a second data storage medium having a second set of characteristics including at least one of a transmission method, a storage medium, a data compression, an error correction capability, a data density, a data error, and a data throughput, the second set of characteristics different from the first set of characteristics; a data channel coupled to the first data storage medium and the second data storage medium, the data channel including a selectable component configured to perform one of an encode operation and a decode operation; and selection logic to control the selectable component to be included for processing data in the data channel for the first data storage medium and excluded for processing data in the data channel for the second data storage medium, the selection logic configured to include and exclude the selectable component in the data channel based on one of the first set of characteristics and the second set of characteristics.