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