In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for determining from a data block in a buffer a number of first operands in a first portion of the buffer and a number of second operands in a second portion of the buffer. Based on these numbers, a cyclic redundancy checksum (CRC) operation...http://www.google.fr/patents/US8156401?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US8156401 - Validating data using processor instructions