Content-Addressable and Associative Memory: Alternatives to the Ubiquitous RAM

  • Authors:
  • Lawrence Chisvin;R. James Duckworth

  • Affiliations:
  • -;Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

  • Venue:
  • Computer
  • Year:
  • 1989

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Abstract

Content-addressable and associative processing systems are explained, and it is shown that such systems are commercially feasible. Content-based archiving and retrieving are compared with address-based storage methods. The principles, advantages and obstacles of content-addressable storage are examined and associative processing methods and architectures are described. Software for associative systems is also discussed.