diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/aarch64.ad b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/aarch64.ad
index f637648b227..456cd622836 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/aarch64.ad
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/aarch64.ad
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@ int Matcher::min_vector_size(const BasicType bt) {
   return MIN2(size, max_size);
 }
 
-int Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(const BasicType bt) {
+int Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(const BasicType bt) {
   return Matcher::max_vector_size(bt);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/aarch64_vector.ad b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/aarch64_vector.ad
index 210efa0b760..d611c14f403 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/aarch64_vector.ad
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/aarch64_vector.ad
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2020, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) 2020, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 // Copyright (c) 2020, 2023, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
 // DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 //
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ source %{
     }
   }
 
-  bool Matcher::match_rule_supported_superword(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt) {
+  bool Matcher::match_rule_supported_auto_vectorization(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt) {
     if (UseSVE == 0) {
       // These operations are not profitable to be vectorized on NEON, because no direct
       // NEON instructions support them. But the match rule support for them is profitable for
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/aarch64_vector_ad.m4 b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/aarch64_vector_ad.m4
index 3f4ed020f55..5c4e13d432f 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/aarch64_vector_ad.m4
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/aarch64_vector_ad.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2020, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) 2020, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 // Copyright (c) 2020, 2023, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
 // DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 //
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ source %{
     }
   }
 
-  bool Matcher::match_rule_supported_superword(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt) {
+  bool Matcher::match_rule_supported_auto_vectorization(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt) {
     if (UseSVE == 0) {
       // These operations are not profitable to be vectorized on NEON, because no direct
       // NEON instructions support them. But the match rule support for them is profitable for
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/arm/arm.ad b/src/hotspot/cpu/arm/arm.ad
index e31ad91613a..01457aee7b6 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/arm/arm.ad
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/arm/arm.ad
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ bool Matcher::match_rule_supported(int opcode) {
   return true;  // Per default match rules are supported.
 }
 
-bool Matcher::match_rule_supported_superword(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt) {
+bool Matcher::match_rule_supported_auto_vectorization(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt) {
   return match_rule_supported_vector(opcode, vlen, bt);
 }
 
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ int Matcher::min_vector_size(const BasicType bt) {
   return 8/type2aelembytes(bt);
 }
 
-int Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(const BasicType bt) {
+int Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(const BasicType bt) {
   return Matcher::max_vector_size(bt);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/ppc/ppc.ad b/src/hotspot/cpu/ppc/ppc.ad
index be37ff1785b..c43f19be740 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/ppc/ppc.ad
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/ppc/ppc.ad
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2011, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) 2011, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 // Copyright (c) 2012, 2023 SAP SE. All rights reserved.
 // DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 //
@@ -2173,7 +2173,7 @@ bool Matcher::match_rule_supported(int opcode) {
   return true; // Per default match rules are supported.
 }
 
-bool Matcher::match_rule_supported_superword(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt) {
+bool Matcher::match_rule_supported_auto_vectorization(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt) {
   return match_rule_supported_vector(opcode, vlen, bt);
 }
 
@@ -2242,7 +2242,7 @@ int Matcher::min_vector_size(const BasicType bt) {
   return max_vector_size(bt); // Same as max.
 }
 
-int Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(const BasicType bt) {
+int Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(const BasicType bt) {
   return Matcher::max_vector_size(bt);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/riscv.ad b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/riscv.ad
index 458e381b3b0..493606aa0b1 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/riscv.ad
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/riscv.ad
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2003, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) 2003, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 // Copyright (c) 2014, 2020, Red Hat Inc. All rights reserved.
 // Copyright (c) 2020, 2023, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
 // DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
@@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ int Matcher::min_vector_size(const BasicType bt) {
   return MIN2(size, max_size);
 }
 
-int Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(const BasicType bt) {
+int Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(const BasicType bt) {
   return Matcher::max_vector_size(bt);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/riscv_v.ad b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/riscv_v.ad
index c163325fc81..802a68caba7 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/riscv_v.ad
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/riscv_v.ad
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2020, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) 2020, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 // Copyright (c) 2020, 2023, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
 // Copyright (c) 2020, 2022, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
 // DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ source %{
     }
   }
 
-  bool Matcher::match_rule_supported_superword(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt) {
+  bool Matcher::match_rule_supported_auto_vectorization(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt) {
     return match_rule_supported_vector(opcode, vlen, bt);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/s390/s390.ad b/src/hotspot/cpu/s390/s390.ad
index 9f4e182a9e4..c28c5e4399a 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/s390/s390.ad
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/s390/s390.ad
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2017, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) 2017, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 // Copyright (c) 2017, 2022 SAP SE. All rights reserved.
 // DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 //
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ bool Matcher::match_rule_supported(int opcode) {
   return true; // Per default match rules are supported.
 }
 
-bool Matcher::match_rule_supported_superword(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt) {
+bool Matcher::match_rule_supported_auto_vectorization(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt) {
   return match_rule_supported_vector(opcode, vlen, bt);
 }
 
@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ int Matcher::min_vector_size(const BasicType bt) {
   return max_vector_size(bt); // Same as max.
 }
 
-int Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(const BasicType bt) {
+int Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(const BasicType bt) {
   return Matcher::max_vector_size(bt);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/x86.ad b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/x86.ad
index 671d3f7d212..99bf789f5b2 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/x86.ad
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/x86.ad
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ static inline bool is_pop_count_instr_target(BasicType bt) {
          (is_non_subword_integral_type(bt) && VM_Version::supports_avx512_vpopcntdq());
 }
 
-bool Matcher::match_rule_supported_superword(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt) {
+bool Matcher::match_rule_supported_auto_vectorization(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt) {
   return match_rule_supported_vector(opcode, vlen, bt);
 }
 
@@ -2280,7 +2280,7 @@ int Matcher::min_vector_size(const BasicType bt) {
   return MIN2(size,max_size);
 }
 
-int Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(const BasicType bt) {
+int Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(const BasicType bt) {
   // Limit the max vector size for auto vectorization to 256 bits (32 bytes)
   // by default on Cascade Lake
   if (VM_Version::is_default_intel_cascade_lake()) {
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/matcher.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/opto/matcher.hpp
index a4a20975e88..84e48086f92 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/matcher.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/matcher.hpp
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ public:
 
   // Identify extra cases that we might want to vectorize automatically
   // And exclude cases which are not profitable to auto-vectorize.
-  static bool match_rule_supported_superword(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt);
+  static bool match_rule_supported_auto_vectorization(int opcode, int vlen, BasicType bt);
 
   // identify extra cases that we might want to provide match rules for
   // e.g. Op_ vector nodes and other intrinsics while guarding with vlen
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ public:
             Matcher::min_vector_size(bt) <= size);
   }
   // Limits on max vector size (number of elements) for auto-vectorization.
-  static int superword_max_vector_size(const BasicType bt);
+  static int max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(const BasicType bt);
 
   // Actual max scalable vector register length.
   static int scalable_vector_reg_size(const BasicType bt);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/superword.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/opto/superword.cpp
index 3d6d67dcf89..9b61e7ab641 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/superword.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/superword.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void SuperWord::unrolling_analysis(int &local_loop_unroll_factor) {
     ignored_loop_nodes[i] = -1;
   }
 
-  int max_vector = Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(T_BYTE);
+  int max_vector = Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(T_BYTE);
 
   // Process the loop, some/all of the stack entries will not be in order, ergo
   // need to preprocess the ignored initial state before we process the loop
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ void SuperWord::unrolling_analysis(int &local_loop_unroll_factor) {
 
       if (is_java_primitive(bt) == false) continue;
 
-      int cur_max_vector = Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(bt);
+      int cur_max_vector = Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(bt);
 
       // If a max vector exists which is not larger than _local_loop_unroll_factor
       // stop looking, we already have the max vector to map to.
@@ -789,13 +789,13 @@ int SuperWord::get_vw_bytes_special(MemNode* s) {
       }
     }
     if (should_combine_adjacent) {
-      vw = MIN2(Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(btype)*type2aelembytes(btype), vw * 2);
+      vw = MIN2(Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(btype)*type2aelembytes(btype), vw * 2);
     }
   }
 
   // Check for special case where there is a type conversion between different data size.
   int vectsize = max_vector_size_in_def_use_chain(s);
-  if (vectsize < Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(btype)) {
+  if (vectsize < Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(btype)) {
     vw = MIN2(vectsize * type2aelembytes(btype), vw);
   }
 
@@ -969,8 +969,8 @@ bool SuperWord::stmts_can_pack(Node* s1, Node* s2, int align) {
   if(!is_java_primitive(bt1) || !is_java_primitive(bt2))
     return false;
   BasicType longer_bt = longer_type_for_conversion(s1);
-  if (Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(bt1) < 2 ||
-      (longer_bt != T_ILLEGAL && Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(longer_bt) < 2)) {
+  if (Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(bt1) < 2 ||
+      (longer_bt != T_ILLEGAL && Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(longer_bt) < 2)) {
     return false; // No vectors for this type
   }
 
@@ -3018,7 +3018,7 @@ bool SuperWord::construct_bb() {
             // First see if we can map the reduction on the given system we are on, then
             // make a data entry operation for each reduction we see.
             BasicType bt = use->bottom_type()->basic_type();
-            if (ReductionNode::implemented(use->Opcode(), Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(bt), bt)) {
+            if (ReductionNode::implemented(use->Opcode(), Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(bt), bt)) {
               reduction_uses++;
             }
           }
@@ -3172,10 +3172,10 @@ int SuperWord::max_vector_size_in_def_use_chain(Node* n) {
     vt = (newt == T_ILLEGAL) ? vt : newt;
   }
 
-  int max = Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(vt);
+  int max = Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(vt);
   // If now there is no vectors for the longest type, the nodes with the longest
   // type in the def-use chain are not packed in SuperWord::stmts_can_pack.
-  return max < 2 ? Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(bt) : max;
+  return max < 2 ? Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(bt) : max;
 }
 
 //-------------------------compute_vector_element_type-----------------------
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/opto/vectornode.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/opto/vectornode.cpp
index b07aa387712..f5fdae79e32 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/opto/vectornode.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/opto/vectornode.cpp
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ int VectorNode::scalar_opcode(int sopc, BasicType bt) {
 
 // Limits on vector size (number of elements) for auto-vectorization.
 bool VectorNode::vector_size_supported_superword(const BasicType bt, int size) {
-  return Matcher::superword_max_vector_size(bt) >= size &&
+  return Matcher::max_vector_size_auto_vectorization(bt) >= size &&
          Matcher::min_vector_size(bt) <= size;
 }
 
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ bool VectorNode::implemented(int opc, uint vlen, BasicType bt) {
     if (VectorNode::is_vector_integral_negate(vopc)) {
       return is_vector_integral_negate_supported(vopc, vlen, bt, false);
     }
-    return vopc > 0 && Matcher::match_rule_supported_superword(vopc, vlen, bt);
+    return vopc > 0 && Matcher::match_rule_supported_auto_vectorization(vopc, vlen, bt);
   }
   return false;
 }
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ bool VectorCastNode::implemented(int opc, uint vlen, BasicType src_type, BasicTy
       (vlen > 1) && is_power_of_2(vlen) &&
       VectorNode::vector_size_supported_superword(dst_type, vlen)) {
     int vopc = VectorCastNode::opcode(opc, src_type);
-    return vopc > 0 && Matcher::match_rule_supported_superword(vopc, vlen, dst_type);
+    return vopc > 0 && Matcher::match_rule_supported_auto_vectorization(vopc, vlen, dst_type);
   }
   return false;
 }
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ bool ReductionNode::implemented(int opc, uint vlen, BasicType bt) {
       (vlen > 1) && is_power_of_2(vlen) &&
       VectorNode::vector_size_supported_superword(bt, vlen)) {
     int vopc = ReductionNode::opcode(opc, bt);
-    return vopc != opc && Matcher::match_rule_supported_superword(vopc, vlen, bt);
+    return vopc != opc && Matcher::match_rule_supported_auto_vectorization(vopc, vlen, bt);
   }
   return false;
 }