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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Subject:
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            <td>Xilinx Open Hardware design competition</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
            <td>Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:01:57 +0000</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td>Cathal McCabe <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cmccabe@xilinx.com">&lt;cmccabe@xilinx.com&gt;</a></td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">To: </th>
            <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">&lt;gff@deec.uc.pt&gt;</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>.
        </p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">I would appreciate if you could share this
          message with anyone you know who may be interested in
          participating.
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        <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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              </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Phd (Students studying
          towards PhD)<o:p></o:p></p>
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              </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Student (Under-graduate
          university student)<o:p></o:p></p>
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          using the PYNQ framework)<o:p></o:p></p>
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                style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">        
              </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.
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        <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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