Editing Content-addressable memory (section)

==Standards==
A major interface definition for CAMs and other [[network search engine]]s was specified in an interoperability agreement called the [[Look-Aside Interface]] (LA-1 and LA-1B) developed by the [[Network Processing Forum]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.oiforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/LA-1B_Final_Published_IA.pdf |title=Look-Aside (LA-1B) Interface Implementation Agreement |date=2004-08-04}}</ref>  Numerous devices conforming to the interoperability agreement have been produced by [[Integrated Device Technology]], [[Cypress Semiconductor]], [[IBM]], [[Broadcom]] and others. On December 11, 2007, the OIF published the serial look-aside (SLA) interface agreement.{{cn|date=November 2020}}