Patent ID: 8134875

Claim:
A memory module comprising: a circuit board; an integrated circuit device having configurable blocks, the integrated circuit device coupled to the circuit board; a plurality of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) devices coupled to the circuit board and electrically coupled to the integrated circuit device so as to form a plurality of parallel channels of DRAM memory; a plurality of flash memory devices coupled to the circuit board and coupled to the integrated circuit device so as to form a plurality of parallel channels of flash memory; and an interface coupled to the circuit board and electrically coupled to the integrated circuit device for coupling input and output between the integrated circuit device and external circuitry, wherein the integrated circuit device is configured to receive data and to store the received data on one or more of the plurality of DRAM devices and the plurality of flash memory devices, and further wherein the integrated circuit device is configured to receive a search request that indicates data information, and to search the received data for the data information, wherein the search request does not indicate a sector address.