Parallelized rules processing system using associative memory for pipelined execution of plural join operations and concurrent condition comparing

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PATENT NO 4901229
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06820386

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A plurality of devices for processing IF-THEN JOIN operation of IF-THEN rules are provided to process the JOIN operation in a pipe-line manner. A JOIN operation processing facility has an input buffer for latching status data corresponding to one condition in a certain rule; an associative memory for latching status data corresponding to another condition; an output buffer for latching the result of a JOIN operation; and a data combining arrangement for replacing an item value from the two data by a meaningful value to generate one data so that a series of operations of picking up the data one by one from the input buffer, retrieving associatively the data of the associative memory by using the data picked up as a retrieval data and the common item as a retrieval key, and storing in the output buffer the combined result of the data picked up and the retrieval data.

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  • HITACHI, LTD.

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Kawashima, Kazuhiro 570, Futoocho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP 26 725
Komoda, Norihisa 3-1-9-203, Nijigaoka, Asao-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP 18 791
Maekawa, Riyoji 4-36-5, Nagasawa, Tama-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP 1 28
Matsumoto, Kuniaki 8-39-22-231, Ooshima, Koto-ku, Tokyo, JP 24 597
Tashiro, Tsutomu 1A, Albert Terrace, Edinburgh, GB 57 1282
Tsushima, Isao 7-5-18, Nishi-tsuruma, Yamato-shi, Kanagawa, JP 30 942

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