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+# Unstable SIMD module
+
+This module provides is available since version 0.45.0.
+
+**Note**: this module is unstable. It is only provided as a technology
+preview. Its API may change in arbitrary ways between releases or it
+might be removed from Meson altogether.
+
+## Usage
+
+This module provides an experimental to create FPGA bitstreams using
+the [IceStorm](http://www.clifford.at/icestorm/) suite of tools.
+
+The module exposes only one method called `project` and it is used
+like this:
+
+ is.project('projname',
+ <verilog files>,
+ constraint_file : <pcf file>,
+ )
+
+The input to this function is the set of Verilog files and a
+constraint file. This produces output files called `projname.asc`,
+`projname.blif` and `projname.bin`. In addition it creates two run
+targets called `projname-time` for running timing analysis and
+`projname-upload` that uploads the generated bitstream to an FPGA
+devide using the `iceprog` programming executable.