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 # Power
 
+**IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE MASTER** - If you are making an MLPerf submission, DO NOT use the master branch. See the appropriate release branch. 
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 This repo contains the development branch of MLPerf™ power measurement code. Everything is Apache 2.0 code developed by MLCommons™. Access is available to anyone.
 
 MLPerf™ is using [SPEC PTDaemon] tool for measuring power. Please see [this](https://github.com/mlcommons/power-dev/tree/master/ptd_client_server) README for more details on how to use it.