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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeng-Jye Shaw, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365 49 ; 36518904 ; 36518907 ;
Abstract
An apparatus with improved response-time of a content addressable memory (CAM) directory table is obtained by replacing multi-stage domino TAG comparator and detection means with a single stage TAG comparator and detector for each TAG table entry. The improved response results from the use of a common ORed comparator output together with a small signal sense amplifier for the detection of the onset of a hit or miss. The single stage comparator and detector is suitable for use in cache memories including full associative, direct mapped, set associative and sector mapped caches.