ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY FOR AUTOMATIC INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS,

Abstract

A memory device in which the search for information is made in any specified portion of the memory storage is known as an associative memory device (AMD). The creation of the AMD is one of the methods by which parallel processing of the information stored in the memory device is potentially possible. As a result, the amount of time spent in retrieval is substantially reduced, and the efficiency of the information processing is consequently increased. This article is devoted to a description of the AMD and the methods of retrieval of its information. The basic function of the AMD is the comparison of a specified code of information search with all the codes stored in the memory device. An explanation of two methods of associative search is given, these two methods being differentiated by their use of 'coincidence' and 'non-coincidence' logic operations.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 26, 1969
Accession Number
AD0700311

Entities

People

  • N. I. Gryaznov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Content Addressable Memory
  • Information Processing
  • Information Retrieval
  • Information Systems
  • Information Transfer
  • Memory Devices
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Library and Information Science
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.