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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2002
Benjamin J. Patella, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Ronny Lee Arnold, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Cameron B. Mcnairy, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kevin David Safford, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Benjamin J. Patella, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Ronny Lee Arnold, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Cameron B. McNairy, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kevin David Safford, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Parity and mask bit(s) are stored in a random access memory (RAM) that is coupled to a CAM. This CAM may be part of a TLB. The parity and mask bits(s) are stored in conjunction with the CAM entry write. Upon a CAM query match, the reference parity bit(s) and mask bit(s) stored at the address output by the CAM are output from the RAM. These reference parity bit(s) are compared to parity bit(s) generated from a query data value that is masked by the retrieved mask bit(s). In the absence of a CAM or RAM bit error, the reference parity bit(s) from the RAM and the parity bit(s) generated from the masked query data will match. If a CAM or RAM bit error occurred, these two sets of parity bit(s) will not match and thus an error will be detected. This error may be used as an indication that a false CAM match has occurred.