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-[1.0.0] - 2019-10-11
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-This repository used to be "project-template", a template for Chisel-based projects. Through tighter integration of multiple projects from the Berkeley Architecture Research group at UC Berkeley, this repository is re-released as Chipyard - a framework for agile hardware development of RISC-V based Systems-on-Chip.
+# Changelog
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+This changelog follows the format defined here: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
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+## [1.0.0] - 2019-10-19
+
+### Added
+
+* This repository used to be "project-template", a template for Chisel-based projects. Through tighter integration of multiple projects from the Berkeley Architecture Research group at UC Berkeley, this repository is re-released as Chipyard - a framework for agile hardware development of RISC-V based Systems-on-Chip.