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authorMartin Schoeberl2017-08-28 13:36:17 +0200
committerChristopher Celio2017-08-28 16:24:02 -0700
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# Chisel3
-Chisel3 is a new Firrtl based chisel.
-It is currently in BETA VERSION, so some Chisel features may change in the coming months.
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+Chisel is a new hardware construction language to support adavanced hardware design and circuit generation.
+The latest version of [Chisel](https://chisel.eecs.berkeley.edu/) is Chisel3,
+which uses Firrtl as an intermediate hardware representation language.
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+Chisel3 is currently in BETA VERSION, so some Chisel features may change in the coming months.
Please visit the [Wiki](https://github.com/ucb-bar/chisel3/wiki) for a more
detailed description.