From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 22:14:51 +0000 (+0100) Subject: clarify X-Git-Tag: opf_rfc_ls005_v1~1696 X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0c70683c85ec8f640554656f17dfb7a925fa9c59;p=libreriscv.git clarify --- diff --git a/openpower/sv.mdwn b/openpower/sv.mdwn index 582364f8f..7b13623c8 100644 --- a/openpower/sv.mdwn +++ b/openpower/sv.mdwn @@ -123,11 +123,12 @@ lengths have been made to provide justifications for each of these *Scalar* instructions. Some of these Scalar instructions are specifically designed to make -Scalable Vector binaries more efficient (less instructions) such +Scalable Vector binaries more efficient, such as the crweird group. Others are to bring the Scalar Power ISA up-to-date within specific workloads, such as a Javascript Rounding instruction. None of them are strictly -necessary but performance and power consumption may be compromised +necessary but performance and power consumption may be (or, is already) +compromised in certain workloads and use-cases without them. Vector-related: