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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2013
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
The present disclosure describes systems and techniques relating to processing of network communications. According to an aspect of the described systems and techniques, a network device includes a content addressable memory (CAM); and processing circuitry configured to receive records to be stored in the CAM, compare the records to identify similar bit values at respective bit positions of at least a portion of the records, store in the CAM the similar bit values in a single sample record corresponding to the portion of the records, store in the CAM remaining non-similar bit values of the portion of the records, thereby compressing the portion of the records stored in the CAM, store in the CAM one or more remaining records of the received records not included in the portion of the records, and search the CAM including the compressed portion of the records and the one or more remaining records.