摘要 |
A lookup table including stored data, the lookup table including a Random Access Memory (RAM) for storing the data, wherein the RAM includes a plurality of windows; and a Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) for storing indices, each index pointing to the windows, and a method for performing a Longest Prefix Match (LPM) including organizing data in such a lookup table, searching according to a lookup key in the TCAM, receiving a match signal from the TCAM including an index pointing to one of the windows, and searching according to the lookup key in the pointed to window.
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