Patent ID: 9214231
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A crossbar memory to provide content-addressable functionality, the crossbar memory comprising: a first crossbar to write data values corresponding to a word; a second crossbar, substantially parallel to the first crossbar, to receive voltage for activation of data values across the second crossbar; an output line, that interconnects with the crossbars at junctions, to read the data values at the junctions; and a logic module to determine whether the second crossbar data values correspond to the word written in the first crossbar, wherein the crossbar memory includes m number of crossbars and activates data values sequentially through m−1 number of crossbars to determine whether each of the m−1 number of crossbars correspond to the data values across the first crossbar, the data values across the first crossbar corresponding to the word.