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Out in Front: May 23, 1996

Headerless read-channel IC hits 200-Mbps data rate

The 32C9210 disk-read-channel controller IC supports headerless disk formatting to maximize capacity and 200-Mbps read-channel data rates. The IC from Silicon Systems also includes an ECC implementation that supports five-burst error correction on the fly and can correct a burst as long as 120 bits in real time. On the host side, the IC can handle the EIDE (Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics) maximum 16.6-Mbyte/sec data rates. The 32C9210 costs $17 (1000).

—by Maury Wright

Silicon Systems, Tustin, CA. (800) 624-8999, ext 151.

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