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+[submodule "hw/rtl/fp_cores/fpnew"]
+	path = hw/rtl/fp_cores/fpnew
+	url = https://github.com/pulp-platform/fpnew.git
diff --git a/hw/rtl/fp_cores/fpnew b/hw/rtl/fp_cores/fpnew
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+Subproject commit 1def7bb630ceae2ebc58921f6b5ee3e686fb6d5a