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diff --git a/docs/sections/building.md b/docs/sections/building.md index 4750e3e..973b644 100644 --- a/docs/sections/building.md +++ b/docs/sections/building.md @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ After compiling, your custom model has now replaced the default one in the appli > The source code is hosted on <https://review.mlplatform.org/plugins/gitiles/ml/ethos-u/ethos-u-vela/>. > **Note:** Using the 22.05 versions of software dependencies will require Vela to be at least version 3.4.0 -> or you may encounter issues when trying to run applications on different variants of Ethos-U. +> or you may encounter issues when trying to run applications on different variants of Ethos-U NPUs. The Vela compiler is a tool that can optimize a neural network model into a version that can run on an embedded system containing an *Ethos-U* NPU. @@ -758,6 +758,10 @@ To see Vela helper for all the parameters use: `vela --help`. > **Note:** By default, use of the *Ethos-U* NPU is enabled in the CMake configuration. This can be changed by passing > `-DETHOS_U_NPU_ENABLED`. +> **Note:** The performance summary produced by Vela compiler for any model are **estimates only**. Vela computes +> these figures from a very simplistic approximation. To get accurate performance numbers for the Arm Ethos-U NPU, use +> of FVP or FPGA platforms is recommended. + ## Building for different Ethos-U NPU variants The building process described in the previous paragraphs assumes building for the default *Ethos-U55* NPU with 128 MACs, |