SAA7388

· CD-ROM (Mode 1) and CD-I (Mode 2 - Form 1 and Form 2) formats supported
· Real-time error detection and correction in hardware
· Suitable for octal speed, n = 8.
· Maximum host transfer burst rate of 13.3 Mbyte/s
· Corrects two errors per symbol with erasure correction
· 36 kbit of on-chip error correction buffer RAM
· 12-byte command FIFO and 12-byte status FIFO
· Compatible with the Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) register set and the Advanced Technology Attachment Program Interface (ATAPI) command set
· Operates with popular memories. (up to 128 kbyte SRAM; 1 to 16 Mbit DRAM, different speed grades, nibble or byte wide)
· Interface to Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) bus without external bus drivers
· Q-to-W subcode buffering, de-interleaving and correction are supported
· Device can operate with audio RAMs. A RAM test allows bad segments to be identified.

The SAA7388 decoder is a block decoder buffer manager for high-speed CD-ROM applications that integrates real-time error correction and detection and host interface data transfer functions into a single chip.

The SAA7388 has an on-chip 36-kbit memory. This memory is used as a buffer memory for error and erasure corrections. The SAA7388 also has a buffer memory interface thus enabling the connection of SRAM up to 128 kbytes, or
DRAM up to 16 Mbits. The on-chip memory is sufficient to buffer 1 sector of data. The external memory can buffer many more, depending on memory size.

The error corrector of the SAA7388 can perform 2-pass error correction in real-time. Buffer memory for this correction is integrated on-chip.

The SAA7388 has an host interface that is compatible with the SANYO LC89510 or OAK OTI-012 and also compatible with the ATA/IDE/ATAPI hard disc interface bus. (All ATAPI registers are present in hardware).

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