diff --git a/source/application/hal/platforms/bare-metal/bsp/mem_layout/mps3-sse-300.ld b/source/application/hal/platforms/bare-metal/bsp/mem_layout/mps3-sse-300.ld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bb99cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/application/hal/platforms/bare-metal/bsp/mem_layout/mps3-sse-300.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+__STACK_SIZE = 0x00060000;
+__HEAP_SIZE  = 0x000f0000;
+
+/* System memory brief */
+MEMORY
+{
+  ITCM  (rx)  : ORIGIN = 0x00000000, LENGTH = 0x00080000
+  DTCM  (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 0x00080000
+  BRAM  (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x11000000, LENGTH = 0x00200000
+  SRAM  (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x31000000, LENGTH = 0x00400000
+  DDR   (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x70000000, LENGTH = 0x02000000
+}
+
+/* Linker script to place sections and symbol values. Should be used together
+ * with other linker script that defines memory regions ITCM and RAM.
+ * It references following symbols, which must be defined in code:
+ *   Reset_Handler : Entry of reset handler
+ *
+ * It defines following symbols, which code can use without definition:
+ *   __exidx_start
+ *   __exidx_end
+ *   __copy_table_start__
+ *   __copy_table_end__
+ *   __zero_table_start__
+ *   __zero_table_end__
+ *   __etext
+ *   __data_start__
+ *   __preinit_array_start
+ *   __preinit_array_end
+ *   __init_array_start
+ *   __init_array_end
+ *   __fini_array_start
+ *   __fini_array_end
+ *   __data_end__
+ *   __bss_start__
+ *   __bss_end__
+ *   __end__
+ *   end
+ *   __HeapLimit
+ *   __StackLimit
+ *   __StackTop
+ *   __stack
+ */
+ENTRY(Reset_Handler)
+
+SECTIONS
+{
+  .text.at_itcm :
+  {
+    KEEP(*(.vectors))
+    *(.text*)
+
+    KEEP(*(.init))
+    KEEP(*(.fini))
+
+    /* .ctors */
+    *crtbegin.o(.ctors)
+    *crtbegin?.o(.ctors)
+    *(EXCLUDE_FILE(*crtend?.o *crtend.o) .ctors)
+    *(SORT(.ctors.*))
+    *(.ctors)
+
+    /* .dtors */
+    *crtbegin.o(.dtors)
+    *crtbegin?.o(.dtors)
+    *(EXCLUDE_FILE(*crtend?.o *crtend.o) .dtors)
+    *(SORT(.dtors.*))
+    *(.dtors)
+
+    KEEP(*(.eh_frame*))
+  } > ITCM
+
+  .ARM.extab.at_itcm :
+  {
+    *(.ARM.extab* .gnu.linkonce.armextab.*)
+  } > ITCM
+
+  __exidx_start = .;
+  .ARM.exidx.at_itcm :
+  {
+    *(.ARM.exidx* .gnu.linkonce.armexidx.*)
+  } > ITCM
+  __exidx_end = .;
+
+  .zero.table.at_itcm :
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    __zero_table_start__ = .;
+
+    LONG (__bss_start__)
+    LONG ((__bss_end__ - __bss_start__)/4) /* Size is in 32-bit words */
+
+    __zero_table_end__ = .;
+  } > ITCM
+
+  .copy.table.at_itcm :
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    __copy_table_start__ = .;
+
+    /* Section to be copied - part 1: any data to be placed in BRAM */
+    LONG (__etext)
+    LONG (__data_start__)
+    LONG ((__data_end__ - __data_start__)/4) /* Size is in 32-bit words */
+
+    /* Section to be copied - part 2: RO data for for DTCM */
+    LONG (__etext2)
+    LONG (__ro_data_start__)
+    LONG ((__ro_data_end__ - __ro_data_start__)/4) /* Size is in 32-bit words */
+
+    __copy_table_end__ = .;
+  } > ITCM
+
+  __itcm_total = ALIGN(4);
+
+  ASSERT( __itcm_total < (ORIGIN(ITCM) + LENGTH(ITCM)), "ITCM overflow")
+
+  .sram :
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(16);
+    *(.bss.NoInit.activation_buf)
+    . = ALIGN(16);
+  } > SRAM AT > SRAM
+
+  .bss :
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    __bss_start__ = .;
+    *(.bss)
+    *(.bss.*)
+    *(COMMON)
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    __bss_end__ = .;
+  } > DTCM AT > DTCM
+
+  .stack (ORIGIN(DTCM) + LENGTH(DTCM) - __STACK_SIZE) (COPY) :
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(8);
+    __StackLimit = .;
+    . = . + __STACK_SIZE;
+    . = ALIGN(8);
+    __StackTop = .;
+  } > DTCM
+  PROVIDE(__stack = __StackTop);
+  ASSERT(
+    (__STACK_SIZE + __bss_end__ - __bss_start__) <= LENGTH(DTCM),
+    "DTCM overflow")
+
+  .ddr.at_ddr :
+  {
+    /* __attribute__((aligned(16))) is not handled by the CMSIS startup code.
+     * Force the alignment here as a workaround */
+    . = ALIGN(16);
+    *(ifm)
+    . = ALIGN(16);
+    *(nn_model)
+    . = ALIGN (16);
+    *(labels)
+    . = ALIGN (16);
+    *(activation_buf)
+    . = ALIGN (16);
+  } > DDR AT > DDR
+
+  /**
+   * Location counter can end up 2byte aligned with narrow Thumb code but
+   * __etext is assumed by startup code to be the LMA of a section in DTCM
+   * which must be 4byte aligned
+   */
+  __etext = ALIGN (4);
+
+  .bram.at_ddr :  AT (__etext)
+  {
+    __data_start__ = .;
+    *(vtable)
+    *(.data)
+    *(.data.*)
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_start = .);
+    KEEP(*(.preinit_array))
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_end = .);
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_start = .);
+    KEEP(*(SORT(.init_array.*)))
+    KEEP(*(.init_array))
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_end = .);
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_start = .);
+    KEEP(*(SORT(.fini_array.*)))
+    KEEP(*(.fini_array))
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_end = .);
+    KEEP(*(.jcr*))
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+
+    __data_end__ = .;
+  } > BRAM
+
+  __etext2 = __etext + (__data_end__ - __data_start__);
+
+  .data.at_ddr : AT (__etext2)
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    __ro_data_start__ = .;
+
+    *(.rodata*)
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    * (npu_driver_version)
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    * (npu_driver_arch_version)
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+
+    __ro_data_end__ = .;
+  } > BRAM
+
+  .heap (COPY) :
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(8);
+    __end__ = .;
+    PROVIDE(end = .);
+    . = . + __HEAP_SIZE;
+    . = ALIGN(8);
+    __HeapLimit = .;
+  } > BRAM
+
+  ASSERT (
+      (__ro_data_end__ - __ro_data_start__)
+    + (__data_end__  - __data_start__)
+    + __HEAP_SIZE <= LENGTH(BRAM),
+    "BRAM overflow")
+}
diff --git a/source/application/hal/platforms/bare-metal/bsp/mem_layout/mps3-sse-300.sct b/source/application/hal/platforms/bare-metal/bsp/mem_layout/mps3-sse-300.sct
index 327d511..55ed5d7 100644
--- a/source/application/hal/platforms/bare-metal/bsp/mem_layout/mps3-sse-300.sct
+++ b/source/application/hal/platforms/bare-metal/bsp/mem_layout/mps3-sse-300.sct
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@
 LOAD_REGION_1       0x70000000                  0x02000000
 {
     ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    ; 32 MiB of DRAM space for neural network model,
+    ; 32 MiB of DDR space for neural network model,
     ; input vectors and labels. If the activation buffer
     ; size required by the network is bigger than the
     ; SRAM size available, it is accommodated here.
     ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    dram.bin        0x70000000 ALIGN 16         0x02000000
+    ddr.bin        0x70000000 ALIGN 16         0x02000000
     {
         ; nn model's baked in input matrices
         *.o (ifm)
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@
     }
 
     ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    ; Remaining part of the 2MiB BRAM used as heap space.
-    ; 0x00200000 - 0x00040000 = 0x001C0000 (1.75 MiB)
+    ; 960 KiB of remaining part of the 2MiB BRAM used as
+    ; heap space. 0x000F0000 of 0x0x001C0000 available.
     ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    ARM_LIB_HEAP    0x11040000 EMPTY ALIGN 8    0x001C0000
+    ARM_LIB_HEAP    0x11040000 EMPTY ALIGN 8    0x000F0000
     {}
 }
diff --git a/source/application/hal/platforms/bare-metal/bsp/mem_layout/simple_platform.ld b/source/application/hal/platforms/bare-metal/bsp/mem_layout/simple_platform.ld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bb99cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/application/hal/platforms/bare-metal/bsp/mem_layout/simple_platform.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+__STACK_SIZE = 0x00060000;
+__HEAP_SIZE  = 0x000f0000;
+
+/* System memory brief */
+MEMORY
+{
+  ITCM  (rx)  : ORIGIN = 0x00000000, LENGTH = 0x00080000
+  DTCM  (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x20000000, LENGTH = 0x00080000
+  BRAM  (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x11000000, LENGTH = 0x00200000
+  SRAM  (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x31000000, LENGTH = 0x00400000
+  DDR   (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x70000000, LENGTH = 0x02000000
+}
+
+/* Linker script to place sections and symbol values. Should be used together
+ * with other linker script that defines memory regions ITCM and RAM.
+ * It references following symbols, which must be defined in code:
+ *   Reset_Handler : Entry of reset handler
+ *
+ * It defines following symbols, which code can use without definition:
+ *   __exidx_start
+ *   __exidx_end
+ *   __copy_table_start__
+ *   __copy_table_end__
+ *   __zero_table_start__
+ *   __zero_table_end__
+ *   __etext
+ *   __data_start__
+ *   __preinit_array_start
+ *   __preinit_array_end
+ *   __init_array_start
+ *   __init_array_end
+ *   __fini_array_start
+ *   __fini_array_end
+ *   __data_end__
+ *   __bss_start__
+ *   __bss_end__
+ *   __end__
+ *   end
+ *   __HeapLimit
+ *   __StackLimit
+ *   __StackTop
+ *   __stack
+ */
+ENTRY(Reset_Handler)
+
+SECTIONS
+{
+  .text.at_itcm :
+  {
+    KEEP(*(.vectors))
+    *(.text*)
+
+    KEEP(*(.init))
+    KEEP(*(.fini))
+
+    /* .ctors */
+    *crtbegin.o(.ctors)
+    *crtbegin?.o(.ctors)
+    *(EXCLUDE_FILE(*crtend?.o *crtend.o) .ctors)
+    *(SORT(.ctors.*))
+    *(.ctors)
+
+    /* .dtors */
+    *crtbegin.o(.dtors)
+    *crtbegin?.o(.dtors)
+    *(EXCLUDE_FILE(*crtend?.o *crtend.o) .dtors)
+    *(SORT(.dtors.*))
+    *(.dtors)
+
+    KEEP(*(.eh_frame*))
+  } > ITCM
+
+  .ARM.extab.at_itcm :
+  {
+    *(.ARM.extab* .gnu.linkonce.armextab.*)
+  } > ITCM
+
+  __exidx_start = .;
+  .ARM.exidx.at_itcm :
+  {
+    *(.ARM.exidx* .gnu.linkonce.armexidx.*)
+  } > ITCM
+  __exidx_end = .;
+
+  .zero.table.at_itcm :
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    __zero_table_start__ = .;
+
+    LONG (__bss_start__)
+    LONG ((__bss_end__ - __bss_start__)/4) /* Size is in 32-bit words */
+
+    __zero_table_end__ = .;
+  } > ITCM
+
+  .copy.table.at_itcm :
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    __copy_table_start__ = .;
+
+    /* Section to be copied - part 1: any data to be placed in BRAM */
+    LONG (__etext)
+    LONG (__data_start__)
+    LONG ((__data_end__ - __data_start__)/4) /* Size is in 32-bit words */
+
+    /* Section to be copied - part 2: RO data for for DTCM */
+    LONG (__etext2)
+    LONG (__ro_data_start__)
+    LONG ((__ro_data_end__ - __ro_data_start__)/4) /* Size is in 32-bit words */
+
+    __copy_table_end__ = .;
+  } > ITCM
+
+  __itcm_total = ALIGN(4);
+
+  ASSERT( __itcm_total < (ORIGIN(ITCM) + LENGTH(ITCM)), "ITCM overflow")
+
+  .sram :
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(16);
+    *(.bss.NoInit.activation_buf)
+    . = ALIGN(16);
+  } > SRAM AT > SRAM
+
+  .bss :
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    __bss_start__ = .;
+    *(.bss)
+    *(.bss.*)
+    *(COMMON)
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    __bss_end__ = .;
+  } > DTCM AT > DTCM
+
+  .stack (ORIGIN(DTCM) + LENGTH(DTCM) - __STACK_SIZE) (COPY) :
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(8);
+    __StackLimit = .;
+    . = . + __STACK_SIZE;
+    . = ALIGN(8);
+    __StackTop = .;
+  } > DTCM
+  PROVIDE(__stack = __StackTop);
+  ASSERT(
+    (__STACK_SIZE + __bss_end__ - __bss_start__) <= LENGTH(DTCM),
+    "DTCM overflow")
+
+  .ddr.at_ddr :
+  {
+    /* __attribute__((aligned(16))) is not handled by the CMSIS startup code.
+     * Force the alignment here as a workaround */
+    . = ALIGN(16);
+    *(ifm)
+    . = ALIGN(16);
+    *(nn_model)
+    . = ALIGN (16);
+    *(labels)
+    . = ALIGN (16);
+    *(activation_buf)
+    . = ALIGN (16);
+  } > DDR AT > DDR
+
+  /**
+   * Location counter can end up 2byte aligned with narrow Thumb code but
+   * __etext is assumed by startup code to be the LMA of a section in DTCM
+   * which must be 4byte aligned
+   */
+  __etext = ALIGN (4);
+
+  .bram.at_ddr :  AT (__etext)
+  {
+    __data_start__ = .;
+    *(vtable)
+    *(.data)
+    *(.data.*)
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_start = .);
+    KEEP(*(.preinit_array))
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__preinit_array_end = .);
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_start = .);
+    KEEP(*(SORT(.init_array.*)))
+    KEEP(*(.init_array))
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_end = .);
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_start = .);
+    KEEP(*(SORT(.fini_array.*)))
+    KEEP(*(.fini_array))
+    PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__fini_array_end = .);
+    KEEP(*(.jcr*))
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+
+    __data_end__ = .;
+  } > BRAM
+
+  __etext2 = __etext + (__data_end__ - __data_start__);
+
+  .data.at_ddr : AT (__etext2)
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    __ro_data_start__ = .;
+
+    *(.rodata*)
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    * (npu_driver_version)
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    * (npu_driver_arch_version)
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+
+    __ro_data_end__ = .;
+  } > BRAM
+
+  .heap (COPY) :
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(8);
+    __end__ = .;
+    PROVIDE(end = .);
+    . = . + __HEAP_SIZE;
+    . = ALIGN(8);
+    __HeapLimit = .;
+  } > BRAM
+
+  ASSERT (
+      (__ro_data_end__ - __ro_data_start__)
+    + (__data_end__  - __data_start__)
+    + __HEAP_SIZE <= LENGTH(BRAM),
+    "BRAM overflow")
+}
diff --git a/source/application/hal/platforms/bare-metal/bsp/mem_layout/simple_platform.sct b/source/application/hal/platforms/bare-metal/bsp/mem_layout/simple_platform.sct
index a1ffb49..deb4214 100644
--- a/source/application/hal/platforms/bare-metal/bsp/mem_layout/simple_platform.sct
+++ b/source/application/hal/platforms/bare-metal/bsp/mem_layout/simple_platform.sct
@@ -36,35 +36,36 @@
     }
 
     ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    ; BRAM or FPGA data SRAM region worth 2MiB
-    ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    bram.bin        0x11000000  UNINIT ALIGN 16 0x00200000
-    {
-        ; activation buffers a.k.a tensor arena
-        *.o (.bss.NoInit.activation_buf)
-    }
-
-    ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    ; 128kiB of 512kiB bank is used for any other RW or ZI
+    ; 128kiB of 512kiB DTCM is used for any other RW or ZI
     ; data. Note: this region is internal to the Cortex-M
-    ; CPU
+    ; CPU.
     ;-----------------------------------------------------
     dtcm.bin        0x20000000                  0x00020000
     {
+        ; Any R/W and/or zero initialised data
         .ANY(+RW +ZI)
     }
 
     ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    ; 128kiB of stack space within the DTCM region
+    ; 384kiB of stack space within the DTCM region. See
+    ; `dtcm.bin` for the first section. Note: by virtue of
+    ; being part of DTCM, this region is only accessible
+    ; from Cortex-M55.
     ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    ARM_LIB_STACK   0x20020000 EMPTY ALIGN 8    0x00020000
+    ARM_LIB_STACK   0x20020000 EMPTY ALIGN 8    0x00060000
     {}
 
     ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    ; 256kiB of heap space within the DTCM region
+    ; SSE-300's internal SRAM of 4MiB - reserved for
+    ; activation buffers.
+    ; This region should have 3 cycle read latency from
+    ; both Cortex-M55 and Ethos-U55
     ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    ARM_LIB_HEAP    0x20040000 EMPTY ALIGN 8    0x00040000
-    {}
+    isram.bin       0x31000000  UNINIT ALIGN 16 0x00400000
+    {
+        ; activation buffers a.k.a tensor arena
+        *.o (.bss.NoInit.activation_buf)
+    }
 }
 
 ;---------------------------------------------------------
@@ -73,9 +74,12 @@
 LOAD_REGION_1       0x70000000                  0x02000000
 {
     ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    ; 32 MiB of DRAM space for nn model and input vectors
+    ; 32 MiB of DDR space for neural network model,
+    ; input vectors and labels. If the activation buffer
+    ; size required by the network is bigger than the
+    ; SRAM size available, it is accommodated here.
     ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    dram.bin        0x70000000 ALIGN 16         0x02000000
+    ddr.bin        0x70000000 ALIGN 16         0x02000000
     {
         ; nn model's baked in input matrices
         *.o (ifm)
@@ -83,20 +87,28 @@
         ; nn model
         *.o (nn_model)
 
+        ; labels
+        *.o (labels)
+
         ; if the activation buffer (tensor arena) doesn't
         ; fit in the SRAM region, we accommodate it here
         *.o (activation_buf)
     }
 
     ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    ; SSE-300's internal SRAM of 2MiB - reserved for
-    ; activation buffers.
-    ; This region should have 3 cycle read latency from
-    ; both Cortex-M55 and Ethos-U55
+    ; First 256kiB of BRAM (FPGA SRAM) used for RO data.
+    ; Note: Total BRAM size available is 2MiB.
     ;-----------------------------------------------------
-    isram.bin       0x31000000                  0x00080000
+    bram.bin        0x11000000          ALIGN 8 0x00040000
     {
         ; RO data (incl. unwinding tables for debugging)
         .ANY (+RO-DATA)
     }
+
+    ;-----------------------------------------------------
+    ; 960 KiB of remaining part of the 2MiB BRAM used as
+    ; heap space. 0x000F0000 of 0x0x001C0000 available.
+    ;-----------------------------------------------------
+    ARM_LIB_HEAP    0x11040000 EMPTY ALIGN 8    0x000F0000
+    {}
 }