US Patent 10402165 Concurrent multi-bit adder

A system includes a non-destructive associative memory array and a predictor, a selector and a summer. The memory array includes a plurality of sections, each section includes cells arranged in rows and columns, to store bit j from a first multi-bit number and bit j from a second multi-bit number in a same column in section j. The predictor generally concurrently predicts a plurality of carry out values in each of the sections and the selector selects one of the predicted carry out values for all bits. The summer generally concurrently, for all bits, calculates a sum of the multi-bit numbers using the selected carry-out values.