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 An open-source static random access memory (SRAM) compiler.
 
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 # What is OpenRAM?
 <img align="right" width="25%" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VLSIDA/OpenRAM/stable/images/SCMOS_16kb_sram.jpg">
 
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 integration in both commercial and open-source flows with both
 predictive and fabricable technologies.
 
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 # Documentation
 
 Please see our [documentation][documentation] and let us know if anything needs
 updating.
 
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 # Get Involved
 
-+ [Port it](./PORTING.md) to a new technology.
-+ Report bugs by submitting [Github issues].
++ [Port it](./PORTING.md) to a new technology
++ Report bugs by submitting [Github issues]
 + Develop new features (see [how to contribute](./CONTRIBUTING.md))
 + Submit code/fixes using a [Github pull request]
-+ Follow our [project][Github project].
++ Follow our [project][Github project]
 + Read and cite our [ICCAD paper][OpenRAMpaper]
 
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 # Further Help
 
 + [Documentation][documentation]
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 + [OpenRAM Users Group][user-group] ([subscribe here][user-group-subscribe])
 + [OpenRAM Developers Group][dev-group] ([subscribe here][dev-group-subscribe])
 
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 # License
 
 OpenRAM is licensed under the [BSD 3-Clause License](./LICENSE).
 
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 # Publications
 
 + [M. R. Guthaus, J. E. Stine, S. Ataei, B. Chen, B. Wu, M. Sarwar, "OpenRAM: An Open-Source Memory Compiler," Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), 2016.](https://escholarship.org/content/qt8x19c778/qt8x19c778_noSplash_b2b3fbbb57f1269f86d0de77865b0691.pdf)
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 + [H. Nichols, "Statistical Modeling of SRAMs", M.S. Thesis, UCSC, 2022.](https://escholarship.org/content/qt7vx9n089/qt7vx9n089_noSplash_cfc4ba479d8eb1b6ec25d7c92357bc18.pdf?t=ra9wzr)
 + [M. Guthaus, H. Nichols, J. Cirimelli-Low, J. Kunzler, B. Wu, "Enabling Design Technology Co-Optimization of SRAMs though Open-Source Software", IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2020.](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9372047)
 
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 # Contributors & Acknowledgment
 
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 If I forgot to add you, please let me know!
 
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 [Matthew Guthaus]:       https://users.soe.ucsc.edu/~mrg
 [James Stine]:           https://ece.okstate.edu/content/stine-james-e-jr-phd