1. An apparatus comprising: a display; a scalar module to define a plurality of execution elements, wherein two or more of the execution elements are to be grouped into an element block; and a block module to be invoked by the scalar module and implement a block operation on a data block, wherein the block operation is to include a data transfer event involving system memory to be performed by the element block independently of shared local memory, and wherein the display is to render data based on the block operation.