diff --git a/tests/regression/sgemm_tcore/kernel.cpp b/tests/regression/sgemm_tcore/kernel.cpp
index 5e048fc5..4ded4758 100644
--- a/tests/regression/sgemm_tcore/kernel.cpp
+++ b/tests/regression/sgemm_tcore/kernel.cpp
@@ -239,9 +239,69 @@ inline void write_results(volatile float *local_warp_results,
   asm volatile ("fsw f23, %0" :: "m"(global_offset_C[dim_n * (local_row + 2) + (local_col + 5)]));
 }
 
-void threadblock_barrier(unsigned int tid_in_threadblock, unsigned int barrier_id, unsigned int count) {
-    vx_fence();
-    vx_barrier(barrier_id, count);
+inline void threadblock_barrier(unsigned int tid_in_threadblock,
+                                unsigned int barrier_id, unsigned int count) {
+  vx_fence();
+  vx_barrier(barrier_id, count);
+}
+
+inline void
+global_dmem_load(const uint32_t dim_n, const uint32_t dim_k, const uint32_t k,
+                 const float *A, const float *B, volatile float *local_a,
+                 volatile float *local_b, const uint32_t threadblock_id_x,
+                 const uint32_t threadblock_id_y, const uint32_t local_a_row,
+                 const uint32_t local_a_col, const uint32_t local_as_row,
+                 const uint32_t local_as_col, const uint32_t local_b_row,
+                 const uint32_t local_b_col) {
+
+  // Data move from GMEM to SMEM
+  //
+  // Make sure global offset values for A and B are contiguous between
+  // neighboring threads to ensure GMEM coalescing.
+  //
+  // TODO: Sharedmem swizzling is important here
+  if constexpr (!TRANSPOSE_AS) {
+    const uint32_t global_a_row = BM * threadblock_id_y + local_a_row;
+    // number of rows a full TB can read at a time
+    constexpr uint32_t row_stride_a = (BM * BN) / ELEM_PER_THREAD / BK;
+#pragma GCC unroll 1
+    for (uint32_t local_row_offset = 0; local_row_offset < BM;
+         local_row_offset += row_stride_a) {
+      const uint32_t global_a_offset =
+          dim_k * (global_a_row + local_row_offset) + (k + local_a_col);
+      // NOTE: all threads in TB  will do this load; make sure this is not
+      // out-of-bounds of BM*BK
+      local_a[BK * (local_a_row + local_row_offset) + local_a_col] =
+          A[global_a_offset];
+    }
+  } else {
+    const uint32_t global_a_row = BM * threadblock_id_y + local_as_col;
+    // const uint32_t global_a_row = BM * threadblock_id_y + local_as_row;
+    constexpr uint32_t row_stride_as = (BM * BN) / ELEM_PER_THREAD / BM;
+#pragma GCC unroll 1
+    for (uint32_t local_row_offset = 0; local_row_offset < BK;
+         local_row_offset += row_stride_as) {
+      // @perf: bank conflicts here
+      const uint32_t global_a_offset =
+          dim_k * (global_a_row) + (k + local_as_row + local_row_offset);
+      // FIXME experimenting with global coalescing
+      // const uint32_t global_a_offset =
+      //     dim_k * (global_a_row + local_row_offset) + (k + local_as_col);
+      local_a[BM * (local_as_row + local_row_offset) + local_as_col] =
+          A[global_a_offset];
+    }
+  }
+
+  constexpr uint32_t row_stride_b = (BM * BN) / ELEM_PER_THREAD / BN;
+  const uint32_t global_b_col = BN * threadblock_id_x + local_b_col;
+#pragma GCC unroll 1
+  for (uint32_t load_offset = 0; load_offset < BK;
+       load_offset += row_stride_b) {
+    const uint32_t global_b_offset =
+        dim_n * (k + local_b_row + load_offset) + global_b_col;
+    local_b[BN * (local_b_row + load_offset) + local_b_col] =
+        B[global_b_offset];
+  }
 }
 
 void thread_block_gemm(kernel_arg_t *__UNIFORM__ arg,
@@ -293,49 +353,10 @@ void thread_block_gemm(kernel_arg_t *__UNIFORM__ arg,
 
 #pragma GCC unroll 1
   for (uint32_t k = 0; k < dim_k; k += BK) {
-    // Data move from GMEM to SMEM
-    //
-    // Make sure global offset values for A and B are contiguous between
-    // neighboring threads to ensure GMEM coalescing.
-    //
-    // TODO: Sharedmem swizzling is important here
-    if constexpr (!TRANSPOSE_AS) {
-      const uint32_t global_a_row = BM * threadblock_id_y + local_a_row;
-      // number of rows a full TB can read at a time
-      constexpr uint32_t row_stride_a = (BM * BN) / ELEM_PER_THREAD / BK;
-#pragma GCC unroll 1
-      for (uint32_t local_row_offset = 0; local_row_offset < BM;
-           local_row_offset += row_stride_a) {
-        const uint32_t global_a_offset =
-            dim_k * (global_a_row + local_row_offset) + (k + local_a_col);
-        // NOTE: all threads in TB  will do this load; make sure this is not
-        // out-of-bounds of BM*BK
-        local_a[BK * (local_a_row + local_row_offset) + local_a_col] =
-            A[global_a_offset];
-      }
-    } else {
-      const uint32_t global_a_row = BM * threadblock_id_y + local_as_col;
-      constexpr uint32_t row_stride_as = (BM * BN) / ELEM_PER_THREAD / BM;
-#pragma GCC unroll 1
-      for (uint32_t local_row_offset = 0; local_row_offset < BK;
-           local_row_offset += row_stride_as) {
-        // @perf: bank conflicts here
-        const uint32_t global_a_offset =
-            dim_k * (global_a_row) + (k + local_as_row + local_row_offset);
-        local_a[BM * (local_as_row + local_row_offset) + local_as_col] =
-            A[global_a_offset];
-      }
-    }
-
-    constexpr uint32_t row_stride_b = (BM * BN) / ELEM_PER_THREAD / BN;
-    const uint32_t global_b_col = BN * threadblock_id_x + local_b_col;
-#pragma GCC unroll 1
-    for (uint32_t load_offset = 0; load_offset < BK; load_offset += row_stride_b) {
-      const uint32_t global_b_offset =
-          dim_n * (k + local_b_row + load_offset) + global_b_col;
-      local_b[BN * (local_b_row + load_offset) + local_b_col] =
-          B[global_b_offset];
-    }
+    global_dmem_load(dim_n, dim_k, k, A, B, local_a, local_b,
+                     threadblock_id_x, threadblock_id_y, local_a_row,
+                     local_a_col, local_as_row, local_as_col, local_b_row,
+                     local_b_col);
 
     threadblock_barrier(tid_in_threadblock, threadblock_id_in_cluster,
                         threadblock_dim_y);
@@ -370,8 +391,8 @@ void thread_block_gemm(kernel_arg_t *__UNIFORM__ arg,
               //     asm volatile("addi a0, a0, 0");
               // }
               // SMEM -> RF
-              vx_wmma_load(local_a, local_b, local_k, warp_col, warp_row, wn_iter,
-                  wm_iter, tid_in_warp);
+              vx_wmma_load(local_a, local_b, local_k, warp_col, warp_row,
+                           wn_iter, wm_iter, tid_in_warp);
               // compute
               vx_wmma();
 #if TC_SINGLE_WARP
@@ -382,6 +403,9 @@ void thread_block_gemm(kernel_arg_t *__UNIFORM__ arg,
       }
     }
 
+    threadblock_barrier(tid_in_threadblock, threadblock_id_in_cluster,
+                        threadblock_dim_y);
+
 #else
 
     // Compute single tile*tile matmul
@@ -413,10 +437,10 @@ void thread_block_gemm(kernel_arg_t *__UNIFORM__ arg,
         }
       }
     }
-#endif
 
     threadblock_barrier(tid_in_threadblock, threadblock_id_in_cluster,
                         threadblock_dim_y);
+#endif
   }
 
 #if USE_TENSOR_CORE