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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2006
Bhushan Mangesh Kanekar, San Jose, CA (US);
Venkateshwar Rao Pullela, San Jose, CA (US);
Dileep Kumar Devireddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Gyaneshwar S. Saharia, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dipankar Bhattacharya, Saratoga, CA (US);
Qizhong Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bhushan Mangesh Kanekar, San Jose, CA (US);
Venkateshwar Rao Pullela, San Jose, CA (US);
Dileep Kumar Devireddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Gyaneshwar S. Saharia, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dipankar Bhattacharya, Saratoga, CA (US);
Qizhong Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and other mechanisms are disclosed for merging lookup results, such as from one or more associative memory banks and/or memory devices. In one exemplary implementation, multiple associative memories or associative memory banks are configured to substantially simultaneously generate a plurality of lookup results based on a lookup value. Multiple memories are each configured to generate a corresponding result based on the lookup result generated by its corresponding associative memory or associative memory bank. A combiner is configured to receive and merge these corresponding results generated substantially simultaneously in order to identify the merged lookup result.