I suspect it's that if you have a CAM/TCAM, the layout of the data in this memory is less dependent on algorithms meant for fast lookups. As in, if I search all

I suspect it's that if you have a CAM/TCAM, the layout of the data in this memory is less dependent on algorithms meant for fast lookups. As in, if I search all the memory in a single cycle for a match anyways, it's other properties of the memory layout that become far more important.