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+* -------------------------------------------------------------------
+* Copyright (C) 2011-2013 ARM Limited. All rights reserved.  
+* 
+* Date:        18 March 2013  
+* Revision:    V3.20 
+*  
+* Project:     Cortex Microcontroller Software Interface Standard (CMSIS)
+* Title:       Release Note for CMSIS
+*
+* -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+NOTE - Open the index.html file to access CMSIS documentation
+
+
+The Cortex Microcontroller Software Interface Standard (CMSIS) provides a single standard across all 
+Cortex-Mx processor series vendors. It enables code re-use and code sharing across software projects 
+and reduces time-to-market for new embedded applications.
+
+CMSIS is released under the terms of the end user license agreement ("CMSIS END USER LICENCE AGREEMENT.pdf").
+Any user of the software package is bound to the terms and conditions of the end user license agreement.
+
+
+You will find the following sub-directories:
+
+Documentation           - Contains CMSIS documentation.
+ 
+DSP_Lib                 - MDK project files, Examples and source files etc.. to build the 
+                          CMSIS DSP Software Library for Cortex-M0, Cortex-M3, Cortex-M4 processors.
+
+Include                 - CMSIS Core Support and CMSIS DSP Include Files.
+
+Lib                     - CMSIS DSP Libraries.
+
+RTOS                    - CMSIS RTOS API template header file.
+
+SVD                     - CMSIS SVD Schema files and Conversion Utility.