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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2000
Michael E. Ichiriu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Netlogic Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An inter-row configurable content addressable memory (CAM) system. For one embodiment, the CAM system includes an array of CAM cells having a plurality of rows of CAM cells for storing a data word chain, wherein the data word chain comprises a sequence of at least two data words each stored in a different row of CAM cells, and wherein each row of CAM cells includes a first group of CAM cells for storing a pointer and a second group of CAM cells for storing one of the data words. The pointer of the first data word of the data word chain may be a predetermined number greater than the number of rows in the CAM array. The pointers associated with the other data words of the data word chain each store an address of the previous data word in the data word chain. The CAM system further includes a write circuit for writing the data words into the rows of CAM cells, an address decoder coupled to the CAM array, and a priority encoder coupled to the CAM array.