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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Cristian Estan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G11C 15/04 (2006.01); G11C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/04 (2013.01); G06F 12/00 (2013.01); G11C 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A content addressable memory (CAM)-based search engine is disclosed that reduces power consumption during a plurality of different search operations concurrently performed in a plurality of device pipelines by selectively applying one of a number of different power reduction techniques for each pipeline in response to configuration data indicating the type of search operation that is being performed in the pipeline.