A surface acoustic wave signal processing device using the silicon surface state is presented and shown capable of storing a reference signal and later correlating another signal with the stored reference. The device memory consists of the storage of the spatial 2k pattern of an acoustic wave as stored charges in the surface state of silicon surface. Results of experiments are presented which characterize the operation of device. Simpliied models for charging process and nonlinear acoustoelectric interactions based on consideration of single surface state at the surface of silicon The validity of simplified model has been qualitatibely confirmed with experimental results and the application of this device to aprogrammable matched filter of communication is considered.