CPC G11C 15/046 (2013.01) [G11C 15/04 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system comprising:
a memory device comprising a content addressable memory (CAM) block; and
a processing device coupled to the CAM block, the processing device to perform operations comprising:
providing, as input to search lines of the CAM block, a search pattern, the search pattern being based on an input search word, the providing of the search pattern comprising:
providing a first voltage signal representing the search word; and
providing a second voltage signal representing an inverse of the search word;
the search pattern causing a string in the CAM block to provide a signal to a page buffer connected to the string in response to the input search word matching a data entry stored on the string, the page buffer storing data based on the signal; and
outputting a location of the data entry within the CAM block determined based on a count of a number of shifts performed to serially shift out on the data from the page buffer.
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