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 # AES-128 Example Accelerator System Project
 
-This repo is the top-level project repository which is used as a base for other projects to be built from.
+This repo is the top-level repository which contains an example accelerator based on the secworks AES engine integrated in SoC Labs provided nanosoc chip design IP in forms of git subrepositories.
 
 ## Cloning this repository