3. The integrated circuit chip of claim 1 , wherein the programmable intelligent search memory further comprises at least one of: a. a memory circuit to store mask vector coupled to said one or more symbols to enable or disable evaluation of specific bits of said one or more symbols by said symbol evaluation circuit; b. received symbol vector signals generated by said symbol evaluation circuit to indicate when said content comprises said one or more symbols of said one or more finite state automata; c. an accept state vector memory circuit to store which of said one or more states are accept states, said accept states used to detect when said one or more regular expressions have matched with said content; d. a tag state vector memory circuit to store which of said one or more states are tag states, said tag states used to detect when said one or more regular expressions have partially matched with said content; e. a start state vector memory circuit to store initialization values of said one or more states; f. a regular expression match detect circuit to detect a match in said content with said one or more regular expressions; g. a tag match detect circuit to detect a tag match in said content for said one or more finite state automata that are tagged to detect a partial regular expression match or to detect a sub-string match or a combination thereof; or h. any combination of a through g above.
3. The integrated circuit chip of claim 1 , wherein the programmable intelligent search memory further comprises at least one of: a. a memory circuit to store mask vector coupled to said one or more symbols to enable or disable evaluation of specific bits of said one or more symbols by said symbol evaluation circuit; b. received symbol vector signals generated by said symbol evaluation circuit to indicate when said content comprises said one or more symbols of said one or more finite state automata; c. an accept state vector memory circuit to store which of said one or more states are accept states, said accept states used to detect when said one or more regular expressions have matched with said content; d. a tag state vector memory circuit to store which of said one or more states are tag states, said tag states used to detect when said one or more regular expressions have partially matched with said content; e. a start state vector memory circuit to store initialization values of said one or more states; f. a regular expression match detect circuit to detect a match in said content with said one or more regular expressions; g. a tag match detect circuit to detect a tag match in said content for said one or more finite state automata that are tagged to detect a partial regular expression match or to detect a sub-string match or a combination thereof; or h. any combination of a through g above. 4. The integrated circuit chip of claim 3 , wherein the programmable intelligent search memory comprises memory circuits that are each independently addressable in a random order.