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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:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiro Konishi, Chiba, JP;
Hiroshi Sasama, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365 49 ;
Abstract
This invention provides an associative memory that includes a plurality of associative memory integrated circuits. Each of the associative memory integrated circuits includes a plurality of memory words and a data registration device. The data registration device stores a retrieval word into one of the plurality of memory words in response to control signal received from an external source if a first priority signal is not received from at least another one of the plurality of associative memory integrated circuits and if the one of the plurality of memory words is in an open state.