From bcfae3f8b15d2ee4df6bccf2cec7cb320ba39132 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Zuckerman <jzuck@cs.columbia.edu>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 11:22:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] update release notes for 2025.1.0 (#249)

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 CREDITS.md   |  6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de061c9f08..a8d5bdc404 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,46 @@ Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project
 adheres to [Calendar Versioning](https://calver.org/) with format
 `YYYY.MINOR.MICRO`.
 
+## [2025.1.0]
+
+### Added
+
+- **Architecture**
+  - New accelerator interface for fine-grained data access control (#237)
+  - Support for multiple simultaneous multicast messages (#247)
+
+- **Infrastructure**
+  - New linting scripts and GitHub actions flow (#242)
+
+- **Software**
+  - Example multicore baremetal application
+
+### Improved
+
+- **Architecture**
+  - Support for up to 256 tiles and 512 APB devices
+  - Moved NoC routers to top level of hierearchy (#238)
+  - Supoprt for up to 16 CPU tiles and 16 memory tiles
+  - Make number of cache ways more flexible
+  - Expand number of accelerator registers to 128
+  - Restrict unavailable accelerator coherence modes from HW
+
+- **Infrastructure**
+  - Support for up to 7 DDR controllers on proFPGA-xcvu19p board
+  - Linted all C, C++, Python, Verilog, and System Verilog files
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Accelerator Design Flows**
+  - Fixed matchlib dependencies for Catpult HLS SystemC flow (#241)
+
+- **Architecture**
+  - Resolved synthesis warnings in caches and router
+  - Fixed a bug in DMA busy state of noc2ahbm module
+
+- **Infrastructure**
+  - Fixed issue in handling a large number of RTL files (#232)
+
 ## [2024.2.0]
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/CREDITS.md b/CREDITS.md
index 8c9e77ddcc..5ccc20b50f 100644
--- a/CREDITS.md
+++ b/CREDITS.md
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@ repository, including co-authors of portions of code from the first commit.
 ### Core Team Members
 
  - Luca P. Carloni (principal investigator)
+ - Elli Alvanaki
  - Maico Cassel dos Santos
  - Kuan-lin Chiu
  - Guy Eichler
+ - Kevin Lee
  - Biruk Seyoum
  - Gabriele Tombesi
+ - Pei-Huan Tsai
+ - Je Yang
  - Joseph Zuckerman (project lead)
 
 ### Former Team Members
@@ -39,6 +43,6 @@ contribution. Current affiliation may be different.
  - Erik Loscalzo (Columbia University)
  - Ajay Vanamali (Columbia University)
  - Manish Shankar (Columbia University)
-
+ - Marian Abuhazi (Columbia University)
 
 ### [Contacts](https://esp.cs.columbia.edu/contact/)