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+# Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks
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+Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks (Intel(R) TBB) lets you easily write parallel C++ programs that take
+full advantage of multicore performance, that are portable, composable and have future-proof scalability.
+
+## Intel(R) TBB Distribution
+* Commercial version: [https://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-tbb] (https://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-tbb)
+* Community licensing: [https://software.intel.com/sites/campaigns/nest/] (https://software.intel.com/sites/campaigns/nest/)
+* Open source version: [https://www.threadingbuildingblocks.org/] (https://www.threadingbuildingblocks.org/)
+* Intel(R) TBB for Python\*: [http://anaconda.org/intel/tbb] (http://anaconda.org/intel/tbb)
+
+## Repository Content
+This is an official Intel(R) TBB public GitHub repository. All source and binary packages starting from Intel(R) TBB 4.4
+can be found at the [Release page] (https://github.com/01org/tbb/releases). Packages with older versions of Intel(R) TBB can be found
+at the [Intel(R) TBB open source site] (https://www.threadingbuildingblocks.org/)
+
+## Repository Structure
+The Master branch is empty and contains only README.md.
+
+tbb_\<major_version\> - branch for the new major version. All minor versions of the major release will be committed in this branch.
+
+For example:
+* Intel(R) TBB 2017 initial release goes to branch tbb_2017.
+* Intel(R) TBB 2017 Update 1 will go to branch tbb_2017 too.
+* Intel(R) TBB 2018 initial release will go to branch tbb_2018.
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+
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