(no commit message)

[libreriscv.git] / openpower / sv / SimpleV_rationale.mdwn

diff --git a/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn b/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn
index 735c6c4d019300ea7bf5b59da8ef09f9cc6b8e4f..506fe00dc89eb4a4b38f166d5186573e42205a87 100644 (file)
--- a/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn
+++ b/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn
@@ -130,3 +130,9 @@ candidates for further advancement are:
   make peace, and cross-license each other's patents, anyone wishing
   to use the x86 ISA need only look at Transmeta, SiS, the Vortex x86,
   and VIA EDEN processors, and see how they fared.
+* s390, IBM's mainframe ISA. Nowhere near as well-known as x86 lawsuits,
+  but the 800lb Gorilla Syndrome seems not to have deterred one
+  particularly disingenuous group from performing illegal
+  Reverse-Engineering.
+
+*Of all of these, the only one with the most going for it is the Power ISA.*