diff --git a/Deeploy/TilingExtension/CodeTransformationPasses/TilingHoistingMixIn.py b/Deeploy/TilingExtension/CodeTransformationPasses/TilingHoistingMixIn.py
index 8a0c1b9b54..57582a3655 100644
--- a/Deeploy/TilingExtension/CodeTransformationPasses/TilingHoistingMixIn.py
+++ b/Deeploy/TilingExtension/CodeTransformationPasses/TilingHoistingMixIn.py
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ def dictOfArrays(arrayOfDicts: Sequence[Mapping[KT, VT]]) -> Mapping[KT, List[VT
 
 class TilingHoistingMixIn:
 
+    # JUNGVI: This attributes is here to override manually where the tiling informations are stored.
+    # It is useful for debugging purposes but too nice to expose to the CLI.
+    tileControlTableMemoryLevel: Optional[str] = None
+
     _DEFAULT_HOIST_PREFIX = "TILING_CODEGEN_"
 
     def __init__(self, memory: str) -> None:
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ def _hoistValues(self,
         else:
             cb._type = PointerClass(BasicDataTypes.minimalIntegerType(values))
         cb._instance = cb._type(cb.name, ctxt)
-        cb._memoryLevel = self.memory
+        cb._memoryLevel = self.tileControlTableMemoryLevel or self.memory
         return cb
 
     def _hoistReference(self,
diff --git a/TargetLibraries/GAP9/CMakeLists.txt b/TargetLibraries/GAP9/CMakeLists.txt
index ca4c3ffbeb..a6282c6785 100644
--- a/TargetLibraries/GAP9/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/TargetLibraries/GAP9/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ target_compile_options(deeploygap9 PRIVATE
 
 target_link_libraries(deeploygap9 PUBLIC pmsis)
 
+# Compile the hot forward kernels at -O3 (set last so it wins over the SDK's
+# default -Os). Conv / depthwise-conv / Gemm dominate GAP9 inference cycles;
+# -O3 turns on the RISC-V (XpulpV2) hardware loops on their tight inner loops.
+set(_KERNEL_O3_FILES
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../PULPOpen/src/Convolution_fp32.c
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../PULPOpen/src/DWConvolution_fp32.c
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../PULPOpen/src/Gemm.c
+)
+set_source_files_properties(${_KERNEL_O3_FILES} PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS "-O3")
+
 #RW: Link PULP-NN
 #RW: Set PULP-NN version and bitwidth for pulp-nn-mixed
 set(PULPNNVERSION XPULPV2)