MINNETONKA, MN (PRWEB) July 5, 2004

ECC Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in developing and licensing advanced, ultra-high-performance, parallel Reed-Solomon (PRS) error-correcting (ECC) encoder and decoder designs, today announced that it has licensed PRS ECC designs to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA Goddard) in Greenbelt, Maryland.

“NASA Goddard plans on using ECC Technologies’ PRS designs in NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and possibly other spacecraft to correct errors in Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) memories caused by radiation," according to Alex Kisin, Senior Staff Engineer at NASA Goddard. The JWST is the successor to the Hubble space telescope. Alex says, “The major advantage of ECC Technologies’ PRS designs is that they perform error correction in almost real-time with a minimum of delay, and that is what is needed for ECC used with SDRAM memories.”

"NASA Goddard’s selection of ECC Technologies’ PRS designs for use in the JWST reinforces the fact that ECC Technologies’ PRS designs are state-of-the-art when it comes to speed, reliability, and efficiency," said Phil White, ECC Technologies’ president. Phil further stated, “I hope other industries will consider using our proven PRS designs in future, parallel-transfer communications and storage products such as parallel-transfer hard disk drives.”

ECC Technologies, Inc. has been granted a US Patent on the PRS designs.

About NASA Goddard
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is located in a Maryland suburb outside of Washington DC and is home to the Nation’s largest organization of combined scientists and engineers dedicated to learning and sharing their knowledge of the Earth, Solar System and the Universe. More information about NASA Goddard can be found at www.gsfc.nasa.gov. Alex Kisin can be reached at (301)286-0424.

About ECC Technologies, Inc.
ECC Technologies, Inc. is a Minnesota corporation specializing in licensing advanced error-correcting encoder and decoder designs. More information about ECC Tek can be found at http://members.aol.com/mnecctek. Phil White can be reached at (952)935-2885.
 

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