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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2001
Jacob Schroeder, Lyngby, DK;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A key lookup system to look up keys associated with a plurality of frames of data includes a key source device that provides source keys to the system. A memory stores data keys and data associated therewith. A plurality of lookup engines searches for the data keys in the memory that are identical to the source keys. A Content Addressable Memory (CAM) stores a copy of a source key being searched for by one of the plurality of lookup engines. A CAM check device to determine whether a key identical to the source key is located in the CAM. A key insertion device copies the source key into the CAM and into one of the plurality of lookup engines if the key identical to the source key is not found in the CAM.