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-# HermitCore - A lightweight extreme-scale satellite kernel
+# HermitCore - A lightweight unikernel for a scalable and predictable runtime behavior
 
 The project [HermitCore](http://www.hermitcore.org) is new [unikernel](http://unikernel.org) targeting high-performance computing.
 HermitCore extends on the multi-kernel approach with unikernel features to provide better programmability and scalability for hierarchical systems.