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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2004
Applicant:
Hari OM, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Hari Om, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Netlogic Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A content addressable memory (CAM) device () can provide for suppression of hit indications. Prioritized match indications () can be applied in parallel to both an encoding read-only-memory (ROM) (-) and suppression data store (). A suppression data store () can output suppression bits (SHand SH) that correspond to each CAM entry. Hit indications can be selectively suppressed according the values of suppression bits (SHand SH). Hit suppression methods for a CAM device are also disclosed.