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From: Robert Finch <robfi680@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Tonights Tradeoff - Background Execution Buffers
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Under construction: Q+ background execution buffers for the block memory 
operations. For instance, a block store operation can be executed in the 
background while other instructions are executing. Store operations are 
issued when the MEM unit is not busy. Background instructions continue 
to execute even when interrupts occur. The background operations may be 
useful for initializing blocks of memory that are not needed right-away. 
When the operation is issued a handle for the buffer is returned in the 
destination register so that the status of the operation may be queried, 
or the operation cancelled.