From: lkcl Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:50:40 +0000 (+0100) Subject: (no commit message) X-Git-Tag: DRAFT_SVP64_0_1~441 X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c8231aba591e2c7d8fd751f887033f33b2ba77e2;p=libreriscv.git --- diff --git a/openpower/sv.mdwn b/openpower/sv.mdwn index e0b9f1e60..b4176fcd1 100644 --- a/openpower/sv.mdwn +++ b/openpower/sv.mdwn @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Fundamental design principles: (termed "preserving Program Order") * Augments ("tags") existing instructions, providing Vectorisation "context" rather than adding new ones. * Does not modify or deviate from the underlying scalar OpenPOWER ISA unless it provides significant performance or other advantage to do so in the Vector space (dropping XER.SO and OE=1 for example) +* Avoids creating significant dependency hazards, allowing high performance +superscalar microarchitectures to be deployed. Advantages of these design principles: