Various additional and alternative aspects are described herein. In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a method of communicating data between an electronic unit (EU) of a system-on-chip (SoC) and a dynamic random access memory (DRAM). The method includes encoding data at the EU. The method includes generating control data for decoding the encoded data at the EU. The method includes directing storage of the encoded data in the DRAM. The method includes directing storage of the control data in an on-chip memory separate from the DRAM, wherein the on-chip memory is on a same chip as the EU.