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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2000
Stephen R. Undy, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Terry L Lyon, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A CAM providing for the identification of a plurality of multiple bit tag values stored in the CAM, having logic circuitry for comparing each bit of an inputted test value to the corresponding bits of all stored tag values. A bit select is employed for generating a plurality of test bits for sequential input into the logic circuitry. The logic circuitry compares the plurality of test bits to the corresponding bit of each stored tag value and generates a “hit” signal if the selected bit is the same as the corresponding bit of the stored tag value. Storage means are employed for recording the results of the compare with the M hit signal.