diff --git a/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Dialect/Snitch/Transforms/Passes.td b/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Dialect/Snitch/Transforms/Passes.td
index e35acb0..3224d91 100644
--- a/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Dialect/Snitch/Transforms/Passes.td
+++ b/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Dialect/Snitch/Transforms/Passes.td
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ def FormMicrokernelsPass
   ];
 }
 
+def PromotePadsToL1Pass : Pass<"quidditch-promote-pads-to-l1"> {
+  let description = [{
+    Converts supported `tensor.pad` operations to `start_tensor_transfer` and
+    `wait_for_tensor_copy` pairs.
+  }];
+
+  let dependentDialects = [
+    "quidditch::Snitch::QuidditchSnitchDialect",
+  ];
+}
+
 def PromoteOperandsToL1Pass : Pass<"quidditch-promote-operands-to-l1"> {
   let description = [{
     TODO:
diff --git a/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Dialect/Snitch/Transforms/PromoteToL1.cpp b/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Dialect/Snitch/Transforms/PromoteToL1.cpp
index a39369b..2a5129b 100644
--- a/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Dialect/Snitch/Transforms/PromoteToL1.cpp
+++ b/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Dialect/Snitch/Transforms/PromoteToL1.cpp
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@
 #include "Quidditch/Dialect/Snitch/IR/QuidditchSnitchDialect.h"
 #include "Quidditch/Dialect/Snitch/IR/QuidditchSnitchOps.h"
 #include "mlir/Dialect/Bufferization/IR/Bufferization.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/Tensor/IR/Tensor.h"
+#include "mlir/Dialect/UB/IR/UBOps.h"
+#include "mlir/IR/Matchers.h"
 #include "mlir/Interfaces/TilingInterface.h"
 
 namespace quidditch::Snitch {
 #define GEN_PASS_DEF_PROMOTEOPERANDSTOL1PASS
 #define GEN_PASS_DEF_PROMOTEALLOCSTOL1PASS
+#define GEN_PASS_DEF_PROMOTEPADSTOL1PASS
 #include "Quidditch/Dialect/Snitch/Transforms/Passes.h.inc"
 } // namespace quidditch::Snitch
 
@@ -32,6 +36,16 @@ class PromoteAllocsToL1
 protected:
   void runOnOperation() override;
 };
+
+class PromotePadsToL1
+    : public quidditch::Snitch::impl::PromotePadsToL1PassBase<PromotePadsToL1> {
+public:
+  using Base::Base;
+
+protected:
+  void runOnOperation() override;
+};
+
 } // namespace
 
 using namespace mlir;
@@ -76,3 +90,32 @@ void PromoteAllocsToL1::runOnOperation() {
     tensorOp.erase();
   });
 }
+
+void PromotePadsToL1::runOnOperation() {
+  getOperation()->walk([&](tensor::PadOp padOp) {
+    // 'start_tensor_copy' does not yet support lower padding.
+    if (!padOp.hasZeroLowPad())
+      return;
+
+    Value constant = padOp.getConstantPaddingValue();
+    if (!constant)
+      return;
+
+    // 'start_tensor_copy' only supports zero-padding right now.
+    // Poison (undef) can also be lowered to perform zero-padding.
+    if (!matchPattern(constant, m_NonZero()) &&
+        !matchPattern(constant, m_PosZeroFloat()) &&
+        !matchPattern(constant, m_Constant<ub::PoisonAttr>(nullptr)))
+      return;
+
+    OpBuilder builder(padOp);
+    auto copyOp = builder.create<StartTensorCopyOp>(
+        padOp.getLoc(), padOp.getType(), builder.getType<DMATokenType>(),
+        padOp.getSource(), padOp.getHigh(), padOp.getStaticHighAttr());
+    auto waitOp = builder.create<WaitForTensorCopyOp>(
+        padOp.getLoc(), copyOp.getResult(), copyOp.getToken(),
+        /*copy=*/padOp.getSource());
+    padOp.replaceAllUsesWith(waitOp.getResult());
+    padOp.erase();
+  });
+}
diff --git a/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Target/ConfigureForSnitch.cpp b/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Target/ConfigureForSnitch.cpp
index 24a1188..3fd65b9 100644
--- a/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Target/ConfigureForSnitch.cpp
+++ b/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Target/ConfigureForSnitch.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ static LogicalResult setRootConfig(FunctionOpInterface funcOp,
         SmallVector<int64_t> l1Tiles(3, 0);
         bool dualBuffer = false;
 
+        if (funcOp.getName() ==
+            "main$async_dispatch_9_matmul_transpose_b_1x161x600_f64") {
+          workgroupTiles[2] = 100;
+
+          l1Tiles[0] = 0;
+          l1Tiles[1] = 56;
+          dualBuffer = true;
+        }
         if (funcOp.getName() ==
             "main$async_dispatch_0_matmul_transpose_b_1x400x161_f64") {
           l1Tiles[1] = 40;
diff --git a/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Target/QuidditchTarget.cpp b/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Target/QuidditchTarget.cpp
index 69fa9aa..d4e9d40 100644
--- a/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Target/QuidditchTarget.cpp
+++ b/codegen/compiler/src/Quidditch/Target/QuidditchTarget.cpp
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ class QuidditchTargetBackend final : public IREE::HAL::TargetBackend {
         .addPass(quidditch::createRemoveTrivialLoopsPass)
         .addPass(createCanonicalizerPass)
         .addPass(createCSEPass)
+        .addPass(createFuseTensorPadWithConsumerPass)
+        .addPass(createConcretizePadResultShapePass)
         .addPass([] {
           return quidditch::createTensorTilePass(
               {quidditch::TilingLevel::Reduction});
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ class QuidditchTargetBackend final : public IREE::HAL::TargetBackend {
         })
         .addPass(createFuseTensorPadWithConsumerPass)
         .addPass(createConcretizePadResultShapePass)
+        .addPass(quidditch::Snitch::createPromotePadsToL1Pass)
         .addPass(quidditch::Snitch::createPromoteOperandsToL1Pass)
         .addPass(createCanonicalizerPass)
         .addPass(createCSEPass)
diff --git a/codegen/tests/Dialect/Snitch/Transforms/promote-pads-to-l1.mlir b/codegen/tests/Dialect/Snitch/Transforms/promote-pads-to-l1.mlir
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de95548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codegen/tests/Dialect/Snitch/Transforms/promote-pads-to-l1.mlir
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// RUN: quidditch-opt %s -p "builtin.module(func.func(quidditch-promote-pads-to-l1))" --allow-unregistered-dialect | FileCheck %s
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: @test_zero_f32(
+// CHECK-SAME: %[[A:[[:alnum:]]+]]: tensor<32x32xf32>
+func.func @test_zero_f32(%a : tensor<32x32xf32>) -> tensor<33x33xf32> {
+  %c = arith.constant 0.0 : f32
+  // CHECK: %[[R:.*]], %[[T:.*]] = quidditch_snitch.start_tensor_copy %[[A]]
+  // CHECK-SAME: pad with zero to [1, 1]
+  // CHECK: %[[R2:.*]] = quidditch_snitch.wait_for_tensor_copy of %[[A]]
+  // CHECK-SAME: to %[[R]]
+  // CHECK-SAME: using %[[T]]
+  %0 = tensor.pad %a low[0, 0] high[1, 1] {
+  ^bb0(%arg0: index, %arg1: index):
+    tensor.yield %c : f32
+  } : tensor<32x32xf32> to tensor<33x33xf32>
+  // CHECK: return %[[R2]]
+  return %0 : tensor<33x33xf32>
+}
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: @test_poison(
+// CHECK-SAME: %[[A:[[:alnum:]]+]]: tensor<32x32xf32>
+func.func @test_poison(%a : tensor<32x32xf32>) -> tensor<33x33xf32> {
+  %c = ub.poison : f32
+  // CHECK: %[[R:.*]], %[[T:.*]] = quidditch_snitch.start_tensor_copy %[[A]]
+  // CHECK-SAME: pad with zero to [1, 1]
+  // CHECK: %[[R2:.*]] = quidditch_snitch.wait_for_tensor_copy of %[[A]]
+  // CHECK-SAME: to %[[R]]
+  // CHECK-SAME: using %[[T]]
+  %0 = tensor.pad %a low[0, 0] high[1, 1] {
+  ^bb0(%arg0: index, %arg1: index):
+    tensor.yield %c : f32
+  } : tensor<32x32xf32> to tensor<33x33xf32>
+  // CHECK: return %[[R2]]
+  return %0 : tensor<33x33xf32>
+}