mu9c4481l-10dc Music Semiconductors, Inc., mu9c4481l-10dc Datasheet - Page 4
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mu9c4481l-10dc
Manufacturer Part Number
mu9c4481l-10dc
Description
Lancam 1st Family
Manufacturer
Music Semiconductors, Inc.
Datasheet
1.MU9C4481L-10DC.pdf
(20 pages)
LANCAM 1
The LANCAM 1
(CAM) with 16-bit I/O for network address filtering and
translation, virtual memory, data compression, caching,
and table lookup applications. The memory consists of
static CAM, organized in 64-bit data fields. Each data
field can be partitioned into a CAM and a RAM subfield
on 16-bit boundaries. The contents of the memory can
be randomly accessed or associatively accessed by the
use of a compare. During automatic comparison cycles,
data in the Comparand register is automatically compared
with the “Valid” entries in the memory array. The Device
ID can be read using a TCO PS instruction (see Table 11
on page 16).
The data inputs and outputs of the LANCAM 1
multiplexed for data and instructions over a 16-bit
I/O bus. Internally, data is handled on a 64-bit basis,
since the Comparand register, the mask registers, and
each memory entry are 64 bits wide. Memory entries are
globally configurable into CAM and RAM segments on
16-bit boundaries, as described in US Patent 5,383,146
assigned to MUSIC Semiconductors. Seven different
CAM/RAM splits are possible, with the CAM width
going from one to four segments, and the remaining RAM
width going from three to zero segments. Finer resolution
on compare width is possible by invoking a mask register
during a compare, which does global masking on a bit
basis. The CAM subfield contains the associative data,
which enters into compares, while the RAM subfield
contains the associated data, which is not compared. In
LAN bridges, the RAM subfield could hold, for example,
port-address and aging information related to the
destination or source address information held in the
CAM subfield of a given location. In a translation
application, the CAM field could hold the dictionary
entries, while the RAM field holds the translations, with
almost instantaneous response.
Each entry has two validity bits (known as Skip bit and
Empty bit) associated with it to define its particular type:
empty, valid, skip, or RAM. When data is written to the
active Comparand register, and the active Segment
Control register reaches its terminal count, the contents
of the Comparand register are automatically compared
with the CAM portion of all the valid entries in the
memory array. For added versatility, the Comparand
register can be barrel-shifted right or left one bit at a
time. A Compare instruction can then be used to force
another compare between the Comparand register and
the CAM portion of memory entries of any one of the
four validity types. After a Read or Move from Memory
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operation, the validity bits of the location read or moved
will be copied into the Status register, where they can be
read using Command Read cycles.
Data can be moved from one of the data registers (CR,
MR1, or MR2) to a memory location that is based on the
results of the last comparison (Highest-Priority Match
or Next Free), or to an absolute address, or to the location
pointed to by the active Address register. Data can also
be written directly to the memory from the DQ bus using
any of the above addressing modes. The Address
register may be directly loaded and may be set to
increment or decrement, allowing DMA-type reading or
writing from memory.
Two sets of configuration registers (Control, Segment
Control, Address, Mask Register 1, and Persistent Source
and Destination) are provided to permit rapid context
switching between foreground and background
activities. The currently active set of configuration
registers control writes, reads, moves, and compares.
The foreground set would typically be pre-loaded with
values useful for comparing input data, often called
filtering, while the background set would be pre-loaded
with values useful for housekeeping activities such as
purging old entries. Moving from the foreground task of
filtering to the background task of purging can be done
by issuing a single instruction to change the current set
of configuration registers. The match condition of the
device is reset whenever the active register set is
changed.
The active Control register determines the operating
conditions within the device. Conditions set by this
register’s contents are reset, CAM/RAM partitioning,
disable or select masking conditions, and disable or select
auto-incrementing or -decrementing the Address register.
The active Segment Control register contains separate
counters to control the writing of 16-bit data segments
to the selected persistent destination, and to control the
reading of 16-bit data segments from the selected
persistent source.
There are two active mask registers at any one time,
which can be selected to mask comparisons or data
writes. Mask Register 1 has both a foreground and
background mode to support rapid context switching.
Mask Register 2 does not have this mode, but can be
shifted left or right one bit at a time. For masking
comparisons, data stored in the active selected mask
register determines which bits of the comparand are