Title :
Encoding don´t cares in static and dynamic content-addressable memories
Author :
Ramírez-Chávez, Sergio R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, PA, USA
fDate :
8/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An encoding scheme for don´t cares using two binary static content-addressable memory (CAM) cells is presented. No extra hardware is required for the storage and retrieval of don´t cares beyond the hardware necessary for binary write and match operations found in most commercial static CAMs. Besides the availability of proven hardware for binary CAM chips, this implementation has the advantage that both binary and ternary values can coexist in a single CAM word
Keywords :
content-addressable storage; encoding; integrated memory circuits; CAM chips; content-addressable memories; dynamic CAM cells; encoding scheme; static CAM cells; Associative memory; CADCAM; Circuits; Computer aided manufacturing; Encoding; Fabrication; Hardware; Image coding; Random access memory; Very large scale integration;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on
