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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Applicant:
Gary Depelteau, Ontario, CA;
Inventor:
Gary Depelteau, Ontario, CA;
Assignee:
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit search engine device supports a multi-way tree of search keys therein. The search engine device includes at least one multi-node sub-engine. The multi-node sub-engine includes a node processor and a plurality of columns of sub-nodes containing search keys. The node processor is configured to distribute an applied search key in parallel to each of the plurality of columns of sub-nodes in response to a search request. The node processor is also configured to receive and resolve corresponding sub-node search results from the plurality of columns of sub-nodes.