A coprocessor may include a memory configured to store a plurality of Very Long Data Words, each as a test Very Long Data Word (VLDW) having a length in the range of about one thousand bits to one million or more bits and containing encoded information that is distributed across the length of the VLDW. A processor generates search terms and a processing logic unit receives a test VLDW from the memory, receives a search term from the processor, and computes a Boolean inner product between the search term and the test VLDW read from memory indicative of the measure of similarity between the test VLDW and the search term. Optionally, buffers within logic circuits of processing pipelines may receive the test VLDWs.