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+# Change Log
+
+Notable changes to the project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and the
+project adheres to the [Haskell Package Versioning
+Policy (PVP)](https://pvp.haskell.org)
+
+## [0.1.0.0] - 2020-08-27
+### New
+  * Initial release
+
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) [2007..2012] The Accelerate Team.  All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+      documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+    * Neither the names of the contributors nor of their affiliations may
+      be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+      without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS ''AS IS'' AND ANY
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
+ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+<div align="center">
+<img width="450" src="https://github.com/AccelerateHS/accelerate/raw/master/images/accelerate-logo-text-v.png?raw=true" alt="henlo, my name is Theia"/>
+
+# Array conversion components for the Accelerate language
+
+[![GitHub CI](https://github.com/tmcdonell/accelerate-io/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/tmcdonell/accelerate-io/actions)
+[![Gitter](https://img.shields.io/gitter/room/nwjs/nw.js.svg)](https://gitter.im/AccelerateHS/Lobby)
+<br>
+[![Stackage LTS](https://stackage.org/package/accelerate-io/badge/lts)](https://stackage.org/lts/package/accelerate-io)
+[![Stackage Nightly](https://stackage.org/package/accelerate-io/badge/nightly)](https://stackage.org/nightly/package/accelerate-io)
+[![Hackage](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/accelerate-io.svg)](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/accelerate-io)
+
+</div>
+
+Efficient conversion routines between Accelerate arrays and a range of data
+formats.
+
+For details on Accelerate, refer to the [main repository][GitHub].
+
+Contributions and bug reports are welcome!<br>
+Please feel free to contact me through [GitHub][GitHub] or [gitter.im][gitter.im].
+
+  [GitHub]:     https://github.com/AccelerateHS/accelerate
+  [gitter.im]:  https://gitter.im/AccelerateHS/Lobby
+
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/accelerate-io-cereal.cabal b/accelerate-io-cereal.cabal
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+name:                   accelerate-io-cereal
+version:                0.1.0.0
+cabal-version:          >= 1.10
+build-type:             Simple
+
+synopsis:               Binary serialisation of Accelerate arrays using cereal
+Description:
+  This package provides efficient binary serialisation of Accelerate arrays
+  via the cereal libary.
+  .
+  Refer to the main /Accelerate/ package for more information:
+  <http://hackage.haskell.org/package/accelerate>
+
+license:                BSD3
+license-file:           LICENSE
+author:                 The Accelerate Team
+maintainer:             Trevor L. McDonell <trevor.mcdonell@gmail.com>
+homepage:               https://github.com/AccelerateHS/accelerate-io#readme
+bug-reports:            https://github.com/AccelerateHS/accelerate-io/issues
+category:               Accelerate, Data
+
+extra-source-files:
+    README.md
+    CHANGELOG.md
+
+library
+  build-depends:
+          base                      >= 4.8 && < 5
+        , accelerate                >= 1.3
+        , accelerate-io-bytestring  >= 0.1
+        , cereal                    >= 0.5
+
+  exposed-modules:
+        Data.Array.Accelerate.IO.Data.Serialize
+
+  ghc-options:
+        -O2
+        -Wall
+        -funbox-strict-fields
+
+  ghc-prof-options:
+        -fprof-auto
+
+  hs-source-dirs:   src
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/AccelerateHS/accelerate-io
+
+-- vim: nospell
diff --git a/src/Data/Array/Accelerate/IO/Data/Serialize.hs b/src/Data/Array/Accelerate/IO/Data/Serialize.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs               #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MagicHash           #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators       #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
+-- |
+-- Module      : Data.Array.Accelerate.IO.Data.Serialize
+-- Copyright   : [2012..2020] The Accelerate Team
+-- License     : BSD3
+--
+-- Maintainer  : Trevor L. McDonell <trevor.mcdonell@gmail.com>
+-- Stability   : experimental
+-- Portability : non-portable (GHC extensions)
+--
+-- Orphan instance for binary serialisation of 'Array'
+--
+
+module Data.Array.Accelerate.IO.Data.Serialize ()
+  where
+
+import Data.Serialize
+
+import Data.Array.Accelerate.Array.Data
+import Data.Array.Accelerate.Sugar.Array
+import Data.Array.Accelerate.Sugar.Elt
+import Data.Array.Accelerate.Sugar.Shape
+import Data.Array.Accelerate.Representation.Shape
+import Data.Array.Accelerate.Representation.Type
+import Data.Array.Accelerate.Type
+import qualified Data.Array.Accelerate.Representation.Array         as R
+
+import Data.Array.Accelerate.IO.Data.ByteString
+
+
+instance (Shape sh, Elt e) => Serialize (Array sh e) where
+  {-# INLINE get #-}
+  get = do
+    sh <- getShapeR (shapeR @sh)
+    bs <- getArrayR (eltR @e)
+    return $ fromByteStrings (toElt sh) bs
+    where
+      getShapeR :: ShapeR t -> Get t
+      getShapeR ShapeRz = return ()
+      getShapeR (ShapeRsnoc shR) = do
+        sz <- get
+        sh <- getShapeR shR
+        return (sh, sz)
+
+      getArrayR :: TypeR a -> Get (ByteStrings a)
+      getArrayR TupRunit           = return ()
+      getArrayR (TupRpair aR1 aR2) = do
+        a1 <- getArrayR aR1
+        a2 <- getArrayR aR2
+        return (a1, a2)
+      getArrayR (TupRsingle aR) = scalar aR
+        where
+          scalar :: ScalarType a -> Get (ByteStrings a)
+          scalar (SingleScalarType t) = single t
+          scalar (VectorScalarType t) = vector t
+
+          vector :: VectorType a -> Get (ByteStrings a)
+          vector (VectorType _ t)
+            | SingleArrayDict <- singleArrayDict t
+            = single t
+
+          single :: SingleType a -> Get (ByteStrings a)
+          single (NumSingleType t) = num t
+
+          num :: NumType a -> Get (ByteStrings a)
+          num (IntegralNumType t) = integral t
+          num (FloatingNumType t) = floating t
+
+          integral :: IntegralType a -> Get (ByteStrings a)
+          integral TypeInt    = get
+          integral TypeInt8   = get
+          integral TypeInt16  = get
+          integral TypeInt32  = get
+          integral TypeInt64  = get
+          integral TypeWord   = get
+          integral TypeWord8  = get
+          integral TypeWord16 = get
+          integral TypeWord32 = get
+          integral TypeWord64 = get
+
+          floating :: FloatingType a -> Get (ByteStrings a)
+          floating TypeHalf   = get
+          floating TypeFloat  = get
+          floating TypeDouble = get
+
+  {-# INLINE put #-}
+  put arr@(Array (R.Array sh _)) = do
+    putShapeR (shapeR @sh) sh
+    putArrayR (eltR @e) (toByteStrings arr)
+    where
+      putShapeR :: ShapeR t -> t -> Put
+      putShapeR ShapeRz          ()       = return ()
+      putShapeR (ShapeRsnoc stR) (st, sz) = put sz >> putShapeR stR st
+
+      putArrayR :: TypeR a -> ByteStrings a -> Put
+      putArrayR TupRunit           ()       = return ()
+      putArrayR (TupRpair aR1 aR2) (a1, a2) = putArrayR aR1 a1 >> putArrayR aR2 a2
+      putArrayR (TupRsingle aR)    a        = scalar aR a
+        where
+          scalar :: ScalarType a -> ByteStrings a -> Put
+          scalar (SingleScalarType t) = single t
+          scalar (VectorScalarType t) = vector t
+
+          vector :: VectorType a -> ByteStrings a -> Put
+          vector (VectorType _ t)
+            | SingleArrayDict <- singleArrayDict t
+            = single t
+
+          single :: SingleType a -> ByteStrings a -> Put
+          single (NumSingleType t) = num t
+
+          num :: NumType a -> ByteStrings a -> Put
+          num (IntegralNumType t) = integral t
+          num (FloatingNumType t) = floating t
+
+          integral :: IntegralType a -> ByteStrings a -> Put
+          integral TypeInt    = put
+          integral TypeInt8   = put
+          integral TypeInt16  = put
+          integral TypeInt32  = put
+          integral TypeInt64  = put
+          integral TypeWord   = put
+          integral TypeWord8  = put
+          integral TypeWord16 = put
+          integral TypeWord32 = put
+          integral TypeWord64 = put
+
+          floating :: FloatingType a -> ByteStrings a -> Put
+          floating TypeHalf   = put
+          floating TypeFloat  = put
+          floating TypeDouble = put
+
