This proposal is to extend the Power ISA with an Abstract RISC-Paradigm
Vectorisation Concept that may be applied to **all and any** suitable
Scalar instructions, present and future, in the Scalar Power ISA.
-**It is not a Traditional Vector ISA and therefore does not add Vector opcodes of any kind**.
+The Vectorisation System is called "Simple-V" and the Prefix Format
+is called "SVP64".
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+**Simple-V is not a Traditional Vector ISA and therefore does not add Vector opcodes of any kind**.
An ISA Concept similar to Simple-V was originally invented in 1994 by Peter Hsu
(Architect of the MIPS R8000) but was dropped as MIPS did not have an
For now Let us call them "SV Compliancy Levels" to distinguish the two. The reason for
the SV Compliancy Levels is the same as for the Power ISA Compliancy Levels (SFFS, SFS):
to not overburden implementors with features that they do not need.
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*There is no dependence between the two types of Compliancy Levels*
The resources below therefore are not all required for all SV Compliancy Levels but