tcam memory implement in sram architecture

[mahalakshmi r]

in tcam memory data word is input & not address. for example in router application input word is source and destination port address. so it is a address why we consider this address as data word in tcam memory.. please differentiate this two and tell me possible input to tcam memory...

 

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in tcam memory data word is input & not address. for example in router application input word is source and destination port address. so it is a address why we consider this address as data word in tcam memory.. please differentiate this two and tell me possible input to tcam memory...

Read this You don't seem to have an understanding of what a CAM (and therefore a TCAM) is.

A CAM memory is given the data and outputs the location in the memory array that data resides at. The source and destination port address isn't an address to the CAM it's the data stored in the CAM and the CAM will "search" for that data to determine if it's stored in the CAM or not.

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