| SUBVL | `6:7` | Sub-vector length |
| MODE | `19:23` | changes Vector behaviour |
-Bits 9 to 18 are further decoded depending on RM category for the instruction.
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* MODE changes the behaviour of the SV operation (result saturation, mapreduce)
* SUBVL groups elements together into vec2, vec3, vec4 for use in 3D and Audio/Video DSP work
* ELWIDTH overrides the instruction's operand width
* MASK and MASK_KIND provide predication (two types of sources: scalar INT and Vector CR).
+Bits 9 to 18 are further decoded depending on RM category for the instruction.
+These are given designations such as `RM-1P-3S1D` which indicate that the operation is to be single-predicated and that there are 3 source operand EXTRA tags and one destination operand tag.
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# Mode
Mode is an augmentation of SV behaviour. Some of these alterations are element-based (saturation), others involve post-analysis (predicate result) and others are Vector-based (mapreduce, fail-on-first).