A locking assembly for securing a first item to a second item includes a staple plate configured for attachment to the first item and having a base plate with a staple projecting from the base plate. The devices arc intrinsically latchable, defect tolerant, and support destructive or non-destructive read cycles. New constructs in a technical computing programming language are disclosed for parallel programming of a technical computing program for execution in multiple execution environments. A patterned semiconductor layer is formed on the gate insulating layer.