Nowadays it is hard to find an electronic device which does not use
codes: for example, we listen to music via heavily encoded audio CD's
and we watch movies via encoded DVD's. There is at least one area where
the use of encoding/decoding is not so developed, yet: Flash
non-volatile memories. Flash memory high-density, low power, cost
effectiveness, and scalable design make it an ideal choice to fuel the
explosion of multimedia products, like USB keys, MP3 players, digital
cameras and solid-state disk.
In ECC for Non-Volatile Memories the authors expose the basics of
coding theory needed to understand the application to memories, as well
as the relevant design topics, with reference to both NOR and NAND Flash
architectures. A collection of software routines is also included for
better understanding.
The authors form a research group (now at Qimonda) which is the typical
example of a fruitful collaboration between mathematicians and
engineers.