Methods and apparatus are provided for a system for aligning data. The apparatus comprises a demultiplexing component adapted to bifurcate a DDR data stream into first and second SDR data streams, a sequence detection component coupled to the demultiplexing component and adapted to detect a pattern of sequential bit values in the first SDR data stream, and a data alignment component coupled to the demultiplexing component and to the sequence detection component, the data alignment component adapted to place the second SDR data stream in alignment with the pattern of sequential bit values in the first SDR data stream.