3 files changed, 19 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/delegate/include/Version.hpp b/delegate/include/Version.hpp
index 36d8fb54af..5550278414 100644
--- a/delegate/include/Version.hpp
+++ b/delegate/include/Version.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace armnnDelegate
 #define STRINGIFY_MACRO(s) #s
 
 // ArmNN Delegate version components
-#define DELEGATE_MAJOR_VERSION 27
+#define DELEGATE_MAJOR_VERSION 28
 #define DELEGATE_MINOR_VERSION 0
 #define DELEGATE_PATCH_VERSION 0
 
diff --git a/delegate/include/armnn_delegate.hpp b/delegate/include/armnn_delegate.hpp
index 79ab4bf79c..159d590423 100644
--- a/delegate/include/armnn_delegate.hpp
+++ b/delegate/include/armnn_delegate.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright © 2020 Arm Ltd and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright © 2020-2023 Arm Ltd and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 //
 
@@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ public:
     static const std::string GetVersion();
 
 private:
+    /**
+     * Returns a pointer to the armnn::IRuntime* this will be shared by all armnn_delegates.
+     */
+    armnn::IRuntime* GetRuntime(const armnn::IRuntime::CreationOptions& options)
+    {
+        static armnn::IRuntimePtr instance = armnn::IRuntime::Create(options);
+        // Instantiated on first use.
+        return instance.get();
+    }
+
     TfLiteDelegate m_Delegate = {
         reinterpret_cast<void*>(this),  // .data_
         DoPrepare,                      // .Prepare
@@ -74,7 +84,7 @@ private:
     };
 
     /// ArmNN Runtime pointer
-    armnn::IRuntimePtr m_Runtime;
+    armnn::IRuntime* m_Runtime;
     /// ArmNN Delegate Options
     armnnDelegate::DelegateOptions m_Options;
 };
diff --git a/delegate/src/armnn_delegate.cpp b/delegate/src/armnn_delegate.cpp
index 1557ec92b6..b2d9c67c7b 100644
--- a/delegate/src/armnn_delegate.cpp
+++ b/delegate/src/armnn_delegate.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright © 2022-2023 Arm Ltd and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright © 2020-2023 Arm Ltd and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 //
 
@@ -133,17 +133,16 @@ TfLiteStatus DoPrepare(TfLiteContext* tfLiteContext, TfLiteDelegate* tfLiteDeleg
 }
 
 Delegate::Delegate(armnnDelegate::DelegateOptions options)
-  : m_Runtime(nullptr, nullptr),
-    m_Options(std::move(options))
+  : m_Options(std::move(options))
 {
     // Configures logging for ARMNN
     if (m_Options.IsLoggingEnabled())
     {
         armnn::ConfigureLogging(true, true, m_Options.GetLoggingSeverity());
     }
-    // Create ArmNN Runtime
-    m_Runtime = armnn::IRuntime::Create(m_Options.GetRuntimeOptions());
-
+    // Create/Get the static ArmNN Runtime. Note that the m_Runtime will be shared by all armnn_delegate
+    // instances so the RuntimeOptions cannot be altered for different armnn_delegate instances.
+    m_Runtime = GetRuntime(m_Options.GetRuntimeOptions());
     std::vector<armnn::BackendId> backends;
     if (m_Runtime)
     {
@@ -463,7 +462,7 @@ ArmnnSubgraph* ArmnnSubgraph::Create(TfLiteContext* tfLiteContext,
                     << std::fixed << armnn::GetTimeDuration(startTime).count() << " ms\n";
 
     // Create a new SubGraph with networkId and runtime
-    return new ArmnnSubgraph(networkId, delegate->m_Runtime.get(), inputBindings, outputBindings);
+    return new ArmnnSubgraph(networkId, delegate->m_Runtime, inputBindings, outputBindings);
 }
 
 TfLiteStatus ArmnnSubgraph::Prepare(TfLiteContext* tfLiteContext)