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The coding gains including self-gain, mutual-gain and their variations for coding memory are defined, and the formulas for computing the gains are derived. The coding gains, used as the criteria, will be enable us to select an efficient code for memory system design quantitatively. Finally, the numerical results of some examples are analysed and discussed.
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Sui, H. The coding gains of memories. J. of Electron.(China) 15, 357–364 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11767-998-0010-2
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