Research Article

Power Considerations in Banked CAMs: A Leakage Reduction Approach

Table 2

Comparison of the three approaches (simple, banked, and drowsy PB-CAM [10]).

PB-CAM [10] B. PB-CAMD. PB-CAM

Technology0.35  𝜇 𝑚 0.35  𝜇 𝑚 0.35  𝜇 𝑚
CAM configuration 1 2 8 × 3 0 2 0 4 8 × 3 2 8 1 9 2 × 3 2
Dynamic power86 fJ/bit18.86 fJ/bit9.06 fJ/bit
Operation delay10 ns7.5 ns12 ns
Throughput100 MIPS133 MIPS333 MIPS
Static power reduction86%–91%