Capacity-expanding memory control component

A decoding engine within an integrated-circuit (IC) component iteratively executes error detection/correction operations with respect to a sequence of input data volumes to generate a corresponding sequence of error syndrome values, the input data volumes each including a first block of data and corresponding error correction code retrieved from one or more external memory components together with a respective one of a plurality of q-bit data patterns. Selector circuitry within the decoding engine selects one of the plurality of q-bit data patterns to be an output q-bit value according to error-count differentiation indicated by the error syndrome values.