CPC H04L 45/74591 (2022.05) [G11C 15/00 (2013.01); H04L 45/54 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01)] | 43 Claims |
1. A network switch comprising:
a static random access memory (SRAM) entry table including a plurality of entries, wherein each of the entries comprise:
a code field including one or more codes; and
a value field including rule comparison data; and
one or more SRAM pools;
at least one spillover ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) pool; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium storing request interface control logic dispatching a search key to one or more of the SRAM pools and the at least one spillover TCAM pool and determining if the search key is a match for one or more of the entries based on which of the codes are satisfied by the search key and which of the codes are not satisfied by the search key.
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