PATTERN-MATCHING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A MULTIPROCESSOR ENVIRONMENT

摘要

Disclosed is a pattern-matching device that operates in a multi-core processor environment that has a multi-core CPU provided with: a plurality of processor cores; and a shared memory shared among the processor cores, which exist within the same CPU. The shared memory contains a pattern table provided with search patterns. The pattern-matching device executes a pattern-matching process in parallel across the plurality of processor cores. Said pattern-matching process tries to match a search target, namely a search key.