Error Control Schemes for Modern Flash Memories: Solutions for Flash deficiencies

Flash, already one of the dominant forms of data storage for mobile consumer devices, such as smartphones and media players, is experiencing explosive growth in cloud and enterprise applications. Flash devices offer very high access speeds, low power consumption, and physical resiliency. Our goal in this article is to provide a high-level overview of error correction for Flash. We will begin by discussing Flash functionality and design. We will introduce the nature of Flash deficiencies. Afterwards, we describe the basics of ECCs. We discuss BCH and LDPC codes in particular and wrap up the article with more directions for Flash coding.