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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Alexander Fritsch, Esslingen, DE;
Amira Rozenfeld, Herzeliyya, IL;
Gordon B. Sapp, Austin, TX (US);
Rolf Sautter, Bondorf, DE;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed aspects include a content addressable memory device comprising at least two memory banks connectable to a global search line. Each memory bank comprises at least two content addressable memory cells. Each content addressable memory cell can store one bit. Each content addressable memory cell is coupled to a respective local search line. Aspects include a bank connection circuitry configured for coupling the global search line to the local search lines in dependence of a bank prediction signal line. The bank connection circuitry of the content addressable memory device may comprise bank hold circuitry for storing a search value transmitted by the global search line.