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<td>Xilinx Open Hardware design competition</td>
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<td>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:01:57 +0000</td>
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<td>Cathal McCabe <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cmccabe@xilinx.com"><cmccabe@xilinx.com></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gff@deec.uc.pt">gff@deec.uc.pt</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gff@deec.uc.pt"><gff@deec.uc.pt></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Gabriel Falcão,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m contacting you because you previously
participated in the Xilinx Open Hardware university design
competition.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m pleased to announce that registration
for the 2021 edition of the competition is now open.
Registration is via the competition website:
<a href="http://www.openhw.eu" moz-do-not-send="true">www.openhw.eu</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would appreciate if you could share this
message with anyone you know who may be interested in
participating.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The rules are similar to previous years;
individuals, or a team of up to three people can enter in the
following categories</p>
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style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Phd (Students studying
towards PhD)<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Student (Under-graduate
university student)<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->PYNQ (Any student level
using the PYNQ framework)<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Compute Acceleration
(any level targeting AWS, Alveo etc.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cash prizes of €1500 will be awarded for
each winning entry.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The winner of Compute Acceleration category
will also win an
<a
href="https://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/alveo.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">Alveo board</a> of their choice (or
equivalent) for their University.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Registrations is open until 28 February
2021, and participants have until 30 June 2021 to submit their
project.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Full details can be found on the
competition website:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.openhw.eu"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.openhw.eu</a> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions, please don’t
hesitate to contact me.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Kindest
regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Cathal
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">XUP manager EMEA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.xilinx.com/university"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.xilinx.com/university</a>
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