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                    <h1>Documentation</h1>
                    <p>Developers Resources for DesignWare ARC Processors</p>
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          <h2>embARC FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions</h2>
          <h3>What is embARC?</h3>
          <p>embARC is the community of developers working to add support for the ARC architecture to various embedded open source projects.
            It consists of Synopsys Open Source engineers, Synopsys Ecosystem Partners, ARC licensees, their customers and anyone else interested
            in porting their software to ARC. <br>
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            embARC Open Software Platform (OSP) is an open software platform maintained by Synopsys Open Source Developers that provides a
            comprehensive software stack for embedded applications, based on industry-leading open source solutions.<br>
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            embARC OSP leverages the versatility of the DesignWare® ARC® EM Starter Kit to enable rapid
            software development, code porting, software debugging, and profiling of applications on a
            n FPGA prototype. The platform is extensible using a wide range of Digilent Pmod™ modules
            (sensor, WiFi, RF, more) to create a broad range of IoT applications.</p>
          <h3>What development tools should I use with embARC?</h3>
          <p>Synopsys's premium toolchain for use with the ARC EM family of processors is the
            ARC MetaWare Development Toolkit. Licensing information is available at https://www.synopsys.com/dw/ipdir.php?ds=sw_metaware.

            Synopsys's free GNU toolchain may also be used for embARC development, but some options
            and extensions of the configurable ARC EM family of processors may only be supported by
            the MetaWare Development Toolkit.</p>
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          <h2>GNU Toolchain</h2>
          <li><h4><a href="https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/toolchain/">Source Code Repositories on GitHub</a></h4></li>
          <li><h4><a href="https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/toolchain/releases/tag/arc-2016.09-release">GNU 2016.09 Release Notes</a></h4></li>
          <li><h4><a href="https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/toolchain/wiki">Documentation Wiki on GitHub</a></h4></li>
          <li><h4><a href="https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/toolchain/blob/arc-releases/README.md">Building Instructions</a></h4></li>
          <li><h4><a href="https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/toolchain/wiki#user-guides-for-debugging">User Guide</a></h4></li>
          <li><h4><a href="https://github.com/foss-for-synopsys-dwc-arc-processors/toolchain/issues">Filing an Issue or Requesting an enhancement on GitHub</a></h4></li>
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          <h2>Linux Kernel</h2>
          <li><h4>Documentation Wiki on GitHub</h4></li>
          <li><h4>Building Instructions</h4></li>
          <li><h4>User Guide</h4></li>
          <li><h4>Filing an Issue or Requesting an enhancement on GitHub</h4></li>
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