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+# Binary releases of HPCG-VE
+
+This repository contains binary releases of an optimized version of
+HPCG for the SX-Aurora TSUBASA Vector Engine (VE).
+
+At the time of the creation of the repository this the fastest HPCG
+for the VE which the author knows about.
+
+A blog post about this version of HPCG is at
+https://sx-aurora.github.io/posts/hpcg-tuning/ .