Content addressable memories
AssigneePlessey Handel und Investments AG
InventorsJohn Flackett Dickson, Raymond Edward Oakley
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Abstract
A content addressable memory comprising for each storage element two non-volatile storage devices which can be non-destructively read and which are adapted to respectively store true and inverse information data, the two devices being interconnected in a manner which is such that information data stored by each device can be simultaneously compared with information data applied to the memory, the input of each of the two devices being connected to a separate terminal.
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A content addressable memory comprising a plurality of storage elements, each said storage element comprising two non-volatile storage devices, having inputs, which can be non-destructively read and which are adapted to respectively store true and inverse information data, a pair of input terminals for receiving input information data, means for connecting said input of each of said storage devices with a separate input terminal, means for storing true information data in one of said storage devices, for storing inverse information data in the other of said storage devices, and for simultaneously comparing said input information data with said true and inverse information data stored in said storage devices.
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