A method according to one embodiment may include operating an integrated
circuit in a selected mode of operation. The integrated circuit may
include first circuitry and second circuitry. The first circuitry may be
capable of performing at least one operation including, at least in part,
generating check data based at least in part upon other data,
regenerating the other data based at least in part upon the check data,
and/or determining locations of the check data and the other data in
storage. The second circuitry may be capable of controlling, at least in
part, at least one interface to transmit from and/or receive at the
integrated circuit the check data and/or the other data. Depending at
least in part upon the selected mode of operation, the first circuitry
may be either enabled to perform or disabled from performing the at least
one operation.