Abstract: A method of communication on a shared media having a plurality of devices coupled thereto, the method including: forming a first portion including information on a property of a data signal and complying with a communication protocol; forming a second portion comprising data that differs from the information on the property provided in the first portion, where the second portion is non-compliant with the communication protocol; forming a third portion comprising an error check character to verify that the data signal is error free, where the error check character is purposefully set to be an incorrect value and otherwise complying with the communication protocol; and transmitting the data signal including the first, second, and third portions on the shared media, whereby a first of the plurality of devices that complies with the communication protocol is configured to reject the data signal due to the purposefully incorrect error check character.
Abstract: A method can include: receiving, in a memory device, a read request from a host device that is coupled to the memory device by an interface; decoding an address of the read request that is received from the interface; decoding a command of the read request to determine whether the read request is for an aligned address operation; maintaining the decoded address without modification when the read request is determined as being for the aligned address operation regardless of an actual alignment of the decoded address; and executing the read request as the aligned address operation on the memory device by using the decoded address.