An integrated circuit according to an embodiment includes: first and second wiring lines; a memory device including a first and second terminals connected to the first and second wiring line respectively; a first transistor including a high-k metal gate; a first circuit applying a first write voltage between the first and the second terminals, and switch the resistance of the memory device from a high-resistance state to a low-resistance state; a second circuit reading the resistance of the memory device, and comparing a read value of the resistance with a predetermined value; a third circuit lowering a threshold voltage of the first transistor when the read value of the resistance is greater than the predetermined value; a fourth circuit applying a second write voltage between the first and second terminals after the threshold voltage is lowered; and a fifth circuit raising the threshold voltage of the first transistor.

A system, method and apparatus for executing a sequence analysis pipeline on genetic sequence data includes a structured ASIC formed of a set of hardwired digital logic circuits that are interconnected by physical electrical interconnects. One of the physical electrical interconnects forms an input to the structured ASIC connected with an electronic data source for receiving reads of genomic data. The hardwired digital logic circuits are arranged as a set of processing engines, each processing engine being formed of a subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits to perform one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline on the reads of genomic data. Each subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits is formed in a wired configuration to perform the one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline.

A multilevel semiconductor device, the device including: a first level including a first array of first programmable cells and a first control line; a second level including a second array of second programmable cells and a second control line; and a third level including a third array of third programmable cells and a third control line, where the second level overlays the first level, where the third level overlays the second level, where the first programmable cells are self-aligned to the second programmable cells, and where a programmable logic cell includes a plurality of the first programmable cells and a plurality of the second programmable cells.

An integrated circuit according to an embodiment includes: first and second wiring lines; a memory device including a first and second terminals connected to the first and second wiring line respectively; a first transistor including a high-k metal gate; a first circuit applying a first write voltage between the first and the second terminals, and switch the resistance of the memory device from a high-resistance state to a low-resistance state; a second circuit reading the resistance of the memory device, and comparing a read value of the resistance with a predetermined value; a third circuit lowering a threshold voltage of the first transistor when the read value of the resistance is greater than the predetermined value; a fourth circuit applying a second write voltage between the first and second terminals after the threshold voltage is lowered; and a fifth circuit raising the threshold voltage of the first transistor.

A system, method and apparatus for executing a sequence analysis pipeline on genetic sequence data includes a structured ASIC formed of a set of hardwired digital logic circuits that are interconnected by physical electrical interconnects. One of the physical electrical interconnects forms an input to the structured ASIC connected with an electronic data source for receiving reads of genomic data. The hardwired digital logic circuits are arranged as a set of processing engines, each processing engine being formed of a subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits to perform one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline on the reads of genomic data. Each subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits is formed in a wired configuration to perform the one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline.

A system, method and apparatus for executing a sequence analysis pipeline on genetic sequence data includes a structured ASIC formed of a set of hardwired digital logic circuits that are interconnected by physical electrical interconnects. One of the physical electrical interconnects forms an input to the structured ASIC connected with an electronic data source for receiving reads of genomic data. The hardwired digital logic circuits are arranged as a set of processing engines, each processing engine being formed of a subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits to perform one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline on the reads of genomic data. Each subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits is formed in a wired configuration to perform the one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline.

A system, method and apparatus for executing a sequence analysis pipeline on genetic sequence data includes an integrated circuit formed of a set of hardwired digital logic circuits that are interconnected by physical electrical interconnects. One of the physical electrical interconnects forms an input to the integrated circuit connected with an electronic data source for receiving reads of genomic data. The hardwired digital logic circuits are arranged as a set of processing engines, each processing engine being formed of a subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits to perform one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline on the reads of genomic data. Each subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits is formed in a wired configuration to perform the one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline.

According to one embodiment, a semiconductor chip is described including a semiconductor chip body and a semiconductor chip circuit on the body and including a first circuit path coupled to a first and a second node and including at least two gate-insulator-semiconductor structures and a second circuit path coupled to the first and the second node and including at least two gate-insulator-semiconductor structures. The first and the second circuit path are connected to set the first and the second node to complementary logic states. In each of the first and the second circuit path, at least one of the gate-insulator-semiconductor structures is configured as field effect transistor. In at least one of the first and the second circuit path, at least one of the gate-insulator-semiconductor structures is configured to connect the circuit path to the semiconductor body.

A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor column including a first conductive region of first conductivity type, a second conductive region of second conductivity type, an intrinsic region disposed between the first conductive region and the second conductive region, and a barrier region of the first conductivity type disposed between the intrinsic region and the second conductive region. A gate electrode is disposed to cover the intrinsic region, and a gate insulating layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the intrinsic region. The semiconductor device may operate as a switch or a volatile memory according to a gate voltage applied to a gate and a drain voltage applied to a drain.

A semiconductor device includes stacked transistors. Each of the transistors includes a semiconductor column including a first conductive region of first conductivity type, a second conductive region of second conductivity type, an intrinsic region disposed between the first conductive region and the second conductive region, and a barrier region of the first conductivity type disposed between the intrinsic region and the second conductive region. A gate electrode is disposed to cover the intrinsic region, and a gate insulating layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the intrinsic region.