8b/10b encoding: Difference between revisions

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The encoding is normally done entirely in hardware based on lookup tables. Upper levels of the software stack should be unaware that this encoding is being used.

Among the areas in which 8B/10B encoding finds application are [[Fibre Channel]], [[Gigabit Ethernet]], [[InfiniBand]], [[XAUI]], and audio storage devices such as the [[Digital Audio Tape]] and [[Digital Compact Cassette]] (DCC). The related [[Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation]] is used in the [[Compact Disc]] standard. The encoding scheme used in [[10- Gigabit Ethernet]]'s 10GBASE-R [[Physical Media Dependent]] (PMD) interfaces, 64B/66B, while similarly created with consideration of DC balance, maximum run length, transition density, electromagnetic emissions, and the like, is considerably different in design.

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