From: lkcl <lkcl@web>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 00:53:56 +0000 (+0100)
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X-Git-Tag: opf_rfc_ls005_v1~2347
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=394179b1dea43cdbcd12057b8b0781c50eb221d7;p=libreriscv.git

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diff --git a/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn b/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn
index 4633c74e5..74d7b4efb 100644
--- a/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn
+++ b/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn
@@ -199,11 +199,14 @@ The summary of advantages, then, of the Power ISA is that:
 
 * It has a 25-year software ecosystem, with RHEL, Fedora, Debian
   and more.
+* Amongst many other features
+  it has Condition Registers which can be used by Branches, greatly
+  reducing pressure on the main register files.
 * IBM's extensive 20+ years of patents is available, royalty-free,
   to protect implementors as long as they are also members of the
   OpenPOWER Foundation
 * IBM designed and maintained the Power ISA as a Supercomputing
-  class ISA from its inception.
+  class ISA from its inception over 25 years ago.
 * Coherent distributed memory access is possible through OpenCAPI
 * Extensions to the Power ISA may be submitted through an External
   RFC Process that does not require membership of OPF.