Method and apparatus for performing similarity searching
US9547680B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 19, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16B50/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for performing similarity searching is disclosed wherein programmable logic devices such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) can be used to implement Bloom filters for identifying possible matches between a query and data. The Bloom filters can be implemented in a parallel architecture where the different parallel Bloom filters share access to the same memory units.
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