Statistics counter overflow content addressable memory (CAM) and method

Statistics counter overflow content addressable memory (CAM) and method

1. Field of the Invention 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 th...

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Hauptverfasser: Carr, David W, Funnekotter, Edward D
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:1. Field of the Invention 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.