US Patent 7681106 Error correction device and methods thereof

A method of error correction includes retrieving raw data from a memory device during a first operational phase of the error correction device. The raw data is retrieved by a bus interface device that interfaces with a variety of memory devices. During a second operational phase, the raw data is outputted from the bus interface device to the bus master. In addition, error correction data is calculated, and error correction is performed on the raw data during the second operational phase. By retrieving the raw data before performing error correction, and by outputting the raw data during the same operational phase, data may be retrieved from the memory more rapidly.