## Introduction
Simple-V is a type of Vectorisation best described as a "Prefix Loop
-Subsystem" similar to the 5 decades-old Zilog Z80 `LDIR` instruction and
-to the 8086 `REP` Prefix instruction. More advanced features are similar
-to the Z80 `CPIR` instruction. If naively viewed one-dimensionally as an
+Subsystem" similar to the 5 decades-old Zilog Z80 `LDIR`[^bib_ldir] instruction and
+to the 8086 `REP`[^bib_rep] Prefix instruction. More advanced features are similar
+to the Z80 `CPIR`[^bib_cpir] instruction. If naively viewed one-dimensionally as an
actual Vector ISA it introduces over 1.5 million 64-bit True-Scalable
Vector instructions on the SFFS Subset and closer to 10 million 64-bit
True-Scalable Vector instructions if introduced on VSX. SVP64, the
instruction format used by Simple-V, is therefore best viewed as an
orthogonal RISC-paradigm "Prefixing" subsystem instead.
+[^bib_ldir]: [Zilog Z80 LDIR](http://z80-heaven.wikidot.com/instructions-set:ldir)
+[^bib_cpir]: [Zilog Z80 CPIR](http://z80-heaven.wikidot.com/instructions-set:cpir)
+[^bib_rep]: [8086 REP](https://www.felixcloutier.com/x86/rep:repe:repz:repne:repnz)
+
Except where explicitly stated all bit numbers remain as in the rest of
the Power ISA: in MSB0 form (the bits are numbered from 0 at the MSB on
the left and counting up as you move rightwards to the LSB end). All bit