Device including a field having function cells and information providing cells controlled by the function cells

A method for operating a multidimensional cell element field having function cells for the execution of at least one of algebraic and logic functions and information-providing cells that include at least one of memory cells and input-output cells for at least one of receiving, storing, and outputting information, the method comprising:

• outputting by at least one of the function cells a control instruction to at least one of the information-providing cell, the control instruction indicating one of (a) whether information is to be handled as an address, and (b) whether information is to be handled as data;
• in response to the control instruction:
• accessing information by the at least one information-providing cell for the at least one function cell, and
• providing the accessed information to the at least one function cell;
• and
• in response to the provided information, processing data by the at least one function cell as a sequencer for controlling an order in which instructions are executed.