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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Sasama, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365 49 ; 36518907 ; 36518912 ; 365218 ;
Abstract
An associative memory wherein unnecessary data may be exclusively erased on a batch basis. Each word memory in the associative memory has a corresponding first flag which indicates whether or not effective data is stored in the memory and a second flag which indicates of whether or not a match has been detected. The first flags are reset on a batch basis in accordance with the state of the associated second flags.