Cache Vs CAM (SELF DOUBT)

Question

CAM (Content addressable memory or Associative memory) is faster than Cache Memory??

If someone knows it. .please explain.

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Still unable to get my answer. . @Anu007

Please help me . .

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Both are present inside the processor. both differ in their applications also. Speed will depend on the actual implementation, isn't it? usually, CAM type of memories is used inside high-speed application-specific processors such as network processors and all ( I have experience working with CAM). The usual rate at which a network processor can process packets go up to 6Gbps or more.To process all packets one by one at this rate requires very high-speed access and are made possible by CAM memories. What I tried to point is, both cache and CAM are very fast and are used in completely different scenarios. so I think this will depend on their actual implementation that which is faster and which is not. (Usually, network processors cost so much more than our utility Intel processors and all. In that sense, CAM should be faster I think :) .)

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Thank u for sharing this.