[Joker_vD]

> SIMD instructions are complex, and even Arm is starting to look more “CISCy” than x86!

Thank you for saying it out loud. XLAT/XLATB of x86 is positively tame compared to e.g. vrgatherei16.vv/vrgather.vv.

[saagarjha]

That's RISC-V, no?