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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2002
David V. James, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jagadeesan Rajamanickam, San Jose, CA (US);
David V. James, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jagadeesan Rajamanickam, San Jose, CA (US);
Netlogic Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a content addressable memory (CAM) device () may include a number of CAM entry sets (-and-), each of which includes multiple CAM entries. CAM () may also include multiple programmable information registers (PIRs) (-and-), each of which can be associated with a CAM entry set (-and-). PIRs (-and-) may be accessed in response to CAM commands. Values stores in PIRs (-and-) may control access to associated CAM entry sets (-and-) and/or be output in response to predetermined operations in an associated CAM entry set (-and-).