CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY WITH PROGRAMMABLE WORD WIDTH AND PROGRAMMABLE PRIORITY

摘要

A content addressable memory (CAM) (1500) device including a CAM array (1501) and a priority index table (1503). The CAM array has a plurality of rows of CAM cells, each row including a plurality of row segments and being adapted to store a data word that spans a selectable number of the row segments. The priority index table (1503) is coupled to the plurality of rows of CAM cells (1522) and is adapted to store a plurality of priority numbers, each priority number being indicative of a priority of a corresponding data word stored in the CAM array.