A method and apparatus for efficiently reading or writing a number of successive address locations within a memory. In an exemplary embodiment, a processor or the like may not be required to provide an address to a memory unit for each read and/or write operation when successive address locations...http://www.google.ca/patents/US5784712?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5784712 - Method and apparatus for locally generating addressing information for a memory access 
