From 80a4b51cf9d52bcbf4929c2a4608551fbbe3e27c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkcl Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:38:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- openpower/ISA_WG/Board_letter_26mar2021.mdwn | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/openpower/ISA_WG/Board_letter_26mar2021.mdwn b/openpower/ISA_WG/Board_letter_26mar2021.mdwn index 04cdd857f..1bd192641 100644 --- a/openpower/ISA_WG/Board_letter_26mar2021.mdwn +++ b/openpower/ISA_WG/Board_letter_26mar2021.mdwn @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ RISC-V has RVV, ARM has SVE2, x86 has AVX512, whilst OpenPOWER has an out-of-dat https://www.sigarch.org/simd-instructions-considered-harmful/ -Normally, such huge ISA development efforts would be instigated, organised and funded through either Academia or an extremely large Corporation, or a Consortium combining multiple such entities. It is therefore without precedent across the Computing Industry for something of this magnitude of effort to come not only from *individuals* with a completely independent non-affiliated Libre background but from a Libre background that is funded by a Charitable Foundation with a mandate to only fund "Works for the Public Good" (NLnet). +Normally, such huge ISA development efforts would be instigated, organised and funded through either Academia or an extremely large Corporation, or a Consortium combining multiple such entities. It is therefore without precedent across the Computing Industry for something of this magnitude of effort to come not only from *individuals* with a completely independent non-affiliated Libre background but from a Libre background that is funded by a Charitable Foundation with a mandate to exclusively fund "Works for the Public Good" (NLnet). From reading the PowerISA v3.0C sections we have learned and taken on board that a "Sandbox" opcode exists (EXT22) which is intended for "small private extensions" to the OpenPOWER ISA. The expectation that these extensions not be supported by upstream tool-chains is something with which we wholeheartedly agree. -- 2.30.2