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Interleaved set-associative memory

  • US 4,736,293 A
  • Filed: 04/11/1984
  • Issued: 04/05/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An associative memory comprising:

  • a plurality of memory parts each including a plurality of memory locations each for storing a word of information, the locations of the plurality of memory parts being grouped into a plurality of levels and each level having a location from each of the memory parts, each location of a level for storing any word of a plurality of words associated with that level, the plurality of parts defining a plurality of frames, each frame defined by a plurality of locations each from a different level, a frame for storing any block of words of a plurality of blocks, each block having a plurality of words each associated with a different level;

    means for storing a plurality of words simultaneously, each word into a location of the associated level and of a different memory part; and

    means for checking for presence of a desired word simultaneously in all locations of the level associated with the desired word.

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