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@@ -259,7 +259,10 @@ well-known Packed SIMD ISAs.
 
 * PackedSIMD VSX. VSX, which has the word "Vector" in its name,
   is "inspired" by Vector Processing
-  but has no "Scaling" capability, and no Predicate masking
+  but has no "Scaling" capability, and no Predicate masking.
+  Adding Predicate Masks to the PackedSIMD VSX ISA
+  would effectively double the number of PackedSIMD
+  instructions (750 becomes 1,500)
 * [AVX / AVX2 / AVX128 / AVX256 / AVX512](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions)
   again has the word "Vector" in its name but this in no
   way makes it a Vector ISA. None of the AVX-\* family