diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7759cfa885299a0f53405cb3c8fe7077aee9bf48..97ce7eb15e64860701486ae00f85cc39f7d97cb0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -123,11 +123,21 @@ set(KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON
     kai/ukernels/matmul/pack/kai_rhs_pack_nxk_qsi4c32ps1s0scalef16_qsu4c32s16s0_neon.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/pack/kai_lhs_quant_pack_qsi8d32p_f32_neon.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/pack/kai_rhs_pack_nxk_qsi4cxps1s0_qsu4cxs1s0_neon.c
+)
 
+set(KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_DOTPROD_ASM
+    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x4_qsi4c32p4x4_1x4_neon_dotprod_asm.S
+    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x8_qsi4c32p4x8_1x4x32_neon_dotprod_asm.S
+    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x8_qsi4c32p8x8_1x8x32_neon_dotprod_asm.S
+    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x4_qsi4c32p4x4_16x4_neon_dotprod_asm.S
+    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x4_qsi4c32p4x4_1x4_neon_dotprod.c
+    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x8_qsi4c32p4x8_1x4x32_neon_dotprod.c
+    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x8_qsi4c32p8x8_1x8x32_neon_dotprod.c
+    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x4_qsi4c32p4x4_16x4_neon_dotprod.c
 )
 
 set(KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_DOTPROD
-    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x4_qsi4c32p4x4_1x4_neon_dotprod.c
+    ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_DOTPROD_ASM}
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4cxp/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x4_qsi4cxp4x4_1x4_neon_dotprod.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4cxp/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x8_qsi4cxp4x8_1x4x32_neon_dotprod.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4cxp/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x8_qsi4cxp8x8_1x8x32_neon_dotprod.c
@@ -136,32 +146,29 @@ set(KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_DOTPROD
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qsi8d32p_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qsi8d32p1x8_qsi4c32p4x8_1x4x32_neon_dotprod.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qsi8d32p_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qsi8d32p4x4_qsi4c32p4x4_16x4_neon_dotprod.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qsi8d32p_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qsi8d32p1x4_qsi4c32p4x4_1x4_neon_dotprod.c
-    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x8_qsi4c32p4x8_1x4x32_neon_dotprod.c
-    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x8_qsi4c32p8x8_1x8x32_neon_dotprod.c
-    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x4_qsi4c32p4x4_16x4_neon_dotprod.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi8cxp/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x4_qsi8cxp4x4_1x4_neon_dotprod.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi8cxp/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x8_qsi8cxp4x8_1x4_neon_dotprod.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi8cxp/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x4_qsi8cxp4x4_16x4_neon_dotprod.c
-    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x4_qsi4c32p4x4_1x4_neon_dotprod_asm.S
-    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x8_qsi4c32p4x8_1x4x32_neon_dotprod_asm.S
-    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp1x8_qsi4c32p8x8_1x8x32_neon_dotprod_asm.S
-    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x4_qsi4c32p4x4_16x4_neon_dotprod_asm.S
+)
+
+set(KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_I8MM_ASM
+    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4c32p4x8_8x4x32_neon_i8mm_asm.S
+    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4c32p8x8_4x8x32_neon_i8mm_asm.S
+    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4c32p4x8_16x4x32_neon_i8mm_asm.S
+    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4c32p4x8_16x4x32_neon_i8mm.c
+    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4c32p4x8_8x4x32_neon_i8mm.c
+    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4c32p8x8_4x8x32_neon_i8mm.c
 )
 
 set(KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_I8MM
+    ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_I8MM_ASM}
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4cxp/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4cxp4x8_4x4x32_neon_i8mm.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4cxp/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4cxp4x8_8x4x32_neon_i8mm.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4cxp/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4cxp8x8_4x8x32_neon_i8mm.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4cxp/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4cxp8x8_8x8x32_neon_i8mm.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qsi8d32p_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qsi8d32p4x8_qsi4c32p4x8_8x4x32_neon_i8mm.c
-    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4c32p4x8_8x4x32_neon_i8mm.c
-    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4c32p8x8_4x8x32_neon_i8mm.c
-    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4c32p4x8_16x4x32_neon_i8mm.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qsi8d32p_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qsi8d32p4x8_qsi4c32p4x8_16x4_neon_i8mm.c
     kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi8cxp/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi8cxp4x8_16x4_neon_i8mm.c
-    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4c32p4x8_8x4x32_neon_i8mm_asm.S
-    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4c32p8x8_4x8x32_neon_i8mm_asm.S
-    kai/ukernels/matmul/matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp_qsi4c32p/kai_matmul_clamp_f32_qai8dxp4x8_qsi4c32p4x8_16x4x32_neon_i8mm_asm.S
 )
 
 set(KLEIDIAI_FILES_SME
@@ -196,13 +203,7 @@ add_library(kleidiai)
 target_sources(kleidiai PRIVATE ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_SCALAR})
 
 # Selectively enable architecture features.
-#
-# Note: MSVC compiler does not support inline assembly for Arm® processors hence it cannot be used to compile the
-# optimized KleidiAI micro-kernels. It can however still be used to compile scalar routines.
-# https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/assembler/inline/inline-assembler?view=msvc-170
-#
-if((CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "aarch64" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "arm64" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "ARM64" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "iOS") AND NOT MSVC)
-
+if(NOT MSVC)
     target_sources(kleidiai PRIVATE ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON})
     target_sources(kleidiai PRIVATE ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_FP16})
     target_sources(kleidiai PRIVATE ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_BF16})
@@ -223,6 +224,20 @@ if((CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "aarch64" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL
     # Use -fno-tree-vectorize option to disable compiler based vectorization
     set_source_files_properties(${KLEIDIAI_FILES_SME}          PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS "-fno-tree-vectorize;-march=armv8.2-a+sve+sve2${KLEIDIAI_INTERNAL_EXTRA_ARCH}")
     set_source_files_properties(${KLEIDIAI_FILES_SME2}         PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS "-fno-tree-vectorize;-march=armv8.2-a+sve+sve2${KLEIDIAI_INTERNAL_EXTRA_ARCH}")
+else()
+    target_sources(kleidiai PRIVATE ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_DOTPROD_ASM})
+    target_sources(kleidiai PRIVATE ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_I8MM_ASM})
+
+    set_source_files_properties(${KLEIDIAI_FILES_SCALAR}               PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS /arch:armv8.0${KLEIDIAI_INTERNAL_EXTRA_ARCH})
+    set_source_files_properties(${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_I8MM_ASM}    PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS /arch:armv8.2${KLEIDIAI_INTERNAL_EXTRA_ARCH})
+    set_source_files_properties(${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_DOTPROD_ASM} PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS /arch:armv8.2${KLEIDIAI_INTERNAL_EXTRA_ARCH})
+
+    set(KLEIDIAI_FILES_ASM
+        ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_DOTPROD_ASM}
+        ${KLEIDIAI_FILES_NEON_I8MM_ASM})
+    list(FILTER KLEIDIAI_FILES_ASM INCLUDE REGEX "^.*\.S$")
+
+    set_source_files_properties(${KLEIDIAI_FILES_ASM} PROPERTIES LANGUAGE ASM_MARMASM)
 endif()
 
 target_include_directories(kleidiai