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Lack of Tooling to Deploy Neural Networks to Non-Linux Embedded C Targets

A developer needs to run a Python-trained neural network on an embedded controller with no Linux, limited CPU/memory, minimal runtime dependencies, and predictable real-time behavior, but existing frameworks like ONNX Runtime mostly target desktop or embedded-Linux environments. This points to a broader gap in tooling for generating standalone, dependency-light C code from trained models for bare-metal or RTOS embedded targets.

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