Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Specific memory composition
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-15
2008-07-15
Kim, Matt (Department: 2186)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Specific memory composition
C365S049100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07401181
ABSTRACT:
An invention is provided for using a comparand provided to a CAM for multiple CAM operations without requiring the comparand to be reloaded from a host processor for each CAM operation. The invention includes a comparand data register that is capable of storing a comparand. Associated with the comparand data register, is a plurality of result registers. In operation, the comparand is provided as input data to the CAM for a plurality of search operations. For each search operation, the result is stored in one of the plurality of result registers. In this manner, the comparand stored in the data register can be reused for multiple search operations, with each result stored in a separate result register.
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Shafai Farhad
Soprovich Gregory F.
Spencer Kelvin
Core Networks LLC
Foley & Lardner LLP
Kim Matt
Krofcheck Michael
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