Compact K-SAT verification with TCAMs

    公开(公告)号:US12277971B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-15

    申请号:US18420978

    申请日:2024-01-24

    Abstract: The disclosure generally provides for a method of solving a K-SAT problem. The method comprises programming one or more clauses of a Boolean expression for a K-SAT problem written in negated disjunctive normal form (DNF) to a ternary-CAM (TCAM) array comprising columns and rows of TCAM cells, applying an interpretation comprising one or more binary variables expected to solve the Boolean expression as an input along the columns to the TCAM array, returning a binary value for each clause and updating one or more variables within the interpretation if at least one clause is violated.

    Increased precision analog content addressable memories

    公开(公告)号:US12106805B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17872882

    申请日:2022-07-25

    CPC classification number: G11C15/04 G11C16/102 G11C16/12 H03K19/01742

    Abstract: Examples increase precision for aCAMs by converting an input signal (x) received by a circuit into a first analog voltage signal (V(xMSB)) representing the most significant bits of the input signal (x) and a second analog voltage signal (V(xLSB)) representing the least significant bits of the input signal (x). By dividing the input signal (x) bit-wise into the first analog voltage signal (V(xMSB)) and the second analog voltage signal (V(xLSB)), the circuit can utilize aCAM sub-circuits implementing a combination of Boolean operations to search the input signal (x) against 22*M programmable levels, where “M” represents the number of programmable bits for each aCAM sub-circuit. Thus, using similar circuit hardware, example circuits square the number of programmable levels of conventional aCAMs (which generally only have 2M programmable levels). Accordingly, examples provide new aCAMs that can carry out more complex computations than conventional aCAMs of comparable cost, size, and power consumption.

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