Multiple access for parallel turbo decoder

A memory bank contains a plurality of memories, a first Butterfly network is configured to apply memory addresses to the memory bank, and a second Butterfly network is configured to pass data to or from the memory bank. A control signal is generated for the first and second Butterfly networks in accordance with a multiple access rule to enable parallel access to the memory bank, without memory access conflict, for one of a linear order and an interleaved order. The method and apparatus is particularly advantageous for use in turbo decoding.