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On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:03:39 GMT, Anton Ertl wrote:

> ... and AFAIK the RISC-V V extension ...

RISC-V is not copying the short-vector style of SIMD that has been adopted 
by everybody else. They are reviving the old Seymour Cray long-vector 
idea.