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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Materials Science

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  • The rise of data-intensive workloads necessitates efficient computation, driving interest in in-memory computation and application-specific hardware.
  • Conventional complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuits face power efficiency limitations, prompting research into nonvolatile resistive random-access memory (ReRAM).
  • Content-addressable memory (CAM) architectures show promise for in-memory computation, but experimental demonstrations using ReRAM are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To experimentally demonstrate and evaluate a memristor-based ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM) array integrated with CMOS.
  • To investigate parameter tradeoffs for optimizing speed and search margin in memristor TCAM.
  • To showcase the potential of memristor TCAM for novel computational applications.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication and integration of an 86 × 12 memristor TCAM array with CMOS circuitry.
  • Programming and control of memristors within the TCAM array.
  • Evaluation of speed and search margin performance through parameter tradeoffs.
  • Experimental implementation of two computational models: finite state machine for network security and Levenshtein automata for genomic sequencing.

Main Results:

  • Successful programming and control of memristors in a large-scale TCAM array.
  • Demonstration of significantly lower power consumption compared to conventional TCAMs, attributed to low programmable conductance states.
  • Identification of parameter tradeoffs for optimizing TCAM performance.
  • First experimental demonstration of computational models in memristor TCAM arrays.

Conclusions:

  • Memristor TCAM offers a promising solution for low-power, high-efficiency in-memory computation.
  • The demonstrated memristor TCAM enables broader applications beyond conventional TCAM capabilities.
  • This work paves the way for advanced applications in areas like network security and bioinformatics.