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Part I of this paper discussed the design of a four-terminal skewed straintronic magnetotunneling junction (ss-MTJ) switch, and its adaptation to a non-Boolean “one transistor, one trench capacitor, and one ss-MTJ” ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM) cell. This part of the paper discusses a TCAM array based on ss-MTJ-TCAM cells and the associated peripherals for search operation. We show that non-Boolean associative processing of the ss-MTJ-TCAM cells enhances energy-efficiency and performance of an ss-MTJ-based TCAM array. The energy-delay-product (EDP) of ss-MTJ-based TCAM is compared against CMOS-based TCAM for a $144\times256$ array. The minimum EDP in ss-MTJ-based TCAM is $\sim 10.8\times $ lower than the minimum EDP in CMOS-based TCAM. Additionally, the operational frequency at which the ss-MTJ-based design shows the minimum EDP is $\sim 9.4\times $ higher than the respective frequency in the CMOS-based design. We also compare ss-MTJ-based TCAM against other state-of-the-art MTJ-based TCAMs. The comparison shows that the ss-MTJ-based TCAM also outperforms MTJ-based TCAMs in cell density, search delay, and search energy. Finally, we discuss implications of process variability in ss-MTJ to TCAM implementation and identify critical design parameters in ss-MTJ-based TCAM to enhance its robustness and area/ energy-efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper presents a ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM) cell based on a skewed straintronic magnetotunneling junction (MTJ) switch. A straintronic magnetotunneling junction (s-MTJ) is a three-terminal switch, where the resistance between two of the terminals switches when a potential is applied to the third (gate) terminal that induces strain in the magnetostrictive free-layer. An s-MTJ is a highly energy-efficient switch that would dissipate only ~aJ of energy during switching. This paper discusses a novel variant of s-MTJ, namely skewed s-MTJ (ss-MTJ), where the MTJ switching can be controlled by two gate terminals. The current through an ss-MTJ is minimum when the potentials at the first and second gate terminals ( V2 and V3 , respectively) obey the relation V3 = V2+VF . Here, VF is a fixed voltage (“offset voltage”). Current in an ss-MTJ increases steeply when V2 and V3 deviate from the above “match” condition. This unconventional I – V characteristic of an ss-MTJ is exploited to design a non-Boolean TCAM cell based on just one transistor, one trench capacitor, and one ss-MTJ. We also discuss search and write operations in the ss-MTJ-TCAM cell, and show that the cell requires very small voltages to operate because of the unique I – V characteristics of the ss-MTJ. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]