A MEMORY ENGINE FOR THE INSPECTION AND MANIPULATION OF DATA

摘要

A memory engine (205) combines associative memory and random-acces memory (200) for enabling fast string search, insertion, and deletion operations to be performed on data and includes a memory device for temporarily storing the data (100) as a string of data characters. A controller (120) is utilized for selectively outputting one of a plurality of commands to the memory device and receives data feedback therefrom, the memory device inspects data characters in the string in accordance with the commands outputted by the controller. A clock device (256) is also utilized for outputting a clock signal (24) comprised of a predetermined number of clock cycles per second to the memory device and the controller, the memory device inspecting and selectively manipulating one of the data characters within one of the clock cycles.