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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2018 ARM Limited.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+#ifdef __aarch64__
+
+#include "arm_gemm.hpp"
+#include "gemm_common.hpp"
+#include "gemm_interleaved.hpp"
+
+#include "kernels/a64_gemm_s16_12x8.hpp"
+
+namespace arm_gemm
+{
+template <>
+UniqueGemmCommon<int16_t, int32_t> gemm<int16_t, int32_t>(const CPUInfo &ci, const unsigned int M, const unsigned int N, const unsigned int K,
+                                                          const bool trA, const bool trB, const int32_t alpha, const int32_t beta,
+                                                          const int maxthreads, const bool pretransposed_hint)
+{
+    return UniqueGemmCommon<int16_t, int32_t>(new GemmInterleaved<gemm_s16_12x8, int16_t, int32_t>(&ci, M, N, K, trA, trB, alpha, beta, maxthreads, pretransposed_hint));
+}
+
+// Instantiate static class members
+const int gemm_s16_12x8::out_width;
+const int gemm_s16_12x8::out_height;
+
+} // namespace arm_gemm
+
+#endif // __aarch64__