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Systems and method relating generally to solid state memory, and more particularly to systems and methods for generated data from a solid state memory. A data processing system includes a solid state memory device, a soft data generation circuit operable to receive multiple instances of an element o

Systems and method relating generally to solid state memory, and more particularly to systems and methods for generated data from a solid state memory. A data processing system includes a solid state memory device, a soft data generation circuit operable to receive multiple instances of an element of a read data set accessed from the solid state memory device, and access a scramble compensating extended look up table using the multiple instances of the element to receive corresponding soft data, and a data decoder circuit operable to yield a decoded output from the soft data.

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1. A data storage system, the system comprising: a solid state memory device;a soft data generation circuit operable to: receive multiple instances of an element of a read data set accessed from the solid state memory device; andaccess a scramble compensating extended look up table using the multipl

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A data storage system, the system comprising: a solid state memory device;a soft data generation circuit operable to: receive multiple instances of an element of a read data set accessed from the solid state memory device; andaccess a scramble compensating extended look up table using the multiple instances of the element to receive corresponding soft data;a data de-randomizer circuit operable to de-randomize the soft data, wherein the scramble compensating extended look up table includes a number of soft data values corresponding to different possible values for the multiple instances of the element, wherein a first portion of the soft data values corresponds to data unmodified by the de-randomizer circuit, and wherein a second portion of the soft data values corresponds to data modified by the de-randomizer circuit; anda data decoder circuit operable to yield a decoded output from the soft data, wherein the soft data generation circuit and the data decoder circuit are hardware circuits. 2. The data storage system of claim 1, wherein the data decoder circuit is operable to apply a soft decoding algorithm to the soft data to yield the decoded output. 3. The data storage system of claim 2, wherein the soft decoding algorithm is a low density parity check decoding algorithm. 4. The data storage system of claim 1, wherein each instance of the element is read using a different reference value. 5. The data storage system of claim 1, wherein the solid state memory device comprises a single bit per cell flash memory. 6. The data storage system of claim 1, wherein the solid state memory device comprises a multi-bit per cell flash memory, wherein the multiple instances of the element includes a first set of instances corresponding to a first bit in a cell of the multi-bit bit per cell flash memory, and a second set of instances of the element corresponds to a second bit in the cell of the multi-bit per cell flash memory. 7. The data storage system of claim 6, wherein the scramble compensating extended look up table includes a first set of soft data values corresponding to different possible values for the first set of instances, and a second set of soft data values corresponding to different possible values for the second set of instances. 8. The data storage system of claim 7, further comprising a data de-randomizer circuit operable to de-randomize the soft data, wherein a first portion of the first set of soft data values corresponds to data unmodified by the de-randomizer circuit, and wherein a second portion of the first set of soft data values corresponds to data modified by the de-randomizer circuit. 9. The data storage system of claim 8, wherein all of the second portion of the first set of soft data values corresponds to data modified by the de-randomizer circuit. 10. The data storage system of claim 8, wherein all of the second portion of the first set of soft data values corresponds to data unmodified by the de-randomizer circuit. 11. A method for recovering data from a solid state memory device, the method comprising: accessing, via a soft data generation circuit, a cell of a solid state memory device to yield, in conjunction with a data decoder circuit, multiple instances of a read;accessing, via the soft data generation circuit, a scramble compensating extended look up table using the multiple instances to receive corresponding soft data, wherein the soft data generation circuit and the data decoder circuit are hardware circuits; andde-randomizing, via a data de-randomizer circuit, the soft data, wherein the scramble compensating extended look up table includes a number of soft data values corresponding to different possible values for the multiple instances of the element, wherein a first portion of the soft data values corresponds to data unmodified by the de-randomizer circuit, and wherein a second portion of the soft data values corresponds to data modified by the de-randomizer circuit. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein accessing the cell includes repeatedly accessing the cell using different reference values. 13. The method of claim 11, further comprising: applying a de-randomizer algorithm using a de-randomizer circuit to each of the multiple instances of the read to yield corresponding de-randomized instances; andaccessing the scramble compensating extended look up table using the de-randomized instances. 14. The method of claim 11, the method further comprising: applying a low density parity check decoding algorithm to the soft data to yield a decoded output. 15. The method of claim 11, wherein the solid state memory device is selected from a group consisting of: a single bit per cell flash memory, a multi-bit per cell flash memory configured to operate in a single bit per cell mode, and a lower page only mode of a multi-level flash memory. 16. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing a de-randomizer circuit, wherein the scramble compensating extended look up table includes a number of soft data values corresponding to different possible values for the multiple instances of the element, wherein a first portion of the soft data values correspond to data unmodified by the de-randomizer circuit, and wherein a second portion of the soft data values correspond to data modified by the de-randomizer circuit. 17. The method of claim 11, wherein the solid state memory device comprises a multi-bit per cell flash memory, wherein the multiple instances of the element includes a first set of instances corresponding to a first bit in a cell of the multi-bit per cell flash memory, and a second set of instances corresponding to a second bit in the cell of the multi-bit per cell flash memory. 18. A data storage system, the system comprising: a memory device;a soft data generation circuit operable to: receive multiple instances of an element of a read data set accessed from the memory device; andaccess a scramble compensating extended look up table using the multiple instances of the element to receive corresponding soft data;a data de-randomizer circuit operable to de-randomize the soft data, wherein the scramble compensating extended look up table includes a number of soft data values corresponding to different possible values for the multiple instances of the element, wherein a first portion of the soft data values corresponds to data unmodified by the de-randomizer circuit, and wherein a second portion of the soft data values corresponds to data modified by the de-randomizer circuit; anda data decoder circuit operable to yield a decoded output from the soft data, wherein the soft data generation circuit and the data decoder circuit are hardware circuits.