Memory means with multiple word read and single word write

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A memory wherein the basic unit of information is a multiple of word size providing, in the read aspect for reads of multiple information, units in a single read operation and in the write aspect, for writes of, a single word. In the read aspect the memory includes a memory unit having a memory store for storing units of information and a memory unit controller. Each read request includes an initial address and specifies a number of units of information. The memory unit controller is responsive to a request specifying one or more units of information for generating in a single memory operation a sequence of addresses, the sequence of addresses beginning at the initial address and containing …