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 With all the aforementioned steps, HPVM should be built, installed and ready for use!
 
 ### Benchmarks
-We are providing the following benchamrks with HPVM:
+We are providing the following benchmarks with HPVM:
 * Select benchmarks from the Parboil benchmark suite, located under [test/parboil](/hpvm/test/parboil).
 * An edge detection pipeline benchmark, located under [test/pipeline](/hpvm/test/pipeline).
 * A Camera ISP pipeline, curtosy of our collaborators at [Harvard](http://vlsiarch.eecs.harvard.edu), located under [test/cava](/hpvm/test/pipeline).