Data compression using content addressable memory
US5339076A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 27, 1992 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T9/005
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data compression/decompression processor implements a modified Ziv-Lempel ("LZ") coding technique. The processor includes three modules, an interface, a coder-decoder ("CODEC"), and a MODEL. The CODEC and the MODEL modules together form compression engine, in which the CODEC provides variable length coding and data packing, and the MODEL implements the LZ processing. The MODEL uses content addressable memory ("CAM") in encoding mode for text storage and character matching, and uses CAM in decoding mode as an on-chip RAM to obtain high speed access.
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