A direct memory access, DMA, system, comprising: DMA control circuitry; processor circuitry; memory circuitry; and a system bus communicatively coupling the DMA control circuitry, the processor circuitry, and the memory circuitry, wherein the DMA control circuitry is configured to receive a data broadcast instruction, the data broadcast instruction having a format that includes: a first data field that includes information representative of a pointer to a memory address location containing a defined memory address offset; a second data field that includes information representative of a defined first memory address location containing a first data; a third data field that includes information representative of a defined number of memory address locations of a plurality of memory address locations; and a fourth data field that includes information indicative of a base memory address location; wherein the DMA control circuitry is configured, upon reception of said data broadcast instruction, to execute the data broadcast instruction for populating the first data to the plurality of memory address locations without involvement of the processor circuitry: wherein, upon execution of the data broadcast instruction, the DMA control circuitry is configured to: cause a data broadcast operation to broadcast the first data at the defined first memory address location to each of the plurality of memory address locations in the memory circuitry, the plurality of memory address locations consisting of the defined number of memory address locations being the base memory address location and remaining memory address locations (214A-D), each of the remaining memory address locations being at a corresponding multiple of the defined memory address offset from the base memory address location. DMA control circuitry; processor circuitry; memory circuitry; and a system bus communicatively coupling the DMA control circuitry, the processor circuitry, and the memory circuitry, wherein the DMA control circuitry is configured to receive a data broadcast instruction, the data broadcast instruction having a format that includes: a first data field that includes information representative of a pointer to a memory address location containing a defined memory address offset; a second data field that includes information representative of a defined first memory address location containing a first data; a third data field that includes information representative of a defined number of memory address locations of a plurality of memory address locations; and a fourth data field that includes information indicative of a base memory address location; a first data field that includes information representative of a pointer to a memory address location containing a defined memory address offset; a second data field that includes information representative of a defined first memory address location containing a first data; a third data field that includes information representative of a defined number of memory address locations of a plurality of memory address locations; and a fourth data field that includes information indicative of a base memory address location; wherein the DMA control circuitry is configured, upon reception of said data broadcast instruction, to execute the data broadcast instruction for populating the first data to the plurality of memory address locations without involvement of the processor circuitry: wherein, upon execution of the data broadcast instruction, the DMA control circuitry is configured to: cause a data broadcast operation to broadcast the first data at the defined first memory address location to each of the plurality of memory address locations in the memory circuitry, the plurality of memory address locations consisting of the defined number of memory address locations being the base memory address location and remaining memory address locations (214A-D), each of the remaining memory address locations being at a corresponding multiple of the defined memory address offset from the base memory address location.