a semiconductor chip for processing or storing information and a system comprising a plurality of semiconductor chips for processing or storing information . in one form of the invention each chip includes clock input and output circuitry for receiving and transmitting signals of a first frequency and transmission circuitry for receiving and transmitting data . the transmission circuitry is capable of sampling the data at a second clock frequency which is less than the first clock frequency . circuit components are coupled to the clock circuitry and transmission circuitry for processing the data . in another form of the invention a semiconductor chip comprising clock input and output circuitry , transmission circuitry and circuit components for processing data further includes input circuitry for selecting a variable delay between the time data is received onto the chip and transmitted from the chip in a preferred embodiment of the invention the semiconductor chip includes a memory array for storing data . the transmission circuitry includes a first path for transmitting received data to another like chip and a transmission path capable of combining data which is stored in the memory array with data which is stored in one or more like chips .