Add cmsis_nn pip package to executorch installation

[Erik-Lundell]

It is needed for the Cortex-M AoT flow.

cc @digantdesai @freddan80 @per @zingo @oscarandersson8218 @mansnils @Sebastian-Larsson @robell

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[Erik-Lundell]

macOS builds of cmsis_nn are not doing well... But what do you think about adding cmsis_nn as a dependency like this in general? @digantdesai