**DRAFT STATUS**
+<https://libre-soc.org/openpower/isa/bitmanip/>
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this extension amalgamates bitmanipulation primitives from many sources, including RISC-V bitmanip, Packed SIMD, AVX-512 and OpenPOWER VSX. Vectorisation and SIMD are removed: these are straight scalar (element) operations making them suitable for embedded applications.
Vectorisation Context is provided by [[openpower/sv]].