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+# Adaptive CORDIC-based 32-point DCT
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+[](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0) [](https://github.com/efabless/caravel_project_example/actions/workflows/user_project_ci.yml) [](https://github.com/efabless/caravel_project_example/actions/workflows/caravel_build.yml)
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+| :exclamation: Important Note |
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+## Please fill in your project documentation in this README.md file
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+Refer to [README](docs/source/quickstart.rst) for a quick start of how to use caravel_user_project
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+Refer to [README](docs/source/index.rst) for this sample project documentation.