Patent ID: 11943142
Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A method of implementing a network switch that includes one or more static random access memory (SRAM) pools and at least one spillover ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) pool, the method comprising:
with the network switch:
identifying an entry;
if the entry is hashable, inserting the entry into one of the SRAM pools, wherein the entry as inserted into the one of the SRAM pools comprises:
a code field including one or more codes; and
a value field including rule comparison data; and
if the entry is not hashable, inserting the entry into the at least one spillover TCAM pool, wherein a match between at least a portion of a search key and at least a portion of the rule comparison data is based on which of the codes are satisfied by the portion of the search key and which of the codes are not satisfied by the portion of the search key.