add SVP rewrite plan
authorJacob Lifshay <programmerjake@gmail.com>
Tue, 1 Dec 2020 01:39:24 +0000 (17:39 -0800)
committerJacob Lifshay <programmerjake@gmail.com>
Tue, 1 Dec 2020 01:39:24 +0000 (17:39 -0800)
openpower/sv/svp_rewrite/svp64.mdwn

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 # Rewrite of SVP64 for OpenPower ISA v3.1
 
+The plan is to create an encoding for SVP64, then to create an encoding for
+SVP48, then to reorganize them both to improve field overlap, reducing the
+amount of decoder hardware necessary.
+
 TBD
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