The present inventions are related to systems and methods for storing data, and more particularly to systems and methods for writing data to a storage device. The compressor has a bleed passage and a supply passage. The barrier layer prevents the formation of electrical passages, formed by the silicidable material or a silicide thereof, within imperfections or voids through the thin dielectric layer. The GPIO cell further functions, in a fourth state, to pass the alternate output signal to the pin when the alternate output enable signal is activated.