1. A method for reducing instruction dependencies in the extended static single assignment (SSA) form that are converted from instructions that utilize superword registers, the method comprising: examining, by a processor, a first instruction stored in memory, identified by a worklist wherein the worklist identifies a first plurality of instructions in the extended SSA form, and wherein each instruction of the first plurality of instructions includes data representing a source, a previous link and a write mask, and produces a data output; examining, by a processor, at least one second instruction identified in the worklist, wherein the output of at least one second instruction is a source of the first instruction; and translating by a processor the first plurality of instructions into a second plurality of instructions in the extended SSA form, wherein the second plurality of instructions contains fewer instruction dependencies.