Patent ID: 7546402

Claim:
An optical storage system for coupling to at least a peripheral device, comprising: a data read subsystem to read out data stored in an optical storage medium; a data process subsystem to process the read out data and to generate data information and address information according to the read out data; a plurality of pins: and an interface controller to generate output data according to the data information and the address information and to transfer the output data to the peripheral device, wherein a number of bits of the output data being transferred in parallel is configurable according to a parallel bit number, and the data information and the address information are transferred via the same pins, the interface controller comprising: an address decoder to decode and output the address information; a control register to determine the peripheral device to which the output data is to be transferred according to the decoded address information, and to determine the parallel bit number according to the peripheral device to which the output data is to be transferred; an output buffer to store the data information; and an interface encoder to generate the output data according to the data information and the address information.