Abstract: This invention discloses an improved address table apparatus that includes an address bus for receiving input data packets and for hashing a designated bucket number and extracting a key from each of the data packets. The address table apparatus further includes a plurality of memory banks connected to the address bus wherein each memory bank includes a plurality of memory buckets for storing a designation address (DA) and a port number in each of the buckets. The address table apparatus further includes a comparand bus connected to the address bus for receiving the key therefrom. The address table apparatus further includes a plurality of comparators each corresponding to one of the memory banks for receiving the designation address (DA) and the port number from the designated bucket from a corresponding memory bank. The comparators further connected to the comparand bus for receiving and comparing the key to the address from the designated bucket in each of the memory banks.