5 files changed, 70 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/backends/neon/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backends/neon/CMakeLists.txt
index c748825464..c6492bc076 100644
--- a/src/backends/neon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backends/neon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 if(ARMCOMPUTENEON)
     list(APPEND armnnNeonBackend_sources
+        NeonBackend.cpp
+        NeonBackend.hpp
         NeonLayerSupport.cpp
         NeonLayerSupport.hpp
         NeonWorkloadFactory.cpp
diff --git a/src/backends/neon/NeonBackend.cpp b/src/backends/neon/NeonBackend.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1137145aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backends/neon/NeonBackend.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//
+// Copyright © 2017 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+#include "NeonBackend.hpp"
+
+namespace armnn
+{
+
+const std::string NeonBackend::s_Id = "arm_compute_neon";
+
+const std::string& NeonBackend::GetId() const
+{
+    return s_Id;
+}
+
+const ILayerSupport& NeonBackend::GetLayerSupport() const
+{
+    return m_LayerSupport;
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<IWorkloadFactory> NeonBackend::CreateWorkloadFactory() const
+{
+    // TODO implement
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+} // namespace armnn
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backends/neon/NeonBackend.hpp b/src/backends/neon/NeonBackend.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86fccf0e51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backends/neon/NeonBackend.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//
+// Copyright © 2017 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+#pragma once
+
+#include "backends/IBackendInternal.hpp"
+
+#include "NeonLayerSupport.hpp"
+
+namespace armnn
+{
+
+class NeonBackend : public IBackendInternal
+{
+public:
+    NeonBackend()  = default;
+    ~NeonBackend() = default;
+
+    const std::string& GetId() const override;
+
+    const ILayerSupport& GetLayerSupport() const override;
+
+    std::unique_ptr<IWorkloadFactory> CreateWorkloadFactory() const override;
+
+private:
+    static const std::string s_Id;
+
+    // TODO initialize
+    NeonLayerSupport m_LayerSupport;
+};
+
+} // namespace armnn
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backends/neon/NeonLayerSupport.hpp b/src/backends/neon/NeonLayerSupport.hpp
index 419c226b3c..590f4d64c6 100644
--- a/src/backends/neon/NeonLayerSupport.hpp
+++ b/src/backends/neon/NeonLayerSupport.hpp
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 namespace armnn
 {
 
+class NeonLayerSupport : public ILayerSupport
+{
+    // TODO implement
+};
+
 bool IsNeonDirectConvolutionPreferred(const TensorInfo& weightInfo, const Convolution2dDescriptor& desc);
 
 bool IsNeonNormalizationDescParamsSupported(std::string* reasonIfUnsupported,
diff --git a/src/backends/neon/backend.mk b/src/backends/neon/backend.mk
index a59966fb39..b041bca6d7 100644
--- a/src/backends/neon/backend.mk
+++ b/src/backends/neon/backend.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # file in the root of ArmNN
 
 BACKEND_SOURCES := \
+        NeonBackend.cpp \
         NeonLayerSupport.cpp \
         NeonWorkloadFactory.cpp \
         workloads/NeonActivationFloatWorkload.cpp \