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Sorting method and apparatus using a CAM

  • US 6,990,552 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2002
  • Issued: 01/24/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A sorting apparatus comprising:

  • Content Addressable Memory which stores entries to be sorted;

    first memory which stores a copy of the contents of the Content Addressable Memory; and

    second memory which stores ordered entries read from the first memory using match addresses output in response to a burst search command issued to the Content Addressable Memory, the ordered entries stored in the second memory being written back to the Content Addressable Memory to allow further sorting of the entries.

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