fill in ls013 motivation
authorJacob Lifshay <programmerjake@gmail.com>
Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:33:55 +0000 (17:33 -0700)
committerJacob Lifshay <programmerjake@gmail.com>
Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:34:52 +0000 (17:34 -0700)
openpower/sv/rfc/ls013.mdwn

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 **Motivation**
 
-TODO
+Minimum/Maximum are common operations that can take an astounding number of
+operations to implement in software. Additionally, Vector Reduce-Min/Max are
+common vector operations, and SVP64 Parallel Reduction needs a single Scalar
+instruction in order to effectively implement Reduce-Min/Max.
 
 **Notes and Observations**: