From 3a01d2661911032b5b8418b3c33f631b53e02785 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkcl Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 14:22:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] --- openpower/sv/rfc/ls012.mdwn | 24 +++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/openpower/sv/rfc/ls012.mdwn b/openpower/sv/rfc/ls012.mdwn index 1df953daa..ea254a1ee 100644 --- a/openpower/sv/rfc/ls012.mdwn +++ b/openpower/sv/rfc/ls012.mdwn @@ -4,18 +4,22 @@ * * -The purpose of this RFC is to give a full list of the upcoming Scalar -opcodes developed by Libre-SOC, formally agree a priority order on an itertive -basis, which ones should be EXT022 Sandbox, which in EXT0xx, which in EXT2xx, -and for IBM to get a clear picture of -the Opcode Allocation needs. As this is a Formal ISA RFC the evaluation +The purpose of this RFC is: + +* to give a full list of the upcoming Scalar opcodes developed by Libre-SOC + (respecting that *all* of them are Vectoriseble) +* formally agree a priority order on an itertive basis with new versions of this RFC, +* which ones should be EXT022 Sandbox, which in EXT0xx, which in EXT2xx, +* and for IBM to get a clear picture of the Opcode Allocation needs. + +As this is a Formal ISA RFC the evaluation shall ultimatly define (in advance of the actual submission of the instructions -themselves) which instructions should be submitted over the next 18 +themselves) which instructions will be submitted over the next 8-18 months. *It is expected that readers visit and interact with the Libre-SOC resources in order to do due-diligence on the prioritisation evaluation. Otherwise -the ISA WG is overwhelmed by piecemeal RFCs that may turn out not +the ISA WG is overwhelmed by "drip-fed" RFCs that may turn out not to be useful, against a background of having no guiding overview or pre-filtering, and everybody's precious time is wasted. Also note that the Libre-SOC Team, being funded by NLnet @@ -35,8 +39,10 @@ IBM's primary focus has understandably been on PackedSIMD VSX. Unfortunately, with VSX being 914 instructions and 128-bit it is far too much for any new team to consider (10 years development effort) and far outside of Embedded or Tablet/Desktop/Laptop power budgets. Thus bringing Power Scalar -up-to-date to modern standards is a reasonable goal, and the advantage is -that lessons can be learned from other ISAs from the intervening years. +up-to-date to modern standards *and on its own merits* is a reasonable goal, +and the advantages of the reduced focus is that SFFS remains RISC-paradigm, +and that lessons can be learned from other ISAs from the intervening years. +Good examples here include `bmask`. SVP64 Prefixing - also known by the terms "Zero-Overhead-Loop-Prefixing" as well as "True-Scalable-Vector Prefixing" - also literally brings new -- 2.30.2