COMPMID-810 Add NHWC data format support for NEON convolution

Change-Id: I2a7b49a12da7f3bc3f04749243b1dc111160de6e
Reviewed-on: https://eu-gerrit-1.euhpc.arm.com/129348
Tested-by: Jenkins <bsgcomp@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Anthony Barbier <anthony.barbier@arm.com>
diff --git a/arm_compute/runtime/NEON/AssemblyHelper.h b/arm_compute/runtime/NEON/AssemblyHelper.h
index 3db419e..ecaf35a 100644
--- a/arm_compute/runtime/NEON/AssemblyHelper.h
+++ b/arm_compute/runtime/NEON/AssemblyHelper.h
@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@
         const int ldb = _b->info()->strides_in_bytes().y() / sizeof(TypeInput);
         const int ldd = _d->info()->strides_in_bytes().y() / sizeof(TypeOutput);
 
-        const int batch_stride_a = _a->info()->strides_in_bytes().z() / sizeof(TypeInput);
+        // In the case of NHWC we want to interpret the output shape as 3D. Thus, the batch stride for A is
+        // the relevant multiple of the row stride.
+        const bool is_nhwc           = _a->info()->data_layout() == DataLayout::NHWC;
+        const int  stride_in_bytes_a = is_nhwc ? _a->info()->strides_in_bytes().y() * _d->info()->dimension(1) : _a->info()->strides_in_bytes().z();
+
+        const int batch_stride_a = stride_in_bytes_a / sizeof(TypeInput);
         const int batch_stride_d = _d->info()->strides_in_bytes().z() / sizeof(TypeOutput);
 
         const int multi_stride_a = _a->info()->strides_in_bytes()[3] / sizeof(TypeInput);
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@
     const int      M           = d->info()->tensor_shape().y();
     const int      N           = d->info()->tensor_shape().x();
     const int      K           = a->info()->tensor_shape().x();
-    const int      batches     = a->info()->tensor_shape().total_size_upper(2);
+    const int      batches     = d->info()->tensor_shape().total_size_upper(2);
     const int      multis      = b->info()->tensor_shape().z();
     unsigned int   num_threads = NEScheduler::get().num_threads();
 
diff --git a/arm_compute/runtime/NEON/functions/NEGEMMConvolutionLayer.h b/arm_compute/runtime/NEON/functions/NEGEMMConvolutionLayer.h
index 7526931..d64fd9e 100644
--- a/arm_compute/runtime/NEON/functions/NEGEMMConvolutionLayer.h
+++ b/arm_compute/runtime/NEON/functions/NEGEMMConvolutionLayer.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "arm_compute/runtime/IFunction.h"
 
+#include "arm_compute/core/NEON/kernels/NEArithmeticAdditionKernel.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/NEON/kernels/NECol2ImKernel.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/NEON/kernels/NEFillBorderKernel.h"
 #include "arm_compute/core/NEON/kernels/NEGEMMAssemblyBaseKernel.h"
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@
     NEGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPoint _gemmlowp_output_stage;
     NECol2ImKernel                                      _output_col2im_kernel;
     NEActivationLayer                                   _activationlayer_function;
+    NEArithmeticAdditionKernel                          _add_bias_kernel;
 
     const ITensor *_original_weights;
 
@@ -187,12 +189,14 @@
     Tensor _workspace;
     Tensor _B_pretransposed;
 
-    bool _append_bias;
-    bool _is_fully_connected_convolution;
-    bool _are_weights_reshaped;
-    bool _is_quantized;
-    bool _is_interleaved;
-    bool _is_activationlayer_enabled;
+    DataLayout _data_layout;
+    bool       _append_bias;
+    bool       _is_fully_connected_convolution;
+    bool       _are_weights_reshaped;
+    bool       _is_quantized;
+    bool       _is_interleaved;
+    bool       _is_activationlayer_enabled;
+    bool       _skip_im2col;
 };
 }
 #endif /* __ARM_COMPUTE_NECONVOLUTIONGEMMLAYER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp b/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
index 1501402..3031a87 100644
--- a/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/NEON/kernels/NEWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
@@ -34,12 +34,16 @@
 
 namespace
 {
-template <typename T>
+template <typename T, bool is_nhwc>
 void weights_reshape(const ITensor *input, const ITensor *bias, ITensor *output, const Window &window)
 {
-    const unsigned int kernel_size_x   = input->info()->dimension(0);
-    const unsigned int kernel_size_y   = input->info()->dimension(1);
-    const unsigned int kernel_depth    = input->info()->dimension(2);
+    DataLayout         data_layout     = input->info()->data_layout();
+    const int          idx_width       = get_data_layout_dimension_index(data_layout, DataLayoutDimension::WIDTH);
+    const int          idx_height      = get_data_layout_dimension_index(data_layout, DataLayoutDimension::HEIGHT);
+    const int          idx_channel     = get_data_layout_dimension_index(data_layout, DataLayoutDimension::CHANNEL);
+    const unsigned int kernel_size_x   = input->info()->dimension(idx_width);
+    const unsigned int kernel_size_y   = input->info()->dimension(idx_height);
+    const unsigned int kernel_depth    = input->info()->dimension(idx_channel);
     const unsigned int input_stride_x  = input->info()->strides_in_bytes().x();
     const unsigned int input_stride_y  = input->info()->strides_in_bytes().y();
     const unsigned int input_stride_z  = input->info()->strides_in_bytes().z();
@@ -67,13 +71,13 @@
                 for(unsigned int i = 0; i < kernel_size_x; ++i)
                 {
                     *(reinterpret_cast<T *>(tmp_output_ptr)) = *(reinterpret_cast<const T *>(tmp_input_ptr));
-                    tmp_input_ptr += input_stride_x;
+                    tmp_input_ptr += is_nhwc ? input_stride_y : input_stride_x;
                     tmp_output_ptr += output_stride_y;
                 }
-                curr_input_row_ptr += input_stride_y;
+                curr_input_row_ptr += is_nhwc ? input_stride_z : input_stride_y;
                 tmp_input_ptr = curr_input_row_ptr;
             }
-            curr_input_depth_ptr += input_stride_z;
+            curr_input_depth_ptr += is_nhwc ? input_stride_x : input_stride_z;
             curr_input_row_ptr = curr_input_depth_ptr;
             tmp_input_ptr      = curr_input_depth_ptr;
         }
@@ -161,21 +165,24 @@
     _bias   = bias;
     _output = output;
 
+    const DataLayout data_layout = input->info()->data_layout();
+    const bool       is_nhwc     = data_layout == DataLayout::NHWC;
+
     switch(_input->info()->element_size())
     {
         case 4:
         {
-            _func = &weights_reshape<uint32_t>;
+            _func = is_nhwc ? &weights_reshape<uint32_t, true> : &weights_reshape<uint32_t, false>;
             break;
         }
         case 2:
         {
-            _func = &weights_reshape<uint16_t>;
+            _func = is_nhwc ? &weights_reshape<uint16_t, true> : &weights_reshape<uint16_t, false>;
             break;
         }
         case 1:
         {
-            _func = &weights_reshape<uint8_t>;
+            _func = is_nhwc ? &weights_reshape<uint8_t, true> : &weights_reshape<uint8_t, false>;
             break;
         }
         default:
diff --git a/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NEGEMMConvolutionLayer.cpp b/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NEGEMMConvolutionLayer.cpp
index 5a35463..a5f3055 100644
--- a/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NEGEMMConvolutionLayer.cpp
+++ b/src/runtime/NEON/functions/NEGEMMConvolutionLayer.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(biases->num_dimensions() > 1);
     }
 
+    // Checks performed when biases are present
+    if(append_bias)
+    {
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(weights, biases);
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(biases->dimension(0) != weights->dimension(3));
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(biases->num_dimensions() > 1);
+    }
+
     if(transpose1xW)
     {
         TensorInfo weights_reshaped = weights->clone()->set_tensor_shape(get_reshaped_weights_shape(weights, append_bias));
@@ -159,7 +167,7 @@
 
 Status validate_and_initialize_values(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *weights, const ITensorInfo *biases, const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, const WeightsInfo &weights_info,
                                       const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info, DataType &dt,
-                                      bool &append_bias,
+                                      bool &append_bias, bool &skip_im2col,
                                       bool &are_weights_reshaped, unsigned int &kernel_width, unsigned int &kernel_height,
                                       bool &is_fully_connected_convolution, bool &is_interleaved, bool &is_quantized, bool &is_activationlayer_enabled,
                                       unsigned int &mat_weights_cols, unsigned int &mat_weights_rows,
@@ -168,9 +176,17 @@
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::QS8, DataType::QASYMM8, DataType::QS16, DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_TYPES(input, weights);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_FIXED_POINT(input, weights);
-    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(!weights_info.are_reshaped() && weights->dimension(2) != input->dimension(2));
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MISMATCHING_DATA_LAYOUT(input, weights);
+
+    DataLayout data_layout = input->data_layout();
+    const int  idx_width   = get_data_layout_dimension_index(data_layout, DataLayoutDimension::WIDTH);
+    const int  idx_height  = get_data_layout_dimension_index(data_layout, DataLayoutDimension::HEIGHT);
+    const int  idx_channel = get_data_layout_dimension_index(data_layout, DataLayoutDimension::CHANNEL);
+
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(!weights_info.are_reshaped() && weights->dimension(idx_channel) != input->dimension(idx_channel));
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(weights->num_dimensions() > 4);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(weights_info.are_reshaped() && is_data_type_quantized_asymmetric(input->data_type()));
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MSG(data_layout == DataLayout::NHWC && input->data_type() != DataType::F32, "NHWC is only supported for FP32 data type.");
 
     dt           = input->data_type();
     is_quantized = is_data_type_quantized_asymmetric(dt);
@@ -190,14 +206,16 @@
         ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(biases->num_dimensions() > 1);
     }
 
+    // If we have 1x1 convolution and data layout is NHWC we can disable im2col
     append_bias          = (biases != nullptr) && (!is_quantized);
     are_weights_reshaped = weights_info.are_reshaped();
-    kernel_width         = (are_weights_reshaped) ? weights_info.kernel_size().first : weights->dimension(0);
-    kernel_height        = (are_weights_reshaped) ? weights_info.kernel_size().second : weights->dimension(1);
+    kernel_width         = (are_weights_reshaped) ? weights_info.kernel_size().first : weights->dimension(idx_width);
+    kernel_height        = (are_weights_reshaped) ? weights_info.kernel_size().second : weights->dimension(idx_height);
     mat_weights_cols     = weights->dimension(3);
-    mat_weights_rows     = weights->dimension(0) * weights->dimension(1) * weights->dimension(2) + (append_bias ? 1 : 0);
+    mat_weights_rows     = weights->dimension(idx_width) * weights->dimension(idx_height) * weights->dimension(idx_channel) + ((append_bias && !skip_im2col) ? 1 : 0);
+    skip_im2col          = (data_layout == DataLayout::NHWC && kernel_width == 1 && kernel_height == 1);
 
-    std::tie(conv_w, conv_h) = scaled_dimensions(input->dimension(0), input->dimension(1), kernel_width, kernel_height,
+    std::tie(conv_w, conv_h) = scaled_dimensions(input->dimension(idx_width), input->dimension(idx_height), kernel_width, kernel_height,
                                                  conv_info, dilation);
 
     // Check if its a "fully connected" convolution
@@ -211,9 +229,9 @@
 
 NEGEMMConvolutionLayer::NEGEMMConvolutionLayer(const std::shared_ptr<IMemoryManager> &memory_manager)
     : _asm_glue(), _memory_group(memory_manager), _input_im2col_kernel(), _input_interleave_kernel(), _reshape_weights(), _mm_kernel(), _mm_gemmlowp(memory_manager), _gemmlowp_output_stage(),
-      _output_col2im_kernel(), _activationlayer_function(), _original_weights(nullptr), _input_im2col_reshaped(), _input_interleaved_reshaped(), _weights_reshaped(), _gemm_output(), _tmp_output(),
-      _workspace(), _B_pretransposed(), _append_bias(false), _is_fully_connected_convolution(false), _are_weights_reshaped(false), _is_quantized(false), _is_interleaved(false),
-      _is_activationlayer_enabled(false)
+      _output_col2im_kernel(), _activationlayer_function(), _add_bias_kernel(), _original_weights(nullptr), _input_im2col_reshaped(), _input_interleaved_reshaped(), _weights_reshaped(), _gemm_output(),
+      _tmp_output(), _workspace(), _B_pretransposed(), _data_layout(DataLayout::NCHW), _append_bias(false), _is_fully_connected_convolution(false), _are_weights_reshaped(false), _is_quantized(false),
+      _is_interleaved(false), _is_activationlayer_enabled(false), _skip_im2col(false)
 {
 }
 
@@ -255,7 +273,13 @@
     unsigned int conv_w           = 0;
     unsigned int conv_h           = 0;
 
-    Status status = validate_and_initialize_values(input->info(), weights->info(), (biases == nullptr) ? nullptr : biases->info(), conv_info, weights_info, act_info, dt, _append_bias,
+    _data_layout           = input->info()->data_layout();
+    const bool is_nhwc     = _data_layout == DataLayout::NHWC;
+    const int  idx_width   = get_data_layout_dimension_index(_data_layout, DataLayoutDimension::WIDTH);
+    const int  idx_height  = get_data_layout_dimension_index(_data_layout, DataLayoutDimension::HEIGHT);
+    const int  idx_channel = get_data_layout_dimension_index(_data_layout, DataLayoutDimension::CHANNEL);
+
+    Status status = validate_and_initialize_values(input->info(), weights->info(), (biases == nullptr) ? nullptr : biases->info(), conv_info, weights_info, act_info, dt, _append_bias, _skip_im2col,
                                                    _are_weights_reshaped,
                                                    kernel_width, kernel_height,
                                                    _is_fully_connected_convolution, _is_interleaved, _is_quantized, _is_activationlayer_enabled,
@@ -272,20 +296,12 @@
     // Reshape weights if needed
     if(run_optimised)
     {
-        if(_are_weights_reshaped)
-        {
-            mat_weights_cols = weights_info.num_kernels();
-            mat_weights_rows = weights->info()->dimension(1);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            TensorShape reshaped_weights_shape{ mat_weights_cols, mat_weights_rows };
+        TensorShape reshaped_weights_shape{ mat_weights_cols, mat_weights_rows };
 
-            // Create tensor to store the reshaped weights
-            _weights_reshaped.allocator()->init(TensorInfo(reshaped_weights_shape, 1, dt, fixed_point_position));
-            _reshape_weights.configure(weights, biases, &_weights_reshaped, false /* 1xW transpose */);
-            weights = &_weights_reshaped;
-        }
+        // Create tensor to store the reshaped weights
+        _weights_reshaped.allocator()->init(TensorInfo(reshaped_weights_shape, 1, dt, fixed_point_position));
+        _reshape_weights.configure(weights, biases, &_weights_reshaped, false /* 1xW transpose */);
+        weights = &_weights_reshaped;
     }
     else
     {
@@ -294,12 +310,12 @@
             if(_is_fully_connected_convolution || _is_quantized)
             {
                 mat_weights_cols = weights_info.num_kernels();
-                mat_weights_rows = weights->info()->dimension(1);
+                mat_weights_rows = weights->info()->dimension(idx_height);
             }
             else
             {
                 mat_weights_cols = weights_info.num_kernels();
-                mat_weights_rows = weights_info.kernel_size().first * weights_info.kernel_size().second * input->info()->dimension(2) + (_append_bias ? 1 : 0);
+                mat_weights_rows = weights_info.kernel_size().first * weights_info.kernel_size().second * input->info()->dimension(idx_channel) + (_append_bias ? 1 : 0);
             }
         }
         else
@@ -325,48 +341,56 @@
         }
     }
 
-    // Create tensor to store im2col reshaped inputs
-    const unsigned int mat_input_cols = mat_weights_rows;
-    const unsigned int mat_input_rows = conv_w * conv_h;
-
-    TensorShape shape_im2col(input->info()->tensor_shape());
-    shape_im2col.set(0, mat_input_cols);
-    shape_im2col.set(1, mat_input_rows);
-    shape_im2col.set(2, 1);
-    _input_im2col_reshaped.allocator()->init(input->info()->clone()->set_is_resizable(true).reset_padding().set_tensor_shape(shape_im2col));
-    _memory_group.manage(&_input_im2col_reshaped);
-
-    // Create tensor (interleave) to prepare input tensor for GEMM
-    if(!_is_fully_connected_convolution && !run_optimised && _is_interleaved)
+    // In case we skip im2col we have to add bias
+    if(!_skip_im2col)
     {
-        TensorShape shape_interleaved(shape_im2col);
-        shape_interleaved.set(0, shape_interleaved.x() * 4);
-        shape_interleaved.set(1, std::ceil(shape_interleaved.y() / 4.f));
-        _input_interleaved_reshaped.allocator()->init(input->info()->clone()->set_is_resizable(true).reset_padding().set_tensor_shape(shape_interleaved));
-        _memory_group.manage(&_input_interleaved_reshaped);
+        const unsigned int mat_input_cols = mat_weights_rows;
+        const unsigned int mat_input_rows = conv_w * conv_h;
+
+        // Create tensor to store im2col reshaped inputs
+        TensorShape shape_im2col(input->info()->tensor_shape());
+        shape_im2col.set(0, mat_input_cols);
+        shape_im2col.set(1, mat_input_rows);
+        shape_im2col.set(2, 1);
+        _input_im2col_reshaped.allocator()->init(input->info()->clone()->set_is_resizable(true).reset_padding().set_tensor_shape(shape_im2col));
+        _memory_group.manage(&_input_im2col_reshaped);
+
+        // Create tensor (interleave) to prepare input tensor for GEMM
+        if(!_is_fully_connected_convolution && !run_optimised && _is_interleaved)
+        {
+            TensorShape shape_interleaved(shape_im2col);
+            shape_interleaved.set(idx_width, shape_interleaved.x() * 4);
+            shape_interleaved.set(idx_height, std::ceil(shape_interleaved[idx_height] / 4.f));
+            _input_interleaved_reshaped.allocator()->init(input->info()->clone()->set_is_resizable(true).reset_padding().set_tensor_shape(shape_interleaved));
+            _memory_group.manage(&_input_interleaved_reshaped);
+        }
+
+        // Create GEMM output tensor
+        TensorShape shape_gemm(_input_im2col_reshaped.info()->tensor_shape());
+        shape_gemm.set(0, mat_weights_cols);
+        shape_gemm.set(1, mat_input_rows);
+        const DataType gemm_data_type = _is_quantized ? DataType::S32 : dt;
+        // GEMM output should be S32 for acquiring raw integer accumulator without quantized postprocessing for quantized asymmetric input.
+        TensorInfo info_gemm(shape_gemm, 1, gemm_data_type, input->info()->fixed_point_position());
+        info_gemm.set_quantization_info(output->info()->quantization_info());
+        _gemm_output.allocator()->init(info_gemm);
+
+        // FIXME: enabling memory manager for _gemm_output gives incorrect results (maybe bound to the assembly kernel in GEMMLowp?)
+        //  _memory_group.manage(&_gemm_output);
+
+        // Configure im2col
+        _input_im2col_kernel.configure(input, &_input_im2col_reshaped, Size2D(kernel_width, kernel_height), conv_info, _append_bias, false, false, dilation);
     }
-
-    // Create GEMM output tensor
-    TensorShape shape_gemm(_input_im2col_reshaped.info()->tensor_shape());
-    shape_gemm.set(0, mat_weights_cols);
-    shape_gemm.set(1, mat_input_rows);
-    const DataType gemm_data_type = _is_quantized ? DataType::S32 : dt;
-    // GEMM output should be S32 for acquiring raw integer accumulator without quantized postprocessing for quantized asymmetric input.
-    TensorInfo info_gemm(shape_gemm, 1, gemm_data_type, input->info()->fixed_point_position());
-    info_gemm.set_quantization_info(output->info()->quantization_info());
-    _gemm_output.allocator()->init(info_gemm);
-
-    // FIXME: enabling memory manager for _gemm_output gives incorrect results (maybe bound to the assembly kernel in GEMMLowp?)
-    //  _memory_group.manage(&_gemm_output);
-
-    // Configure kernels
-    // Configure im2col
-    _input_im2col_kernel.configure(input, &_input_im2col_reshaped, Size2D(kernel_width, kernel_height), conv_info, _append_bias, false, false, dilation);
+    else if(_append_bias)
+    {
+        // Configure add bias kernel
+        _add_bias_kernel.configure(output, biases, output, ConvertPolicy::SATURATE);
+    }
 
     // Configure matrix multiply
     if(run_optimised)
     {
-        if(!setup_assembly_kernel(&_input_im2col_reshaped, weights, &_gemm_output, 1.f, 0.f, true, _workspace, _B_pretransposed, _memory_group, _asm_glue))
+        if(!setup_assembly_kernel(_skip_im2col ? input : &_input_im2col_reshaped, weights, is_nhwc ? output : &_gemm_output, 1.f, 0.f, true, _workspace, _B_pretransposed, _memory_group, _asm_glue))
         {
             ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR("setup_assembly_kernel failed.");
         }
@@ -379,8 +403,8 @@
             _input_interleave_kernel.configure(&_input_im2col_reshaped, &_input_interleaved_reshaped);
 
             // Configure GEMM
-            configure_mm(&_input_interleaved_reshaped, weights, &_gemm_output, _is_interleaved, GEMMReshapeInfo(_input_im2col_reshaped.info()->dimension(1), 0 /* no transpose */,
-                                                                                                                _input_im2col_reshaped.info()->dimension(0)));
+            configure_mm(&_input_interleaved_reshaped, weights, &_gemm_output, _is_interleaved, GEMMReshapeInfo(_input_im2col_reshaped.info()->dimension(idx_height), 0 /* no transpose */,
+                                                                                                                _input_im2col_reshaped.info()->dimension(idx_width)));
             _input_interleaved_reshaped.allocator()->allocate();
         }
         else
@@ -389,29 +413,36 @@
         }
     }
 
-    _input_im2col_reshaped.allocator()->allocate();
-
-    // Configure output stage for quantized case
-    if(_is_quantized)
+    if(!_skip_im2col)
     {
-        const QuantizationInfo output_quant_info = (output->info()->total_size() == 0) ? input->info()->quantization_info() : output->info()->quantization_info();
+        _input_im2col_reshaped.allocator()->allocate();
 
-        float multiplier = input->info()->quantization_info().scale * weights->info()->quantization_info().scale / output_quant_info.scale;
-        int   output_multiplier, output_shift;
-        quantization::calculate_quantized_multiplier_less_than_one(multiplier, &output_multiplier, &output_shift);
-        _memory_group.manage(&_tmp_output);
-        _gemmlowp_output_stage.configure(&_gemm_output, biases, &_tmp_output, output_multiplier, output_shift, output_quant_info.offset);
+        // Configure output stage for quantized case
+        if(_is_quantized)
+        {
+            const QuantizationInfo output_quant_info = (output->info()->total_size() == 0) ? input->info()->quantization_info() : output->info()->quantization_info();
+
+            float multiplier = input->info()->quantization_info().scale * weights->info()->quantization_info().scale / output_quant_info.scale;
+            int   output_multiplier, output_shift;
+            quantization::calculate_quantized_multiplier_less_than_one(multiplier, &output_multiplier, &output_shift);
+            _memory_group.manage(&_tmp_output);
+            _gemmlowp_output_stage.configure(&_gemm_output, biases, &_tmp_output, output_multiplier, output_shift, output_quant_info.offset);
+        }
+
+        // Configure Col2Im
+        if(!is_nhwc)
+        {
+            _output_col2im_kernel.configure(_is_quantized ? &_tmp_output : &_gemm_output, output, Size2D(conv_w, conv_h));
+        }
+
+        if(_is_quantized)
+        {
+            _tmp_output.allocator()->allocate();
+        }
+        _gemm_output.allocator()->allocate();
     }
 
-    // Configure Col2Im
-    _output_col2im_kernel.configure(_is_quantized ? &_tmp_output : &_gemm_output, output, Size2D(conv_w, conv_h));
-    if(_is_quantized)
-    {
-        _tmp_output.allocator()->allocate();
-    }
-    _gemm_output.allocator()->allocate();
-
-    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MSG((output->info()->dimension(0) != conv_w) || (output->info()->dimension(1) != conv_h), "Output shape does not match the expected one");
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MSG((output->info()->dimension(idx_width) != conv_w) || (output->info()->dimension(idx_height) != conv_h), "Output shape does not match the expected one");
 
     // Allocate intermediate tensor
     if(!_are_weights_reshaped)
@@ -433,6 +464,7 @@
 
     DataType     dt{};
     bool         append_bias{};
+    bool         skip_im2col{};
     bool         are_weights_reshaped{};
     bool         is_fully_connected_convolution{};
     bool         is_interleaved{};
@@ -445,7 +477,12 @@
     unsigned int conv_w           = 0;
     unsigned int conv_h           = 0;
 
-    Status status = validate_and_initialize_values(input, weights, biases, conv_info, weights_info, act_info, dt, append_bias, are_weights_reshaped, kernel_width, kernel_height,
+    const DataLayout data_layout = input->data_layout();
+    const bool       is_nhwc     = data_layout == DataLayout::NHWC;
+    const int        idx_width   = get_data_layout_dimension_index(data_layout, DataLayoutDimension::WIDTH);
+    const int        idx_height  = get_data_layout_dimension_index(data_layout, DataLayoutDimension::HEIGHT);
+
+    Status status = validate_and_initialize_values(input, weights, biases, conv_info, weights_info, act_info, dt, append_bias, skip_im2col, are_weights_reshaped, kernel_width, kernel_height,
                                                    is_fully_connected_convolution, is_interleaved, is_quantized, is_activationlayer_enabled, mat_weights_cols, mat_weights_rows,
                                                    conv_w, conv_h, dilation);
 
@@ -461,7 +498,6 @@
         optimised_kernel = true;
     }
 
-    // Validate im2col
     const unsigned int mat_input_cols = mat_weights_rows;
     const unsigned int mat_input_rows = conv_w * conv_h;
     TensorShape        shape_im2col   = input->tensor_shape();
@@ -469,7 +505,17 @@
     shape_im2col.set(1, mat_input_rows);
     shape_im2col.set(2, 1);
     TensorInfo im2_col_info = input->clone()->set_tensor_shape(shape_im2col);
-    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(NEIm2ColKernel::validate(input, &im2_col_info, kernel_weights, conv_info, append_bias, false, false, dilation));
+
+    if(!skip_im2col)
+    {
+        // Validate im2col
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(NEIm2ColKernel::validate(input, &im2_col_info, kernel_weights, conv_info, append_bias, false, false, dilation));
+    }
+    else if(append_bias)
+    {
+        // Validate add bias kernel
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(NEArithmeticAdditionKernel::validate(output, biases, output, ConvertPolicy::SATURATE));
+    }
 
     // Create GEMM output tensor
     TensorShape shape_gemm(im2_col_info.tensor_shape());
@@ -511,8 +557,8 @@
         if(is_interleaved)
         {
             TensorShape shape_interleaved = shape_im2col;
-            shape_interleaved.set(0, shape_interleaved.x() * 4);
-            shape_interleaved.set(1, std::ceil(shape_interleaved.y() / 4.f));
+            shape_interleaved.set(idx_width, shape_interleaved.x() * 4);
+            shape_interleaved.set(idx_height, std::ceil(shape_interleaved.y() / 4.f));
             TensorInfo input_interleaved_info = input->clone()->set_tensor_shape(shape_interleaved);
             ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(NEGEMMInterleave4x4Kernel::validate(&im2_col_info, &input_interleaved_info));
             ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(NEGEMMMatrixMultiplyKernel::validate(&input_interleaved_info, weights, &gemm_output_info, 1.f, is_interleaved, GEMMReshapeInfo(shape_im2col[1],            // m
@@ -524,10 +570,12 @@
             ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(NEGEMMMatrixMultiplyKernel::validate(&im2_col_info, weights, &gemm_output_info, 1.f, is_interleaved, GEMMReshapeInfo()));
         }
     }
+    if(!is_nhwc)
+    {
+        ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(NECol2ImKernel::validate(&gemm_output_info, output, Size2D(conv_w, conv_h)));
+    }
 
-    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ON_ERROR(NECol2ImKernel::validate(&gemm_output_info, output, Size2D(conv_w, conv_h)));
-
-    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MSG((output->dimension(0) != conv_w) || (output->dimension(1) != conv_h), "Output shape does not match the expected one");
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MSG((output->dimension(idx_width) != conv_w) || (output->dimension(idx_height) != conv_h), "Output shape does not match the expected one");
 
     if(act_info.enabled())
     {
@@ -553,8 +601,12 @@
 
     _memory_group.acquire();
 
-    // Run input reshaping
-    NEScheduler::get().schedule(&_input_im2col_kernel, Window::DimY);
+    if(!_skip_im2col)
+    {
+        // Run input reshaping
+        unsigned int _y_dim = get_data_layout_dimension_index(_data_layout, DataLayoutDimension::HEIGHT);
+        NEScheduler::get().schedule(&_input_im2col_kernel, _y_dim);
+    }
 
     // Runs matrix multiply on reshaped matrices
     if(_asm_glue._optimised_kernel != nullptr)
@@ -585,6 +637,11 @@
         }
     }
 
+    if(_skip_im2col && _append_bias)
+    {
+        NEScheduler::get().schedule(&_add_bias_kernel, Window::DimY);
+    }
+
     // Run output stage for quantized case
     if(_is_quantized)
     {
@@ -592,7 +649,10 @@
     }
 
     // Reshape output matrix
-    NEScheduler::get().schedule(&_output_col2im_kernel, Window::DimY);
+    if(_data_layout == DataLayout::NCHW)
+    {
+        NEScheduler::get().schedule(&_output_col2im_kernel, Window::DimY);
+    }
 
     if(_is_activationlayer_enabled)
     {
diff --git a/tests/validation/CL/ConvolutionLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/CL/ConvolutionLayer.cpp
index a2b55a8..935a6eb 100644
--- a/tests/validation/CL/ConvolutionLayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/CL/ConvolutionLayer.cpp
@@ -198,20 +198,22 @@
 TEST_SUITE(Float)
 TEST_SUITE(FP16)
 
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CLGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CLGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallConvolutionLayerDataset(),
                                                                                                                  framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                  framework::dataset::make("DataType",
                                                                                                                          DataType::F16)),
+                                                                                                                 framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW })),
                                                                                                                  ActivationFunctionsDataset))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16, tolerance_num);
 }
 
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, CLGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, CLGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeConvolutionLayerDataset(),
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataType",
                                                                                                                                DataType::F16)),
+                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW })),
                                                                                                                ActivationFunctionsDataset))
 {
     // Validate output
@@ -221,20 +223,22 @@
 
 TEST_SUITE(FP32)
 
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CLGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CLGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallConvolutionLayerDataset(),
                                                                                                                   framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                   framework::dataset::make("DataType",
                                                                                                                           DataType::F32)),
+                                                                                                                  framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW })),
                                                                                                                   ActivationFunctionsDataset))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
 }
 
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, CLGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, CLGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeConvolutionLayerDataset(),
                                                                                                                         framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                         framework::dataset::make("DataType",
                                                                                                                                 DataType::F32)),
+                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW })),
                                                                                                                 ActivationFunctionsDataset))
 {
     // Validate output
diff --git a/tests/validation/CL/DilatedConvolutionLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/CL/DilatedConvolutionLayer.cpp
index 9ee002c..d02497d 100644
--- a/tests/validation/CL/DilatedConvolutionLayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/CL/DilatedConvolutionLayer.cpp
@@ -164,17 +164,19 @@
 
 TEST_SUITE(Float)
 TEST_SUITE(FP16)
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CLGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CLGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
                                                                                                                         framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                         framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
+                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW })),
                                                                                                                         framework::dataset::make("ActivationLayerInfo", ActivationLayerInfo())))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16, tolerance_num);
 }
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, CLGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, CLGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
+                                                                                                                      framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW })),
                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("ActivationLayerInfo", ActivationLayerInfo())))
 {
     // Validate output
@@ -183,17 +185,19 @@
 TEST_SUITE_END()
 
 TEST_SUITE(FP32)
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CLGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CLGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
                        framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
+                       framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW })),
                        framework::dataset::make("ActivationLayerInfo", ActivationLayerInfo())))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(CLAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
 }
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, CLGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, CLGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
+                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW })),
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("ActivationLayerInfo", ActivationLayerInfo())))
 {
     // Validate output
diff --git a/tests/validation/GLES_COMPUTE/ConvolutionLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/GLES_COMPUTE/ConvolutionLayer.cpp
index bc0170f..0f81512 100644
--- a/tests/validation/GLES_COMPUTE/ConvolutionLayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/GLES_COMPUTE/ConvolutionLayer.cpp
@@ -117,19 +117,23 @@
 
 TEST_SUITE(Float)
 TEST_SUITE(FP16)
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, GCConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, GCConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallConvolutionLayerDataset(),
                                                                                                                      framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                      framework::dataset::make("DataType",
                                                                                                                              DataType::F16)),
+                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("DataLayout",
+                                                                                                                             DataLayout::NCHW)),
                                                                                                              ActivationFunctionsDataset))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(GCAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16, tolerance_num);
 }
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, GCConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, GCConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeConvolutionLayerDataset(),
                                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("DataType",
                                                                                                                            DataType::F16)),
+                                                                                                                   framework::dataset::make("DataLayout",
+                                                                                                                           DataLayout::NCHW)),
                                                                                                            ActivationFunctionsDataset))
 {
     // Validate output
@@ -138,17 +142,21 @@
 TEST_SUITE_END()
 
 TEST_SUITE(FP32)
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, GCConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, GCConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallConvolutionLayerDataset(),
                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
+                                                                                                                      framework::dataset::make("DataLayout",
+                                                                                                                              DataLayout::NCHW)),
                                                                                                               ActivationFunctionsDataset))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(GCAccessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32, tolerance_num);
 }
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, GCConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, GCConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeConvolutionLayerDataset(),
                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                     framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
+                                                                                                                    framework::dataset::make("DataLayout",
+                                                                                                                            DataLayout::NCHW)),
                                                                                                             ActivationFunctionsDataset))
 {
     // Validate output
diff --git a/tests/validation/NEON/ConvolutionLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/NEON/ConvolutionLayer.cpp
index 8b2e21e..4f59345 100644
--- a/tests/validation/NEON/ConvolutionLayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/NEON/ConvolutionLayer.cpp
@@ -194,17 +194,19 @@
 TEST_SUITE(Float)
 #ifdef __ARM_FEATURE_FP16_VECTOR_ARITHMETIC
 TEST_SUITE(FP16)
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NEGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                                                                                                                 framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NEGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+                                                                                                                 framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                  framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
+                                                                                                                 framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW })),
                                                                                                                  ActivationFunctionsDataset))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16);
 }
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, NEGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, NEGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
+                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW })),
                                                                                                                ActivationFunctionsDataset))
 {
     // Validate output
@@ -214,17 +216,19 @@
 #endif /* __ARM_FEATURE_FP16_VECTOR_ARITHMETIC */
 
 TEST_SUITE(FP32)
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NEGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                                                                                                                  framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NEGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+                                                                                                                  framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                   framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
+                                                                                                                  framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW, DataLayout::NHWC })),
                                                                                                                   ActivationFunctionsDataset))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
 }
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, NEGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, NEGEMMConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                         framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
+                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW, DataLayout::NHWC })),
                                                                                                                 ActivationFunctionsDataset))
 {
     // Validate output
@@ -240,7 +244,7 @@
 TEST_SUITE(QS8)
 // We test for fixed point precision [4,6]
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunTiny, NEGEMMConvolutionLayerFixedPointFixture<int8_t>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::TinyConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QS8)),
                        framework::dataset::make("FractionalBits", 4, 7)),
                        ActivationFunctionsDataset))
@@ -249,7 +253,7 @@
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_q);
 }
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NEGEMMConvolutionLayerFixedPointFixture<int8_t>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QS8)),
                        framework::dataset::make("FractionalBits", 4, 7)),
                        ActivationFunctionsDataset))
@@ -262,7 +266,7 @@
 TEST_SUITE(QS16)
 // Testing for fixed point position [1,14)
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunTiny, NEGEMMConvolutionLayerFixedPointFixture<int16_t>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::TinyConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QS16)),
                        framework::dataset::make("FractionalBits", 1, 14)),
                        ActivationFunctionsDataset))
@@ -271,7 +275,7 @@
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_q);
 }
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NEGEMMConvolutionLayerFixedPointFixture<int16_t>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QS16)),
                        framework::dataset::make("FractionalBits", 1, 14)),
                        ActivationFunctionsDataset))
diff --git a/tests/validation/NEON/DilatedConvolutionLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/NEON/DilatedConvolutionLayer.cpp
index 358cec3..d9fd093 100644
--- a/tests/validation/NEON/DilatedConvolutionLayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/NEON/DilatedConvolutionLayer.cpp
@@ -157,17 +157,19 @@
 TEST_SUITE(Float)
 #ifdef __ARM_FEATURE_FP16_VECTOR_ARITHMETIC
 TEST_SUITE(FP16)
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NEGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NEGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                         framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
+                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW })),
                                                                                                                         framework::dataset::make("ActivationLayerInfo", ActivationLayerInfo())))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f16);
 }
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, NEGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                                                                                                                      framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, NEGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<half>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+                                                                                                                      framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F16)),
+                                                                                                                      framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW })),
                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("ActivationLayerInfo", ActivationLayerInfo())))
 {
     // Validate output
@@ -177,17 +179,19 @@
 #endif /* __ARM_FEATURE_FP16_VECTOR_ARITHMETIC */
 
 TEST_SUITE(FP32)
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NEGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NEGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
+                       framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW, DataLayout::NHWC })),
                        framework::dataset::make("ActivationLayerInfo", ActivationLayerInfo())))
 {
     // Validate output
     validate(Accessor(_target), _reference, tolerance_f32);
 }
-FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, NEGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunLarge, NEGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixture<float>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY, combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::LargeDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
+                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::F32)),
+                                                                                                                       framework::dataset::make("DataLayout", { DataLayout::NCHW, DataLayout::NHWC })),
                                                                                                                        framework::dataset::make("ActivationLayerInfo", ActivationLayerInfo())))
 {
     // Validate output
@@ -204,7 +208,7 @@
 // We test for fixed point precision [4,6]
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunTiny, NEGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixedPointFixture<int8_t>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT,
                        combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::TinyDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                                                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+                                                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QS8)),
                                        framework::dataset::make("FractionalBits", 4, 7)),
                                framework::dataset::make("ActivationLayerInfo", ActivationLayerInfo())))
@@ -214,7 +218,7 @@
 }
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NEGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixedPointFixture<int8_t>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY,
                        combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                                                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+                                                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QS8)),
                                        framework::dataset::make("FractionalBits", 4, 7)),
                                framework::dataset::make("ActivationLayerInfo", ActivationLayerInfo())))
@@ -228,7 +232,7 @@
 // Testing for fixed point position [1,14)
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunTiny, NEGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixedPointFixture<int16_t>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT,
                        combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::TinyDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                                                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+                                                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QS16)),
                                        framework::dataset::make("FractionalBits", 1, 14)),
                                framework::dataset::make("ActivationLayerInfo", ActivationLayerInfo())))
@@ -238,7 +242,7 @@
 }
 FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, NEGEMMDilatedConvolutionLayerFixedPointFixture<int16_t>, framework::DatasetMode::NIGHTLY,
                        combine(combine(combine(combine(datasets::SmallDilatedConvolutionLayerDataset(),
-                                                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true, false })),
+                                                       framework::dataset::make("ReshapeWeights", { true })),
                                                framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QS16)),
                                        framework::dataset::make("FractionalBits", 1, 14)),
                                framework::dataset::make("ActivationLayerInfo", ActivationLayerInfo())))
diff --git a/tests/validation/fixtures/ConvolutionLayerFixture.h b/tests/validation/fixtures/ConvolutionLayerFixture.h
index 1bcffed..93de24d 100644
--- a/tests/validation/fixtures/ConvolutionLayerFixture.h
+++ b/tests/validation/fixtures/ConvolutionLayerFixture.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "tests/validation/Helpers.h"
 #include "tests/validation/reference/ActivationLayer.h"
 #include "tests/validation/reference/ConvolutionLayer.h"
+#include "tests/validation/reference/Permute.h"
 #include "tests/validation/reference/Utils.h"
 
 #include <random>
@@ -56,13 +57,14 @@
 public:
     template <typename...>
     void setup(TensorShape input_shape, TensorShape weights_shape, TensorShape bias_shape, TensorShape output_shape, PadStrideInfo info, Size2D dilation, bool reshape_weights,
-               DataType data_type, int fractional_bits, QuantizationInfo quantization_info, ActivationLayerInfo act_info)
+               DataType data_type, DataLayout data_layout, int fractional_bits, QuantizationInfo quantization_info, ActivationLayerInfo act_info)
     {
         _data_type         = data_type;
         _is_quantized      = is_data_type_quantized_asymmetric(data_type);
         _bias_data_type    = _is_quantized ? DataType::S32 : data_type;
         _fractional_bits   = fractional_bits;
         _quantization_info = quantization_info;
+        _data_layout       = data_layout;
 
         _target    = compute_target(input_shape, weights_shape, bias_shape, output_shape, info, reshape_weights, dilation, act_info);
         _reference = compute_reference(input_shape, weights_shape, bias_shape, output_shape, info, dilation, act_info);
@@ -98,46 +100,27 @@
         }
     }
 
-    TensorType compute_target(const TensorShape &input_shape, const TensorShape &weights_shape, const TensorShape &bias_shape, const TensorShape &output_shape, const PadStrideInfo &info,
+    TensorType compute_target(TensorShape input_shape, TensorShape weights_shape, const TensorShape &bias_shape, TensorShape output_shape, const PadStrideInfo &info,
                               bool reshape_weights, const Size2D &dilation, const ActivationLayerInfo act_info)
     {
-        const bool is_optimised = std::is_same<FunctionType, NEConvolutionLayer>::value && _data_type == DataType::F32;
-
-        WeightsInfo weights_info(!reshape_weights, weights_shape.x(), weights_shape.y(), weights_shape[3]);
-        TensorShape reshaped_weights_shape(weights_shape);
-
-        if(!reshape_weights)
+        if(_data_layout == DataLayout::NHWC)
         {
-            // Check if its a "fully connected" convolution
-            const bool is_fully_connected_convolution = (output_shape.x() == 1 && output_shape.y() == 1);
-
-            reshaped_weights_shape.collapse(3);
-
-            if(bias_shape.total_size() > 0 && !_is_quantized)
-            {
-                // Add bias to the weights reshaped matrix
-                reshaped_weights_shape.set(0, reshaped_weights_shape.x() + 1);
-            }
-
-            if(is_fully_connected_convolution || is_optimised)
-            {
-                const size_t shape_x = reshaped_weights_shape.x();
-                reshaped_weights_shape.set(0, reshaped_weights_shape.y());
-                reshaped_weights_shape.set(1, shape_x);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                const int interleave_width = 16 / data_size_from_type(_data_type);
-                reshaped_weights_shape.set(0, reshaped_weights_shape.x() * interleave_width);
-                reshaped_weights_shape.set(1, static_cast<unsigned int>(std::ceil(reshaped_weights_shape.y() / static_cast<float>(interleave_width))));
-            }
+            permute(input_shape, PermutationVector(2U, 0U, 1U));
+            permute(weights_shape, PermutationVector(2U, 0U, 1U));
+            permute(output_shape, PermutationVector(2U, 0U, 1U));
         }
 
+        const int idx_width  = get_data_layout_dimension_index(_data_layout, DataLayoutDimension::WIDTH);
+        const int idx_height = get_data_layout_dimension_index(_data_layout, DataLayoutDimension::HEIGHT);
+
+        WeightsInfo weights_info(!reshape_weights, weights_shape[idx_width], weights_shape[idx_height], weights_shape[3]);
+        TensorShape reshaped_weights_shape(weights_shape);
+
         // Create tensors
-        TensorType src     = create_tensor<TensorType>(input_shape, _data_type, 1, _fractional_bits, _quantization_info);
-        TensorType weights = create_tensor<TensorType>(reshaped_weights_shape, _data_type, 1, _fractional_bits, _quantization_info);
-        TensorType bias    = create_tensor<TensorType>(bias_shape, _bias_data_type, 1, _fractional_bits, _quantization_info);
-        TensorType dst     = create_tensor<TensorType>(output_shape, _data_type, 1, _fractional_bits, _quantization_info);
+        TensorType src     = create_tensor<TensorType>(input_shape, _data_type, 1, _fractional_bits, _quantization_info, _data_layout);
+        TensorType weights = create_tensor<TensorType>(reshaped_weights_shape, _data_type, 1, _fractional_bits, _quantization_info, _data_layout);
+        TensorType bias    = create_tensor<TensorType>(bias_shape, _bias_data_type, 1, _fractional_bits, _quantization_info, _data_layout);
+        TensorType dst     = create_tensor<TensorType>(output_shape, _data_type, 1, _fractional_bits, _quantization_info, _data_layout);
 
         // Create and configure function
         FunctionType conv;
@@ -161,48 +144,8 @@
 
         // Fill tensors
         fill(AccessorType(src), 0);
-
-        if(!reshape_weights)
-        {
-            const bool      is_fully_connected_convolution = (output_shape.x() == 1 && output_shape.y() == 1);
-            TensorShape     tmp_weights_shape(weights_shape);
-            SimpleTensor<T> tmp_weights(tmp_weights_shape, _data_type, 1, _fractional_bits, _quantization_info);
-
-            // Fill with original shape
-            fill(tmp_weights, 1);
-
-            if(_is_quantized)
-            {
-                fill(AccessorType(bias), 2);
-                tmp_weights = linearise_weights(tmp_weights);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                SimpleTensor<T> tmp_bias(bias_shape, _bias_data_type, 1, _fractional_bits, _quantization_info);
-                fill(tmp_bias, 2);
-                tmp_weights = linearise_weights(tmp_weights, &tmp_bias);
-            }
-
-            if(!is_fully_connected_convolution && !is_optimised)
-            {
-                // Transpose with interleave
-                const int interleave_size = 16 / tmp_weights.element_size();
-                tmp_weights               = transpose(std::move(tmp_weights), interleave_size);
-            }
-
-            AccessorType weights_accessor(weights);
-
-            for(int i = 0; i < tmp_weights.num_elements(); ++i)
-            {
-                Coordinates coord = index2coord(tmp_weights.shape(), i);
-                std::copy_n(static_cast<const T *>(tmp_weights(coord)), 1, static_cast<T *>(weights_accessor(coord)));
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            fill(AccessorType(weights), 1);
-            fill(AccessorType(bias), 2);
-        }
+        fill(AccessorType(weights), 1);
+        fill(AccessorType(bias), 2);
 
         // Compute NEConvolutionLayer function
         conv.run();
@@ -232,53 +175,10 @@
     SimpleTensor<T>  _reference{};
     DataType         _data_type{};
     DataType         _bias_data_type{};
+    DataLayout       _data_layout{};
     int              _fractional_bits{};
     QuantizationInfo _quantization_info{};
     bool             _is_quantized = false;
-
-private:
-    template <typename U>
-    SimpleTensor<U> linearise_weights(const SimpleTensor<U> &weights, const SimpleTensor<U> *biases = nullptr)
-    {
-        TensorShape dst_shape(weights.shape());
-        dst_shape.collapse(3);
-
-        if(biases != nullptr)
-        {
-            dst_shape.set(0, dst_shape.x() + 1);
-        }
-
-        const size_t shape_x = dst_shape.x();
-        dst_shape.set(0, dst_shape.y());
-        dst_shape.set(1, shape_x);
-
-        SimpleTensor<U> dst(dst_shape, weights.data_type());
-
-        // Don't iterate over biases yet
-        for(int weights_idx = 0; weights_idx < weights.num_elements(); ++weights_idx)
-        {
-            Coordinates weights_coord = index2coord(weights.shape(), weights_idx);
-            const int   dst_row       = weights_idx % weights.shape().total_size_lower(3);
-            Coordinates dst_coord{ weights_coord[3], dst_row, weights_coord[4] };
-            const int   dst_idx = coord2index(dst.shape(), dst_coord);
-
-            dst[dst_idx] = weights[weights_idx];
-        }
-        if(biases != nullptr)
-        {
-            // Fill last row with biases
-            for(int bias_idx = 0; bias_idx < biases->num_elements(); ++bias_idx)
-            {
-                Coordinates bias_coord = index2coord(biases->shape(), bias_idx);
-                Coordinates dst_coord{ bias_coord.x(), static_cast<int>(dst.shape().y()) - 1, bias_coord.y() };
-                int         dst_idx = coord2index(dst.shape(), dst_coord);
-
-                dst[dst_idx] = (*biases)[bias_idx];
-            }
-        }
-
-        return dst;
-    }
 };
 
 template <typename TensorType, typename AccessorType, typename FunctionType, typename T>
@@ -287,11 +187,10 @@
 public:
     template <typename...>
     void setup(TensorShape input_shape, TensorShape weights_shape, TensorShape bias_shape, TensorShape output_shape, PadStrideInfo info, Size2D dilation, bool reshape_weights, DataType data_type,
-               ActivationLayerInfo act_info)
+               DataLayout data_layout, ActivationLayerInfo act_info)
     {
-        ConvolutionValidationGenericFixture<TensorType, AccessorType, FunctionType, T>::setup(input_shape, weights_shape, bias_shape, output_shape, info, dilation, reshape_weights, data_type, 0,
-                                                                                              QuantizationInfo(),
-                                                                                              act_info);
+        ConvolutionValidationGenericFixture<TensorType, AccessorType, FunctionType, T>::setup(input_shape, weights_shape, bias_shape, output_shape, info, dilation, reshape_weights, data_type, data_layout, 0,
+                                                                                              QuantizationInfo(), act_info);
     }
 };
 
@@ -301,11 +200,11 @@
 public:
     template <typename...>
     void setup(TensorShape input_shape, TensorShape weights_shape, TensorShape bias_shape, TensorShape output_shape, PadStrideInfo info, Size2D dilation, bool reshape_weights, DataType data_type,
-               int                 fractional_bits,
-               ActivationLayerInfo act_info)
+               int fractional_bits, ActivationLayerInfo act_info)
     {
-        ConvolutionValidationGenericFixture<TensorType, AccessorType, FunctionType, T>::setup(input_shape, weights_shape, bias_shape, output_shape, info, dilation, reshape_weights, data_type, fractional_bits,
-                                                                                              QuantizationInfo(), act_info);
+        ConvolutionValidationGenericFixture<TensorType, AccessorType, FunctionType, T>::setup(input_shape, weights_shape, bias_shape, output_shape, info, dilation, reshape_weights, data_type,
+                                                                                              DataLayout::NCHW,
+                                                                                              fractional_bits, QuantizationInfo(), act_info);
     }
 };
 
@@ -317,7 +216,8 @@
     void setup(TensorShape input_shape, TensorShape weights_shape, TensorShape bias_shape, TensorShape output_shape, PadStrideInfo info, Size2D dilation, bool reshape_weights, DataType data_type,
                QuantizationInfo quantization_info, ActivationLayerInfo act_info)
     {
-        ConvolutionValidationGenericFixture<TensorType, AccessorType, FunctionType, T>::setup(input_shape, weights_shape, bias_shape, output_shape, info, dilation, reshape_weights, data_type, 0,
+        ConvolutionValidationGenericFixture<TensorType, AccessorType, FunctionType, T>::setup(input_shape, weights_shape, bias_shape, output_shape, info, dilation, reshape_weights, data_type,
+                                                                                              DataLayout::NCHW, 0,
                                                                                               quantization_info, act_info);
     }
 };
diff --git a/tests/validation/reference/ConvolutionLayer.cpp b/tests/validation/reference/ConvolutionLayer.cpp
index 617e85c..fe558ba 100644
--- a/tests/validation/reference/ConvolutionLayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/reference/ConvolutionLayer.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "tests/validation/FixedPoint.h"
 #include "tests/validation/Helpers.h"
 #include "tests/validation/reference/Convolution3d.h"
+#include "tests/validation/reference/Permute.h"
 #include "tests/validation/reference/Utils.h"
 #include "tests/validation/reference/UtilsQuantizedAsymm.h"
 
@@ -46,12 +47,9 @@
 } // namespace
 
 template <typename T, typename TB>
-SimpleTensor<T> convolution_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, const SimpleTensor<T> &weights, const SimpleTensor<TB> &bias, const TensorShape &output_shape, const PadStrideInfo &info,
-                                  const Size2D &dilation)
+SimpleTensor<T> convolution_layer_nchw(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, const SimpleTensor<T> &weights, const SimpleTensor<TB> &bias, SimpleTensor<T> &dst, const PadStrideInfo &info,
+                                       const Size2D &dilation)
 {
-    // Create reference
-    SimpleTensor<T> dst{ output_shape, src.data_type(), 1, src.fixed_point_position(), src.quantization_info() };
-
     // Compute reference
     const int width_in       = src.shape().x();
     const int height_in      = src.shape().y();
@@ -105,6 +103,26 @@
 
     return dst;
 }
+template <typename T, typename TB>
+SimpleTensor<T> convolution_layer(const SimpleTensor<T> &src, const SimpleTensor<T> &weights, const SimpleTensor<TB> &bias, const TensorShape &output_shape, const PadStrideInfo &info,
+                                  const Size2D &dilation)
+{
+    // Create reference
+    SimpleTensor<T> dst{ output_shape, src.data_type(), 1, src.fixed_point_position(), src.quantization_info() };
+
+    if(src.data_layout() == DataLayout::NHWC)
+    {
+        SimpleTensor<T> src_nchw     = reference::permute<T>(src, PermutationVector(1U, 2U, 0U));
+        SimpleTensor<T> weights_nchw = reference::permute<T>(weights, PermutationVector(1U, 2U, 0U));
+        SimpleTensor<T> dst_nchw     = reference::permute<T>(dst, PermutationVector(1U, 2U, 0U));
+
+        return reference::permute<T>(convolution_layer_nchw(src_nchw, weights_nchw, bias, dst_nchw, info, dilation), PermutationVector(2U, 0U, 1U));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return convolution_layer_nchw(src, weights, bias, dst, info, dilation);
+    }
+}
 
 template SimpleTensor<float> convolution_layer(const SimpleTensor<float> &src, const SimpleTensor<float> &weights, const SimpleTensor<float> &bias, const TensorShape &output_shape,
                                                const PadStrideInfo &info, const Size2D &dilation);
diff --git a/tests/validation/reference/Permute.cpp b/tests/validation/reference/Permute.cpp
index c670c3e..bbb2e8d 100644
--- a/tests/validation/reference/Permute.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/reference/Permute.cpp
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@
     return dst;
 }
 
+template SimpleTensor<int8_t> permute(const SimpleTensor<int8_t> &src, PermutationVector perm);
 template SimpleTensor<uint8_t> permute(const SimpleTensor<uint8_t> &src, PermutationVector perm);
+template SimpleTensor<int16_t> permute(const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &src, PermutationVector perm);
 template SimpleTensor<uint16_t> permute(const SimpleTensor<uint16_t> &src, PermutationVector perm);
 template SimpleTensor<uint32_t> permute(const SimpleTensor<uint32_t> &src, PermutationVector perm);
-template SimpleTensor<int8_t> permute(const SimpleTensor<int8_t> &src, PermutationVector perm);
-template SimpleTensor<int16_t> permute(const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &src, PermutationVector perm);
 template SimpleTensor<float> permute(const SimpleTensor<float> &src, PermutationVector perm);
 template SimpleTensor<half> permute(const SimpleTensor<half> &src, PermutationVector perm);
 } // namespace reference