1 files changed, 64 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/src/wiki-deprecated/introduction.md b/docs/src/wiki-deprecated/introduction.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43fc9887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/wiki-deprecated/introduction.md
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+---
+layout: docs
+title:  "Introduction"
+section: "chisel3"
+---
+This document is a tutorial introduction to _Chisel_ (Constructing
+Hardware In a Scala Embedded Language).  Chisel is a hardware
+construction language embedded in the high-level programming language
+Scala.  At some point we will provide a proper reference manual, in
+addition to more tutorial examples.  In the meantime, this document
+along with a lot of trial and error should set you on your way to
+using Chisel. _Chisel is really only a set of special class
+definitions, predefined objects, and usage conventions within Scala,
+so when you write Chisel you are actually writing a Scala
+program that constructs a hardware graph._  However, for the tutorial we don't presume that you
+understand how to program in Scala.  We will point out necessary Scala
+features through the Chisel examples we give, and significant hardware
+designs can be completed using only the material contained herein.
+But as you gain experience and want to make your code simpler or more
+reusable, you will find it important to leverage the underlying power
+of the Scala language. We recommend you consult one of the excellent
+Scala books to become more expert in Scala programming.
+
+>Through the tutorial, we format commentary on our design choices as in
+this paragraph.  You should be able to skip the commentary sections
+and still fully understand how to use Chisel, but we hope you'll find
+them interesting.
+
+>We were motivated to develop a new hardware language by years of
+struggle with existing hardware description languages in our research
+projects and hardware design courses.  _Verilog_ and _VHDL_ were developed
+as hardware _simulation_ languages, and only later did they become
+a basis for hardware _synthesis_.  Much of the semantics of these
+languages are not appropriate for hardware synthesis and, in fact,
+many constructs are simply not synthesizable.  Other constructs are
+non-intuitive in how they map to hardware implementations, or their
+use can accidentally lead to highly inefficient hardware structures.
+While it is possible to use a subset of these languages and still get
+acceptable results, they nonetheless present a cluttered and confusing
+specification model, particularly in an instructional setting.
+
+>However, our strongest motivation for developing a new hardware
+language is our desire to change the way that electronic system design
+takes place.  We believe that it is important to not only teach
+students how to design circuits, but also to teach them how to design
+*circuit generators* ---programs that automatically generate
+designs from a high-level set of design parameters and constraints.
+Through circuit generators, we hope to leverage the hard work of
+design experts and raise the level of design abstraction for everyone.
+To express flexible and scalable circuit construction, circuit
+generators must employ sophisticated programming techniques to make
+decisions concerning how to best customize their output circuits
+according to high-level parameter values and constraints.  While
+Verilog and VHDL include some primitive constructs for programmatic
+circuit generation, they lack the powerful facilities present in
+modern programming languages, such as object-oriented programming,
+type inference, support for functional programming, and reflection.
+
+>Instead of building a new hardware design language from scratch, we
+chose to embed hardware construction primitives within an existing
+language.  We picked Scala not only because it includes the
+programming features we feel are important for building circuit
+generators, but because it was specifically developed as a base for
+domain-specific languages.