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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2006
Radu Avramescu, Nepean, CA;
Jason Edward Podaima, Kanata, CA;
Radu Avramescu, Nepean, CA;
Jason Edward Podaima, Kanata, CA;
Core Networks LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
An invention is provided for lowLowpower searching in a CAMusingusessample words to save power in the compare lines.The inventionA methodincludes comparing a sample section of stored data to a corresponding sample section of search data on a plurality of rows in the CAM. If a sample section of the stored data on any row of the plurality of rows is equivalent to the corresponding sample section of the search data, a remaining section of search data is allowed to propagate to the local compare lines coupled to the remaining section of the stored data of each row. However, if the sample section of the stored data is different from the corresponding sample section of the search data, the local compare lines coupled to the remaining section of the stored data on each row are latched.