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The final performance of a CD-ROM drive is determined not only by the various technical choices adopted for the general architecture but, to a large extent, by the standardized parameters of the disc itself. In this context, this chapter will present an overview of several system parameters. The storage possibilities of a CD-ROM disc will also be discussed and some of the system choices adopted for the initial audio standard are listed. The chapter ends with a short description of the benchmarked drive specifications.
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A device driver is a piece of software which gives the computer a handy set of control functions needed for various purposes [91]. Most device drivers are used to link the computer system (i.e., including software) to a given hardware device, e.g. a CD-ROM.
See Sections 3.1 and 3.6.
The benchmark program generates random logical addresses (see Section 6.4) which are converted by the data path into physical addresses and further into subcode timing.
The longest symbol delay during CIRC decoding.
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Stan, S.G. (1998). System Parameters and Drive Performance. In: The CD-ROM Drive. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2843-9_7
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