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 # Arm NN
 
-**_Arm NN_** is the **most performant** machine learning (ML) inference engine for Android and Linux, accelerating ML
+**Arm NN** is the **most performant** machine learning (ML) inference engine for Android and Linux, accelerating ML
 on **Arm Cortex-A CPUs and Arm Mali GPUs**. This ML inference engine is an open source SDK which bridges the gap
 between existing neural network frameworks and power-efficient Arm IP.