DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF LOW POWER HIGH PERFORMANCE 64 BIT TCAM ARCHITECTURES

Content Addressable Memory (CAM) is used as a hardware search engine.Ternary CAM (TCAM) has numerous applications compared to Binary CAM (BiCAM) but TCAM requires more power than Binary CAM. Therefore, many TCAM designers are focused on its power reduction. TCAM consumes more power because of its precharge phase and series connection of TCAM cells results more delay. Here, different TCAM architectures have been implemented for 64 bits. Each architecture has its own merits and demerits. The different TCAM architectures have been compared for different bits interms of speed and power. Simulations are performed with the help of cadence 45-nm technology at 1V supply