From 0bf6fd6978f7fbadeab6bc34b7e93e57c43fa986 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkcl Date: Sun, 8 May 2022 16:43:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] --- openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn b/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn index 35ef65f22..015fcc2cd 100644 --- a/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn +++ b/openpower/sv/SimpleV_rationale.mdwn @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ Inventing a new Scalar ISA from scratch is over a decade-long task including simulators and compilers: OpenRISC 1200 took 12 years to -mature. A Vector or Packed SIMD ISA to reach stable *general-purpose* +mature. Stable ISAs require Standards and Compliance Suites that +take more. A Vector or Packed SIMD ISA to reach stable *general-purpose* auto-vectorisation compiler support has never been achieved in the history of computing, not with the combined resources of ARM, Intel, AMD, MIPS, Sun Microsystems, SGI, Cray, and many more. (*Hand-crafted -- 2.30.2