In a non-volatile memory, the displacement current generated in non-selected word lines that results when the voltage levels on an array’s bit lines are changed can result in disturbs. When a test mode for carrying out a test process is selected by the mode switch, the computation unit transfers the base process code and test process code which controls the test process from the code storage device to the main memory, loads the base process code and the test process code which are transferred to the main memory, and carries out the test process. The combination of having both the hard-coded security engines and the programmable micro-core within the same system permits the security system to effectively obtain the benefit of the speed and performance advantages of having dedicated security hardware, in addition to the flexibility and expandability of being able to use a programmable micro-core. The branch predict instruction may also include hint information for managing the storage and use of the branch prediction information. In some settings, a set of \u201cprotocol challenges\u201d are presented by a protocol builder system to a global community of drug developers, scientists, physicians, and patients to develop and identify issues with a clinical study protocol.