# ISA Comparison Table
-| Name | Num <br />opcodes | Scalable | Predicate <br /> Masks | Twin <br /> Predication | Explicit <br /> Vector regs | 128-bit | Bigint <br /> capability | LDST <br /> Fault-First | Data-dependent <br /> Fail-first | Predicate-<br /> Result |
-|------|-------------------|----------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|---------|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
-| SVP64| 5{1} | yes | yes | yes{2} | no{3} | n/a{4} | yes{5} | yes{6} | yes{7} | yes{8} |
-| VSX | 700+ | no | no | no | yes{9} | yes | no | no | no | no |
-| NEON | ~250[10] | no | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no |
+| Name | Num <br />opcodes | Class | Predicate <br /> Masks | Twin <br /> Predication | Explicit <br /> Vector regs | 128-bit | Bigint <br /> capability | LDST <br /> Fault-First | Data-dependent <br /> Fail-first | Predicate-<br /> Result |
+|------|-------------------|---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------|---------|--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
+| SVP64| 5{1} | Scalable{2} | yes | yes{3} | no{4} | n/a{5} | yes{6} | yes{7} | yes{8} | yes{9} |
+| VSX | 700+ | PackedSIMD | no | no | yes{10} | yes | no | no | no | no |
+| NEON | ~250{11} | PredicatedSIMD| yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | no |
* {1}: plus EXT001 24-bit prefixing. See [[sv/svp64]]
-* {2}: on specific operations. See [[opcode_regs_deduped]]
-* {3}: SVP64 provides the Vector register concept on top of the *Scalar* GPR, FPR and CR register files
-* {4}: SVP64 Vectorises Scalar instructions. When applied to e.g. VSX QP instructions, SVP64 "gains" 128-bit.
-* {5}: big-integer add is just `sv.adde`. Mul and divide require addition of two scalar operations
-* {6} See [[sv/svp64/appendix]] and [ARM SVE Fault-First](https://alastairreid.github.io/papers/sve-ieee-micro-2017.pdf)
-* {7} Based on LD/ST Fail-first, extended to data. See [[sv/svp64/appendix]]
-* {8} Turns standard ops into a type of "cmp". See [[sv/svp64/appendix]]
-* {9} VSX's Vector Registers are mis-named: they are PackedSIMD.
-* {10} difficult to ascertain, see [NEON/VFP](https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0018/a/NEON-and-VFP-Instruction-Summary/List-of-all-NEON-and-VFP-instructions).
+* {2}: A 2-Dimensional Scalable Vector ISA with both Horizontal-First and Vertical-First Modes. See [[sv/vector_isa_comparison]]
+* {3}: on specific operations. See [[opcode_regs_deduped]] for full list
+* {4}: SVP64 provides the Vector register concept on top of the **Scalar** GPR, FPR and CR register files.
+* {5}: SVP64 Vectorises Scalar instructions. If (**optionally**) applied to e.g. VSX Quad-Precision instructions, SVP64 "becomes" 128-bit.
+* {6}: big-integer add is just `sv.adde`. Mul and divide require addition of two scalar operations
+* {7} See [[sv/svp64/appendix]] and [ARM SVE Fault-First](https://alastairreid.github.io/papers/sve-ieee-micro-2017.pdf)
+* {8} Based on LD/ST Fail-first, extended to data. See [[sv/svp64/appendix]]
+* {9} Turns standard ops into a type of "cmp". See [[sv/svp64/appendix]]
+* {10} VSX's Vector Registers are mis-named: they are PackedSIMD.
+* {11} difficult to ascertain, see [NEON/VFP](https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0018/a/NEON-and-VFP-Instruction-Summary/List-of-all-NEON-and-VFP-instructions).
critically depends on ARM Scalar instructions