A Reconfigurable Content Addressable Memory
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چکیده
Content Addressable Memories or CAMs are popular parallel matching circuits. They provide the capability, in hardware, to search a table of data for a matching entry. This functionality is a high performance alternative to popular software-based searching schemes. CAMs are typically found in embedded circuitry where fast matching is essential. This paper presents a novel approach to CAM implementation using FPGAs and run-time recon guration. This approach produces CAM circuits that are smaller, faster and more exible than traditional approaches.
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