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-# Project
+# Introduction
 
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+>nn-Meter is a novel and efficient system to accurately predict the inference latency of DNN models on diverse edge devices. The key idea is dividing a whole model inference into kernels, i.e., the execution units of fused operators on a device, and conduct kernel-level prediction. 
+nn-Meter contains two key techniques: (i) kernel detection to automatically detect the execution unit of model inference via a set of well-designed test cases; (ii) adaptive sampling to efficiently sample the most beneficial configurations from a large space to build accurate kernel-level latency predictors.
+nn-Meter currently evaluates four popular platforms on a large dataset of 26k models. It achieves 99.0% (mobile CPU), 99.1% (mobile Adreno 640 GPU), 99.0% (mobile Adreno 630 GPU), and 83.4% (Intel VPU) prediction accuracy.
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+The current supported hardware and inference frameworks:
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+| name |        Device       |    Framework   |    Processor   | +-10%  Accuracy |
+|:----:|:-------------------:|:--------------:|:--------------:|:------------------:|
+|  CPU |        Pixel4       |   TFLite v2.1  |  CortexA76 CPU |        99.0%       |
+|  GPU |         Mi9         |   TFLite v2.1  | Adreno 640 GPU |        99.1%       |
+| GPU1 |       Pixel3XL      |   TFLite v2.1  | Adreno 630 GPU |        99.0%       |
+|  VPU | Intel Movidius NCS2 | OpenVINO2019R2 |   Myriad VPU   |        83.4%       |
 
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+## Installation
+
+To install nn-meter, please first install python3. The test environment uses anaconda python 3.6.10. Install the dependencies via: 
+`pip3 install -r requirements.txt`
+Please also check the versions of numpy, scikit_learn. The different versions may change the prediction accuracy of kernel predictors. 
+
+## Usage
+
+To run the latency predictor, we support two input formats. We include popular CNN models in `data/testmodels`
+
+#### 1. input model: xx.onnx or xx.pb:
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+`python demo_with_converter.py --input_models data/testmodels/alexnet.onnx --mf alexnet`
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+`python demo_with_converter.py --input_models data/testmodels/alexnet.pb --mf alexnet`
+
+It will firstly convert onnx and pb models into our defined IR json. We conduct kernel detection with the IR graph and predict kernel latency on the 4 measured edge devices. 
+
+#### 2. input model: the converted IR json:
+
+`python demo.py --input_models data/testmodels/alexnet_0.json --mf alexnet`
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+
 ## Contributing
 
 This project welcomes contributions and suggestions.  Most contributions require you to agree to a