摘要 |
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor associative memory device comprises a retrieval block having retrieval word strings arranged in a column direction, each of the retrieval word strings includes memory cells arranged in a row direction between a word input terminal and a word output terminal, each of the memory cells having a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal, wherein in each retrieval word string, the second input terminal of one of the memory cells is used as the word input terminal, and each of other memory cells is connected to the output terminal of adjacent memory cell by the second input terminal, wherein the first input terminals of the memory cells in the same column are connected. |