docs(vexecution-plane): add the vGSP Execution Plane architecture doc, wiki deep dive and indexes

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 | 12 | [Driver lifecycle field guide](03-architecture/07-driver-lifecycle-field-guide.md) | developers, debuggers | 30 min |
 | 13 | [Physical GPU integration](03-architecture/08-physical-gpu-integration.md) | developers, architects | 20 min |
 | 14 | [Physical backend guest wiring](03-architecture/11-physical-backend-guest-wiring.md) | developers, architects | 25 min |
-| 15 | [The execution frontier: the GR compute-launch chain](04-implementation/03-execution-frontier.md) | developers, debuggers | 15 min |
-| 16 | [Host VF acceleration — future goal (deferred)](03-architecture/12-host-vf-acceleration-future-goal.md) | architects, planners | 10 min |
-| 17 | [Known-knowns and known-unknowns](04-implementation/01-known-knowns-and-unknowns.md) | everyone technical | 25 min |
-| 18 | [Practical challenges and adversarial interoperability](04-implementation/02-practical-challenges-and-adversarial-interop.md) | developers, stakeholders | 20 min |
-| 19 | [Performance, correctness, security](05-operations/01-performance-correctness-security.md) | developers, auditors | 25 min |
-| 20 | [Debugging and maintenance workflows](05-operations/02-debugging-and-maintenance-workflows.md) | developers, maintainers | 25 min |
-| 21 | [GSP in a RISC-V VM (risc-v-gsp-rm-debugger, experimental)](05-operations/03-risc-v-gsp-rm-vm.md) — implemented, documented and tested ([audit](../debug/risc-v-gsp-rm-vm/docs/27-TOOL-AUDIT.md); [value demos](../debug/risc-v-gsp-rm-vm/docs/25-VALUE-VALIDATION.md)) | developers, analysts | 15 min |
-| 22 | [risc-v-gsp-rm-debugger user guide (experimental)](05-operations/04-risc-v-gsp-rm-debugger-user-guide.md) — implemented, documented and tested ([audit](../debug/risc-v-gsp-rm-vm/docs/27-TOOL-AUDIT.md); [value demos](../debug/risc-v-gsp-rm-vm/docs/25-VALUE-VALIDATION.md)) | developers, analysts | 15 min |
-| 23 | [Defensive Operations Runbook](RUNBOOK.md) | maintainers, operators | 20 min |
-| 24 | [Engineering operations](eng-ops.md) — tool admission and workflows (Part I) plus live physical-backend operations (Part II) | maintainers, developers | 20 min |
-| 25 | [Hardware and software matrix](06-portability/hardware-software-matrix.md) | developers, integrators | 20 min |
-| 26 | [Developer onboarding and standards](07-developers/onboarding-and-standards.md) | contributors | 20 min |
-| 27 | [HAAEEP and collaboration](08-ecosystem/haaeep-and-collaboration.md) | stakeholders, partners | 20 min |
-| 28 | [Glossary and FAQ](09-reference/glossary-and-faq.md) | everyone | reference |
+| 15 | [The vGSP execution plane (vEP)](03-architecture/13-vexecution-plane.md) | developers, architects | 25 min |
+| 16 | [The execution frontier: the GR compute-launch chain](04-implementation/03-execution-frontier.md) | developers, debuggers | 15 min |
+| 17 | [Host VF acceleration — future goal (deferred)](03-architecture/12-host-vf-acceleration-future-goal.md) | architects, planners | 10 min |
+| 18 | [Known-knowns and known-unknowns](04-implementation/01-known-knowns-and-unknowns.md) | everyone technical | 25 min |
+| 19 | [Practical challenges and adversarial interoperability](04-implementation/02-practical-challenges-and-adversarial-interop.md) | developers, stakeholders | 20 min |
+| 20 | [Performance, correctness, security](05-operations/01-performance-correctness-security.md) | developers, auditors | 25 min |
+| 21 | [Debugging and maintenance workflows](05-operations/02-debugging-and-maintenance-workflows.md) | developers, maintainers | 25 min |
+| 22 | [GSP in a RISC-V VM (risc-v-gsp-rm-debugger, experimental)](05-operations/03-risc-v-gsp-rm-vm.md) — implemented, documented and tested ([audit](../debug/risc-v-gsp-rm-vm/docs/27-TOOL-AUDIT.md); [value demos](../debug/risc-v-gsp-rm-vm/docs/25-VALUE-VALIDATION.md)) | developers, analysts | 15 min |
+| 23 | [risc-v-gsp-rm-debugger user guide (experimental)](05-operations/04-risc-v-gsp-rm-debugger-user-guide.md) — implemented, documented and tested ([audit](../debug/risc-v-gsp-rm-vm/docs/27-TOOL-AUDIT.md); [value demos](../debug/risc-v-gsp-rm-vm/docs/25-VALUE-VALIDATION.md)) | developers, analysts | 15 min |
+| 24 | [Defensive Operations Runbook](RUNBOOK.md) | maintainers, operators | 20 min |
+| 25 | [Engineering operations](eng-ops.md) — tool admission and workflows (Part I) plus live physical-backend operations (Part II) | maintainers, developers | 20 min |
+| 26 | [Hardware and software matrix](06-portability/hardware-software-matrix.md) | developers, integrators | 20 min |
+| 27 | [Developer onboarding and standards](07-developers/onboarding-and-standards.md) | contributors | 20 min |
+| 28 | [HAAEEP and collaboration](08-ecosystem/haaeep-and-collaboration.md) | stakeholders, partners | 20 min |
+| 29 | [Glossary and FAQ](09-reference/glossary-and-faq.md) | everyone | reference |
 
 <!-- change (2026-10-02): insert the risc-v-gsp-rm-debugger user guide and the Open-IOV
 Defensive Operations Runbook into the reading list; renumber rows 21-24 to
@@ -198,7 +199,10 @@ operations group; renumber rows 23-26 to 24-27; additive only. -->
 chain" as row 15 (implementation reality); renumber rows 15-27 to 16-28;
 additive only. -->
 
-Row 16 is a **deferred future goal**: host NVIDIA-driver acceleration over a
+<!-- change (2026-10-08): insert "The vGSP execution plane (vEP)" as row 15
+(architecture: the work path); renumber rows 15-28 to 16-29; additive only. -->
+
+Row 17 is a **deferred future goal**: host NVIDIA-driver acceleration over a
 virtual function. The feasibility verdict and a first design sketch are
 recorded there for planning; it is not on the active critical path (guest CUDA
 execution, multi-VM, 3D, performance come first).