Statistics counter overflow content addressable memory (CAM) and method
US6449214B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 26, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C15/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and means to reduce memory requirements for storing statistics by recording, in a separate overflow memory, the most significant bits of counters requiring more bits than provided in the main statistics memory. A binary CAM provides the linking mechanism between the main and overflow memories.
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