Abstract: A computing device comprising includes a memory array having a plurality of sections with memory cells arranged in rows and column, at least one cell in each column of the memory array connected to a bit line having a bit line voltage associated with a logical 1 or a logical 0. The computing device additionally includes at least one multiplexer to connect a bit line in a column of a first section to a bit line in a column in a second section different from the first section and a decoder to activate a word line connected to a cell in the column in the second section to write the bit line voltage into the cell.

Abstract: A search unit including a distributor TCAM and a DRAM search unit and a method to divide a database of TCAM rules is disclosed. The method includes selecting a rule having multiple “don't care” values and selecting a bit of the rule having a “don't care” value, generating two distributor rules based on the selected rule, associating rules of the database which match each of the distributor rules with the distributor rule they match to create subset databases, and repeating the steps of selecting, generating and associating until the average number of rules in each subset database is at or below a predefined amount. A DRAM storage unit has a section for each subset database, where each section is pointed to by a different distributor rule. A DRAM search unit matches an input key to one of the rules in the section pointed to by the matched distributor rule.