|  | # OpenTitan | 
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|  | ## About the project | 
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|  | [OpenTitan](https://opentitan.org) is an open source silicon Root of Trust | 
|  | (RoT) project.  OpenTitan will make the silicon RoT design and implementation | 
|  | more transparent, trustworthy, and secure for enterprises, platform providers, | 
|  | and chip manufacturers.  OpenTitan is administered by [lowRISC | 
|  | CIC](https://www.lowrisc.org) as a collaborative project to produce high | 
|  | quality, open IP for instantiation as a full-featured product. See the | 
|  | [OpenTitan site](https://opentitan.org/) and [OpenTitan | 
|  | docs](https://docs.opentitan.org) for more information about the project. | 
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|  | ## About this repository | 
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|  | This repository contains hardware, software and utilities written as part of the | 
|  | OpenTitan project. It is structured as monolithic repository, or "monorepo", | 
|  | where all components live in one repository. It exists to enable collaboration | 
|  | across partners participating in the OpenTitan project. | 
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|  | ## Documentation | 
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|  | The project contains comprehensive documentation of all IPs and tools. You can | 
|  | access it [online at docs.opentitan.org](https://docs.opentitan.org/). | 
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|  | ## How to contribute | 
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|  | Have a look at [CONTRIBUTING](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines on how to | 
|  | contribute code to this repository. | 
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|  | ## Licensing | 
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|  | Unless otherwise noted, everything in this repository is covered by the Apache | 
|  | License, Version 2.0 (see [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for full text). |