FPGA Implementation of Content Addressable Memory

Content Addressable Memory (CAM) is a special type of computer memory used in certain very high speed searching applications. It is also known as associative memory or associative storage or associative array. Content Addressable Memory (CAM) is frequently used in applications, such as lookup tables, databases, associative computing and networking, that requires high-speed searches due to its ability to improve application performance by using parallel comparison to reduce search time. Although the use of parallel comparison results in reduced search time, it also significantly increases power consumption. This project proposes a Parameter Extractor, based on ones-count approach. The major contribution of this project is that it proposed ones-count Parameter Extractor can achieve faster search capability compared to the conventional CAM.