diff --git a/src/core/CL/cl_kernels/convolution_layer.cl b/src/core/CL/cl_kernels/convolution_layer.cl
index ce0849b..77b9b64 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/cl_kernels/convolution_layer.cl
+++ b/src/core/CL/cl_kernels/convolution_layer.cl
@@ -97,13 +97,14 @@
     }
 }
 
-#if defined(CONVOLVED_WIDTH) && defined(STRIDE_X) && defined(STRIDE_Y) && defined(PAD_LEFT) && defined(PAD_TOP) && defined(PAD_RIGHT) && defined(PAD_BOTTOM) && defined(KERNEL_WIDTH) && defined(KERNEL_HEIGHT) && defined(KERNEL_DEPTH) && defined(SRC_WIDTH) && defined(SRC_HEIGHT)
+#if defined(CONVOLVED_WIDTH) && defined(STRIDE_X) && defined(STRIDE_Y) && defined(PAD_LEFT) && defined(PAD_TOP) && defined(PAD_RIGHT) && defined(PAD_BOTTOM) && defined(KERNEL_WIDTH) && defined(KERNEL_HEIGHT) && defined(KERNEL_DEPTH) && defined(SRC_WIDTH) && defined(SRC_HEIGHT) && defined(PAD_VALUE)
 /** This kernel performs a reshaping of the input tensor to a tensor used to perform convolution using GEMM.
  *
  * @note The data type must be passed at compile time using -DDATA_TYPE: e.g. -DDATA_TYPE=float
+ * @note The value to use for the paddings must be passed at compile time using -DPAD_VALUE: e.g. -DPAD_VALUE=0
  * @note In case biases will be added to the convolution -DHAS_BIAS has to be passed to append the final matrix with 1 in each row.
  *
- * @param[in]  src_ptr                           Pointer to the source tensor. Supported data types: QS8/QS16/F16/F32
+ * @param[in]  src_ptr                           Pointer to the source tensor. Supported data types: QS8/QASYMM8/QS16/F16/F32
  * @param[in]  src_stride_x                      Stride of the source tensor in X dimension (in bytes)
  * @param[in]  src_step_x                        src_stride_x * number of elements along X processed per workitem(in bytes)
  * @param[in]  src_stride_y                      Stride of the source tensor in Y dimension (in bytes)
@@ -149,14 +150,10 @@
         {
 #if PAD_LEFT == 0 && PAD_TOP == 0 && PAD_RIGHT == 0 && PAD_BOTTOM == 0
             *output_ptr = *((__global DATA_TYPE *)(input_ptr + x * src_stride_x + y * src_stride_y));
-#else // PAD_LEFT == 0 && PAD_TOP == 0 && PAD_RIGHT == 0 && PAD_BOTTOM == 0
+#else  // PAD_LEFT == 0 && PAD_TOP == 0 && PAD_RIGHT == 0 && PAD_BOTTOM == 0
             if(x < 0 || x >= SRC_WIDTH || y < 0 || y >= SRC_HEIGHT)
             {
-#if defined(OFFSET)
-                *output_ptr = OFFSET;
-#else  /* OFFSET */
-                *output_ptr = 0;
-#endif /* OFFSET */
+                *output_ptr = PAD_VALUE;
             }
             else
             {
@@ -183,7 +180,7 @@
  * @note The data type must be passed at compile time using -DDATA_TYPE: e.g. -DDATA_TYPE=float
  * @note In case biases will be added to the convolution -DHAS_BIAS has to be passed to append the final matrix with 1 in each row.
  *
- * @param[in]  src_ptr                           Pointer to the source tensor. Supported data types: QS8/QS16/F16/F32
+ * @param[in]  src_ptr                           Pointer to the source tensor. Supported data types: QS8/QASYMM8/QS16/F16/F32
  * @param[in]  src_stride_x                      Stride of the source tensor in X dimension (in bytes)
  * @param[in]  src_step_x                        src_stride_x * number of elements along X processed per workitem(in bytes)
  * @param[in]  src_stride_y                      Stride of the source tensor in Y dimension (in bytes)
@@ -252,7 +249,7 @@
  *
  * @note The data type must be passed at compile time using -DDATA_TYPE: e.g. -DDATA_TYPE=float
  *
- * @param[in]  src_ptr                           Pointer to the source tensor. Supported data types: QS8/QS16/F16/F32
+ * @param[in]  src_ptr                           Pointer to the source tensor. Supported data types: QS8/QASYMM8/QS16/F16/F32
  * @param[in]  src_stride_x                      Stride of the source tensor in X dimension (in bytes)
  * @param[in]  src_step_x                        src_stride_x * number of elements along X processed per workitem(in bytes)
  * @param[in]  src_stride_y                      Stride of the source tensor in Y dimension (in bytes)
@@ -291,7 +288,7 @@
  * @note Datatype should be given as a preprocessor argument using -DDATA_TYPE=type. e.g. -DDATA_TYPE=float
  * @note In case biases will be added in late stage, -DHAS_BIAS has to be passed to append the final matrix with 1 in each row.
  *
- * @param[in]  src_ptr                           Pointer to the source tensor. Supported data types: QS8/F16/F32
+ * @param[in]  src_ptr                           Pointer to the source tensor. Supported data types: QS8/QASYMM8/QS16/F16/F32
  * @param[in]  src_stride_x                      Stride of the source tensor in X dimension (in bytes)
  * @param[in]  src_step_x                        src_stride_x * number of elements along X processed per workitem(in bytes)
  * @param[in]  src_stride_y                      Stride of the source tensor in Y dimension (in bytes)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/cl_kernels/gemmlowp.cl b/src/core/CL/cl_kernels/gemmlowp.cl
index a8e8e60..a928813 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/cl_kernels/gemmlowp.cl
+++ b/src/core/CL/cl_kernels/gemmlowp.cl
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@
  * @attention The k_offset = a_offset * b_offset * k (where k is the number of matrix A columns) needs to be passed at compile time using -DK_OFFSET (i.e. -DK_OFFSET=1200)
  * @note In case the offset contribution due to a_offset is required, a_offset needs to be passed at compile time using -DA_OFFSET (i.e. -DA_OFFSET=1)
  * @note In case the offset contribution due to b_offset is required, b_offset needs to be passed at compile time using -DB_OFFSET (i.e. -DB_OFFSET=6)
+ * @note In case sum_col has batches, -DSUM_COL_HAS_BATCHES must be passed at compile time. Usually if gemmlowp is used to accelerate convolution layer, sum_col will not have batches
  *
  * The final result is:
  *
@@ -429,7 +430,12 @@
     Image sum_col = CONVERT_TO_IMAGE_STRUCT(sum_col);
 
     // Compute the offset contribution due to A_OFFSET
+#if defined(SUM_COL_HAS_BATCHES)
+    a_offset_s32 = vload16(0, (__global int *)(sum_col.ptr + get_global_id(2) * sum_col_stride_y));
+#else  // defined(MATRIX_B_HAS_BATCHES)
     a_offset_s32 = vload16(0, (__global int *)(sum_col.ptr));
+#endif // defined(MATRIX_B_HAS_BATCHES)
+
     a_offset_s32 *= (int16)A_OFFSET;
 #endif // defined(A_OFFSET)
 
@@ -615,4 +621,4 @@
     // Store the result
     vstore16(res, 0, dst.ptr);
 }
-#endif // defined(RESULT_OFFSET_AFTER_SHIFT) && defined(RESULT_FIXEDPOINT_MULTIPLIER) && defined(RESULT_SHIFT)
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif // defined(RESULT_OFFSET_AFTER_SHIFT) && defined(RESULT_FIXEDPOINT_MULTIPLIER) && defined(RESULT_SHIFT)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCol2ImKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCol2ImKernel.cpp
index f2886c5..499e1e8 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCol2ImKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCol2ImKernel.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 void CLCol2ImKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, std::pair<unsigned int, unsigned int> convolved_dims)
 {
-    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(output);
 
     TensorShape output_shape = input->info()->tensor_shape();
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     output_shape.set(2, input->info()->tensor_shape()[0]);
 
     // Output auto inizialitation if not yet initialized
-    auto_init_if_empty(*output->info(), output_shape, 1, input->info()->data_type(), input->info()->fixed_point_position(), input->info()->quantization_info());
+    auto_init_if_empty(*output->info(), input->info()->clone()->set_tensor_shape(output_shape));
 
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DIMENSIONS(output->info()->tensor_shape(), output_shape);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input, output);
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@
     _output         = output;
     _convolved_dims = convolved_dims;
 
-    // Create kernel
-    std::set<std::string> build_opts = { ("-DDATA_TYPE=" + get_cl_type_from_data_type(input->info()->data_type())) };
-    build_opts.emplace("-DWIDTH_OUTPUT=" + support::cpp11::to_string(_convolved_dims.first));
-    if(is_data_type_fixed_point(input->info()->data_type()))
-    {
-        build_opts.emplace("-DFIXED_POINT_POSITION=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->fixed_point_position()));
-    }
+    const DataType data_type = input->info()->data_type();
 
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("col2im", build_opts));
+    // Create kernel
+    CLBuildOptions build_opts;
+    build_opts.add_option("-DDATA_TYPE=" + get_cl_type_from_data_type(data_type));
+    build_opts.add_option("-DWIDTH_OUTPUT=" + support::cpp11::to_string(_convolved_dims.first));
+    build_opts.add_option_if(is_data_type_fixed_point(data_type), "-DFIXED_POINT_POSITION=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->fixed_point_position()));
+
+    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("col2im", build_opts.options()));
 
     // Configure the local work size for Bifrost with a value obtained
     // via exhaustive autotuning over 30 representative tensor shapes.
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionKernel.cpp
index d49aed3..2877a74 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionKernel.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
         ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(vector_sum_col->info()->dimension(0) != mm_result->info()->dimension(0));
 
         build_opts.add_option("-DA_OFFSET=" + support::cpp11::to_string(a_offset));
+        build_opts.add_option_if(vector_sum_col->info()->tensor_shape().num_dimensions() > 1, "-DSUM_COL_HAS_BATCHES");
     }
 
     // If b_offset == 0, vector_sum_row can be a nullptr
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
index 37a430e..62288cb 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 Error validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *bias, const ITensorInfo *output, int min, int max)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::S32);
-    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::QASYMM8);
-    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_SHAPES(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(max > 255);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(min < 0 || min > max);
 
@@ -53,6 +51,13 @@
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(bias->num_dimensions() > 1);
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(input->dimension(0) != bias->dimension(0));
     }
+
+    if(output->total_size() != 0)
+    {
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::QASYMM8);
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_SHAPES(input, output);
+    }
+
     return Error{};
 }
 
@@ -64,11 +69,17 @@
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*output, Steps(num_elems_processed_per_iteration));
 
     AccessWindowHorizontal input_access(input, 0, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
-    AccessWindowHorizontal output_result_access(output, 0, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
 
     bool window_changed = update_window_and_padding(win,
-                                                    input_access,
-                                                    output_result_access);
+                                                    input_access);
+
+    if(output->total_size() != 0)
+    {
+        AccessWindowHorizontal output_result_access(output, 0, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
+        window_changed = window_changed || update_window_and_padding(win, output_result_access);
+
+        output_result_access.set_valid_region(win, ValidRegion(Coordinates(), output->tensor_shape()));
+    }
 
     if(bias != nullptr)
     {
@@ -76,8 +87,6 @@
         window_changed = window_changed || update_window_and_padding(win, bias_access);
     }
 
-    output_result_access.set_valid_region(win, ValidRegion(Coordinates(), output->tensor_shape()));
-
     Error err = (window_changed) ? ARM_COMPUTE_CREATE_ERROR(ErrorCode::RUNTIME_ERROR, "Insufficient Padding!") : Error{};
     return std::make_pair(err, win);
 }
@@ -93,6 +102,7 @@
 
 Error CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel::validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *bias, const ITensorInfo *output, int min, int max)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(validate_arguments(input, bias, output, min, max));
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(validate_and_configure_window(input->clone().get(),
                                                               (bias != nullptr) ? bias->clone().get() : nullptr,
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleKernel.cpp
index 343c31c..5d4b25c 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleKernel.cpp
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 Error validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *bias, const ITensorInfo *output, int min, int max)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::S32);
-    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::QASYMM8);
-    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_SHAPES(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(max > 255);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(min < 0 || min > max);
 
@@ -53,6 +51,13 @@
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(bias->num_dimensions() > 1);
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(input->dimension(0) != bias->dimension(0));
     }
+
+    if(output->total_size() != 0)
+    {
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::QASYMM8);
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_SHAPES(input, output);
+    }
+
     return Error{};
 }
 
@@ -64,11 +69,17 @@
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*output, Steps(num_elems_processed_per_iteration));
 
     AccessWindowHorizontal input_access(input, 0, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
-    AccessWindowHorizontal output_result_access(output, 0, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
 
     bool window_changed = update_window_and_padding(win,
-                                                    input_access,
-                                                    output_result_access);
+                                                    input_access);
+
+    if(output->total_size() != 0)
+    {
+        AccessWindowHorizontal output_result_access(output, 0, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
+        window_changed = window_changed || update_window_and_padding(win, output_result_access);
+
+        output_result_access.set_valid_region(win, ValidRegion(Coordinates(), output->tensor_shape()));
+    }
 
     if(bias != nullptr)
     {
@@ -76,8 +87,6 @@
         window_changed = window_changed || update_window_and_padding(win, bias_access);
     }
 
-    output_result_access.set_valid_region(win, ValidRegion(Coordinates(), output->tensor_shape()));
-
     Error err = (window_changed) ? ARM_COMPUTE_CREATE_ERROR(ErrorCode::RUNTIME_ERROR, "Insufficient Padding!") : Error{};
     return std::make_pair(err, win);
 }
@@ -92,6 +101,7 @@
 }
 Error CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleKernel::validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *bias, const ITensorInfo *output, int min, int max)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(validate_arguments(input, bias, output, min, max));
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(validate_and_configure_window(input->clone().get(),
                                                               (bias != nullptr) ? bias->clone().get() : nullptr,
@@ -163,4 +173,4 @@
         enqueue(queue, *this, slice);
     }
     while(collapsed.slide_window_slice_3D(slice));
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpReductionKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpReductionKernel.cpp
index 6f410d3..bcf04b0 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpReductionKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpReductionKernel.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     // Configure kernel window
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*vector_sum_col->info(), Steps(num_elems_processed_per_iteration));
 
-    AccessWindowStatic     input_access(_input->info(), 0, 0, ceil_to_multiple(_input->info()->dimension(0), 16), _input->info()->dimension(1));
+    AccessWindowStatic     input_access(_input->info(), 0, 0, ceil_to_multiple(_input->info()->dimension(0), num_elems_processed_per_iteration), _input->info()->dimension(1));
     AccessWindowHorizontal output_access(_output->info(), 0, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
 
     update_window_and_padding(win,
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIm2ColKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIm2ColKernel.cpp
index f7cf9a3..6514d6c 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIm2ColKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIm2ColKernel.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
     build_opts.add_option(("-DDATA_TYPE=" + get_cl_type_from_data_type(data_type)));
     build_opts.add_option_if(has_bias, "-DHAS_BIAS");
     build_opts.add_option_if(is_data_type_fixed_point(data_type), "-DFIXED_POINT_POSITION=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->fixed_point_position()));
-    build_opts.add_option_if(is_data_type_quantized_asymmetric(data_type), "-DOFFSET=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->quantization_info().offset));
 
     int stride_x = 0;
     int stride_y = 0;
@@ -95,6 +94,7 @@
         build_opts.add_option("-DPAD_BOTTOM=" + support::cpp11::to_string(conv_info.pad_bottom()));
         build_opts.add_option("-DSRC_WIDTH=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->dimension(0)));
         build_opts.add_option("-DSRC_HEIGHT=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->dimension(1)));
+        build_opts.add_option_if_else(is_data_type_quantized(data_type), "-DPAD_VALUE=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->quantization_info().offset), "-DPAD_VALUE=0");
 
         if(kernel_dims.width == 3 && kernel_dims.height == 3 && !conv_info.has_padding())
         {
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
index be633b2..3a9a32e 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@
 
 void CLWeightsReshapeKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *biases, ICLTensor *output)
 {
-    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QS16, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(output);
 
-    const DataType dt                   = input->info()->data_type();
-    const int      fixed_point_position = input->info()->fixed_point_position();
+    const DataType data_type = input->info()->data_type();
 
+    // Calculate output shape
     TensorShape output_shape{ input->info()->tensor_shape() };
     output_shape.collapse(3);
     const size_t tmp_dim = output_shape[0];
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     output_shape.set(1, tmp_dim + (biases != nullptr ? 1 : 0));
 
     // Output tensor auto inizialitation if not yet initialized
-    auto_init_if_empty(*output->info(), output_shape, 1, dt, fixed_point_position, input->info()->quantization_info());
+    auto_init_if_empty(*output->info(), input->info()->clone()->set_tensor_shape(output_shape));
 
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DIMENSIONS(output->info()->tensor_shape(), output_shape);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input, output);
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 
     if(biases != nullptr)
     {
+        ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(is_data_type_quantized_asymmetric(data_type));
         ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input, biases);
         ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_FIXED_POINT(input, biases);
         ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON((input->info()->num_dimensions() == 4) && (biases->info()->num_dimensions() != 1));
@@ -75,16 +76,13 @@
     _input  = input;
 
     // Create build options
-    std::set<std::string> build_opts;
-    build_opts.emplace(("-DDATA_TYPE=" + get_cl_type_from_data_type(input->info()->data_type())));
-    build_opts.emplace(((biases != nullptr) ? "-DHAS_BIAS" : ""));
-    if(is_data_type_fixed_point(input->info()->data_type()))
-    {
-        build_opts.emplace("-DFIXED_POINT_POSITION=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->fixed_point_position()));
-    }
+    CLBuildOptions build_opts;
+    build_opts.add_option("-DDATA_TYPE=" + get_cl_type_from_data_type(data_type));
+    build_opts.add_option_if(biases != nullptr, "-DHAS_BIAS");
+    build_opts.add_option_if(is_data_type_fixed_point(data_type), "-DFIXED_POINT_POSITION=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->fixed_point_position()));
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("reshape_to_columns", build_opts));
+    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("reshape_to_columns", build_opts.options()));
 
     // Set static arguments
     unsigned int idx = num_arguments_per_3D_tensor() + num_arguments_per_2D_tensor();
diff --git a/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp b/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
index 102d08c..c6f7ca4 100644
--- a/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@
 Error validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *bias, const ITensorInfo *output, int min, int max)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::S32);
-    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::QASYMM8);
-    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_SHAPES(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(max > 255);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(min < 0 || min > max);
 
@@ -56,6 +54,13 @@
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(bias->num_dimensions() > 1);
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(input->dimension(0) != bias->dimension(0));
     }
+
+    if(output->total_size() != 0)
+    {
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::QASYMM8);
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_SHAPES(input, output);
+    }
+
     return Error{};
 }
 
@@ -67,11 +72,17 @@
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*output, Steps(num_elems_processed_per_iteration));
 
     AccessWindowHorizontal input_access(input, 0, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
-    AccessWindowHorizontal output_result_access(output, 0, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
 
     bool window_changed = update_window_and_padding(win,
-                                                    input_access,
-                                                    output_result_access);
+                                                    input_access);
+
+    if(output->total_size() != 0)
+    {
+        AccessWindowHorizontal output_result_access(output, 0, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
+        window_changed = window_changed || update_window_and_padding(win, output_result_access);
+
+        output_result_access.set_valid_region(win, ValidRegion(Coordinates(), output->tensor_shape()));
+    }
 
     if(bias != nullptr)
     {
@@ -79,8 +90,6 @@
         window_changed = window_changed || update_window_and_padding(win, bias_access);
     }
 
-    output_result_access.set_valid_region(win, ValidRegion(Coordinates(), output->tensor_shape()));
-
     Error err = (window_changed) ? ARM_COMPUTE_CREATE_ERROR(ErrorCode::RUNTIME_ERROR, "Insufficient Padding!") : Error{};
     return std::make_pair(err, win);
 }
@@ -255,6 +264,7 @@
 
 Error NEGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel::validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *bias, const ITensorInfo *output, int min, int max)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(validate_arguments(input, bias, output, min, max));
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(validate_and_configure_window(input->clone().get(),
                                                               (bias != nullptr) ? bias->clone().get() : nullptr,
diff --git a/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleKernel.cpp b/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleKernel.cpp
index edd6a9f..68b81d8 100644
--- a/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleKernel.cpp
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@
 Error validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *bias, const ITensorInfo *output, int min, int max)
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::S32);
-    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::QASYMM8);
-    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_SHAPES(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(max > 255);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(min < 0 || min > max);
 
@@ -55,6 +53,13 @@
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(bias->num_dimensions() > 1);
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(input->dimension(0) != bias->dimension(0));
     }
+
+    if(output->total_size() != 0)
+    {
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::QASYMM8);
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_SHAPES(input, output);
+    }
+
     return Error{};
 }
 
@@ -66,11 +71,17 @@
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*output, Steps(num_elems_processed_per_iteration));
 
     AccessWindowHorizontal input_access(input, 0, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
-    AccessWindowHorizontal output_result_access(output, 0, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
 
     bool window_changed = update_window_and_padding(win,
-                                                    input_access,
-                                                    output_result_access);
+                                                    input_access);
+
+    if(output->total_size() != 0)
+    {
+        AccessWindowHorizontal output_result_access(output, 0, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
+        window_changed = window_changed || update_window_and_padding(win, output_result_access);
+
+        output_result_access.set_valid_region(win, ValidRegion(Coordinates(), output->tensor_shape()));
+    }
 
     if(bias != nullptr)
     {
@@ -78,8 +89,6 @@
         window_changed = window_changed || update_window_and_padding(win, bias_access);
     }
 
-    output_result_access.set_valid_region(win, ValidRegion(Coordinates(), output->tensor_shape()));
-
     Error err = (window_changed) ? ARM_COMPUTE_CREATE_ERROR(ErrorCode::RUNTIME_ERROR, "Insufficient Padding!") : Error{};
     return std::make_pair(err, win);
 }
@@ -262,6 +271,7 @@
 
 Error NEGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleKernel::validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *bias, const ITensorInfo *output, int min, int max)
 {
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(validate_arguments(input, bias, output, min, max));
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(validate_and_configure_window(input->clone().get(),
                                                               (bias != nullptr) ? bias->clone().get() : nullptr,