effective multi-mode area architecture for highly associative content-addressable (cam) memory arrays

摘要

The aspects disclosed herein relate to techniques and an effective architecture for enabling multi-mode readings in highly associative content addressable (cam) memory arrays. For example, a method for performing a tag search of a tag array may include reading a first subset of stored tag bits from multiple entries in the tag array, and comparing a second subset of stored tag bits from one or more. more tag array entries against a search tag to produce one or more occurrence signals as possible.