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+SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+Copyright (C) 2022 Xilinx, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2022-2025 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
+-->
+
+# AIE API
+
+AIE API is a portable programming interface for AIE accelerators. It is implemented as a C++ header-only library that provides types and operations that get translated into efficient low-level intrinsics. 
+The API also provides higher-level abstractions such as iterators and multi-dimensional arrays.
+
+## Using AIE API in your application
+
+Since AIE API is a header-only library, you only need to add the AIE API to your include path and include the corresponding header in your application.
+
+`#include <aie_api/aie.hpp>`
+
+## Documentation
+
+View our [documentation site](https://xilinx.github.io/aie_api/).
+
+You can also browse the Doxygen documentation under the doc folder.
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-    comment:: SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-    comment:: Copyright (C) 2022 Xilinx, Inc.
-    comment:: Copyright (C) 2022-2025 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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-=================================
-AIE API
-=================================
-
-Using AIE API in your application
-=================================
-
-Since AIE API is a header-only library, you only need to add the AIE API to your include path and include the corresponding header in your application.
-
-`#include <aie_api/aie.hpp>`
-
-Documentation
-=============
-
-View our documentation site: https://xilinx.github.io/aie_api/.
-
-You can also browse the Doxygen documentation under the doc folder.