5. The integrated circuit chip of claim 1 , wherein the programmable intelligent search memory further comprises circuits to couple said programmable intelligent search memory to at least one functional block or circuit or a combination.
5. The integrated circuit chip of claim 1 , wherein the programmable intelligent search memory further comprises circuits to couple said programmable intelligent search memory to at least one functional block or circuit or a combination. 6. The integrated circuit chip of claim 5 , wherein the at least one functional block comprises a microprocessor, multi-core processor, network processor, graphics processor, switch processor, microcontroller, TCP Offload Engine, network packet classification engine, protocol processor, regular expression processor, security processor, content search processor, network attached storage processor, storage area network processor, wireless processor, mainframe computer, grid computer, server, workstation, personal computer, laptop, handheld device, cellular phone, wired or wireless networked device, switch, router, gateway, chipset, unified threat management device, and the like or any derivatives thereof or any combination thereof.