Experimenting with a gemm based on the cuda steel utils

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -18,17 +18,16 @@ jobs:
         type: boolean
         default: false
     macos:
-      xcode: "26.0.0"
-    resource_class: m4pro.medium
+      xcode: "16.2.0"
+    resource_class: m2pro.medium
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run:
           name: Install
           command: |
-            xcodebuild -downloadComponent MetalToolchain
-            brew install python@3.10
+            brew install python@3.9
             brew install doxygen
-            python3.10 -m venv env
+            python3.9 -m venv env
             source env/bin/activate
             pip install --upgrade pip
             pip install --upgrade cmake
@@ -90,8 +89,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             uv venv
             uv pip install cmake
-            DEBUG=1 CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON" \
-              uv pip install -e ".[dev]" -v
+            uv pip install -e ".[dev]" -v
       - run:
           name: Generate package stubs
           command: |
@@ -120,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
     parameters:
       xcode_version:
         type: string
-        default: "26.0.0"
+        default: "16.2.0"
       macosx_deployment_target:
         type: string
         default: ""
@@ -128,19 +126,18 @@ jobs:
       xcode: << parameters.xcode_version >>
     environment:
       MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: << parameters.macosx_deployment_target >>
-    resource_class: m4pro.medium
+    resource_class: m2pro.medium
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run:
           name: Install dependencies
           command: |
-            xcodebuild -downloadComponent MetalToolchain
             HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1 \
               brew install openmpi uv
       - run:
           name: Install Python package
           command: |
-            uv venv --python 3.10
+            uv venv --python 3.9
             uv pip install \
               nanobind==2.4.0 \
               cmake \
@@ -199,7 +196,7 @@ jobs:
           name: Run Python tests with JIT
           command: |
             CMAKE_ARGS="-DMLX_METAL_JIT=ON" \
-              uv pip install -e . -v
+              uv pip install -e .
             LOW_MEMORY=1 DEVICE=gpu METAL_DEVICE_WRAPPER_TYPE=1 \
               METAL_DEBUG_ERROR_MODE=0 \
               uv run --no-project python -m xmlrunner discover \
@@ -225,20 +222,15 @@ jobs:
             sudo apt-get update
             sudo apt-get install libcudnn9-dev-cuda-12
             sudo apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev
-            sudo apt-get install libnccl2 libnccl-dev
             curl -sL https://github.com/ccache/ccache/releases/download/v4.11.3/ccache-4.11.3-linux-x86_64.tar.xz | tar xJf -
             sudo mv ccache-4.11.3-linux-x86_64/ccache /usr/bin/ccache
             rm -rf ccache-4.11.3-linux-x86_64
             curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
-      - run:
-          name: Set CCache size
-          command: ccache --max-size 1G
       - run:
           name: Install Python package
           command: |
             uv venv
-            uv pip install cmake
-            DEBUG=1 CMAKE_ARGS="-DMLX_BUILD_CUDA=ON -DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON -DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER=`which nvcc`" \
+            CMAKE_ARGS="-DMLX_BUILD_CUDA=ON -DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER=`which nvcc`" \
               uv pip install -e ".[dev]" -v
       - run:
           name: Run Python tests
@@ -246,23 +238,12 @@ jobs:
             source .venv/bin/activate
             LOW_MEMORY=1 DEVICE=cpu python -m unittest discover python/tests -v
             LOW_MEMORY=1 DEVICE=gpu python -m tests discover python/tests -v
-      - run:
-          name: Build CPP only
-          command: |
-            source .venv/bin/activate
-            cmake . -B build \
-              -DMLX_BUILD_CUDA=ON \
-              -DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER=`which nvcc` \
-              -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG
-            cmake --build build -j `nproc`
-      - run:
-          name: Run CPP tests
-          command: ./build/tests/tests -sfe="*fft_tests.cpp,*linalg_tests.cpp"
       - run:
           name: CCache report
           command: |
             ccache --show-stats
             ccache --zero-stats
+            ccache --max-size 400MB
             ccache --cleanup
       - save_cache:
           key: cuda-<< parameters.image_date >>-{{ arch }}-{{ epoch }}
@@ -273,10 +254,10 @@ jobs:
     parameters:
       python_version:
         type: string
-        default: "3.10"
+        default: "3.9"
       xcode_version:
         type: string
-        default: "26.0.0"
+        default: "16.2.0"
       build_env:
         type: string
         default: ""
@@ -285,7 +266,7 @@ jobs:
         default: ""
     macos:
       xcode: << parameters.xcode_version >>
-    resource_class: m4pro.medium
+    resource_class: m2pro.medium
     environment:
       MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: << parameters.macosx_deployment_target >>
     steps:
@@ -293,15 +274,11 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Install dependencies
           command: |
-            xcodebuild -downloadComponent MetalToolchain
-            mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
-            curl https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-arm64.sh -o ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
-            bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3
-            rm ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
-            source ~/miniconda3/bin/activate
-            conda init --all
-            conda create -n env python=<< parameters.python_version >> -y
-            conda activate env
+            brew install python@<< parameters.python_version >>
+            brew install openmpi
+            python<< parameters.python_version >> -m venv env
+            source env/bin/activate
+            pip install --upgrade pip
             pip install --upgrade cmake
             pip install nanobind==2.4.0
             pip install --upgrade setuptools
@@ -311,29 +288,29 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Install Python package
           command: |
-            conda activate env
+            source env/bin/activate
             env -u MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET DEV_RELEASE=1 \
               pip install . -v
       - run:
           name: Generate package stubs
           command: |
-            conda activate env
+            source env/bin/activate
             pip install typing_extensions
             python setup.py generate_stubs
       - run:
           name: Build Python package
           command: |
-            conda activate env
+            source env/bin/activate
             python setup.py clean --all
             << parameters.build_env >> MLX_BUILD_STAGE=1 python -m build -w
       - when:
           condition:
-            equal: ["3.10", << parameters.python_version >>]
+            equal: ["3.9", << parameters.python_version >>]
           steps:
             - run:
                 name: Build common package
                 command: |
-                  conda activate env
+                  source env/bin/activate
                   python setup.py clean --all
                   << parameters.build_env >> MLX_BUILD_STAGE=2 python -m build -w
       - when:
@@ -342,7 +319,7 @@ jobs:
             - run:
                 name: Upload package
                 command: |
-                  conda activate env
+                  source env/bin/activate
                   twine upload dist/*
       - store_artifacts:
           path: dist/
@@ -351,7 +328,7 @@ jobs:
     parameters:
       python_version:
         type: string
-        default: "3.10"
+        default: "3.9"
       build_env:
         type: string
         default: ""
@@ -387,7 +364,7 @@ jobs:
             bash python/scripts/repair_linux.sh
       - when:
           condition:
-            equal: ["3.10", << parameters.python_version >>]
+            equal: ["3.9", << parameters.python_version >>]
           steps:
             - run:
                 name: Build common package
@@ -415,7 +392,7 @@ jobs:
         default: ""
     machine:
       image: ubuntu-2204:current
-      resource_class: xlarge
+      resource_class: large
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run:
@@ -462,7 +439,7 @@ workflows:
       - mac_build_and_test:
           matrix:
             parameters:
-              macosx_deployment_target: ["13.5", "15.0"]
+              macosx_deployment_target: ["13.5", "14.0"]
       - linux_build_and_test
       - cuda_build_and_test:
           matrix:
@@ -484,10 +461,71 @@ workflows:
               ignore: /.*/
           matrix:
             parameters:
-              python_version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+              python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
               macosx_deployment_target: ["13.5", "14.0", "15.0"]
               build_env: ["PYPI_RELEASE=1"]
-              xcode_version: ["26.0.0"]
+              xcode_version: ["16.2.0", "15.0.0"]
+            exclude:
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.9"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.10"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.11"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.12"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.13"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.9"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.10"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.11"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.12"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.13"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.9"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.10"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.11"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.12"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.13"
+                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
       - build_documentation:
           filters:
             tags:
@@ -503,7 +541,7 @@ workflows:
               ignore: /.*/
           matrix:
             parameters:
-              python_version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+              python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
               build_env: ["PYPI_RELEASE=1"]
       - build_cuda_release:
           filters:
@@ -529,7 +567,7 @@ workflows:
           requires: [ hold ]
           matrix:
             parameters:
-              macosx_deployment_target: ["13.5", "15.0"]
+              macosx_deployment_target: ["13.5", "14.0"]
       - linux_build_and_test:
           requires: [ hold ]
       - cuda_build_and_test:
@@ -546,13 +584,59 @@ workflows:
       - build_release:
           matrix:
             parameters:
-              python_version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+              python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
               macosx_deployment_target: ["13.5", "14.0", "15.0"]
-              xcode_version: ["26.0.0"]
+              xcode_version: ["16.2.0", "15.0.0"]
+            exclude:
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.9"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.10"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.11"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.12"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.13"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.9"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.10"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.11"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.12"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.13"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.9"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.10"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.11"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.12"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.13"
       - build_linux_release:
           matrix:
             parameters:
-              python_version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+              python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
       - build_cuda_release
 
   build_dev_release:
@@ -564,14 +648,75 @@ workflows:
       - build_release:
           matrix:
             parameters:
-              python_version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+              python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
               macosx_deployment_target: ["13.5", "14.0", "15.0"]
               build_env: ["DEV_RELEASE=1"]
-              xcode_version: ["26.0.0"]
+              xcode_version: ["16.2.0", "15.0.0"]
+            exclude:
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.9"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.10"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.11"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.12"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
+                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
+                python_version: "3.13"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.9"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.10"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.11"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.12"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.13"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.9"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.10"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.11"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.12"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
+              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
+                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
+                python_version: "3.13"
+                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
       - build_linux_release:
           matrix:
             parameters:
-              python_version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+              python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
               build_env: ["DEV_RELEASE=1"]
       - build_cuda_release:
           matrix:

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.md

@@ -19,17 +19,12 @@ MLX was developed with contributions from the following individuals:
 - Gleb Pobudzey: Added the `where` primitive, and groups in 1D and 2D convolutions.
 - Paul Paczuski: Improved stability of BCE loss calculation
 - Max-Heinrich Laves: Added `conv_transpose1d`, `conv_transpose2d`, and `conv_transpose3d` ops.
-- Gökdeniz Gülmez: Added the `Muon (MomentUm Orthogonalized by Newton-schulz)` optimizer, and the `ReLU²` activation function.
+- Gökdeniz Gülmez: Added the `Muon (MomentUm Orthogonalized by Newton-schulz)` optimizer.
 
 <a href="https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx/graphs/contributors">
   <img class="dark-light" src="https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=ml-explore/mlx&anon=0&columns=20&max=100&r=true" />
 </a>
 
-# Organizations
-
-MLX has received contributions from the following companies:
-- NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates
-
 # Third-Party Software
 
 MLX leverages several third-party software, listed here together with

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE NEVER)
-set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
 # ----------------------------- Configuration -----------------------------
 option(MLX_BUILD_TESTS "Build tests for mlx" ON)
@@ -88,26 +87,22 @@ cmake_policy(SET CMP0135 NEW)
 
 add_library(mlx)
 
-# Supress warnings: note: parameter passing for argument of type
-# ‘std::pair<float, float>’ when C++17 is enabled changed to match C++14 in GCC
-# 10.1
-target_compile_options(mlx PRIVATE -Wno-psabi)
+if(MLX_BUILD_METAL)
+  set(METAL_LIB "-framework Metal")
+  set(FOUNDATION_LIB "-framework Foundation")
+  set(QUARTZ_LIB "-framework QuartzCore")
+endif()
 
 if(MLX_BUILD_CUDA)
   enable_language(CUDA)
 endif()
 
-if(MLX_BUILD_METAL)
-  find_library(METAL_LIB Metal)
-  find_library(FOUNDATION_LIB Foundation)
-  find_library(QUARTZ_LIB QuartzCore)
-  if(METAL_LIB)
-    message(STATUS "Metal found ${METAL_LIB}")
-  else()
-    message(
-      FATAL_ERROR
-        "Metal not found. Set MLX_BUILD_METAL=OFF to build without GPU")
-  endif()
+if(MLX_BUILD_METAL AND NOT METAL_LIB)
+  message(STATUS "Metal not found. Unable to build GPU")
+  set(MLX_BUILD_METAL OFF)
+  set(MLX_METAL_DEBUG OFF)
+elseif(MLX_BUILD_METAL)
+  message(STATUS "Building METAL sources")
 
   if(MLX_METAL_DEBUG)
     add_compile_definitions(MLX_METAL_DEBUG)
@@ -116,8 +111,7 @@ if(MLX_BUILD_METAL)
   # Throw an error if xcrun not found
   execute_process(
     COMMAND zsh "-c" "/usr/bin/xcrun -sdk macosx --show-sdk-version"
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE MACOS_SDK_VERSION
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY)
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE MACOS_SDK_VERSION COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY)
 
   if(${MACOS_SDK_VERSION} LESS 14.0)
     message(
@@ -146,12 +140,6 @@ if(MLX_BUILD_METAL)
   target_link_libraries(mlx PUBLIC ${METAL_LIB} ${FOUNDATION_LIB} ${QUARTZ_LIB})
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
-  # With newer clang/gcc versions following libs are implicitly linked, but when
-  # building on old distributions they need to be explicitly listed.
-  target_link_libraries(mlx PRIVATE dl pthread)
-endif()
-
 if(WIN32)
   if(MSVC)
     # GGUF does not build with MSVC.
@@ -179,7 +167,7 @@ if(MLX_BUILD_CPU)
     message(STATUS "Accelerate found ${ACCELERATE_LIBRARY}")
     set(MLX_BUILD_ACCELERATE ON)
   else()
-    message(STATUS "Accelerate not found, using default backend.")
+    message(STATUS "Accelerate or arm neon not found, using default backend.")
     set(MLX_BUILD_ACCELERATE OFF)
   endif()
 

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [**Quickstart**](#quickstart) | [**Installation**](#installation) |
 [**Documentation**](https://ml-explore.github.io/mlx/build/html/index.html) |
-[**Examples**](#examples)
+[**Examples**](#examples) 
 
 [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/ml-explore/mlx.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/ml-explore/mlx)
 
@@ -11,37 +11,37 @@ brought to you by Apple machine learning research.
 
 Some key features of MLX include:
 
-- **Familiar APIs**: MLX has a Python API that closely follows NumPy. MLX
+ - **Familiar APIs**: MLX has a Python API that closely follows NumPy. MLX
    also has fully featured C++, [C](https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-c), and
    [Swift](https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-swift/) APIs, which closely mirror
    the Python API. MLX has higher-level packages like `mlx.nn` and
    `mlx.optimizers` with APIs that closely follow PyTorch to simplify building
    more complex models.
 
-- **Composable function transformations**: MLX supports composable function
-  transformations for automatic differentiation, automatic vectorization,
-  and computation graph optimization.
+ - **Composable function transformations**: MLX supports composable function
+   transformations for automatic differentiation, automatic vectorization,
+   and computation graph optimization.
 
-- **Lazy computation**: Computations in MLX are lazy. Arrays are only
-  materialized when needed.
+ - **Lazy computation**: Computations in MLX are lazy. Arrays are only
+   materialized when needed.
 
-- **Dynamic graph construction**: Computation graphs in MLX are constructed
-  dynamically. Changing the shapes of function arguments does not trigger
-  slow compilations, and debugging is simple and intuitive.
+ - **Dynamic graph construction**: Computation graphs in MLX are constructed
+   dynamically. Changing the shapes of function arguments does not trigger
+   slow compilations, and debugging is simple and intuitive.
 
-- **Multi-device**: Operations can run on any of the supported devices
-  (currently the CPU and the GPU).
+ - **Multi-device**: Operations can run on any of the supported devices
+   (currently the CPU and the GPU).
 
-- **Unified memory**: A notable difference from MLX and other frameworks
-  is the *unified memory model*. Arrays in MLX live in shared memory.
-  Operations on MLX arrays can be performed on any of the supported
-  device types without transferring data.
+ - **Unified memory**: A notable difference from MLX and other frameworks
+   is the *unified memory model*. Arrays in MLX live in shared memory.
+   Operations on MLX arrays can be performed on any of the supported
+   device types without transferring data.
 
 MLX is designed by machine learning researchers for machine learning
 researchers. The framework is intended to be user-friendly, but still efficient
 to train and deploy models. The design of the framework itself is also
 conceptually simple. We intend to make it easy for researchers to extend and
-improve MLX with the goal of quickly exploring new ideas.
+improve MLX with the goal of quickly exploring new ideas. 
 
 The design of MLX is inspired by frameworks like
 [NumPy](https://numpy.org/doc/stable/index.html),
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Checkout the
 [documentation](https://ml-explore.github.io/mlx/build/html/install.html#)
 for more information on building the C++ and Python APIs from source.
 
-## Contributing
+## Contributing 
 
 Check out the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx/tree/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information
 on contributing to MLX. See the
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Hannun, Jagrit Digani, Angelos Katharopoulos, and Ronan Collobert. If you find
 MLX useful in your research and wish to cite it, please use the following
 BibTex entry:
 
-```text
+```
 @software{mlx2023,
   author = {Awni Hannun and Jagrit Digani and Angelos Katharopoulos and Ronan Collobert},
   title = {{MLX}: Efficient and flexible machine learning on Apple silicon},

benchmarks/python/blas/bench_gemm.py

@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ def bench_shape(B, M, N, K, np_dtype, transpose="nn"):
     t_b = (0, 1, 2) if transpose[1] == "n" else (0, 2, 1)
 
     c_mlx = a_mx.transpose(t_a) @ b_mx.transpose(t_b)
-    c_npy = a_np.transpose(t_a).astype(np_dtype) @ b_np.transpose(t_b).astype(np_dtype)
+    c_npy = a_np.transpose(t_a).astype(np.float32) @ b_np.transpose(t_b).astype(
+        np.float32
+    )
 
     atol = 1e-5 if np_dtype == np.float32 else 1e-4
 
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ def get_gflop_count(B, M, N, K):
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run gemm benchmarks")
 
-    dtypes = ("float32", "float16", "complex64")
+    dtypes = ("float32", "float16")
     transposes = ("nn", "nt", "tn")
     shapes = (
         (16, 234, 768, 3072),
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 diff = gflops_mx / gflops_pt - 1.0
 
                 print(
-                    f"{B:3d}, {M:4d}, {N:4d}, {K:4d}, {dtype}, {transpose}, {gflops_pt:05.3f}, {gflops_mx:05.3f}, {100.0 * diff:+5.2f}%"
+                    f"{B:3d}, {M:4d}, {N:4d}, {K:4d}, {dtype}, {transpose}, {gflops_pt:05.3f}, {gflops_mx:05.3f}, {100. * diff:+5.2f}%"
                 )
                 if gflops_pt >= 2.0 * gflops_mx:
                     print("ATTENTION ^^^^^^^")

benchmarks/python/blas/bench_gemv.py

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def bench_with_out_len(ax, out_vec_len, in_vector_lens, dtype, transpose):
 
 
 for transpose in (False, True):
-    for dtype in ("float32", "float16", "complex64"):
+    for dtype in ("float32", "float16"):
         fig, axs = plt.subplots(
             len(in_vec_sizes), 2, figsize=(8.5, 11), layout="constrained"
         )
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ for transpose in (False, True):
         fig.suptitle(f"{device_name}: {dtype} {op_name}")
         fig.savefig(
             os.path.join(
-                results_dir, f"{device_name.replace(' ', '_')}_{dtype}_{op_name}.pdf"
+                results_dir, f'{device_name.replace(" ", "_")}_{dtype}_{op_name}.pdf'
             )
         )
         plt.close(fig)

cmake/FindNCCL.cmake

@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-# FindNCCL.cmake This module finds the NVIDIA NCCL library and its include
-# directories.
-
-set(NCCL_ROOT_DIR
-    $ENV{NCCL_ROOT_DIR}
-    CACHE PATH "Folder contains NVIDIA NCCL")
-
-find_path(
-  NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS
-  NAMES nccl.h
-  HINTS ${NCCL_INCLUDE_DIR} ${NCCL_ROOT_DIR} ${NCCL_ROOT_DIR}/include
-        ${CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR}/include)
-
-if($ENV{USE_STATIC_NCCL})
-  message(
-    STATUS "USE_STATIC_NCCL detected. Linking against static NCCL library")
-  set(NCCL_LIBNAME "libnccl_static.a")
-else()
-  set(NCCL_LIBNAME "nccl")
-endif()
-
-find_library(
-  NCCL_LIBRARIES
-  NAMES ${NCCL_LIBNAME}
-  HINTS ${NCCL_LIB_DIR}
-        ${NCCL_ROOT_DIR}
-        ${NCCL_ROOT_DIR}/lib
-        ${NCCL_ROOT_DIR}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
-        ${NCCL_ROOT_DIR}/lib64
-        ${CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR}/lib
-        ${CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR}/lib64)
-
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(NCCL DEFAULT_MSG NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS
-                                  NCCL_LIBRARIES)
-
-if(NCCL_FOUND)
-  set(NCCL_HEADER_FILE "${NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS}/nccl.h")
-  message(
-    STATUS "Determining NCCL version from the header file: ${NCCL_HEADER_FILE}")
-  file(
-    STRINGS ${NCCL_HEADER_FILE} NCCL_MAJOR_VERSION_DEFINED
-    REGEX "^[ \t]*#define[ \t]+NCCL_MAJOR[ \t]+[0-9]+.*$"
-    LIMIT_COUNT 1)
-  if(NCCL_MAJOR_VERSION_DEFINED)
-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^[ \t]*#define[ \t]+NCCL_MAJOR[ \t]+" ""
-                         NCCL_MAJOR_VERSION ${NCCL_MAJOR_VERSION_DEFINED})
-    message(STATUS "NCCL_MAJOR_VERSION: ${NCCL_MAJOR_VERSION}")
-  endif()
-  message(
-    STATUS
-      "Found NCCL (include: ${NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS}, library: ${NCCL_LIBRARIES})")
-  mark_as_advanced(NCCL_ROOT_DIR NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS NCCL_LIBRARIES)
-endif()

docs/src/dev/custom_metal_kernels.rst

@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ relying on a copy from ``ensure_row_contiguous``:
       name="myexp_strided",
       input_names=["inp"],
       output_names=["out"],
-      source=source,
-      ensure_row_contiguous=False,
+      source=source
   )
 
   def exp_elementwise(a: mx.array):
@@ -139,6 +138,7 @@ relying on a copy from ``ensure_row_contiguous``:
           threadgroup=(256, 1, 1),
           output_shapes=[a.shape],
           output_dtypes=[a.dtype],
+          ensure_row_contiguous=False,
       )
       return outputs[0]
 

docs/src/index.rst

@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ are the CPU and GPU.
    python/fft
    python/linalg
    python/metal
-   python/cuda
    python/memory_management
    python/nn
    python/optimizers

docs/src/install.rst

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ silicon computer is
 To install from PyPI your system must meet the following requirements:
 
 - Using an M series chip (Apple silicon)
-- Using a native Python >= 3.10
+- Using a native Python >= 3.9
 - macOS >= 13.5
 
 .. note::
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ requirements:
 - Nvidia driver >= 550.54.14
 - CUDA toolkit >= 12.0
 - Linux distribution with glibc >= 2.35
-- Python >= 3.10
+- Python >= 3.9
 
 
 CPU-only (Linux)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ To install the CPU-only package from PyPi your system must meet the following
 requirements:
 
 - Linux distribution with glibc >= 2.35
-- Python >= 3.10
+- Python >= 3.9
 
 
 Troubleshooting
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ and the CUDA toolkit. For example on Ubuntu, run the following:
    dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
    apt-get update -y
    apt-get -y install cuda-toolkit-12-9
-   apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev libcudnn9-dev-cuda-12 -y
+   apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev -y
 
 
 When building either the Python or C++ APIs make sure to pass the cmake flag

docs/src/python/cuda.rst

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-CUDA
-=====
-
-.. currentmodule:: mlx.core.cuda
-
-.. autosummary::
-  :toctree: _autosummary
-
-  is_available

docs/src/python/fast.rst

@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ Fast
   rope
   scaled_dot_product_attention
   metal_kernel
-  cuda_kernel

docs/src/python/nn/functions.rst

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ simple functions.
    mish
    prelu
    relu
-   relu2
    relu6
    selu
    sigmoid

docs/src/python/nn/layers.rst

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Layers
    QuantizedLinear
    RMSNorm
    ReLU
-   ReLU2
    ReLU6
    RNN
    RoPE

docs/src/python/ops.rst

@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ Operations
    max
    maximum
    mean
-   median
    meshgrid
    min
    minimum

docs/src/usage/compile.rst

@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ Now make an array, and benchmark both functions:
 .. code-block:: python
 
   x = mx.random.uniform(shape=(32, 1000, 4096))
-  timeit(gelu, x)
-  timeit(mx.compile(gelu), x)
+  timeit(nn.gelu, x)
+  timeit(mx.compile(nn.gelu), x)
 
 On an M1 Max the times are 15.5 and 3.1 milliseconds. The compiled ``gelu`` is
 five times faster.
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ In some cases returning updated state can be pretty inconvenient. Hence,
   def fun(x, y):
       z = x + y
       state.append(z)
-      return mx.exp(z)
+      return mx.exp(z), state
 
   fun(mx.array(1.0), mx.array(2.0))
   # Prints [array(3, dtype=float32)]

docs/src/usage/distributed.rst

@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ almost identical to the example above:
 
     def step(model, x, y):
         loss, grads = loss_grad_fn(model, x, y)
-        grads = mx.nn.average_gradients(grads)  # <---- This line was added
+        grads = mlx.nn.average_gradients(grads) # <---- This line was added
         optimizer.update(model, grads)
         return loss
 

docs/src/usage/export.rst

@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ to export a function which can be used for inputs with variable shapes:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-  mx.export_function("fun.mlxfn", mx.abs, mx.array([0.0]), shapeless=True)
+  mx.export_function("fun.mlxfn", mx.abs, mx.array(0.0), shapeless=True)
   imported_abs = mx.import_function("fun.mlxfn")
 
   # Ok
-  out, = imported_abs(mx.array([-1.0]))
+  out, = imported_abs(mx.array(-1.0))
 
   # Also ok
   out, = imported_abs(mx.array([-1.0, -2.0]))

docs/src/usage/indexing.rst

@@ -107,20 +107,8 @@ same array:
   >>> a
   array([1, 2, 0], dtype=int32)
 
-Note that unlike NumPy, slicing an array creates a copy, not a view. So
-mutating it does not mutate the original array:
 
-.. code-block:: shell
-
-  >>> a = mx.array([1, 2, 3])
-  >>> b = a[:]
-  >>> b[2] = 0
-  >>> b
-  array([1, 2, 0], dtype=int32)
-  >>> a
-  array([1, 2, 3], dtype=int32)
-
-Also unlike NumPy, updates to the same location are nondeterministic:
+Note, unlike NumPy, updates to the same location are nondeterministic:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 

mlx/array.cpp

@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ array::ArrayDesc::ArrayDesc(
     std::vector<array> inputs)
     : shape(std::move(shape)),
       dtype(dtype),
-      primitive(std::move(primitive)),
       status(Status::unscheduled),
+      primitive(std::move(primitive)),
       inputs(std::move(inputs)) {
   init();
 }

mlx/backend/common/matmul.h

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ inline std::tuple<Shape, Strides, Strides> collapse_batches(
     const array& a,
     const array& b) {
   if (a.ndim() == 2) {
-    return {Shape{1}, Strides{0}, Strides{0}};
+    return {{1}, {0}, {0}};
   }
 
   Shape A_bshape{a.shape().begin(), a.shape().end() - 2};
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ inline std::tuple<Shape, Strides, Strides> collapse_batches(
 inline std::tuple<Shape, Strides, Strides, Strides>
 collapse_batches(const array& a, const array& b, const array& c) {
   if (a.ndim() == 2) {
-    return {Shape{1}, Strides{0}, Strides{0}, Strides{0}};
+    return {{1}, {0}, {0}, {0}};
   }
 
   Shape A_bshape{a.shape().begin(), a.shape().end() - 2};

mlx/backend/common/ternary.h

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ namespace mlx::core {
 enum class TernaryOpType {
   ScalarScalarScalar,
   VectorVectorVector,
-  VectorVectorScalar,
-  VectorScalarVector,
   General,
 };
 
@@ -27,14 +25,6 @@ get_ternary_op_type(const array& a, const array& b, const array& c) {
       (a.flags().col_contiguous && b.flags().col_contiguous &&
        c.flags().col_contiguous)) {
     topt = TernaryOpType::VectorVectorVector;
-  } else if (
-      b.data_size() == 1 && a.flags().row_contiguous &&
-      c.flags().row_contiguous) {
-    topt = TernaryOpType::VectorScalarVector;
-  } else if (
-      c.data_size() == 1 && a.flags().row_contiguous &&
-      b.flags().row_contiguous) {
-    topt = TernaryOpType::VectorVectorScalar;
   } else {
     topt = TernaryOpType::General;
   }
@@ -69,8 +59,6 @@ inline void set_ternary_op_output_data(
             b.flags());
       }
       break;
-    case TernaryOpType::VectorVectorScalar:
-    case TernaryOpType::VectorScalarVector:
     case TernaryOpType::General:
       // Try to donate an input which is row_contiguous
       if (!((a.flags().row_contiguous && maybe_donate(a)) ||

mlx/backend/common/utils.cpp

@@ -228,4 +228,31 @@ std::pair<Dims, Dims> get_grid_and_block_common(int dim0, int dim1, int dim2) {
       std::make_tuple(gx, gy, gz), std::make_tuple(bx, by, bz));
 }
 
+array swapaxes_in_eval(const array& x, int axis1, int axis2) {
+  int ndim = x.ndim();
+  if (axis1 < 0) {
+    axis1 += ndim;
+  }
+  if (axis2 < 0) {
+    axis2 += ndim;
+  }
+
+  auto shape = x.shape();
+  std::swap(shape[axis1], shape[axis2]);
+  auto strides = x.strides();
+  std::swap(strides[axis1], strides[axis2]);
+
+  auto [data_size, row_contiguous, col_contiguous] =
+      check_contiguity(shape, strides);
+  bool contiguous = data_size == x.data_size();
+
+  array out(std::move(shape), x.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+  out.copy_shared_buffer(
+      x,
+      std::move(strides),
+      {contiguous, row_contiguous, col_contiguous},
+      x.data_size());
+  return out;
+}
+
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/common/utils.h

@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ void shared_buffer_reshape(
     const Strides& out_strides,
     array& out);
 
+// Like the swapaxes op but safe to call in eval_gpu.
+array swapaxes_in_eval(const array& x, int axis1, int axis2);
+
 template <typename T>
 inline SmallVector<T> remove_index(SmallVector<T> vec, size_t index) {
   vec.erase(std::next(vec.begin(), index));

mlx/backend/cpu/compiled.cpp

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "mlx/backend/cpu/jit_compiler.h"
 #include "mlx/device.h"
 #include "mlx/graph_utils.h"
-#include "mlx/version.h"
 
 namespace mlx::core {
 
@@ -95,11 +94,7 @@ void* compile(
     kernel_file_name = kernel_name;
   }
 
-  auto output_dir =
-      std::filesystem::temp_directory_path() / "mlx" / version() / "cpu";
-  if (!std::filesystem::exists(output_dir)) {
-    std::filesystem::create_directories(output_dir);
-  }
+  auto output_dir = std::filesystem::temp_directory_path();
 
   std::string shared_lib_name = "lib" + kernel_file_name + ".so";
   auto shared_lib_path = (output_dir / shared_lib_name).string();
@@ -162,12 +157,10 @@ inline void build_kernel(
 #endif
 
   // Start the kernel
-  os << "void " << kernel_name
-     << "(int* shape, int64_t** strides, void** args) {" << std::endl;
+  os << "void " << kernel_name << "(void** args) {" << std::endl;
 
   // Add the input arguments
   int cnt = 0;
-  int strides_index = 1;
   for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
     // Skip constants from the input list
     if (is_constant(i)) {
@@ -182,8 +175,8 @@ inline void build_kernel(
        << "];" << std::endl;
     // Scalars and contiguous need no strides
     if (!is_scalar(x) && !contiguous) {
-      os << "  const int64_t* " << xname << "_strides = strides["
-         << strides_index++ << "];" << std::endl;
+      os << "  const size_t* " << xname << "_strides = (size_t*)args[" << cnt++
+         << "];" << std::endl;
     }
   }
 
@@ -193,8 +186,10 @@ inline void build_kernel(
     os << "  " << tstr << "* " << namer.get_name(x) << " = (" << tstr
        << "*)args[" << cnt++ << "];" << std::endl;
   }
-  // Add output size
-  if (contiguous) {
+  // Add output strides and shape to extract the indices.
+  if (!contiguous) {
+    os << "  const int* shape = (int*)args[" << cnt++ << "];" << std::endl;
+  } else {
     os << "  const size_t size = (size_t)args[" << cnt++ << "];" << std::endl;
   }
 
@@ -293,8 +288,17 @@ void Compiled::eval_cpu(
   auto [contiguous, shape, strides] =
       compiled_collapse_contiguous_dims(inputs, outputs[0], is_constant_);
 
+  // Force allocating shape/strides on heap so we can take their data() first
+  // and then std::move them.
+  // TODO: Refactor code to avoid heap allocation.
+  shape.grow();
+  for (auto& s : strides) {
+    s.grow();
+  }
+
   // Collect function input arguments.
   std::vector<void*> args;
+  int strides_index = 1;
   for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
     if (is_constant_(i)) {
       continue;
@@ -302,6 +306,9 @@ void Compiled::eval_cpu(
     const auto& x = inputs[i];
     encoder.set_input_array(x);
     args.push_back((void*)x.data<void>());
+    if (!contiguous && !is_scalar(x)) {
+      args.push_back(strides[strides_index++].data());
+    }
   }
 
   // Get the kernel name from the lib
@@ -336,20 +343,16 @@ void Compiled::eval_cpu(
     args.push_back(x.data<void>());
     encoder.set_output_array(x);
   }
-  if (contiguous) {
+  if (!contiguous) {
+    args.push_back((void*)shape.data());
+  } else {
     args.push_back((void*)outputs[0].data_size());
   }
-  auto fun = reinterpret_cast<void (*)(int*, int64_t**, void**)>(fn_ptr);
+  auto fun = (void (*)(void**))fn_ptr;
   encoder.dispatch([fun,
                     args = std::move(args),
                     strides = std::move(strides),
-                    shape = std::move(shape)]() mutable {
-    SmallVector<int64_t*> strides_ptrs;
-    for (auto& s : strides) {
-      strides_ptrs.push_back(s.data());
-    }
-    fun(shape.data(), strides_ptrs.data(), args.data());
-  });
+                    shape = std::move(shape)]() mutable { fun(args.data()); });
 }
 
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cpu/conv.cpp

@@ -996,6 +996,131 @@ void explicit_gemm_conv_1D_cpu(
   encoder.add_temporaries(std::move(temps));
 }
 
+void explicit_gemm_conv_2D_cpu(
+    const array& in,
+    const array& wt,
+    array out,
+    const std::vector<int>& padding_lo,
+    const std::vector<int>& padding_hi,
+    const std::vector<int>& wt_strides,
+    const std::vector<int>& wt_dilation,
+    Stream stream) {
+  const int N = in.shape(0); // Batch size, should be the same as out.shape(0)
+  const int iH = in.shape(1); // Input spatial dim
+  const int iW = in.shape(2); // Input spatial dim
+  const int oH = out.shape(1); // Output spatial dim
+  const int oW = out.shape(2); // Output spatial dim
+  const int O = wt.shape(0); // Out channels
+  const int C = wt.shape(3); // In channels
+  const int wH = wt.shape(1); // Weight spatial dim
+  const int wW = wt.shape(2); // Weight spatial dim
+
+  auto conv_dtype = out.dtype();
+  auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream);
+
+  // Pad input
+  Shape padded_shape = {
+      N,
+      iH + padding_lo[0] + padding_hi[0],
+      iW + padding_lo[1] + padding_hi[1],
+      C};
+  array in_padded(padded_shape, conv_dtype, nullptr, {});
+
+  // Fill with zeros
+  std::vector<array> temps;
+  temps.push_back(array(0, conv_dtype));
+  copy_cpu(temps.back(), in_padded, CopyType::Scalar, stream);
+
+  // Pick input slice from padded
+  size_t data_offset = padding_lo[0] * in_padded.strides()[1] +
+      padding_lo[1] * in_padded.strides()[2];
+  array in_padded_slice(in.shape(), in_padded.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+  in_padded_slice.copy_shared_buffer(
+      in_padded,
+      in_padded.strides(),
+      in_padded.flags(),
+      in_padded_slice.size(),
+      data_offset);
+  temps.push_back(in_padded_slice);
+
+  // Copy input values into the slice
+  copy_cpu_inplace(in, in_padded_slice, CopyType::GeneralGeneral, stream);
+
+  // Make strided view
+  Shape strided_shape = {N, oH, oW, wH, wW, C};
+
+  Strides strided_strides = {
+      in_padded.strides()[0],
+      in_padded.strides()[1] * wt_strides[0],
+      in_padded.strides()[2] * wt_strides[1],
+      in_padded.strides()[1],
+      in_padded.strides()[2],
+      in_padded.strides()[3]};
+  auto flags = in_padded.flags();
+
+  array in_strided_view(strided_shape, in_padded.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+  in_strided_view.copy_shared_buffer(
+      in_padded, strided_strides, flags, in_strided_view.size(), 0);
+
+  // Materialize strided view
+  Shape strided_reshape = {N * oH * oW, wH * wW * C};
+  array in_strided(strided_reshape, in_strided_view.dtype(), nullptr, {});
+  copy_cpu(in_strided_view, in_strided, CopyType::General, stream);
+  temps.push_back(in_strided);
+
+  // Check wt dtype and prepare
+  auto gemm_wt = wt;
+  auto gemm_out = out;
+
+  if (wt.dtype() != float32 || !wt.flags().row_contiguous) {
+    auto ctype =
+        wt.flags().row_contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General;
+    gemm_wt = array(wt.shape(), float32, nullptr, {});
+    copy_cpu(wt, gemm_wt, ctype, stream);
+    temps.push_back(gemm_wt);
+  }
+
+  if (out.dtype() != float32) {
+    gemm_out = array(out.shape(), float32, nullptr, {});
+    gemm_out.set_data(allocator::malloc(gemm_out.nbytes()));
+    temps.push_back(gemm_out);
+  }
+
+  encoder.set_input_array(in_strided);
+  encoder.set_input_array(gemm_wt);
+  encoder.set_output_array(gemm_out);
+
+  encoder.dispatch([in_strided_ptr = in_strided.data<float>(),
+                    gemm_wt_ptr = gemm_wt.data<float>(),
+                    gemm_out_ptr = gemm_out.data<float>(),
+                    strided_reshape = std::move(strided_reshape),
+                    O]() {
+    // Perform gemm
+    cblas_sgemm(
+        CblasRowMajor,
+        CblasNoTrans, // no trans A
+        CblasTrans, // transB
+        strided_reshape[0], // M
+        O, // N
+        strided_reshape[1], // K
+        1.0f, // alpha
+        in_strided_ptr,
+        strided_reshape[1], // lda
+        gemm_wt_ptr,
+        strided_reshape[1], // ldb
+        0.0f, // beta
+        gemm_out_ptr,
+        O // ldc
+    );
+  });
+
+  // Copy results if needed
+  if (out.dtype() != float32) {
+    copy_cpu_inplace(gemm_out, out, CopyType::Vector, stream);
+  }
+  encoder.add_temporaries(std::move(temps));
+}
+
 void explicit_gemm_conv_ND_cpu(
     const array& in,
     const array& wt,

mlx/backend/cpu/eig.cpp

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ void eig_impl(
     int info;
     {
       T work;
+      int iwork;
       geev<T>(
           &jobl,
           &jobr,

mlx/backend/cpu/gemms/bnns.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright © 2023-2024 Apple Inc.
+
 #include <Accelerate/Accelerate.h>
 
 #include "mlx/array.h"
@@ -48,15 +49,9 @@ void matmul_bnns(
   size_t K = a_shape[ndim - 1];
 
   BNNSDataType bnns_dtype = to_bnns_dtype<T>();
+
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
-  if (beta != 1.0 && beta != 0.0) {
-    // scale the output
-    for (auto i = 0; i < batch_size * M * N; ++i) {
-      out[i] *= beta;
-    }
-    beta = 1.0;
-  }
   const BNNSLayerParametersBroadcastMatMul gemm_params{
       /* float alpha = */ alpha,
       /* float beta = */ beta,

mlx/backend/cpu/gemms/cblas.cpp

@@ -88,47 +88,4 @@ void matmul<double>(
   }
 }
 
-template <>
-void matmul<complex64_t>(
-    const complex64_t* a,
-    const complex64_t* b,
-    complex64_t* out,
-    bool a_transposed,
-    bool b_transposed,
-    size_t lda,
-    size_t ldb,
-    size_t ldc,
-    float alpha,
-    float beta,
-    size_t batch_size,
-    const Shape& a_shape,
-    const Strides& a_strides,
-    const Shape& b_shape,
-    const Strides& b_strides) {
-  auto ndim = a_shape.size();
-  size_t M = a_shape[ndim - 2];
-  size_t N = b_shape[ndim - 1];
-  size_t K = a_shape[ndim - 1];
-  auto calpha = static_cast<complex64_t>(alpha);
-  auto cbeta = static_cast<complex64_t>(beta);
-
-  for (int i = 0; i < batch_size; ++i) {
-    cblas_cgemm(
-        CblasRowMajor,
-        a_transposed ? CblasTrans : CblasNoTrans, // transA
-        b_transposed ? CblasTrans : CblasNoTrans, // transB
-        M,
-        N,
-        K,
-        &calpha,
-        a + elem_to_loc(M * K * i, a_shape, a_strides),
-        lda,
-        b + elem_to_loc(K * N * i, b_shape, b_strides),
-        ldb,
-        &cbeta,
-        out + M * N * i,
-        ldc);
-  }
-}
-
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cpu/lapack.h

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(orgqr)
 INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(syevd)
 INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(geev)
 INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(potrf)
-INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(gesdd)
+INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(gesvdx)
 INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(getrf)
 INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(getri)
 INSTANTIATE_LAPACK_REAL(trtri)

mlx/backend/cpu/masked_mm.cpp

@@ -215,18 +215,18 @@ void BlockMaskedMM::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
 
   encoder.set_input_array(a);
   encoder.set_input_array(b);
-  const void* a_mask_ptr = nullptr;
-  const void* b_mask_ptr = nullptr;
-  const void* out_mask_ptr = nullptr;
+  const void* a_mask_ptr;
+  const void* b_mask_ptr;
+  const void* out_mask_ptr;
   Shape a_mask_shape;
   Shape b_mask_shape;
   Shape out_mask_shape;
   Strides a_mask_strides;
   Strides b_mask_strides;
   Strides out_mask_strides;
-  bool a_mask_bool = false;
-  bool b_mask_bool = false;
-  bool out_mask_bool = false;
+  bool a_mask_bool;
+  bool b_mask_bool;
+  bool out_mask_bool;
   if (has_op_mask) {
     auto& a_mask = inputs[inputs.size() - 2];
     auto& b_mask = inputs[inputs.size() - 1];
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ void GatherMM::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   auto& rhs_indices = inputs[3];
 
   auto batch_shape = get_batch_dims(out.shape());
+  int batch_ndim = batch_shape.size();
 
   auto batch_shape_A = get_batch_dims(a.shape());
   auto batch_strides_A = get_batch_dims(a.strides());

mlx/backend/cpu/matmul.cpp

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ void matmul_general(
   auto [b_transposed, ldb, b] = check_transpose(b_pre);
   size_t M = a.shape(-2);
   size_t N = b.shape(-1);
+  size_t K = a.shape(-1);
   if (M == 0 || N == 0) {
     return;
   }
@@ -107,9 +108,6 @@ void matmul_general(
   } else if (out.dtype() == float64) {
     matmul_dispatch<double>(
         a, b, out, a_transposed, b_transposed, lda, ldb, alpha, beta, stream);
-  } else if (out.dtype() == complex64) {
-    matmul_dispatch<complex64_t>(
-        a, b, out, a_transposed, b_transposed, lda, ldb, alpha, beta, stream);
   } else {
     throw std::runtime_error("[Matmul::eval_cpu] Invalid type.");
   }
@@ -130,6 +128,10 @@ void Matmul::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
 }
 
 void AddMM::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
+  if (out.dtype() != float32) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        "[AddMM::eval_cpu] Currently only supports float32.");
+  }
   if (out.size() == 0) {
     out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
     return;

mlx/backend/cpu/quantized.cpp

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright © 2023 Apple Inc.
 
-#include "mlx/backend/common/unary.h"
+#include <cassert>
+
 #include "mlx/backend/cpu/copy.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cpu/encoder.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cpu/simd/simd.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cpu/unary.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cpu/unary_ops.h"
 #include "mlx/fast_primitives.h"
 #include "mlx/primitives.h"
 #include "mlx/utils.h"
@@ -14,35 +13,6 @@ namespace mlx::core {
 
 namespace {
 
-const static float MXFP4_LUT[16] = {
-    +0.0f,
-    +0.5f,
-    +1.0f,
-    +1.5f,
-    +2.0f,
-    +3.0f,
-    +4.0f,
-    +6.0f,
-    -0.0f,
-    -0.5f,
-    -1.0f,
-    -1.5f,
-    -2.0f,
-    -3.0f,
-    -4.0f,
-    -6.0f};
-
-template <typename T>
-static inline T dequantize_scale(uint8_t s) {
-  using FOrI = union {
-    bfloat16_t f;
-    uint16_t i;
-  };
-  FOrI out;
-  out.i = (s == 0 ? 0x40 : (static_cast<uint16_t>(s) << 7));
-  return static_cast<T>(out.f);
-}
-
 inline constexpr short get_pack_factor(int bits, int wsize = 8) {
   return (bits == 3 || bits == 5) ? 8 : (bits == 6 ? 4 : wsize / bits);
 }
@@ -437,229 +407,6 @@ void _qmm_dispatch(
   }
 }
 
-template <typename T>
-void mxfp4_qmm(
-    T* result,
-    const T* x,
-    const uint32_t* w,
-    const uint8_t* scales,
-    int M,
-    int N,
-    int K) {
-  constexpr int group_size = 32;
-  constexpr int pack_factor = get_pack_factor(4, 8);
-  constexpr int packs_in_group = group_size / pack_factor;
-
-  for (int m = 0; m < M; m++) {
-    const uint8_t* w_local = (const uint8_t*)w;
-    const uint8_t* scales_local = scales;
-
-    std::fill(result, result + N, 0);
-
-    for (int k = 0; k < K; k++) {
-      T* result_local = result;
-      T xi = *x++;
-
-      for (int n = 0; n < N; n += group_size) {
-        T scale = dequantize_scale<T>(*scales_local++);
-        for (int ng = 0; ng < packs_in_group; ng++) {
-          uint8_t wi = *w_local++;
-#pragma clang loop unroll(full)
-          for (int p = 0; p < pack_factor; p++) {
-            (*result_local++) +=
-                xi * scale * static_cast<T>(MXFP4_LUT[wi & 0xf]);
-            wi >>= 4;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    result += N;
-  }
-}
-
-template <typename T>
-void mxfp4_qmm_t(
-    T* result,
-    const T* x,
-    const uint32_t* w,
-    const uint8_t* scales,
-    int M,
-    int N,
-    int K) {
-  constexpr int group_size = 32;
-  constexpr int pack_factor = get_pack_factor(4, 8);
-  constexpr int packs_in_group = group_size / pack_factor;
-
-  for (int m = 0; m < M; m++) {
-    const uint8_t* w_local = (const uint8_t*)w;
-    const uint8_t* scales_local = scales;
-
-    for (int n = 0; n < N; n++) {
-      const T* x_local = x;
-      T sum = 0;
-      for (int k = 0; k < K; k += group_size) {
-        T scale = dequantize_scale<T>(*scales_local++);
-
-        T gsum = 0;
-        for (int kw = 0; kw < packs_in_group; kw++) {
-          uint8_t wi = *w_local++;
-#pragma clang loop unroll(full)
-          for (int p = 0; p < pack_factor; p++) {
-            gsum += (*x_local++) * static_cast<T>(MXFP4_LUT[wi & 0xf]);
-            wi >>= 4;
-          }
-        }
-        sum += scale * gsum;
-      }
-      *result = sum;
-      result++;
-    }
-
-    x += K;
-  }
-}
-
-template <int S>
-simd::Simd<float, S> mxfp4_extract_bits_simd(const uint32_t* w) {
-  if constexpr (S == 8) {
-    constexpr std::array<uint32_t, 8> shifts_ = {{0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28}};
-    auto shifts(*(simd::Simd<uint32_t, S>*)&shifts_);
-    auto wi = simd::Simd<uint32_t, S>(*w);
-    wi = wi >> shifts;
-    wi = wi & 0xf;
-    simd::Simd<float, S> w_out;
-    for (int i = 0; i < S; ++i) {
-      w_out[i] = MXFP4_LUT[wi[i]];
-    }
-    return w_out;
-  } else {
-    // Appease compiler.. but should never get here
-    throw std::runtime_error("Unsupported combination for simd qmm.");
-  }
-}
-
-template <typename T>
-void mxfp4_qmm_t_simd(
-    T* result,
-    const T* x,
-    const uint32_t* w,
-    const uint8_t* scales,
-    int M,
-    int N,
-    int K) {
-  constexpr int group_size = 32;
-  constexpr int pack_factor = 32 / 4;
-  constexpr int packs_in_group = group_size / pack_factor;
-  constexpr int S = simd::max_size<T>;
-  static_assert(
-      S % pack_factor == 0, "SIMD size must be divisible by pack factor");
-  constexpr int packs_per_simd = S / pack_factor;
-
-  for (int m = 0; m < M; m++) {
-    const uint32_t* w_local = w;
-    const uint8_t* scales_local = scales;
-
-    for (int n = 0; n < N; n++) {
-      simd::Simd<float, S> acc(0);
-      auto x_local = x;
-      for (int k = 0; k < K; k += group_size) {
-        T scale = dequantize_scale<T>(*scales_local++);
-
-        simd::Simd<float, S> g_acc(0);
-        for (int kw = 0; kw < packs_in_group; kw += packs_per_simd) {
-          // Extract bits
-          auto wf = mxfp4_extract_bits_simd<S>(w_local);
-          w_local += packs_per_simd;
-          simd::Simd<float, S> x_simd = simd::load<T, S>(x_local);
-          g_acc = g_acc + x_simd * wf;
-          x_local += S;
-        }
-        acc = acc + scale * g_acc;
-      }
-
-      *result = T(simd::sum(acc));
-      result++;
-    }
-    x += K;
-  }
-}
-
-template <typename T>
-void mxfp4_qmm_dispatch_transpose(
-    T* result,
-    const T* x,
-    const uint32_t* w,
-    const uint8_t* scales,
-    int M,
-    int N,
-    int K,
-    bool transposed_w) {
-  if (transposed_w) {
-    // the simd size must be a multiple of the number of elements per word
-    if constexpr (simd::max_size<T> % 8 == 0) {
-      mxfp4_qmm_t_simd<T>(result, x, w, scales, M, N, K);
-    } else {
-      mxfp4_qmm_t<T>(result, x, w, scales, M, N, K);
-    }
-  } else {
-    mxfp4_qmm<T>(result, x, w, scales, M, N, K);
-  }
-}
-
-template <typename T>
-void mxfp4_qmm_dispatch_typed(
-    array& out,
-    const array& x,
-    const array& w,
-    const array& scales,
-    bool transposed_w) {
-  int K = x.shape(-1);
-  int M = x.ndim() > 1 ? x.shape(-2) : 1;
-  int N = out.shape(-1);
-  int w_els = w.ndim() > 2 ? w.shape(-1) * w.shape(-2) : 0;
-  int g_els = w.ndim() > 2 ? scales.shape(-1) * scales.shape(-2) : 0;
-  int batch_size = x.size() / (K * M);
-
-  auto out_ptr = out.data<T>();
-  auto x_ptr = x.data<T>();
-  auto w_ptr = w.data<uint32_t>();
-  auto scales_ptr = scales.data<uint8_t>();
-  for (int i = 0; i < batch_size; i++) {
-    mxfp4_qmm_dispatch_transpose<T>(
-        out_ptr + i * M * N,
-        x_ptr + elem_to_loc(i * M * K, x.shape(), x.strides()),
-        w_ptr + elem_to_loc(i * w_els, w.shape(), w.strides()),
-        scales_ptr + elem_to_loc(i * g_els, scales.shape(), scales.strides()),
-        M,
-        N,
-        K,
-        transposed_w);
-  }
-}
-
-void mxfp4_qmm_dispatch(
-    array& out,
-    const array& x,
-    const array& w,
-    const array& scales,
-    bool transposed_w) {
-  switch (x.dtype()) {
-    case bfloat16:
-      mxfp4_qmm_dispatch_typed<bfloat16_t>(out, x, w, scales, transposed_w);
-      break;
-    case float16:
-      mxfp4_qmm_dispatch_typed<float16_t>(out, x, w, scales, transposed_w);
-      break;
-    case float32:
-      mxfp4_qmm_dispatch_typed<float>(out, x, w, scales, transposed_w);
-      break;
-    default:
-      throw std::invalid_argument(
-          "[quantized_matmul] only floating types are supported");
-  }
-}
-
 template <typename T>
 void _bs_qmm_dispatch_typed(
     array& out,
@@ -766,198 +513,115 @@ void _bs_qmm_dispatch(
   }
 }
 
-template <typename T>
-void mxfp4_bs_qmm_dispatch_typed(
-    array& out,
-    const array& x,
-    const array& w,
-    const array& scales,
-    const array& lhs_indices,
-    const array& rhs_indices,
-    bool transposed_w) {
-  int K = x.shape(-1);
-  int M = x.shape(-2);
-  int N = out.shape(-1);
-
-  int w_els = w.shape(-1) * w.shape(-2);
-  int g_els = scales.shape(-1) * scales.shape(-2);
-
-  auto out_ptr = out.data<T>();
-  auto x_ptr = x.data<T>();
-  auto w_ptr = w.data<uint32_t>();
-  auto scales_ptr = scales.data<uint8_t>();
-  auto lhs_indices_ptr = lhs_indices.data<uint32_t>();
-  auto rhs_indices_ptr = rhs_indices.data<uint32_t>();
-
-  for (int i = 0; i < lhs_indices.size(); i++) {
-    int x_idx = lhs_indices_ptr[elem_to_loc(
-        i, lhs_indices.shape(), lhs_indices.strides())];
-    int w_idx = rhs_indices_ptr[elem_to_loc(
-        i, rhs_indices.shape(), rhs_indices.strides())];
-    mxfp4_qmm_dispatch_transpose<T>(
-        out_ptr + i * M * N,
-        x_ptr + elem_to_loc(x_idx * M * K, x.shape(), x.strides()),
-        w_ptr + elem_to_loc(w_idx * w_els, w.shape(), w.strides()),
-        scales_ptr +
-            elem_to_loc(w_idx * g_els, scales.shape(), scales.strides()),
-        M,
-        N,
-        K,
-        transposed_w);
-  }
-}
-
-void mxfp4_bs_qmm_dispatch(
-    array& out,
-    const array& x,
-    const array& w,
-    const array& scales,
-    const array& lhs_indices,
-    const array& rhs_indices,
-    bool transposed_w) {
-  switch (x.dtype()) {
-    case float32:
-      mxfp4_bs_qmm_dispatch_typed<float>(
-          out, x, w, scales, lhs_indices, rhs_indices, transposed_w);
-      break;
-    case float16:
-      mxfp4_bs_qmm_dispatch_typed<float16_t>(
-          out, x, w, scales, lhs_indices, rhs_indices, transposed_w);
-      break;
-    case bfloat16:
-      mxfp4_bs_qmm_dispatch_typed<bfloat16_t>(
-          out, x, w, scales, lhs_indices, rhs_indices, transposed_w);
-      break;
-    default:
-      throw std::invalid_argument(
-          "[quantized_matmul] only floating types are supported");
-  }
-}
-
 } // namespace
 
 void QuantizedMatmul::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
+  assert(inputs.size() == 4);
+
   auto& x_pre = inputs[0];
   auto& w_pre = inputs[1];
   auto& scales_pre = inputs[2];
+  auto& biases_pre = inputs[3];
 
-  auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream());
-  auto ensure_row_contiguous = [s = stream(), &encoder](const array& arr) {
+  std::vector<array> temps;
+  auto ensure_row_contiguous = [s = stream(), &temps](const array& arr) {
     if (arr.flags().row_contiguous) {
       return arr;
     } else {
-      auto arr_cpy = array(arr.shape(), arr.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-      copy_cpu(arr, arr_cpy, CopyType::General, s);
-      encoder.add_temporary(arr_cpy);
-      return arr_cpy;
+      temps.push_back(array(arr.shape(), arr.dtype(), nullptr, {}));
+      copy_cpu(arr, temps.back(), CopyType::General, s);
+      return temps.back();
     }
   };
 
   auto x = ensure_row_contiguous(x_pre);
   auto w = ensure_row_contiguous(w_pre);
   auto scales = ensure_row_contiguous(scales_pre);
+  auto biases = ensure_row_contiguous(biases_pre);
 
   out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
 
+  auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream());
+  encoder.add_temporaries(std::move(temps));
   encoder.set_input_array(x);
   encoder.set_input_array(w);
   encoder.set_input_array(scales);
+  encoder.set_input_array(biases);
   encoder.set_output_array(out);
-  if (mode_ == QuantizationMode::Affine) {
-    auto biases = ensure_row_contiguous(inputs[3]);
-    encoder.set_input_array(biases);
-    encoder.dispatch([out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
-                      x = array::unsafe_weak_copy(x),
-                      w = array::unsafe_weak_copy(w),
-                      scales = array::unsafe_weak_copy(scales),
-                      biases = array::unsafe_weak_copy(biases),
-                      group_size_ = group_size_,
-                      bits_ = bits_,
-                      transpose_ = transpose_]() mutable {
-      _qmm_dispatch(out, x, w, scales, biases, group_size_, bits_, transpose_);
-    });
-  } else {
-    encoder.dispatch([out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
-                      x = array::unsafe_weak_copy(x),
-                      w = array::unsafe_weak_copy(w),
-                      scales = array::unsafe_weak_copy(scales),
-                      transpose_ = transpose_]() mutable {
-      mxfp4_qmm_dispatch(out, x, w, scales, transpose_);
-    });
-  }
+  encoder.dispatch([out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
+                    x = array::unsafe_weak_copy(x),
+                    w = array::unsafe_weak_copy(w),
+                    scales = array::unsafe_weak_copy(scales),
+                    biases = array::unsafe_weak_copy(biases),
+                    group_size_ = group_size_,
+                    bits_ = bits_,
+                    transpose_ = transpose_]() mutable {
+    _qmm_dispatch(out, x, w, scales, biases, group_size_, bits_, transpose_);
+  });
 }
 
 void GatherQMM::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
+  assert(inputs.size() == 6);
+
   auto& x_pre = inputs[0];
   auto& w_pre = inputs[1];
   auto& scales_pre = inputs[2];
-  auto& lhs_indices = inputs[inputs.size() - 2];
-  auto& rhs_indices = inputs[inputs.size() - 1];
+  auto& biases_pre = inputs[3];
+  auto& lhs_indices = inputs[4];
+  auto& rhs_indices = inputs[5];
 
-  auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream());
+  std::vector<array> temps;
   auto ensure_row_contiguous_last_dims = [s = stream(),
-                                          &encoder](const array& arr) {
+                                          &temps](const array& arr) {
     auto stride_0 = arr.strides()[arr.ndim() - 2];
     auto stride_1 = arr.strides()[arr.ndim() - 1];
     if (stride_0 == arr.shape(-1) && stride_1 == 1) {
       return arr;
     } else {
-      auto arr_cpy = array(arr.shape(), arr.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-      copy_cpu(arr, arr_cpy, CopyType::General, s);
-      encoder.add_temporary(arr_cpy);
-      return arr_cpy;
+      temps.push_back(array(arr.shape(), arr.dtype(), nullptr, {}));
+      copy_cpu(arr, temps.back(), CopyType::General, s);
+      return temps.back();
     }
   };
 
   auto x = ensure_row_contiguous_last_dims(x_pre);
   auto w = ensure_row_contiguous_last_dims(w_pre);
   auto scales = ensure_row_contiguous_last_dims(scales_pre);
+  auto biases = ensure_row_contiguous_last_dims(biases_pre);
 
   out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
 
+  auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream());
+  encoder.add_temporaries(std::move(temps));
   encoder.set_input_array(x);
   encoder.set_input_array(w);
   encoder.set_input_array(scales);
+  encoder.set_input_array(biases);
   encoder.set_input_array(lhs_indices);
   encoder.set_input_array(rhs_indices);
   encoder.set_output_array(out);
-  if (mode_ == QuantizationMode::Affine) {
-    auto biases = ensure_row_contiguous_last_dims(inputs[3]);
-    encoder.set_input_array(biases);
-    encoder.dispatch([out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
-                      x = array::unsafe_weak_copy(x),
-                      w = array::unsafe_weak_copy(w),
-                      scales = array::unsafe_weak_copy(scales),
-                      biases = array::unsafe_weak_copy(biases),
-                      lhs_indices = array::unsafe_weak_copy(lhs_indices),
-                      rhs_indices = array::unsafe_weak_copy(rhs_indices),
-                      group_size_ = group_size_,
-                      bits_ = bits_,
-                      transpose_ = transpose_]() mutable {
-      _bs_qmm_dispatch(
-          out,
-          x,
-          w,
-          scales,
-          biases,
-          lhs_indices,
-          rhs_indices,
-          group_size_,
-          bits_,
-          transpose_);
-    });
-  } else {
-    encoder.dispatch([out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
-                      x = array::unsafe_weak_copy(x),
-                      w = array::unsafe_weak_copy(w),
-                      scales = array::unsafe_weak_copy(scales),
-                      lhs_indices = array::unsafe_weak_copy(lhs_indices),
-                      rhs_indices = array::unsafe_weak_copy(rhs_indices),
-                      transpose_ = transpose_]() mutable {
-      mxfp4_bs_qmm_dispatch(
-          out, x, w, scales, lhs_indices, rhs_indices, transpose_);
-    });
-  }
+  encoder.dispatch([out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
+                    x = array::unsafe_weak_copy(x),
+                    w = array::unsafe_weak_copy(w),
+                    scales = array::unsafe_weak_copy(scales),
+                    biases = array::unsafe_weak_copy(biases),
+                    lhs_indices = array::unsafe_weak_copy(lhs_indices),
+                    rhs_indices = array::unsafe_weak_copy(rhs_indices),
+                    group_size_ = group_size_,
+                    bits_ = bits_,
+                    transpose_ = transpose_]() mutable {
+    _bs_qmm_dispatch(
+        out,
+        x,
+        w,
+        scales,
+        biases,
+        lhs_indices,
+        rhs_indices,
+        group_size_,
+        bits_,
+        transpose_);
+  });
 }
 
 template <typename T, typename U>
@@ -1041,7 +705,7 @@ void dispatch_quantize(
       w_ptr, out_ptr, scales_ptr, biases_ptr, bits, group_size, w.size());
 }
 
-void fast::Quantize::eval_cpu(
+void fast::AffineQuantize::eval_cpu(
     const std::vector<array>& inputs,
     std::vector<array>& outputs) {
   auto ensure_row_contiguous = [s = stream()](const array& arr) {
@@ -1100,47 +764,7 @@ void fast::Quantize::eval_cpu(
       }
     } else {
       throw std::runtime_error(
-          "[fast::Quantize::eval_cpu] Only supports floating point inputs");
-    }
-  });
-}
-
-void fast::ConvertFP8::eval_cpu(
-    const std::vector<array>& inputs,
-    std::vector<array>& outputs) {
-  auto& in = inputs[0];
-  auto& out = outputs[0];
-  set_unary_output_data(in, out);
-  auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream());
-  encoder.set_input_array(in);
-  encoder.set_output_array(out);
-  encoder.dispatch([in = array::unsafe_weak_copy(in),
-                    out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
-                    to_fp8 = to_fp8_]() mutable {
-    if (to_fp8) {
-      switch (in.dtype()) {
-        case float16:
-          unary_op<float16_t, uint8_t>(in, out, detail::ToFP8());
-          break;
-        case bfloat16:
-          unary_op<bfloat16_t, uint8_t>(in, out, detail::ToFP8());
-          break;
-        default:
-          unary_op<float, uint8_t>(in, out, detail::ToFP8());
-          break;
-      }
-    } else {
-      switch (out.dtype()) {
-        case float16:
-          unary_op<uint8_t, float16_t>(in, out, detail::FromFP8());
-          break;
-        case bfloat16:
-          unary_op<uint8_t, bfloat16_t>(in, out, detail::FromFP8());
-          break;
-        default:
-          unary_op<uint8_t, float>(in, out, detail::FromFP8());
-          break;
-      }
+          "[fast::AffineQuantize::eval_cpu] Only supports floating point inputs");
     }
   });
 }

mlx/backend/cpu/simd/accelerate_simd.h

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <arm_neon.h>
 #include <simd/math.h>
 #include <simd/vector.h>
 
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "mlx/backend/cpu/simd/base_simd.h"
 
-// There seems to be a bug in simd/base_simd.h
+// There seems to be a bug in sims/base.h
 // __XROS_2_0 is not defined, the expression evaluates
 // to true instead of false setting the SIMD library
 // higher than it should be even on macOS < 15
@@ -201,15 +200,6 @@ SIMD_DEFAULT_COMPARISONS(<=)
 SIMD_DEFAULT_COMPARISONS(==)
 SIMD_DEFAULT_COMPARISONS(!=)
 
-template <typename T, int N>
-Simd<T, N> clz(Simd<T, N> x) {
-  auto a = *(uint32x4_t*)(&x);
-  auto b = *((uint32x4_t*)(&x) + 1);
-  a = vclzq_u32(a);
-  b = vclzq_u32(b);
-  return asd::make_uint8(a, b);
-}
-
 template <typename T, int N>
 Simd<T, N> atan2(Simd<T, N> a, Simd<T, N> b) {
   return asd::atan2(a.value, b.value);
@@ -244,7 +234,6 @@ Simd<T, N> remainder(Simd<T, N> a, Simd<T, N> b) {
 
 template <typename MaskT, typename T1, typename T2, int N>
 Simd<T1, N> select(Simd<MaskT, N> mask, Simd<T1, N> x, Simd<T2, N> y) {
-  static_assert(std::is_same_v<MaskT, bool>);
   if constexpr (sizeof(T1) == 1) {
     return asd::bitselect(y.value, x.value, asd::convert<char>(mask.value));
   } else if constexpr (sizeof(T1) == 2) {
@@ -262,13 +251,9 @@ Simd<T, N> pow(Simd<T, N> base, Simd<T, N> exp) {
     return asd::pow(base.value, exp.value);
   } else {
     Simd<T, N> res = 1;
-    // Raising an integer to a negative power is undefined
-    if (any(exp < 0)) {
-      return 0;
-    }
-    while (any(exp > 0)) {
-      res = select((exp & 1) != 0, res * base, res);
-      base = select(exp > 0, base * base, base);
+    while (any(exp)) {
+      res = select(exp & 1, res * base, res);
+      base = select(exp, base * base, base);
       exp = exp >> 1;
     }
     return res;

mlx/backend/cpu/simd/base_simd.h

@@ -171,11 +171,6 @@ DEFAULT_BINARY(&)
 DEFAULT_BINARY(&&)
 DEFAULT_BINARY(||)
 
-template <typename T>
-Simd<T, 1> clz(Simd<T, 1> x_) {
-  return __builtin_clz(x_.value);
-}
-
 template <typename T>
 Simd<T, 1> remainder(Simd<T, 1> a_, Simd<T, 1> b_) {
   T a = a_.value;

mlx/backend/cpu/sort.cpp

@@ -15,18 +15,6 @@ namespace mlx::core {
 
 namespace {
 
-// NaN-aware comparator that places NaNs at the end
-template <typename T>
-bool nan_aware_less(T a, T b) {
-  if constexpr (std::is_floating_point_v<T> || std::is_same_v<T, complex64_t>) {
-    if (std::isnan(a))
-      return false;
-    if (std::isnan(b))
-      return true;
-  }
-  return a < b;
-}
-
 template <typename T>
 struct StridedIterator {
   using iterator_category = std::random_access_iterator_tag;
@@ -39,7 +27,7 @@ struct StridedIterator {
   StridedIterator() = default;
 
   explicit StridedIterator(T* ptr, int64_t stride, difference_type offset = 0)
-      : stride_(stride), ptr_(ptr + offset * stride) {}
+      : ptr_(ptr + offset * stride), stride_(stride) {}
 
   explicit StridedIterator(array& arr, int axis, difference_type offset = 0)
       : StridedIterator(arr.data<T>(), arr.strides()[axis], offset) {}
@@ -142,7 +130,7 @@ void sort(array& out, int axis) {
     StridedIterator st(data_ptr, axis_stride, 0);
     StridedIterator ed(data_ptr, axis_stride, axis_size);
 
-    std::stable_sort(st, ed, nan_aware_less<T>);
+    std::stable_sort(st, ed);
     src_it.step();
   }
 }
@@ -196,15 +184,6 @@ void argsort(const array& in, array& out, int axis) {
     std::stable_sort(st, ed, [data_ptr, in_stride](IdxT a, IdxT b) {
       auto v1 = data_ptr[a * in_stride];
       auto v2 = data_ptr[b * in_stride];
-
-      // Handle NaNs (place them at the end)
-      if (std::is_floating_point<T>::value) {
-        if (std::isnan(v1))
-          return false;
-        if (std::isnan(v2))
-          return true;
-      }
-
       return v1 < v2 || (v1 == v2 && a < b);
     });
   }
@@ -240,7 +219,7 @@ void partition(array& out, int axis, int kth) {
     StridedIterator md(data_ptr, axis_stride, kth);
     StridedIterator ed(data_ptr, axis_stride, axis_size);
 
-    std::nth_element(st, md, ed, nan_aware_less<T>);
+    std::nth_element(st, md, ed);
   }
 }
 
@@ -297,15 +276,6 @@ void argpartition(const array& in, array& out, int axis, int kth) {
     std::nth_element(st, md, ed, [data_ptr, in_stride](IdxT a, IdxT b) {
       auto v1 = data_ptr[a * in_stride];
       auto v2 = data_ptr[b * in_stride];
-
-      // Handle NaNs (place them at the end)
-      if (std::is_floating_point<T>::value) {
-        if (std::isnan(v1))
-          return false;
-        if (std::isnan(v2))
-          return true;
-      }
-
       return v1 < v2 || (v1 == v2 && a < b);
     });
   }

mlx/backend/cpu/svd.cpp

@@ -81,26 +81,40 @@ void svd_impl(
     // Vᵀ of shape N x N. (M x M in lapack).
     const int ldvt = M;
 
-    auto jobz = (u_ptr) ? "A" : "N";
+    auto job_u = (u_ptr) ? "V" : "N";
+    auto job_vt = (u_ptr) ? "V" : "N";
+    static constexpr auto range = "A";
 
+    // Will contain the number of singular values after the call has returned.
+    int ns = 0;
     T workspace_dimension = 0;
 
     // Will contain the indices of eigenvectors that failed to converge (not
     // used here but required by lapack).
-    auto iwork = array::Data{allocator::malloc(sizeof(int) * 8 * K)};
+    auto iwork = array::Data{allocator::malloc(sizeof(int) * 12 * K)};
 
     static const int lwork_query = -1;
 
+    static const int ignored_int = 0;
+    static const T ignored_float = 0;
+
     int info;
 
     // Compute workspace size.
-    gesdd<T>(
-        /* jobz = */ jobz,
+    gesvdx<T>(
+        /* jobu = */ job_u,
+        /* jobvt = */ job_vt,
+        /* range = */ range,
         // M and N are swapped since lapack expects column-major.
         /* m = */ &N,
         /* n = */ &M,
         /* a = */ nullptr,
         /* lda = */ &lda,
+        /* vl = */ &ignored_float,
+        /* vu = */ &ignored_float,
+        /* il = */ &ignored_int,
+        /* iu = */ &ignored_int,
+        /* ns = */ &ns,
         /* s = */ nullptr,
         /* u = */ nullptr,
         /* ldu = */ &ldu,
@@ -122,13 +136,20 @@ void svd_impl(
 
     // Loop over matrices.
     for (int i = 0; i < num_matrices; i++) {
-      gesdd<T>(
-          /* jobz = */ jobz,
+      gesvdx<T>(
+          /* jobu = */ job_u,
+          /* jobvt = */ job_vt,
+          /* range = */ range,
           // M and N are swapped since lapack expects column-major.
           /* m = */ &N,
           /* n = */ &M,
           /* a = */ in_ptr + M * N * i,
           /* lda = */ &lda,
+          /* vl = */ &ignored_float,
+          /* vu = */ &ignored_float,
+          /* il = */ &ignored_int,
+          /* iu = */ &ignored_int,
+          /* ns = */ &ns,
           /* s = */ s_ptr + K * i,
           // According to the identity above, lapack will write Vᵀᵀ as U.
           /* u = */ vt_ptr ? vt_ptr + N * N * i : nullptr,
@@ -146,6 +167,13 @@ void svd_impl(
         ss << "svd_impl: sgesvdx_ failed with code " << info;
         throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
       }
+
+      if (ns != K) {
+        std::stringstream ss;
+        ss << "svd_impl: expected " << K << " singular values, but " << ns
+           << " were computed.";
+        throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
+      }
     }
   });
   encoder.add_temporary(in);

mlx/backend/cpu/unary.h

@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ void unary_op(const array& a, array& out, Op) {
   auto ndim = a.ndim();
   if (a.flags().contiguous) {
     auto size = a.data_size();
-    constexpr int N = std::min(simd::max_size<T>, simd::max_size<U>);
+    constexpr int N = simd::max_size<T>;
     while (size >= N) {
-      simd::store(dst, simd::Simd<U, N>(Op{}(simd::load<T, N>(src))));
+      simd::store(dst, Op{}(simd::load<T, N>(src)));
       size -= N;
       src += N;
       dst += N;

mlx/backend/cpu/unary_ops.h

@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ struct Real {
 struct Sigmoid {
   template <int N, typename T>
   Simd<T, N> operator()(Simd<T, N> x) {
-    auto y = 1.0f / (1.0f + simd::exp(simd::abs(x)));
-    return simd::select(x < Simd<T, N>{0}, y, Simd<T, N>{1} - y);
+    return 1.0f / (1.0f + simd::exp(-x));
   }
   SINGLE()
 };
@@ -108,73 +107,4 @@ struct Square {
   SINGLE()
 };
 
-template <int N>
-Simd<float, N> fp32_from_bits(Simd<uint32_t, N> x) {
-  return *(Simd<float, N>*)(&x);
-}
-template <int N>
-Simd<uint32_t, N> fp32_to_bits(Simd<float, N> x) {
-  return *(Simd<uint32_t, N>*)(&x);
-}
-
-struct ToFP8 {
-  template <typename T, int N>
-  Simd<uint8_t, N> operator()(Simd<T, N> f) {
-    uint32_t fp8_max = 543 << 21;
-    auto denorm_mask = Simd<uint32_t, N>(141 << 23);
-    Simd<uint32_t, N> f_bits;
-    Simd<float, N> f32 = f;
-    f_bits = fp32_to_bits(f32);
-    Simd<uint8_t, N> result = 0u;
-    auto sign = f_bits & 0x80000000;
-    f_bits = f_bits ^ sign;
-
-    auto f_bits_low =
-        fp32_to_bits(fp32_from_bits(f_bits) + fp32_from_bits(denorm_mask));
-    auto result_low = Simd<uint8_t, N>(f_bits_low - denorm_mask);
-
-    auto mant_odd = Simd<uint8_t, N>((f_bits >> 20) & 1);
-    auto f_bits_high = f_bits + (((uint32_t)(7 - 127) << 23) + 0x7FFFF);
-    f_bits_high = f_bits_high + Simd<uint32_t, N>(mant_odd);
-
-    auto result_high = Simd<uint8_t, N>(f_bits_high >> 20);
-    result = select(f_bits < (121 << 23), result_low, result_high);
-
-    auto result_sat = Simd<uint8_t, N>(0x7E);
-    result = select(f_bits >= fp8_max, result_sat, result);
-    return result | Simd<uint8_t, N>(sign >> 24);
-  }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  uint8_t operator()(T x) {
-    return (*this)(Simd<T, 1>(x)).value;
-  }
-};
-
-struct FromFP8 {
-  template <int N>
-  Simd<float, N> operator()(Simd<uint8_t, N> x) {
-    auto w = Simd<uint32_t, N>(x) << 24;
-    auto sign = w & 0x80000000;
-    auto nonsign = w & 0x7FFFFFFF;
-
-    auto renorm_shift = clz(nonsign);
-    renorm_shift = simd::select(
-        renorm_shift > Simd<uint32_t, N>{4},
-        renorm_shift - Simd<uint32_t, N>{4},
-        Simd<uint32_t, N>{0});
-
-    Simd<int32_t, N> inf_nan_mask =
-        (Simd<int32_t, N>(nonsign + 0x01000000) >> 8) & 0x7F800000;
-    auto zero_mask = Simd<int32_t, N>(nonsign - 1) >> 31;
-    auto result = sign |
-        ((((nonsign << renorm_shift >> 4) + ((0x78 - renorm_shift) << 23)) |
-          inf_nan_mask) &
-         ~zero_mask);
-    return fp32_from_bits(result);
-  }
-  float operator()(uint8_t x) {
-    return (*this)(Simd<uint8_t, 1>(x)).value;
-  }
-};
 } // namespace mlx::core::detail

mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ target_sources(
   PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/allocator.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/arange.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/arg_reduce.cu
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/binary.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/binary_two.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compiled.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/copy.cu
@@ -16,18 +17,14 @@ target_sources(
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/copy/copy_general_dynamic.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/copy/copy_general_input.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conv.cpp
-          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conv/gemm_conv.cu
-          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conv/gemm_grouped_conv.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cuda.cpp
-          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cudnn_utils.cpp
-          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/custom_kernel.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/device.cpp
-          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/distributed.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/eval.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/event.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/fence.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gemms/gemv.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gemms/cublas_gemm.cpp
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gemms/steel_gemm.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/jit_module.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/indexing.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernel_utils.cu
@@ -49,21 +46,12 @@ target_sources(
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/softmax.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sort.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ternary.cu
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/unary.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/utils.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/quantized/affine_quantize.cu
-          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/quantized/fp_quantize.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/quantized/quantized.cpp
-          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/quantized/convert_fp8.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/worker.cpp)
 
-add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/binary)
-add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/unary)
-
-# fp4 is not available on < 12.8
-if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 12.8.0)
-  target_include_directories(mlx PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/quantized/)
-endif()
-
 if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 12.9.0)
   target_sources(
     mlx PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gemms/cublas_gemm_batched_12_9.cu)
@@ -161,7 +149,7 @@ target_link_libraries(mlx PRIVATE CUDA::nvrtc CUDA::cuda_driver)
 FetchContent_Declare(
   cudnn
   GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudnn-frontend.git
-  GIT_TAG v1.14.0
+  GIT_TAG v1.12.1
   GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
   EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 set(CUDNN_FRONTEND_SKIP_JSON_LIB ON)
@@ -177,6 +165,7 @@ target_link_libraries(mlx PRIVATE CUDNN::cudnn_all)
 # Suppress nvcc warnings on MLX headers.
 target_compile_options(mlx PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>:-Xcudafe
                                    --diag_suppress=997>)
+
 # Install CCCL headers for JIT.
 install(DIRECTORY ${cccl_SOURCE_DIR}/include/cuda
         DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/cccl)

mlx/backend/cuda/allocator.cpp

@@ -30,20 +30,8 @@ SmallSizePool::SmallSizePool() {
   next_free_ = buffer_;
 
   CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaMallocManaged(&data_, small_pool_size));
-
-  int device_count = 0;
-  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGetDeviceCount(&device_count));
-  for (int i = 0; i < device_count; ++i) {
-#if CUDART_VERSION >= 13000
-    cudaMemLocation loc;
-    loc.type = cudaMemLocationTypeDevice;
-    loc.id = i;
-#else
-    int loc = i;
-#endif // CUDART_VERSION >= 13000
-    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(
-        cudaMemAdvise(data_, small_pool_size, cudaMemAdviseSetAccessedBy, loc));
-  }
+  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(
+      cudaMemAdvise(data_, small_pool_size, cudaMemAdviseSetReadMostly, 0));
 
   auto curr = next_free_;
   for (size_t i = 1; i < num_blocks; ++i) {
@@ -91,7 +79,7 @@ CudaAllocator::CudaAllocator()
   // TODO: Set memory limit for multi-device.
   size_t free, total;
   CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaMemGetInfo(&free, &total));
-  memory_limit_ = total * 0.95;
+  memory_limit_ = total * 0.8;
   max_pool_size_ = memory_limit_;
 }
 

mlx/backend/cuda/arange.cu

@@ -6,33 +6,23 @@
 #include "mlx/dtype_utils.h"
 #include "mlx/primitives.h"
 
-#include <cooperative_groups.h>
 #include <nvtx3/nvtx3.hpp>
+#include <thrust/device_ptr.h>
+#include <thrust/transform.h>
 
 namespace mlx::core {
 
 namespace cu {
 
-namespace cg = cooperative_groups;
+template <typename T>
+struct Arange {
+  const T start;
+  const T step;
 
-template <typename T, typename IdxT, int N_WRITES>
-__global__ void arange(T* out, IdxT size, T start, T step) {
-  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
-
-  if ((index + 1) * N_WRITES > size) {
-    for (IdxT i = index * N_WRITES; i < size; ++i) {
-      out[i] = start + i * step;
-    }
-  } else {
-    AlignedVector<T, N_WRITES> out_vec;
-#pragma unroll
-    for (int i = 0; i < N_WRITES; ++i) {
-      out_vec[i] = start + (index * N_WRITES + i) * step;
-    }
-
-    store_vector<N_WRITES>(out, index, out_vec);
+  __device__ T operator()(uint32_t i) const {
+    return start + i * step;
   }
-}
+};
 
 } // namespace cu
 
@@ -46,23 +36,19 @@ void Arange::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   auto& encoder = cu::get_command_encoder(stream());
   encoder.set_output_array(out);
 
+  auto capture = encoder.capture_context();
   dispatch_int_float_types(out.dtype(), "Arange", [&](auto type_tag) {
     using CTYPE = MLX_GET_TYPE(type_tag);
     using OutType = cuda_type_t<CTYPE>;
-    constexpr int N_WRITES = 16 / sizeof(OutType);
-    dispatch_bool(out.data_size() > INT32_MAX, [&](auto large) {
-      using IdxT = std::conditional_t<large(), int64_t, int32_t>;
-      auto [num_blocks, block_dims] = get_launch_args(out, large(), N_WRITES);
-      encoder.add_kernel_node(
-          cu::arange<OutType, IdxT, N_WRITES>,
-          num_blocks,
-          block_dims,
-          0,
-          out.data<OutType>(),
-          out.data_size(),
-          static_cast<CTYPE>(start_),
-          static_cast<CTYPE>(start_ + step_) - static_cast<CTYPE>(start_));
-    });
+    CTYPE step =
+        static_cast<CTYPE>(start_ + step_) - static_cast<CTYPE>(start_);
+    thrust::transform(
+        cu::thrust_policy(encoder.stream()),
+        thrust::counting_iterator<uint32_t>(0),
+        thrust::counting_iterator<uint32_t>(out.data_size()),
+        thrust::device_pointer_cast(out.data<OutType>()),
+        cu::Arange<OutType>{
+            static_cast<OutType>(start_), static_cast<OutType>(step)});
   });
 }
 

mlx/backend/cuda/binary.cu

@@ -99,89 +99,39 @@ __global__ void binary_vv(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out, IdxT size) {
   }
 }
 
-template <
-    typename Op,
-    typename In,
-    typename Out,
-    typename IdxT,
-    int NDIM,
-    int N_READS>
+template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int NDIM>
 __global__ void binary_g_nd(
     const In* a,
     const In* b,
     Out* out,
-    IdxT size_rest,
+    IdxT size,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int32_t, NDIM> shape,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> a_strides,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> b_strides) {
-  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-  IdxT index_rest =
-      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
-  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
-    return;
+  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  if (index < size) {
+    auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(
+        index, shape.data(), a_strides.data(), b_strides.data());
+    out[index] = Op{}(a[a_idx], b[b_idx]);
   }
-
-  auto shape_x = shape[NDIM - 1];
-  auto a_stride_x = a_strides[NDIM - 1];
-  auto b_stride_x = b_strides[NDIM - 1];
-  IdxT index_x =
-      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
-  auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(
-      index_rest * shape_x, shape.data(), a_strides.data(), b_strides.data());
-  auto a_vec =
-      load_vector<N_READS>(a + a_idx, index_x, shape_x, a_stride_x, In(0));
-  auto b_vec =
-      load_vector<N_READS>(b + b_idx, index_x, shape_x, b_stride_x, In(0));
-
-  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
-#pragma unroll
-  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
-    out_vec[i] = Op{}(a_vec[i], b_vec[i]);
-  }
-  store_vector(out + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec, shape_x);
 }
 
-template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
+template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT>
 __global__ void binary_g(
     const In* a,
     const In* b,
     Out* out,
-    IdxT size_rest,
+    IdxT size,
     const __grid_constant__ Shape shape,
     const __grid_constant__ Strides a_strides,
     const __grid_constant__ Strides b_strides,
     int ndim) {
-  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-  IdxT index_rest =
-      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
-  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
-    return;
+  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  if (index < size) {
+    auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc(
+        index, shape.data(), a_strides.data(), b_strides.data(), ndim);
+    out[index] = Op{}(a[a_idx], b[b_idx]);
   }
-
-  auto shape_x = shape[ndim - 1];
-  auto a_stride_x = a_strides[ndim - 1];
-  auto b_stride_x = b_strides[ndim - 1];
-  IdxT index_x =
-      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
-  auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc(
-      index_rest * shape_x,
-      shape.data(),
-      a_strides.data(),
-      b_strides.data(),
-      ndim);
-  auto a_vec =
-      load_vector<N_READS>(a + a_idx, index_x, shape_x, a_stride_x, In(0));
-  auto b_vec =
-      load_vector<N_READS>(b + b_idx, index_x, shape_x, b_stride_x, In(0));
-
-  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
-#pragma unroll
-  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
-    out_vec[i] = Op{}(a_vec[i], b_vec[i]);
-  }
-  store_vector(out + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec, shape_x);
 }
 
 template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out>
@@ -259,61 +209,39 @@ void binary_op_gpu_inplace(
                 auto& a_strides = strides[0];
                 auto& b_strides = strides[1];
                 int ndim = shape.size();
-                int work_per_thread = 1;
-                auto dim0 = ndim > 0 ? shape.back() : 1;
-                auto rest = out.size() / dim0;
-                if (dim0 >= 4) {
-                  work_per_thread = 4;
-                }
-                dim0 = (dim0 + work_per_thread - 1) / work_per_thread;
-                auto block_dims = get_block_dims(dim0, rest, 1);
-                uint32_t num_blocks_x = cuda::ceil_div(dim0, block_dims.x);
-                uint32_t num_blocks_y = cuda::ceil_div(rest, block_dims.y);
                 if (ndim <= 3) {
                   dispatch_1_2_3(ndim, [&](auto dims_constant) {
-                    auto kernel = cu::binary_g_nd<
-                        Op,
-                        InType,
-                        OutType,
-                        IdxT,
-                        dims_constant(),
-                        1>;
-                    if (work_per_thread == 4) {
-                      kernel = cu::binary_g_nd<
-                          Op,
-                          InType,
-                          OutType,
-                          IdxT,
-                          dims_constant(),
-                          4>;
-                    }
+                    auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
+                        get_launch_args(out, large());
                     encoder.add_kernel_node(
-                        kernel,
-                        {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
+                        cu::binary_g_nd<
+                            Op,
+                            InType,
+                            OutType,
+                            IdxT,
+                            dims_constant()>,
+                        num_blocks,
                         block_dims,
                         0,
                         a.data<InType>(),
                         b.data<InType>(),
                         out.data<OutType>(),
-                        rest,
+                        out.size(),
                         const_param<dims_constant()>(shape),
                         const_param<dims_constant()>(a_strides),
                         const_param<dims_constant()>(b_strides));
                   });
                 } else {
-                  auto kernel = cu::binary_g<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, 1>;
-                  if (work_per_thread == 4) {
-                    kernel = cu::binary_g<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, 4>;
-                  }
+                  auto [num_blocks, block_dims] = get_launch_args(out, large());
                   encoder.add_kernel_node(
-                      kernel,
-                      {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
+                      cu::binary_g<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT>,
+                      num_blocks,
                       block_dims,
                       0,
                       a.data<InType>(),
                       b.data<InType>(),
                       out.data<OutType>(),
-                      rest,
+                      out.size(),
                       const_param(shape),
                       const_param(a_strides),
                       const_param(b_strides),
@@ -376,4 +304,54 @@ void binary_op_gpu(
     binary_op_gpu<cu::func>(inputs, out, name(), s);                  \
   }
 
+BINARY_GPU(Add)
+BINARY_GPU(ArcTan2)
+BINARY_GPU(Divide)
+BINARY_GPU(Remainder)
+BINARY_GPU(Greater)
+BINARY_GPU(GreaterEqual)
+BINARY_GPU(Less)
+BINARY_GPU(LessEqual)
+BINARY_GPU(LogicalAnd)
+BINARY_GPU(LogicalOr)
+BINARY_GPU(LogAddExp)
+BINARY_GPU(Maximum)
+BINARY_GPU(Minimum)
+BINARY_GPU(Multiply)
+BINARY_GPU(NotEqual)
+BINARY_GPU(Power)
+BINARY_GPU(Subtract)
+
+void Equal::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
+  nvtx3::scoped_range r("Equal::eval_gpu");
+  auto& s = out.primitive().stream();
+  if (equal_nan_) {
+    binary_op_gpu<cu::NaNEqual>(inputs, out, name(), s);
+  } else {
+    binary_op_gpu<cu::Equal>(inputs, out, name(), s);
+  }
+}
+
+void BitwiseBinary::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
+  nvtx3::scoped_range r("BitwiseBinary::eval_gpu");
+  auto& s = out.primitive().stream();
+  switch (op_) {
+    case BitwiseBinary::And:
+      binary_op_gpu<cu::BitwiseAnd>(inputs, out, name(), s);
+      break;
+    case BitwiseBinary::Or:
+      binary_op_gpu<cu::BitwiseOr>(inputs, out, name(), s);
+      break;
+    case BitwiseBinary::Xor:
+      binary_op_gpu<cu::BitwiseXor>(inputs, out, name(), s);
+      break;
+    case BitwiseBinary::LeftShift:
+      binary_op_gpu<cu::LeftShift>(inputs, out, name(), s);
+      break;
+    case BitwiseBinary::RightShift:
+      binary_op_gpu<cu::RightShift>(inputs, out, name(), s);
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-target_sources(
-  mlx
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/add.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/arctan2.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bitwise_binary.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/divide.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/equal.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/greater.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/greater_equal.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/less.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/less_equal.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/logical_and.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/logical_or.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/log_add_exp.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/minimum.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/maximum.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/multiply.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/power.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/remainder.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/not_equal.cu
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/subtract.cu)

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/add.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(Add)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/arctan2.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(ArcTan2)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/bitwise_binary.cu

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-void BitwiseBinary::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
-  nvtx3::scoped_range r("BitwiseBinary::eval_gpu");
-  auto& s = out.primitive().stream();
-  switch (op_) {
-    case BitwiseBinary::And:
-      binary_op_gpu<cu::BitwiseAnd>(inputs, out, name(), s);
-      break;
-    case BitwiseBinary::Or:
-      binary_op_gpu<cu::BitwiseOr>(inputs, out, name(), s);
-      break;
-    case BitwiseBinary::Xor:
-      binary_op_gpu<cu::BitwiseXor>(inputs, out, name(), s);
-      break;
-    case BitwiseBinary::LeftShift:
-      binary_op_gpu<cu::LeftShift>(inputs, out, name(), s);
-      break;
-    case BitwiseBinary::RightShift:
-      binary_op_gpu<cu::RightShift>(inputs, out, name(), s);
-      break;
-  }
-}
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/divide.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(Divide)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/equal.cu

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-void Equal::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
-  nvtx3::scoped_range r("Equal::eval_gpu");
-  auto& s = out.primitive().stream();
-  if (equal_nan_) {
-    binary_op_gpu<cu::NaNEqual>(inputs, out, name(), s);
-  } else {
-    binary_op_gpu<cu::Equal>(inputs, out, name(), s);
-  }
-}
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/greater.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(Greater)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/greater_equal.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(GreaterEqual)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/less.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(Less)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/less_equal.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(LessEqual)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/log_add_exp.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(LogAddExp)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/logical_and.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(LogicalAnd)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/logical_or.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(LogicalOr)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/maximum.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(Maximum)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/minimum.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(Minimum)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/multiply.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(Multiply)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/not_equal.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(NotEqual)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/power.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(Power)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/remainder.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(Remainder)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary/subtract.cu

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/binary/binary.cuh"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-BINARY_GPU(Subtract)
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/binary_two.cu

@@ -127,99 +127,45 @@ binary_two_vv(const In* a, const In* b, Out* out_a, Out* out_b, IdxT size) {
   }
 }
 
-template <
-    typename Op,
-    typename In,
-    typename Out,
-    typename IdxT,
-    int NDIM,
-    int N_READS>
+template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int NDIM>
 __global__ void binary_two_g_nd(
     const In* a,
     const In* b,
     Out* out_a,
     Out* out_b,
-    IdxT size_rest,
+    IdxT size,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int32_t, NDIM> shape,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> a_strides,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> b_strides) {
-  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-  IdxT index_rest =
-      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
-  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
-    return;
+  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  if (index < size) {
+    auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(
+        index, shape.data(), a_strides.data(), b_strides.data());
+    auto out = Op{}(a[a_idx], b[b_idx]);
+    out_a[index] = out[0];
+    out_b[index] = out[1];
   }
-
-  auto shape_x = shape[NDIM - 1];
-  auto a_stride_x = a_strides[NDIM - 1];
-  auto b_stride_x = b_strides[NDIM - 1];
-  IdxT index_x =
-      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
-  auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(
-      index_rest * shape_x, shape.data(), a_strides.data(), b_strides.data());
-  auto a_vec =
-      load_vector<N_READS>(a + a_idx, index_x, shape_x, a_stride_x, In(0));
-  auto b_vec =
-      load_vector<N_READS>(b + b_idx, index_x, shape_x, b_stride_x, In(0));
-
-  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec_a;
-  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec_b;
-#pragma unroll
-  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
-    auto out = Op{}(a_vec[i], b_vec[i]);
-    out_vec_a[i] = out[0];
-    out_vec_b[i] = out[1];
-  }
-  store_vector(out_a + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec_a, shape_x);
-  store_vector(out_b + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec_b, shape_x);
 }
 
-template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
+template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT>
 __global__ void binary_two_g(
     const In* a,
     const In* b,
     Out* out_a,
     Out* out_b,
-    IdxT size_rest,
+    IdxT size,
     const __grid_constant__ Shape shape,
     const __grid_constant__ Strides a_strides,
     const __grid_constant__ Strides b_strides,
     int ndim) {
-  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-  IdxT index_rest =
-      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
-  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
-    return;
+  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  if (index < size) {
+    auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc(
+        index, shape.data(), a_strides.data(), b_strides.data(), ndim);
+    auto out = Op{}(a[a_idx], b[b_idx]);
+    out_a[index] = out[0];
+    out_b[index] = out[1];
   }
-
-  auto shape_x = shape[ndim - 1];
-  auto a_stride_x = a_strides[ndim - 1];
-  auto b_stride_x = b_strides[ndim - 1];
-  IdxT index_x =
-      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
-  auto [a_idx, b_idx] = elem_to_loc(
-      index_rest * shape_x,
-      shape.data(),
-      a_strides.data(),
-      b_strides.data(),
-      ndim);
-  auto a_vec =
-      load_vector<N_READS>(a + a_idx, index_x, shape_x, a_stride_x, In(0));
-  auto b_vec =
-      load_vector<N_READS>(b + b_idx, index_x, shape_x, b_stride_x, In(0));
-
-  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec_a;
-  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec_b;
-#pragma unroll
-  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
-    auto out = Op{}(a_vec[i], b_vec[i]);
-    out_vec_a[i] = out[0];
-    out_vec_b[i] = out[1];
-  }
-  store_vector(out_a + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec_a, shape_x);
-  store_vector(out_b + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec_b, shape_x);
 }
 
 template <typename Op, typename In, typename Out>
@@ -279,64 +225,42 @@ void binary_two_op_gpu_inplace(
                 auto& a_strides = strides[0];
                 auto& b_strides = strides[1];
                 int ndim = shape.size();
-                int work_per_thread = 1;
-                auto dim0 = ndim > 0 ? shape.back() : 1;
-                auto rest = out_a.size() / dim0;
-                if (dim0 >= 4) {
-                  work_per_thread = 4;
-                }
-                dim0 = (dim0 + work_per_thread - 1) / work_per_thread;
-                auto block_dims = get_block_dims(dim0, rest, 1);
-                uint32_t num_blocks_x = cuda::ceil_div(dim0, block_dims.x);
-                uint32_t num_blocks_y = cuda::ceil_div(rest, block_dims.y);
-
                 if (ndim <= 3) {
                   dispatch_1_2_3(ndim, [&](auto dims_constant) {
-                    auto kernel = cu::binary_two_g_nd<
-                        Op,
-                        InType,
-                        OutType,
-                        IdxT,
-                        dims_constant(),
-                        1>;
-                    if (work_per_thread == 4) {
-                      kernel = cu::binary_two_g_nd<
-                          Op,
-                          InType,
-                          OutType,
-                          IdxT,
-                          dims_constant(),
-                          4>;
-                    }
+                    auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
+                        get_launch_args(out_a, large());
                     encoder.add_kernel_node(
-                        kernel,
-                        {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
+                        cu::binary_two_g_nd<
+                            Op,
+                            InType,
+                            OutType,
+                            IdxT,
+                            dims_constant()>,
+                        num_blocks,
                         block_dims,
                         0,
                         a.data<InType>(),
                         b.data<InType>(),
                         out_a.data<OutType>(),
                         out_b.data<OutType>(),
-                        rest,
+                        out_a.size(),
                         const_param<dims_constant()>(shape),
                         const_param<dims_constant()>(a_strides),
                         const_param<dims_constant()>(b_strides));
                   });
                 } else {
-                  auto kernel = cu::binary_two_g<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, 1>;
-                  if (work_per_thread == 4) {
-                    kernel = cu::binary_two_g<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT, 4>;
-                  }
+                  auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
+                      get_launch_args(out_a, large());
                   encoder.add_kernel_node(
-                      kernel,
-                      {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
+                      cu::binary_two_g<Op, InType, OutType, IdxT>,
+                      num_blocks,
                       block_dims,
                       0,
                       a.data<InType>(),
                       b.data<InType>(),
                       out_a.data<OutType>(),
                       out_b.data<OutType>(),
-                      rest,
+                      out_a.size(),
                       const_param(shape),
                       const_param(a_strides),
                       const_param(b_strides),

mlx/backend/cuda/compiled.cpp

@@ -267,8 +267,7 @@ void Compiled::eval_gpu(
       }
     }
 
-    return std::make_tuple(
-        false, std::move(builder.os), std::move(kernel_names));
+    return std::make_pair(std::move(builder.os), std::move(kernel_names));
   });
 
   // Collapse contiguous dims to route to a faster kernel if possible. Also
@@ -332,9 +331,9 @@ void Compiled::eval_gpu(
     encoder.set_output_array(out);
   }
 
-  auto [kernel, max_block_dims] = mod.get_kernel_and_dims(kernel_name);
+  auto kernel = mod.get_kernel(kernel_name);
   auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
-      get_launch_args(outputs[0], large, work_per_thread, max_block_dims);
+      get_launch_args(outputs[0], large, work_per_thread);
   encoder.add_kernel_node(kernel, num_blocks, block_dims, 0, args.args());
 }
 

mlx/backend/cuda/conv.cpp

@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 // Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
 
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/conv/conv.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/cudnn_utils.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/config.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/lru_cache.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/gpu/copy.h"
+#include "mlx/dtype_utils.h"
 #include "mlx/primitives.h"
 
+// cudnn_frontend.h redefines this macro.
+#undef CHECK_CUDA_ERROR
+
+#include <cudnn_frontend.h>
+#include <cudnn_frontend_find_plan.h>
+#include <fmt/format.h>
 #include <nvtx3/nvtx3.hpp>
 
 #include <cassert>
@@ -15,6 +21,9 @@ namespace mlx::core {
 
 namespace {
 
+// Not all engines support it so can not use this API now.
+#define MLX_USE_CUDNN_NATIVE_CUDA_GRAPH_API 0
+
 // Alias for better readability.
 #define CONV_FORWARD CUDNN_BACKEND_OPERATION_CONVOLUTION_FORWARD_DESCRIPTOR
 #define CONV_BACKWARD_INPUT \
@@ -22,9 +31,6 @@ namespace {
 #define CONV_BACKWARD_WEIGHT \
   CUDNN_BACKEND_OPERATION_CONVOLUTION_BACKWARD_FILTER_DESCRIPTOR
 
-// Custom placeholder representing fallback kernel.
-#define CONV_FALLBACK static_cast<cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t>(-1)
-
 struct ConvCacheKey {
   int device_id;
   cudnnDataType_t cudnn_dtype;
@@ -44,13 +50,203 @@ struct ConvCacheKey {
 auto& conv_cache() {
   static LRUBytesKeyCache<
       ConvCacheKey,
-      std::pair<
-          cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t,
-          std::optional<cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan>>>
-      cache("MLX_CUDA_CONV_CACHE_SIZE", /* default_capacity */ 128);
+      std::pair<cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t, cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan>>
+      cache(/* capacity */ 128);
   return cache;
 }
 
+template <typename T, typename Vec>
+inline SmallVector<T> convert_vector(const Vec& vec) {
+  return SmallVector<T>(vec.begin(), vec.end());
+}
+
+template <typename T, template <typename U> class Vec>
+inline std::array<T, MAX_NDIM> fixed_vector(const Vec<T>& vec) {
+  if (vec.size() > MAX_NDIM) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        fmt::format("ndim can not be larger than {}.", MAX_NDIM));
+  }
+  std::array<T, MAX_NDIM> result = {};
+  std::copy_n(vec.begin(), vec.size(), result.begin());
+  return result;
+}
+
+auto nhwc_to_nchw(const array& x) {
+  auto shape = convert_vector<int64_t>(x.shape());
+  shape.insert(shape.begin() + 1, shape.back());
+  shape.erase(shape.end() - 1);
+  auto strides = convert_vector<int64_t>(x.strides());
+  strides.insert(strides.begin() + 1, strides.back());
+  strides.erase(strides.end() - 1);
+  return std::make_tuple(std::move(shape), std::move(strides));
+}
+
+inline cudnnDataType_t dtype_to_cudnn_type(Dtype dtype) {
+  switch (dtype) {
+    case int8:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_INT8;
+    case int32:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_INT32;
+    case uint8:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_UINT8;
+    case float16:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_HALF;
+    case bfloat16:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_BFLOAT16;
+    case float32:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_FLOAT;
+    case float64:
+      return CUDNN_DATA_DOUBLE;
+    default:
+      throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format(
+          "Unsupported dtype in Convolution: {}.", dtype_to_string(dtype)));
+  }
+}
+
+inline uint8_t get_alignment(const array& x) {
+  uint8_t alignment = 1;
+  uintptr_t address = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(x.data<void>());
+  for (; alignment < 32; alignment *= 2) {
+    if (address % (alignment * 2)) {
+      return alignment;
+    }
+  }
+  return alignment;
+}
+
+inline cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_tensor(int64_t id, const array& x) {
+  auto [shape, strides] = nhwc_to_nchw(x);
+  return cudnn_frontend::TensorBuilder()
+      .setDim(shape.size(), shape.data())
+      .setStrides(strides.size(), strides.data())
+      .setId(id)
+      .setAlignment(get_alignment(x))
+      .setDataType(dtype_to_cudnn_type(x.dtype()))
+      .build();
+}
+
+cudnn_frontend::EngineConfigList get_engine_configs(
+    cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
+    Dtype dtype,
+    cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph& op_graph,
+    bool use_fallback = false) {
+  cudnn_frontend::GeneratorSource source;
+  if (use_fallback) {
+    source = [&backend_type](cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph& op_graph) {
+      auto fallback = cudnn_frontend::EngineFallbackListBuilder()
+                          .setOperationGraph(op_graph)
+                          .setOperation(backend_type)
+                          .build();
+      return fallback.getFallbackList();
+    };
+  } else {
+    source = [](cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph& op_graph) {
+      auto heuristics = cudnn_frontend::EngineHeuristicsBuilder()
+                            .setOperationGraph(op_graph)
+                            .setHeurMode(CUDNN_HEUR_MODE_A)
+                            .build();
+      return heuristics.getEngineConfig(heuristics.getEngineConfigCount());
+    };
+  }
+
+  cudnn_frontend::EngineConfigGenerator generator(1, &source);
+  auto configs = generator.generate_engine_config(op_graph);
+
+  cudnn_frontend::EngineConfigList filtered_configs;
+  cudnn_frontend::filter(configs, filtered_configs, [dtype](auto c) {
+    if (cudnn_frontend::hasNumericalNote<
+            CUDNN_NUMERICAL_NOTE_DOWN_CONVERT_INPUTS>(c)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    if (cudnn_frontend::hasNumericalNote<CUDNN_NUMERICAL_NOTE_TENSOR_CORE>(c) &&
+        dtype == float32 && !env::enable_tf32()) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  });
+  return filtered_configs;
+}
+
+bool execute_plan(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
+    array& x,
+    array& w,
+    array& y) {
+  int workspace_size = plan.getWorkspaceSize();
+  array workspace(allocator::malloc(workspace_size), {workspace_size}, uint8);
+
+  int64_t uids[3] = {'x', 'w', 'y'};
+  void* data_ptrs[3] = {
+      x.data<void>(),
+      w.data<void>(),
+      y.data<void>(),
+  };
+
+  auto variantPack = cudnn_frontend::VariantPackBuilder()
+                         .setWorkspacePointer(workspace.data<void>())
+                         .setDataPointers(3, data_ptrs)
+                         .setUids(3, uids)
+                         .build();
+
+  auto handle = encoder.device().cudnn_handle();
+  cudnnSetStream(handle, encoder.stream());
+
+#if CUDNN_VERSION >= 90500 && MLX_USE_CUDNN_NATIVE_CUDA_GRAPH_API
+  cudaGraph_t graph;
+  cudaGraphCreate(&graph, 0);
+  std::unique_ptr<cudaGraph_t, void (*)(cudaGraph_t*)> graph_freer(
+      &graph, [](cudaGraph_t* p) { cudaGraphDestroy(*p); });
+  if (cudnnBackendPopulateCudaGraph(
+          handle, plan.get_raw_desc(), variantPack.get_raw_desc(), graph) !=
+      CUDNN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  encoder.add_graph_node(graph);
+#else
+  auto capture = encoder.capture_context();
+  if (cudnnBackendExecute(
+          handle, plan.get_raw_desc(), variantPack.get_raw_desc()) !=
+      CUDNN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+    // Discard the captured graph when failed.
+    capture.discard = true;
+    return false;
+  }
+#endif
+
+  encoder.add_temporary(workspace);
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool try_engines(
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    const ConvCacheKey& cache_key,
+    cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
+    cudnn_frontend::EngineConfigList& configs,
+    const std::string& op_graph_tag,
+    array& x,
+    array& w,
+    array& y) {
+  for (auto& config : configs) {
+    try {
+      auto plan = cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlanBuilder()
+                      .setHandle(encoder.device().cudnn_handle())
+                      .setEngineConfig(config, op_graph_tag)
+                      .build();
+      if (execute_plan(encoder, plan, x, w, y)) {
+        conv_cache().emplace(
+            cache_key, std::make_pair(backend_type, std::move(plan)));
+        return true;
+      }
+    } catch (cudnn_frontend::cudnnException& error) {
+      if (error.getCudnnStatus() != CUDNN_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
+        throw;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 auto get_conv_op_settings(
     cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
     array& x,
@@ -95,7 +291,7 @@ auto get_conv_op_settings(
   }
 }
 
-std::optional<cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph> build_conv_op_graph(
+std::optional<cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph> build_op_graph(
     cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
     cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
     Dtype dtype,
@@ -121,9 +317,9 @@ std::optional<cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph> build_conv_op_graph(
                          .build();
 
     auto op = cudnn_frontend::OperationBuilder(backend_type)
-                  .setxDesc(build_cudnn_tensor_nchw('x', x))
-                  .setwDesc(build_cudnn_tensor_nchw('w', w))
-                  .setyDesc(build_cudnn_tensor_nchw('y', y))
+                  .setxDesc(build_tensor('x', x))
+                  .setwDesc(build_tensor('w', w))
+                  .setyDesc(build_tensor('y', y))
                   .setcDesc(conv_desc)
                   .build();
 
@@ -140,42 +336,6 @@ std::optional<cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph> build_conv_op_graph(
   }
 }
 
-// Transpose from (C_out, H, W, C_in / groups) to (C_in, H, W, C_out / groups).
-array group_transpose(
-    const array& x,
-    int groups,
-    int group_dim,
-    int axis1,
-    int axis2,
-    Stream s) {
-  if (groups == 1) {
-    return swapaxes_in_eval(x, axis1, axis2);
-  }
-  int ndim = x.ndim();
-  if (group_dim < 0) {
-    group_dim += ndim;
-  }
-  if (axis1 < 0) {
-    axis1 += ndim;
-  }
-  if (axis2 < 0) {
-    axis2 += ndim;
-  }
-  if (group_dim <= axis1) {
-    axis1 += 1;
-  }
-  if (group_dim <= axis2) {
-    axis2 += 1;
-  }
-  auto shape = x.shape();
-  shape.insert(shape.begin() + group_dim, groups);
-  shape[group_dim + 1] = shape[group_dim + 1] / groups;
-  array x_trans = reshape_in_eval(x, std::move(shape), s);
-  x_trans = swapaxes_in_eval(x_trans, axis1, axis2);
-  x_trans = flatten_in_eval(x_trans, group_dim, group_dim + 1, s);
-  return x_trans;
-}
-
 // Do necessary transposes and copies to prepare the inputs and outputs for
 // building the cuDNN conv op. It is safe to be called multiple times in one
 // eval_gpu, with cost of possible redundant copies.
@@ -185,14 +345,13 @@ std::tuple<array, array, array> prepare_args(
     array in,
     array wt,
     array out,
-    int groups,
     Stream s) {
   // Transpose the args depending on the backend type.
   // TODO: Handle groups.
   if (backend_type == CONV_BACKWARD_INPUT) {
-    wt = group_transpose(wt, groups, 0, 0, -1, s);
+    wt = swapaxes_in_eval(wt, 0, -1);
   } else if (backend_type == CONV_BACKWARD_WEIGHT) {
-    in = group_transpose(in, groups, -1, 0, -1, s);
+    in = swapaxes_in_eval(in, 0, -1);
     wt = swapaxes_in_eval(wt, 0, -1);
     // Create a contiguous array that shares the data with |out|, but with dim
     // C_in and C_out swapped.
@@ -285,12 +444,12 @@ void Convolution::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out_) {
   ConvCacheKey cache_key{
       encoder.device().cuda_device(),
       dtype_to_cudnn_type(dtype),
-      vector_key(in.shape()),
-      vector_key(wt.shape()),
-      vector_key(kernel_strides_),
-      vector_key(padding_lo_),
-      vector_key(padding_hi_),
-      vector_key(kernel_dilation_),
+      fixed_vector(in.shape()),
+      fixed_vector(wt.shape()),
+      fixed_vector(kernel_strides_),
+      fixed_vector(padding_lo_),
+      fixed_vector(padding_hi_),
+      fixed_vector(kernel_dilation_),
       groups_,
       flip_,
       get_alignment(in),
@@ -298,29 +457,11 @@ void Convolution::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out_) {
       get_alignment(out)};
   if (auto it = conv_cache().find(cache_key); it != conv_cache().end()) {
     auto& [backend_type, plan] = it->second;
-    if (plan) {
-      // Run cached plan.
-      std::tie(in, wt, out) =
-          prepare_args(encoder, backend_type, in, wt, out, groups_, s);
-      register_args(encoder, backend_type, in, wt, out, out_);
-      auto [x, w, y] = dispatch_args(backend_type, in, wt, out);
-      if (!encode_cudnn_plan(encoder, *plan, {'x', 'w', 'y'}, x, w, y)) {
-        throw std::runtime_error("[conv] Cached plan failed to execute.");
-      }
-    } else {
-      // Run fallback kernel.
-      gemm_conv(
-          encoder,
-          in,
-          wt,
-          out,
-          kernel_strides_,
-          padding_lo_,
-          kernel_dilation_,
-          input_dilation_,
-          groups_,
-          flip_,
-          s);
+    std::tie(in, wt, out) = prepare_args(encoder, backend_type, in, wt, out, s);
+    register_args(encoder, backend_type, in, wt, out, out_);
+    auto [x, w, y] = dispatch_args(backend_type, in, wt, out);
+    if (!execute_plan(encoder, plan, x, w, y)) {
+      throw std::runtime_error("[conv] Cached plan failed to execute.");
     }
     return;
   }
@@ -349,7 +490,7 @@ void Convolution::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out_) {
   std::optional<cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph> op_graph;
   for (auto try_backend : try_backends) {
     auto [in_copy, wt_copy, out_copy] =
-        prepare_args(encoder, try_backend, in, wt, out, groups_, s);
+        prepare_args(encoder, try_backend, in, wt, out, s);
     auto [x, w, y] = dispatch_args(try_backend, in_copy, wt_copy, out_copy);
     auto [stride, padding_lo, padding_hi, dilation] = get_conv_op_settings(
         try_backend,
@@ -361,7 +502,7 @@ void Convolution::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out_) {
         padding_hi_,
         kernel_dilation_,
         input_dilation_);
-    op_graph = build_conv_op_graph(
+    op_graph = build_op_graph(
         encoder,
         try_backend,
         dtype,
@@ -380,38 +521,26 @@ void Convolution::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out_) {
       break;
     }
   }
-
-  if (op_graph) {
-    // Find a plan for the graph and execute it.
-    auto plan = find_cudnn_plan_from_op_graph(
-        encoder.device().cudnn_handle(), backend_type, dtype, *op_graph);
-    if (plan) {
-      // Setup inputs and outputs.
-      register_args(encoder, backend_type, in, wt, out, out_);
-
-      auto [x, w, y] = dispatch_args(backend_type, in, wt, out);
-      if (encode_cudnn_plan(encoder, *plan, {'x', 'w', 'y'}, x, w, y)) {
-        conv_cache().emplace(
-            cache_key, std::make_pair(backend_type, std::move(*plan)));
-        return;
-      }
-    }
+  if (!op_graph) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("[conv] Can not build op graph.");
   }
 
-  // Use fallback kernel for settings not supported by cuDNN.
-  gemm_conv(
-      encoder,
-      in,
-      wt,
-      out,
-      kernel_strides_,
-      padding_lo_,
-      kernel_dilation_,
-      input_dilation_,
-      groups_,
-      flip_,
-      s);
-  conv_cache().emplace(cache_key, std::make_pair(CONV_FALLBACK, std::nullopt));
+  // Get ready to execute the graph.
+  register_args(encoder, backend_type, in, wt, out, out_);
+
+  // Try to run plans based on heuristics.
+  auto configs = get_engine_configs(backend_type, dtype, *op_graph);
+  auto tag = op_graph->getTag();
+  auto [x, w, y] = dispatch_args(backend_type, in, wt, out);
+  if (try_engines(encoder, cache_key, backend_type, configs, tag, x, w, y)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  // Then try fallback plans.
+  configs = get_engine_configs(backend_type, dtype, *op_graph);
+  if (try_engines(encoder, cache_key, backend_type, configs, tag, x, w, y)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  throw std::runtime_error("[conv] Unable to find a working engine.");
 }
 
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/conv/conv.h

@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/gpu/copy.h"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-
-template <int NDIM>
-struct ConvParams {
-  int N; // Batch size
-  int C; // In channels
-  int O; // Out channels
-  int strides[NDIM];
-  int padding[NDIM];
-  int kernel_dilation[NDIM];
-  int input_dilation[NDIM];
-  int groups;
-  bool flip;
-  int in_spatial_dims[NDIM];
-  int wt_spatial_dims[NDIM];
-  int out_spatial_dims[NDIM];
-  int64_t in_strides[NDIM + 2];
-
-  ConvParams(
-      const array& in,
-      const array& wt,
-      const array& out,
-      const std::vector<int>& strides,
-      const std::vector<int>& padding,
-      const std::vector<int>& kernel_dilation,
-      const std::vector<int>& input_dilation,
-      int groups,
-      bool flip)
-      : N(in.shape(0)),
-        C(in.shape(-1)),
-        O(wt.shape(0)),
-        groups(groups),
-        flip(flip) {
-    std::copy_n(strides.begin(), NDIM, this->strides);
-    std::copy_n(padding.begin(), NDIM, this->padding);
-    std::copy_n(kernel_dilation.begin(), NDIM, this->kernel_dilation);
-    std::copy_n(input_dilation.begin(), NDIM, this->input_dilation);
-    std::copy_n(in.shape().begin() + 1, NDIM, this->in_spatial_dims);
-    std::copy_n(wt.shape().begin() + 1, NDIM, this->wt_spatial_dims);
-    std::copy_n(out.shape().begin() + 1, NDIM, this->out_spatial_dims);
-    std::copy_n(in.strides().begin(), NDIM + 2, this->in_strides);
-  }
-};
-
-void gemm_grouped_conv(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    const array& in,
-    const array& wt,
-    array& out,
-    const std::vector<int>& strides,
-    const std::vector<int>& padding,
-    const std::vector<int>& kernel_dilation,
-    const std::vector<int>& input_dilation,
-    int groups,
-    bool flip,
-    Stream s);
-
-void gemm_conv(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    const array& in,
-    const array& wt,
-    array& out,
-    const std::vector<int>& strides,
-    const std::vector<int>& padding,
-    const std::vector<int>& kernel_dilation,
-    const std::vector<int>& input_dilation,
-    bool flip,
-    Stream s);
-
-inline void gemm_conv(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    array in,
-    array wt,
-    array& out,
-    const std::vector<int>& strides,
-    const std::vector<int>& padding,
-    const std::vector<int>& kernel_dilation,
-    const std::vector<int>& input_dilation,
-    int groups,
-    bool flip,
-    Stream s) {
-  if (!in.flags().row_contiguous) {
-    in = contiguous_copy_gpu(in, s);
-    encoder.add_temporary(in);
-  }
-  if (!wt.flags().row_contiguous) {
-    wt = contiguous_copy_gpu(wt, s);
-    encoder.add_temporary(wt);
-  }
-
-  if (groups == 1) {
-    gemm_conv(
-        encoder,
-        in,
-        wt,
-        out,
-        strides,
-        padding,
-        kernel_dilation,
-        input_dilation,
-        flip,
-        s);
-  } else {
-    gemm_grouped_conv(
-        encoder,
-        in,
-        wt,
-        out,
-        strides,
-        padding,
-        kernel_dilation,
-        input_dilation,
-        groups,
-        flip,
-        s);
-  }
-}
-
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/conv/gemm_conv.cu

@@ -1,217 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/conv/conv.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/gemms/cublas_gemm.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/kernel_utils.cuh"
-#include "mlx/dtype_utils.h"
-
-#include <cooperative_groups.h>
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-
-namespace cu {
-
-namespace cg = cooperative_groups;
-
-template <typename T, int NDIM>
-__global__ void naive_unfold_nd(
-    const T* in,
-    T* out,
-    int filter_size,
-    int out_pixels,
-    const __grid_constant__ ConvParams<NDIM> params) {
-  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  auto tid = block.group_index();
-  auto lid = block.thread_index();
-
-  int index_batch = tid.z / out_pixels; // [0, N)
-  int index_out_spatial = tid.z % out_pixels; // [0, H_out * W_out)
-  int index_wt_spatial =
-      tid.x * block.dim_threads().x + lid.x; // [0, H_wt * W_wt)
-
-  if (index_wt_spatial >= filter_size / params.C) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  in += tid.y; // [0, C)
-  out += tid.z * filter_size + index_wt_spatial * params.C + tid.y;
-
-  bool valid = index_batch < params.N;
-
-  // Get the coordinates in input.
-  int index_in[NDIM] = {};
-#pragma unroll
-  for (int i = NDIM - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
-    int index_out = index_out_spatial % params.out_spatial_dims[i];
-    int index_wt = index_wt_spatial % params.wt_spatial_dims[i];
-
-    if (params.flip) {
-      index_wt = params.wt_spatial_dims[i] - index_wt - 1;
-    }
-
-    int index = index_out * params.strides[i] - params.padding[i] +
-        index_wt * params.kernel_dilation[i];
-    int index_max =
-        1 + params.input_dilation[i] * (params.in_spatial_dims[i] - 1);
-
-    valid &= (index >= 0) && (index < index_max) &&
-        (index % params.input_dilation[i] == 0);
-
-    index_in[i] = index / params.input_dilation[i];
-
-    index_out_spatial /= params.out_spatial_dims[i];
-    index_wt_spatial /= params.wt_spatial_dims[i];
-  }
-
-  if (valid) {
-    int in_offset = index_batch * params.in_strides[0];
-#pragma unroll
-    for (int i = 0; i < NDIM; ++i) {
-      in_offset += index_in[i] * params.in_strides[i + 1];
-    }
-    *out = in[in_offset];
-  } else {
-    *out = T{0};
-  }
-}
-
-} // namespace cu
-
-template <int NDIM>
-array unfold_inputs_nd(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    const array& in,
-    int mat_M,
-    int mat_K,
-    int mat_N,
-    ConvParams<NDIM>& params) {
-  array unfolded({mat_M, mat_K}, in.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-  unfolded.set_data(allocator::malloc(unfolded.nbytes()));
-  encoder.add_temporary(unfolded);
-
-  int filter_size = params.C;
-#pragma unroll
-  for (int i = 0; i < NDIM; ++i) {
-    filter_size *= params.wt_spatial_dims[i];
-  }
-
-  int out_pixels = 1;
-#pragma unroll
-  for (int i = 0; i < NDIM; ++i) {
-    out_pixels *= params.out_spatial_dims[i];
-  }
-
-  int wt_spatial_size = mat_K / params.C;
-  dim3 block_dims;
-  block_dims.x = std::min(std::max(wt_spatial_size, 32), 1024);
-  dim3 num_blocks;
-  num_blocks.x = cuda::ceil_div(wt_spatial_size, block_dims.x);
-  num_blocks.y = params.C;
-  num_blocks.z = mat_M;
-
-  encoder.set_input_array(in);
-  encoder.set_output_array(unfolded);
-  dispatch_float_types(in.dtype(), "unfold", [&](auto type_tag) {
-    using DataType = cuda_type_t<MLX_GET_TYPE(type_tag)>;
-    encoder.add_kernel_node(
-        cu::naive_unfold_nd<DataType, NDIM>,
-        num_blocks,
-        block_dims,
-        0,
-        in.data<DataType>(),
-        unfolded.data<DataType>(),
-        filter_size,
-        out_pixels,
-        params);
-  });
-
-  return unfolded;
-}
-
-template <int NDIM>
-void gemm_conv_nd(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    const array& in,
-    const array& wt,
-    array& out,
-    ConvParams<NDIM>& params,
-    Stream s) {
-  // Get gemm shapes.
-  int mat_M = out.size() / params.O; // N * H_out * W_out
-  int mat_K = wt.size() / params.O; // C * H_wt * W_wt
-  int mat_N = params.O; // O
-
-  // Unfold input to (N * H_out * W_out, C * H_wt * W_wt) for gemm.
-  array in_unfolded =
-      unfold_inputs_nd<NDIM>(encoder, in, mat_M, mat_K, mat_N, params);
-
-  // Reshape weight to (C * H_wt * W_wt, O) for gemm.
-  array wt_reshaped({mat_K, mat_N}, wt.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-  wt_reshaped.copy_shared_buffer(
-      wt,
-      {1, mat_K},
-      {false, false, /* col_contiguous */ true},
-      wt.data_size());
-
-  // Single batch.
-  Shape batch_shape{1};
-  Strides a_batch_strides{0};
-  Strides b_batch_strides{0};
-
-  // Run matmul.
-  CublasGemm gemm(
-      encoder.device(),
-      in.dtype(),
-      false, // a_transposed
-      mat_M, // a_rows
-      mat_K, // a_cols
-      mat_K, // lda
-      true, // b_transposed
-      mat_K, // b_rows
-      mat_N, // b_cols
-      mat_K, // ldb
-      batch_shape.back(),
-      a_batch_strides.back(),
-      b_batch_strides.back());
-  gemm.run(
-      encoder,
-      out,
-      in_unfolded,
-      wt_reshaped,
-      batch_shape,
-      a_batch_strides,
-      b_batch_strides);
-}
-
-void gemm_conv(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    const array& in,
-    const array& wt,
-    array& out,
-    const std::vector<int>& strides,
-    const std::vector<int>& padding,
-    const std::vector<int>& kernel_dilation,
-    const std::vector<int>& input_dilation,
-    bool flip,
-    Stream s) {
-  int conv_ndim = in.ndim() - 2;
-  if (conv_ndim < 1 || conv_ndim > 3) {
-    throw std::runtime_error(
-        fmt::format("[conv] Unsupported gemm_conv for {}D conv.", conv_ndim));
-  }
-  dispatch_1_2_3(conv_ndim, [&](auto ndim_constant) {
-    ConvParams<ndim_constant()> params(
-        in,
-        wt,
-        out,
-        strides,
-        padding,
-        kernel_dilation,
-        input_dilation,
-        1, // groups
-        flip);
-    gemm_conv_nd<ndim_constant()>(encoder, in, wt, out, params, s);
-  });
-}
-
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/conv/gemm_grouped_conv.cu

@@ -1,231 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/conv/conv.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/gemms/cublas_gemm.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/kernel_utils.cuh"
-#include "mlx/dtype_utils.h"
-
-#include <cooperative_groups.h>
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-
-namespace cu {
-
-namespace cg = cooperative_groups;
-
-template <typename T, int NDIM>
-__global__ void naive_grouped_unfold_transpose_nd(
-    const T* in,
-    T* out,
-    int filter_size,
-    int out_pixels,
-    const __grid_constant__ ConvParams<NDIM> params) {
-  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  auto tid = block.group_index();
-  auto lid = block.thread_index();
-
-  int index_batch = tid.z / out_pixels; // [0, N)
-  int index_out_spatial = tid.z % out_pixels; // [0, H_out * W_out)
-  int index_wt_spatial =
-      tid.x * block.dim_threads().x + lid.x; // [0, H_wt * W_wt)
-
-  if (index_wt_spatial >= filter_size / params.C) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  in += tid.y; // [0, C)
-  out += tid.z * filter_size + tid.y * (filter_size / params.C);
-
-  bool valid = index_batch < params.N;
-
-  // Get the coordinates in input.
-  int index_in[NDIM] = {};
-  int wt_stride = 1;
-#pragma unroll
-  for (int i = NDIM - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
-    int index_out = index_out_spatial % params.out_spatial_dims[i];
-    int index_wt = index_wt_spatial % params.wt_spatial_dims[i];
-    out += index_wt * wt_stride;
-
-    if (params.flip) {
-      index_wt = params.wt_spatial_dims[i] - index_wt - 1;
-    }
-
-    int index = index_out * params.strides[i] - params.padding[i] +
-        index_wt * params.kernel_dilation[i];
-    int index_max =
-        1 + params.input_dilation[i] * (params.in_spatial_dims[i] - 1);
-
-    valid &= (index >= 0) && (index < index_max) &&
-        (index % params.input_dilation[i] == 0);
-
-    index_in[i] = index / params.input_dilation[i];
-
-    index_out_spatial /= params.out_spatial_dims[i];
-    index_wt_spatial /= params.wt_spatial_dims[i];
-    wt_stride *= params.wt_spatial_dims[i];
-  }
-
-  if (valid) {
-    int in_offset = index_batch * params.in_strides[0];
-#pragma unroll
-    for (int i = 0; i < NDIM; ++i) {
-      in_offset += index_in[i] * params.in_strides[i + 1];
-    }
-    *out = in[in_offset];
-  } else {
-    *out = T{0};
-  }
-}
-
-} // namespace cu
-
-template <int NDIM>
-array grouped_unfold_transpose_inputs_nd(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    const array& in,
-    int mat_M,
-    int mat_K,
-    int mat_N,
-    ConvParams<NDIM>& params) {
-  array unfolded({mat_M, mat_K * params.groups}, in.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-  unfolded.set_data(allocator::malloc(unfolded.nbytes()));
-  encoder.add_temporary(unfolded);
-
-  int filter_size = params.C;
-#pragma unroll
-  for (int i = 0; i < NDIM; ++i) {
-    filter_size *= params.wt_spatial_dims[i];
-  }
-
-  int out_pixels = 1;
-#pragma unroll
-  for (int i = 0; i < NDIM; ++i) {
-    out_pixels *= params.out_spatial_dims[i];
-  }
-
-  int wt_spatial_size = (mat_K * params.groups) / params.C;
-  dim3 block_dims;
-  block_dims.x = std::min(std::max(wt_spatial_size, 32), 1024);
-  dim3 num_blocks;
-  num_blocks.x = cuda::ceil_div(wt_spatial_size, block_dims.x);
-  num_blocks.y = params.C;
-  num_blocks.z = mat_M;
-
-  encoder.set_input_array(in);
-  encoder.set_output_array(unfolded);
-  dispatch_float_types(in.dtype(), "unfold", [&](auto type_tag) {
-    using DataType = cuda_type_t<MLX_GET_TYPE(type_tag)>;
-    encoder.add_kernel_node(
-        cu::naive_grouped_unfold_transpose_nd<DataType, NDIM>,
-        num_blocks,
-        block_dims,
-        0,
-        in.data<DataType>(),
-        unfolded.data<DataType>(),
-        filter_size,
-        out_pixels,
-        params);
-  });
-
-  return unfolded;
-}
-
-template <int NDIM>
-void gemm_grouped_conv_nd(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    const array& in,
-    const array& wt,
-    array& out,
-    ConvParams<NDIM>& params,
-    Stream s) {
-  // Get gemm shapes.
-  int C_per_group = params.C / params.groups;
-  int O_per_group = params.O / params.groups;
-  int mat_M = out.size() / params.O; // N * H_out * W_out
-  int mat_K = wt.size() / params.O; // C_per_group * H_wt * W_wt
-  int mat_N = O_per_group; // O_per_group
-
-  // Unfold input to (N * H_out * W_out, C * H_wt * W_wt) for gemm.
-  array in_unfolded = grouped_unfold_transpose_inputs_nd<NDIM>(
-      encoder, in, mat_M, mat_K, mat_N, params);
-
-  // Reshape weight to (O, C_per_group, H_wt * W_wt) for gemm.
-  int wt_spatial_size = (wt.size() / wt.shape(0)) / wt.shape(-1);
-  array wt_view(
-      {params.O, C_per_group, wt_spatial_size}, wt.dtype(), nullptr, {});
-  wt_view.copy_shared_buffer(
-      wt, {wt.strides(0), 1, C_per_group}, wt.flags(), wt.size());
-  array wt_reshaped = contiguous_copy_gpu(wt_view, s);
-
-  // Batch with size of groups.
-  Shape batch_shape{params.groups};
-  Strides a_batch_strides{mat_K};
-  Strides b_batch_strides{mat_N * mat_K};
-
-  // Run matmul.
-  CublasGemm gemm(
-      encoder.device(),
-      in.dtype(),
-      false, // a_transposed
-      mat_M, // a_rows
-      mat_K, // a_cols
-      mat_K * params.groups, // lda
-      true, // b_transposed
-      mat_K, // b_rows
-      mat_N, // b_cols
-      mat_K, // ldb
-      batch_shape.back(),
-      a_batch_strides.back(),
-      b_batch_strides.back());
-  gemm.set_out(
-      out.dtype(),
-      false, // out_transposed
-      mat_M, // out_rows
-      mat_N, // out_cols
-      mat_N * params.groups, // out_ld
-      params.groups, // batch_count
-      mat_N); // batch_stride
-  gemm.run(
-      encoder,
-      out,
-      in_unfolded,
-      wt_reshaped,
-      batch_shape,
-      a_batch_strides,
-      b_batch_strides);
-}
-
-void gemm_grouped_conv(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    const array& in,
-    const array& wt,
-    array& out,
-    const std::vector<int>& strides,
-    const std::vector<int>& padding,
-    const std::vector<int>& kernel_dilation,
-    const std::vector<int>& input_dilation,
-    int groups,
-    bool flip,
-    Stream s) {
-  int conv_ndim = in.ndim() - 2;
-  if (conv_ndim < 1 || conv_ndim > 3) {
-    throw std::runtime_error(
-        fmt::format("[conv] Unsupported gemm_conv for {}D conv.", conv_ndim));
-  }
-  dispatch_1_2_3(conv_ndim, [&](auto ndim_constant) {
-    ConvParams<ndim_constant()> params(
-        in,
-        wt,
-        out,
-        strides,
-        padding,
-        kernel_dilation,
-        input_dilation,
-        groups,
-        flip);
-    gemm_grouped_conv_nd<ndim_constant()>(encoder, in, wt, out, params, s);
-  });
-}
-
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/copy.cu

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ void copy_gpu_inplace(
     int64_t offset_out,
     CopyType ctype,
     const Stream& s,
-    std::optional<array> dynamic_offset_in,
-    std::optional<array> dynamic_offset_out) {
+    const std::optional<array>& dynamic_offset_in,
+    const std::optional<array>& dynamic_offset_out) {
   if (out.size() == 0) {
     return;
   }
@@ -44,16 +44,6 @@ void copy_gpu_inplace(
           strides_vec[0]);
     } else {
       if (dynamic_offset_in || dynamic_offset_out) {
-        if (!dynamic_offset_in) {
-          dynamic_offset_in = array(0, int64);
-          encoder.add_temporary(*dynamic_offset_in);
-        }
-        if (!dynamic_offset_out) {
-          dynamic_offset_out = array(0, int64);
-          encoder.add_temporary(*dynamic_offset_out);
-        }
-        encoder.set_input_array(*dynamic_offset_in);
-        encoder.set_input_array(*dynamic_offset_out);
         copy_general_dynamic(
             encoder,
             ctype,
@@ -64,8 +54,8 @@ void copy_gpu_inplace(
             shape_collapsed,
             strides_vec[0],
             strides_vec[1],
-            *dynamic_offset_in,
-            *dynamic_offset_out);
+            dynamic_offset_in ? *dynamic_offset_in : array(0, int64),
+            dynamic_offset_out ? *dynamic_offset_out : array(0, int64));
       } else {
         copy_general(
             encoder,

mlx/backend/cuda/copy/copy_general.cu

@@ -10,80 +10,37 @@ namespace cu {
 
 namespace cg = cooperative_groups;
 
-template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int NDIM, int N_READS>
+template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int NDIM>
 __global__ void copy_gg_nd(
     const In* in,
     Out* out,
-    IdxT size_rest,
+    IdxT size,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int32_t, NDIM> shape,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> strides_in,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> strides_out) {
-  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-  IdxT index_rest =
-      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
-  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
-    return;
+  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  if (index < size) {
+    auto [idx_in, idx_out] = elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(
+        index, shape.data(), strides_in.data(), strides_out.data());
+    out[idx_out] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in[idx_in]);
   }
-
-  auto shape_x = shape[NDIM - 1];
-  auto in_stride_x = strides_in[NDIM - 1];
-  auto out_stride_x = strides_out[NDIM - 1];
-  IdxT index_x =
-      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
-  auto [idx_in, idx_out] = elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(
-      index_rest * shape_x,
-      shape.data(),
-      strides_in.data(),
-      strides_out.data());
-
-  auto in_vec =
-      load_vector<N_READS>(in + idx_in, index_x, shape_x, in_stride_x, In(0));
-  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
-#pragma unroll
-  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
-    out_vec[i] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in_vec[i]);
-  }
-  store_vector(out + idx_out, index_x, out_vec, shape_x, out_stride_x);
 }
 
-template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
+template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT>
 __global__ void copy_gg(
     const In* in,
     Out* out,
-    IdxT size_rest,
+    IdxT size,
     const __grid_constant__ Shape shape,
     const __grid_constant__ Strides strides_in,
     const __grid_constant__ Strides strides_out,
     int ndim) {
-  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-  IdxT index_rest =
-      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
-  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
-    return;
+  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  if (index < size) {
+    auto [idx_in, idx_out] = elem_to_loc(
+        index, shape.data(), strides_in.data(), strides_out.data(), ndim);
+    out[idx_out] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in[idx_in]);
   }
-
-  auto shape_x = shape[ndim - 1];
-  auto in_stride_x = strides_in[ndim - 1];
-  auto out_stride_x = strides_out[ndim - 1];
-  IdxT index_x =
-      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
-  auto [idx_in, idx_out] = elem_to_loc(
-      index_rest * shape_x,
-      shape.data(),
-      strides_in.data(),
-      strides_out.data(),
-      ndim);
-
-  auto in_vec =
-      load_vector<N_READS>(in + idx_in, index_x, shape_x, in_stride_x, In(0));
-  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
-#pragma unroll
-  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
-    out_vec[i] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in_vec[i]);
-  }
-  store_vector(out + idx_out, index_x, out_vec, shape_x, out_stride_x);
 }
 
 } // namespace cu
@@ -112,52 +69,33 @@ void copy_general(
             size_t data_size = 1;
             for (auto& s : shape)
               data_size *= s;
-
-            int work_per_thread = 1;
-            auto dim0 = ndim > 0 ? shape.back() : 1;
-            auto rest = data_size / dim0;
-            if (dim0 >= 4) {
-              work_per_thread = 4;
-            }
-
-            dim0 = (dim0 + work_per_thread - 1) / work_per_thread;
-            auto block_dims = get_block_dims(dim0, rest, 1);
-            uint32_t num_blocks_x = cuda::ceil_div(dim0, block_dims.x);
-            uint32_t num_blocks_y = cuda::ceil_div(rest, block_dims.y);
-
             if (ndim <= 3) {
               dispatch_1_2_3(ndim, [&](auto ndim_constant) {
-                auto kernel =
-                    cu::copy_gg_nd<InType, OutType, IdxT, ndim_constant(), 1>;
-                if (work_per_thread == 4) {
-                  kernel =
-                      cu::copy_gg_nd<InType, OutType, IdxT, ndim_constant(), 4>;
-                }
+                auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
+                    get_launch_args(data_size, shape, out.strides(), large());
                 encoder.add_kernel_node(
-                    kernel,
-                    {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
+                    cu::copy_gg_nd<InType, OutType, IdxT, ndim_constant()>,
+                    num_blocks,
                     block_dims,
                     0,
                     in_ptr,
                     out_ptr,
-                    rest,
+                    data_size,
                     const_param<ndim_constant()>(shape),
                     const_param<ndim_constant()>(strides_in),
                     const_param<ndim_constant()>(strides_out));
               });
             } else { // ndim >= 4
-              auto kernel = cu::copy_gg<InType, OutType, IdxT, 1>;
-              if (work_per_thread == 4) {
-                kernel = cu::copy_gg<InType, OutType, IdxT, 4>;
-              }
+              auto [num_blocks, block_dims] =
+                  get_launch_args(data_size, shape, out.strides(), large());
               encoder.add_kernel_node(
-                  kernel,
-                  {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
+                  cu::copy_gg<InType, OutType, IdxT>,
+                  num_blocks,
                   block_dims,
                   0,
                   in_ptr,
                   out_ptr,
-                  rest,
+                  data_size,
                   const_param(shape),
                   const_param(strides_in),
                   const_param(strides_out),

mlx/backend/cuda/copy/copy_general_input.cu

@@ -10,67 +10,33 @@ namespace cu {
 
 namespace cg = cooperative_groups;
 
-template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int NDIM, int N_READS>
+template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int NDIM>
 __global__ void copy_g_nd(
     const In* in,
     Out* out,
-    IdxT size_rest,
+    IdxT size,
     const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int32_t, NDIM> shape,
-    const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> strides) {
-  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-  IdxT index_rest =
-      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
-  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
-    return;
+    const __grid_constant__ cuda::std::array<int64_t, NDIM> strides_in) {
+  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  if (index < size) {
+    IdxT idx_in = elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(index, shape.data(), strides_in.data());
+    out[index] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in[idx_in]);
   }
-
-  auto shape_x = shape[NDIM - 1];
-  auto stride_x = strides[NDIM - 1];
-  IdxT index_x =
-      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
-  auto idx =
-      elem_to_loc_nd<NDIM>(index_rest * shape_x, shape.data(), strides.data());
-  auto in_vec =
-      load_vector<N_READS>(in + idx, index_x, shape_x, stride_x, In(0));
-  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
-#pragma unroll
-  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
-    out_vec[i] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in_vec[i]);
-  }
-  store_vector(out + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec, shape_x);
 }
 
-template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT, int N_READS>
+template <typename In, typename Out, typename IdxT>
 __global__ void copy_g(
     const In* in,
     Out* out,
-    IdxT size_rest,
+    IdxT size,
     const __grid_constant__ Shape shape,
-    const __grid_constant__ Strides strides,
+    const __grid_constant__ Strides strides_in,
     int ndim) {
-  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
-  auto grid = cg::this_grid();
-  IdxT index_rest =
-      grid.block_index().y * block.dim_threads().y + block.thread_index().y;
-  if (index_rest >= size_rest) {
-    return;
+  IdxT index = cg::this_grid().thread_rank();
+  if (index < size) {
+    IdxT idx_in = elem_to_loc(index, shape.data(), strides_in.data(), ndim);
+    out[index] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in[idx_in]);
   }
-
-  auto shape_x = shape[ndim - 1];
-  auto stride_x = strides[ndim - 1];
-  IdxT index_x =
-      grid.block_index().x * block.dim_threads().x + block.thread_index().x;
-  auto idx =
-      elem_to_loc(index_rest * shape_x, shape.data(), strides.data(), ndim);
-  auto in_vec =
-      load_vector<N_READS>(in + idx, index_x, shape_x, stride_x, In(0));
-  AlignedVector<Out, N_READS> out_vec;
-#pragma unroll
-  for (int i = 0; i < N_READS; ++i) {
-    out_vec[i] = CastOp<In, Out>{}(in_vec[i]);
-  }
-  store_vector(out + shape_x * index_rest, index_x, out_vec, shape_x);
 }
 
 } // namespace cu
@@ -95,49 +61,30 @@ void copy_general_input(
             const InType* in_ptr = in.data<InType>() + offset_in;
             OutType* out_ptr = out.data<OutType>() + offset_out;
             int ndim = shape.size();
-            int work_per_thread = 1;
-            auto dim0 = ndim > 0 ? shape.back() : 1;
-            auto rest = out.size() / dim0;
-            if (dim0 >= 4) {
-              work_per_thread = 4;
-            }
-            dim0 = (dim0 + work_per_thread - 1) / work_per_thread;
-            auto block_dims = get_block_dims(dim0, rest, 1);
-            uint32_t num_blocks_x = cuda::ceil_div(dim0, block_dims.x);
-            uint32_t num_blocks_y = cuda::ceil_div(rest, block_dims.y);
-
             if (ndim <= 3) {
               dispatch_1_2_3(ndim, [&](auto dims_constant) {
-                auto kernel =
-                    cu::copy_g_nd<InType, OutType, IdxT, dims_constant(), 1>;
-                if (work_per_thread == 4) {
-                  kernel =
-                      cu::copy_g_nd<InType, OutType, IdxT, dims_constant(), 4>;
-                }
+                auto [num_blocks, block_dims] = get_launch_args(out, large());
                 encoder.add_kernel_node(
-                    kernel,
-                    {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
+                    cu::copy_g_nd<InType, OutType, IdxT, dims_constant()>,
+                    num_blocks,
                     block_dims,
                     0,
                     in_ptr,
                     out_ptr,
-                    rest,
+                    out.size(),
                     const_param<dims_constant()>(shape),
                     const_param<dims_constant()>(strides_in));
               });
             } else { // ndim >= 4
-              auto kernel = cu::copy_g<InType, OutType, IdxT, 1>;
-              if (work_per_thread == 4) {
-                kernel = cu::copy_g<InType, OutType, IdxT, 4>;
-              }
+              auto [num_blocks, block_dims] = get_launch_args(out, large());
               encoder.add_kernel_node(
-                  kernel,
-                  {num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y},
+                  cu::copy_g<InType, OutType, IdxT>,
+                  num_blocks,
                   block_dims,
                   0,
                   in_ptr,
                   out_ptr,
-                  rest,
+                  out.size(),
                   const_param(shape),
                   const_param(strides_in),
                   ndim);

mlx/backend/cuda/cudnn_utils.cpp

@@ -1,275 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/cudnn_utils.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-
-namespace {
-
-// Create a cudnn tensor descriptor.
-template <typename Vec>
-inline cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_tensor(
-    int64_t id,
-    const array& x,
-    const Vec& shape,
-    const Vec& strides) {
-  return cudnn_frontend::TensorBuilder()
-      .setDim(shape.size(), shape.data())
-      .setStrides(strides.size(), strides.data())
-      .setId(id)
-      .setAlignment(get_alignment(x))
-      .setDataType(dtype_to_cudnn_type(x.dtype()))
-      .build();
-}
-
-// In MLX a singleton dim (shape[dim] == 1) can have any stride, but in cuDNN
-// whether a tensor is contiguous is determined with:
-// shape[dim] == shape[dim + 1] * strides[dim + 1]
-// So a contiguous array with singleton dims in MLX may be mistakenly treated
-// as strided in cuDNN, and we work around it by normalizing the strides.
-Strides normalized_strides(const array& x) {
-  if (!x.flags().row_contiguous || x.ndim() < 2) {
-    return x.strides();
-  }
-  Strides strides = x.strides();
-  for (int i = x.ndim() - 2; i >= 0; --i) {
-    if (x.shape(i) == 1) {
-      strides[i] = x.shape(i + 1) * strides[i + 1];
-    }
-  }
-  return strides;
-}
-
-// Return the shape and strides after transposing from NHWC to NCHW.
-auto nhwc_to_nchw(SmallVector<int64_t> shape, SmallVector<int64_t> strides) {
-  assert(shape.size() >= 3);
-  shape.insert(shape.begin() + 1, shape.back());
-  shape.erase(shape.end() - 1);
-  strides.insert(strides.begin() + 1, strides.back());
-  strides.erase(strides.end() - 1);
-  return std::make_tuple(std::move(shape), std::move(strides));
-}
-
-inline auto nhwc_to_nchw(const array& x) {
-  return nhwc_to_nchw(
-      convert_vector<int64_t>(x.shape()), normalized_strides(x));
-}
-
-// Return available engines for a |op_graph|.
-cudnn_frontend::EngineConfigList get_cudnn_engine_configs(
-    cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
-    Dtype dtype,
-    cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph& op_graph,
-    bool use_fallback = true) {
-  SmallVector<cudnn_frontend::GeneratorSource, 2> sources;
-  sources.push_back([](auto& op_graph) {
-    auto heuristics = cudnn_frontend::EngineHeuristicsBuilder()
-                          .setOperationGraph(op_graph)
-                          .setHeurMode(CUDNN_HEUR_MODE_A)
-                          .build();
-    return heuristics.getEngineConfig(heuristics.getEngineConfigCount());
-  });
-  if (use_fallback) {
-    sources.push_back([&backend_type](auto& op_graph) {
-      auto fallback = cudnn_frontend::EngineFallbackListBuilder()
-                          .setOperationGraph(op_graph)
-                          .setOperation(backend_type)
-                          .build();
-      return fallback.getFallbackList();
-    });
-  }
-
-  auto configs =
-      cudnn_frontend::EngineConfigGenerator(sources.size(), sources.data())
-          .generate_engine_config(op_graph);
-
-  cudnn_frontend::EngineConfigList filtered_configs;
-  cudnn_frontend::filter(configs, filtered_configs, [dtype](auto c) {
-    if (cudnn_frontend::hasNumericalNote<
-            CUDNN_NUMERICAL_NOTE_DOWN_CONVERT_INPUTS>(c)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    if (cudnn_frontend::hasNumericalNote<CUDNN_NUMERICAL_NOTE_TENSOR_CORE>(c) &&
-        dtype == float32 && !env::enable_tf32()) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    return false;
-  });
-  return filtered_configs;
-}
-
-// Take |engine_configs| and |op_graph| and find a working execution plans
-// from them.
-std::optional<cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan>
-find_cudnn_plan_from_engine_configs(
-    cudnnHandle_t handle,
-    const cudnn_frontend::EngineConfigList& engine_configs,
-    const cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph& op_graph) {
-  auto op_graph_tag = op_graph.getTag();
-  for (const auto& config : engine_configs) {
-    try {
-      return cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlanBuilder()
-          .setHandle(handle)
-          .setEngineConfig(config, op_graph_tag)
-          .build();
-    } catch (cudnn_frontend::cudnnException& error) {
-      if (error.getCudnnStatus() != CUDNN_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
-        throw;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return std::nullopt;
-}
-
-// Prepare workspace and args to execute plan.
-template <typename F>
-bool prepare_cudnn_plan(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
-    int num_args,
-    const int64_t* uids,
-    void** data_ptrs,
-    F&& execute) {
-  int workspace_size = plan.getWorkspaceSize();
-  array workspace(
-      workspace_size > 0 ? allocator::malloc(workspace_size)
-                         : allocator::Buffer(nullptr),
-      {workspace_size},
-      uint8);
-
-  auto args = cudnn_frontend::VariantPackBuilder()
-                  .setWorkspacePointer(workspace.data<void>())
-                  .setDataPointers(num_args, data_ptrs)
-                  .setUids(num_args, uids)
-                  .build();
-
-  auto handle = encoder.device().cudnn_handle();
-  cudnnSetStream(handle, encoder.stream());
-
-  if (!execute(handle, plan.get_raw_desc(), args.get_raw_desc())) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  encoder.add_temporary(workspace);
-  return true;
-}
-
-} // namespace
-
-cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_tensor(int64_t id, const array& x) {
-  auto shape = convert_vector<int64_t>(x.shape());
-  return build_cudnn_tensor(id, x, shape, normalized_strides(x));
-}
-
-cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_tensor_nchw(int64_t id, const array& x) {
-  auto [shape, strides] = nhwc_to_nchw(x);
-  return build_cudnn_tensor(id, x, shape, strides);
-}
-
-cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_tensor_4d_nchw(int64_t id, const array& x) {
-  if (x.ndim() == 0) {
-    SmallVector<int64_t, 4> scalar_dims = {1, 1, 1, 1};
-    return build_cudnn_tensor(id, x, scalar_dims, scalar_dims);
-  }
-  if (x.ndim() == 1) {
-    int64_t s = x.shape(0);
-    SmallVector<int64_t, 4> shape = {1, x.shape(0), 1, 1};
-    SmallVector<int64_t, 4> strides = {s, 1, s, s};
-    return build_cudnn_tensor(id, x, shape, strides);
-  }
-  if (x.ndim() == 2) {
-    int64_t s =
-        x.flags().row_contiguous ? x.shape(1) * x.strides(1) : x.strides(0);
-    SmallVector<int64_t, 4> shape = {x.shape(0), x.shape(1), 1, 1};
-    SmallVector<int64_t, 4> strides = {s, x.strides(1), s, s};
-    return build_cudnn_tensor(id, x, shape, strides);
-  }
-  if (x.ndim() == 3 || x.ndim() == 4) {
-    return build_cudnn_tensor_nchw(id, x);
-  }
-  throw std::runtime_error(
-      fmt::format("Unsupported array with {} dims.", x.ndim()));
-}
-
-cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_scalar_4d(int64_t id, Dtype dtype) {
-  SmallVector<int64_t, 4> scalar_dims = {1, 1, 1, 1};
-  return cudnn_frontend::TensorBuilder()
-      .setDim(scalar_dims.size(), scalar_dims.data())
-      .setStrides(scalar_dims.size(), scalar_dims.data())
-      .setId(id)
-      .setAlignment(16)
-      .setDataType(dtype_to_cudnn_type(dtype))
-      .setByValue(true)
-      .build();
-}
-
-std::optional<cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan> find_cudnn_plan_from_op_graph(
-    cudnnHandle_t handle,
-    cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
-    Dtype dtype,
-    cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph& op_graph) {
-  auto engine_configs = get_cudnn_engine_configs(backend_type, dtype, op_graph);
-  if (engine_configs.empty()) {
-    return std::nullopt;
-  }
-  return find_cudnn_plan_from_engine_configs(handle, engine_configs, op_graph);
-}
-
-bool encode_cudnn_plan_with_capturing(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
-    int num_args,
-    const int64_t* uids,
-    void** data_ptrs) {
-  return prepare_cudnn_plan(
-      encoder,
-      plan,
-      num_args,
-      uids,
-      data_ptrs,
-      [&](auto handle, auto plan, auto args) {
-        auto capture = encoder.capture_context();
-        if (cudnnBackendExecute(handle, plan, args) != CUDNN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-          // Discard the captured graph when failed.
-          capture.discard = true;
-          return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-      });
-}
-
-#if CUDNN_VERSION >= 90500
-bool encode_cudnn_plan_with_graph_api(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
-    CudaGraph& graph,
-    int num_args,
-    const int64_t* uids,
-    void** data_ptrs) {
-  return prepare_cudnn_plan(
-      encoder,
-      plan,
-      num_args,
-      uids,
-      data_ptrs,
-      [&](auto handle, auto plan, auto args) {
-        if (!graph) {
-          graph = CudaGraph(encoder.device());
-          if (cudnnBackendPopulateCudaGraph(handle, plan, args, graph) !=
-              CUDNN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-            return false;
-          }
-        } else {
-          if (cudnnBackendUpdateCudaGraph(handle, plan, args, graph) !=
-              CUDNN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-            return false;
-          }
-        }
-        encoder.add_graph_node(graph);
-        return true;
-      });
-}
-#endif
-
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/cudnn_utils.h

@@ -1,164 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "mlx/array.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/config.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/utils.h"
-#include "mlx/dtype_utils.h"
-
-#include <cudnn_frontend.h>
-#include <cudnn_frontend_find_plan.h>
-#include <fmt/format.h>
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <array>
-
-namespace mlx::core {
-
-namespace cu {
-class CommandEncoder;
-}
-
-// Return pointer alignment of |x|'s data.
-inline uint8_t get_alignment(const array& x) {
-  uint8_t alignment = 1;
-  uintptr_t address = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(x.data<void>());
-  for (; alignment < 32; alignment *= 2) {
-    if (address % (alignment * 2)) {
-      return alignment;
-    }
-  }
-  return alignment;
-}
-
-// Convert the type of elements in |vec| to |T|.
-template <typename T, typename Vec>
-inline SmallVector<T> convert_vector(const Vec& vec) {
-  return SmallVector<T>(vec.begin(), vec.end());
-}
-
-// Return an array that can be used as map key for |vec| with size <= MAX_NDIM.
-//
-// There are 2 differences from the const_param util from kernel_utils.cuh:
-// 1. The rest of array is filled with 0.
-// 2. This util can be used in .cpp files.
-template <typename T, template <typename U> class Vec>
-inline std::array<T, MAX_NDIM> vector_key(const Vec<T>& vec) {
-  if (vec.size() > MAX_NDIM) {
-    throw std::runtime_error(
-        fmt::format("ndim can not be larger than {}.", MAX_NDIM));
-  }
-  std::array<T, MAX_NDIM> result = {};
-  std::copy_n(vec.begin(), vec.size(), result.begin());
-  return result;
-}
-
-// Helpers used by get_data_ptrs to get pointers.
-inline void* get_data_ptr(const array& arr) {
-  return const_cast<void*>(arr.data<void>());
-}
-
-template <typename T, typename = std::enable_if_t<std::is_scalar_v<T>>>
-inline void* get_data_ptr(T& scalar) {
-  return &scalar;
-}
-
-// Return an array filled with data pointers of args.
-template <typename... Args>
-inline std::array<void*, sizeof...(Args)> get_data_ptrs(Args&... args) {
-  return {get_data_ptr(args)...};
-}
-
-// Map dtype to cudnn data type.
-inline cudnnDataType_t dtype_to_cudnn_type(Dtype dtype) {
-  switch (dtype) {
-    case int8:
-      return CUDNN_DATA_INT8;
-    case int32:
-      return CUDNN_DATA_INT32;
-    case uint8:
-      return CUDNN_DATA_UINT8;
-    case float16:
-      return CUDNN_DATA_HALF;
-    case bfloat16:
-      return CUDNN_DATA_BFLOAT16;
-    case float32:
-      return CUDNN_DATA_FLOAT;
-    case float64:
-      return CUDNN_DATA_DOUBLE;
-    default:
-      throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format(
-          "Unsupported dtype in Convolution: {}.", dtype_to_string(dtype)));
-  }
-}
-
-// Create a tensor descriptor from |x|.
-cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_tensor(int64_t id, const array& x);
-
-// Create a tensor descriptor from |x|, and transpose from NHWC to NCHW.
-cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_tensor_nchw(int64_t id, const array& x);
-
-// Create a tensor descriptor from |x|, make sure it is 4D, and transpose it
-// from NHWC to NCHW.
-cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_tensor_4d_nchw(int64_t id, const array& x);
-
-// Create a 4D scalar tensor descriptor, which is passed by value.
-cudnn_frontend::Tensor build_cudnn_scalar_4d(int64_t id, Dtype dtype);
-
-// Find a working plan for |op_graph|.
-std::optional<cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan> find_cudnn_plan_from_op_graph(
-    cudnnHandle_t handle,
-    cudnnBackendDescriptorType_t backend_type,
-    Dtype dtype,
-    cudnn_frontend::OperationGraph& op_graph);
-
-// Encode the plan to command buffer by capturing.
-bool encode_cudnn_plan_with_capturing(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
-    int num_args,
-    const int64_t* uids,
-    void** data_ptrs);
-
-#if CUDNN_VERSION >= 90500
-// Encode the plan to command buffer by using native graph api of cudnn. If the
-// |graph| is empty it will be populated, otherwise it will be updated.
-bool encode_cudnn_plan_with_graph_api(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
-    CudaGraph& graph,
-    int num_args,
-    const int64_t* uids,
-    void** data_ptrs);
-#endif
-
-// Helpers to make calls like encode_cudnn_plan(..., {'x', 'y', 'z'}, x, y, z).
-template <typename... Args>
-bool encode_cudnn_plan(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
-    std::initializer_list<int64_t> uids,
-    Args&... args) {
-  assert(uids.size() == sizeof...(args));
-  auto data_ptrs = get_data_ptrs(args...);
-  return encode_cudnn_plan_with_capturing(
-      encoder, plan, uids.size(), uids.begin(), data_ptrs.data());
-}
-
-#if CUDNN_VERSION >= 90500
-template <typename... Args>
-bool encode_cudnn_plan(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    cudnn_frontend::ExecutionPlan& plan,
-    CudaGraph& graph,
-    std::initializer_list<int64_t> uids,
-    Args&... args) {
-  assert(uids.size() == sizeof...(args));
-  auto data_ptrs = get_data_ptrs(args...);
-  return encode_cudnn_plan_with_graph_api(
-      encoder, plan, graph, uids.size(), uids.begin(), data_ptrs.data());
-}
-#endif
-
-} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/custom_kernel.cpp

@@ -1,379 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include <iostream>
-
-#include "mlx/backend/common/compiled.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/jit_module.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/utils.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/gpu/copy.h"
-#include "mlx/fast.h"
-#include "mlx/fast_primitives.h"
-
-#include <fmt/format.h>
-#include <nvtx3/nvtx3.hpp>
-
-namespace mlx::core::fast {
-
-namespace {
-
-constexpr const char* default_header = R"(
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/utils.cuh"
-
-#include <cooperative_groups.h>
-
-#define inf cuda::std::numeric_limits<float>::infinity()
-
-)";
-
-std::string template_arguments_hash(
-    const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, TemplateArg>>& template_args) {
-  if (template_args.empty()) {
-    return "";
-  }
-
-  std::string hash;
-  hash.reserve(512);
-
-  for (const auto& [name, arg] : template_args) {
-    if (std::holds_alternative<int>(arg)) {
-      hash += fmt::format("_{}", std::get<int>(arg));
-    } else if (std::holds_alternative<bool>(arg)) {
-      hash += (std::get<bool>(arg)) ? "_t" : "_f";
-    } else if (std::holds_alternative<Dtype>(arg)) {
-      hash += "_";
-      hash += get_type_string(std::get<Dtype>(arg));
-    }
-  }
-
-  return hash;
-}
-
-std::string build_kernel(
-    const std::string& func_name,
-    const std::string& header,
-    const std::string& source,
-    const std::vector<std::string>& input_names,
-    const std::vector<array>& inputs,
-    const std::vector<std::string>& output_names,
-    const std::vector<Dtype>& output_dtypes,
-    const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, TemplateArg>>& template_args,
-    const std::vector<CustomKernelShapeInfo>& shape_infos) {
-  std::string kernel_source;
-  kernel_source.reserve(header.size() + source.size() + 8192);
-  kernel_source += default_header;
-  kernel_source += header;
-  kernel_source +=
-      "namespace mlx::core::cu {\n\n"
-      "namespace cg = cooperative_groups;\n\n";
-
-  kernel_source += "__global__ void ";
-  kernel_source += func_name;
-  kernel_source += "(\n";
-
-  // Add inputs
-  for (int i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
-    const auto& name = input_names[i];
-    const auto& arr = inputs[i];
-    kernel_source += "    const ";
-    kernel_source += dtype_to_cuda_type(arr.dtype());
-    kernel_source += "* ";
-    kernel_source += name;
-    kernel_source += ",\n";
-    // Add input shape, strides and ndim if present in the source
-    if (arr.ndim() > 0) {
-      if (shape_infos[i].shape) {
-        kernel_source += "    const __grid_constant__ Shape ";
-        kernel_source += name;
-        kernel_source += "_shape,\n";
-      }
-      if (shape_infos[i].strides) {
-        kernel_source += "    const __grid_constant__ Strides ";
-        kernel_source += name;
-        kernel_source += "_strides,\n";
-      }
-      if (shape_infos[i].ndim) {
-        kernel_source += "    const __grid_constant__ int ";
-        kernel_source += name;
-        kernel_source += "_ndim,\n";
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Add outputs
-  for (int i = 0; i < output_names.size(); ++i) {
-    const auto& name = output_names[i];
-    const auto& dtype = output_dtypes[i];
-    kernel_source += "    ";
-    kernel_source += dtype_to_cuda_type(dtype);
-    kernel_source += "* ";
-    kernel_source += name;
-    if (i < output_names.size() - 1) {
-      kernel_source += ",\n";
-    } else {
-      kernel_source += ") {\n";
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Set compile time constants
-  if (!template_args.empty()) {
-    for (const auto& [name, arg] : template_args) {
-      if (std::holds_alternative<int>(arg)) {
-        kernel_source +=
-            fmt::format("  constexpr int {} = {};\n", name, std::get<int>(arg));
-      } else if (std::holds_alternative<bool>(arg)) {
-        kernel_source += fmt::format(
-            "  constexpr bool {} = {};\n", name, std::get<bool>(arg));
-      } else {
-        kernel_source += fmt::format(
-            "  using {} = {};\n",
-            name,
-            dtype_to_cuda_type(std::get<Dtype>(arg)));
-      }
-    }
-    kernel_source += "\n";
-  }
-
-  kernel_source += source;
-  kernel_source += "\n}\n\n} // namespace mlx::core::cu\n";
-
-  return kernel_source;
-}
-
-} // namespace
-
-CustomKernelFunction cuda_kernel(
-    const std::string& name,
-    const std::vector<std::string>& input_names,
-    const std::vector<std::string>& output_names,
-    const std::string& source,
-    const std::string& header,
-    bool ensure_row_contiguous,
-    int shared_memory) {
-  if (output_names.empty()) {
-    throw std::invalid_argument(
-        "[custom_kernel] Must specify at least one output.");
-  }
-
-  std::vector<CustomKernelShapeInfo> shape_infos;
-  for (auto& n : input_names) {
-    CustomKernelShapeInfo shape_info;
-    shape_info.shape = source.find(n + "_shape") != std::string::npos;
-    shape_info.strides = source.find(n + "_strides") != std::string::npos;
-    shape_info.ndim = source.find(n + "_ndim") != std::string::npos;
-    shape_infos.push_back(shape_info);
-  }
-
-  return [=, shape_infos = std::move(shape_infos)](
-             const std::vector<array>& inputs,
-             const std::vector<Shape>& output_shapes,
-             const std::vector<Dtype>& output_dtypes,
-             std::tuple<int, int, int> grid,
-             std::tuple<int, int, int> threadgroup,
-             const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, TemplateArg>>&
-                 template_args = {},
-             std::optional<float> init_value = std::nullopt,
-             bool verbose = false,
-             StreamOrDevice s_ = {}) {
-    if (inputs.size() != input_names.size()) {
-      std::ostringstream msg;
-      msg << "[custom_kernel] Expected `inputs` to have size "
-          << input_names.size() << " but got size " << inputs.size() << "."
-          << std::endl;
-      throw std::invalid_argument(msg.str());
-    }
-    if (output_shapes.size() != output_names.size()) {
-      std::ostringstream msg;
-      msg << "[custom_kernel] Expected `output_shapes` to have size "
-          << output_names.size() << " but got size " << output_shapes.size()
-          << "." << std::endl;
-      throw std::invalid_argument(msg.str());
-    }
-    if (output_dtypes.size() != output_names.size()) {
-      std::ostringstream msg;
-      msg << "[custom_kernel] Expected `output_dtypes` to have size "
-          << output_names.size() << " but got size " << output_dtypes.size()
-          << "." << std::endl;
-      throw std::invalid_argument(msg.str());
-    }
-
-    auto s = to_stream(s_);
-    if (s.device != Device::gpu) {
-      throw std::invalid_argument("[custom_kernel] Only supports the GPU.");
-    }
-
-    std::string kernel_name =
-        "custom_kernel_" + name + template_arguments_hash(template_args);
-    std::string kernel_source = build_kernel(
-        kernel_name,
-        header,
-        source,
-        input_names,
-        inputs,
-        output_names,
-        output_dtypes,
-        template_args,
-        shape_infos);
-
-    if (verbose) {
-      std::cout << "Generated source code for `" << kernel_name
-                << "`:" << std::endl
-                << "```" << std::endl
-                << kernel_source << std::endl
-                << "```" << std::endl;
-    }
-
-    return array::make_arrays(
-        std::move(output_shapes),
-        std::move(output_dtypes),
-        std::make_shared<CustomKernel>(
-            s,
-            std::move(kernel_name),
-            std::move(kernel_source),
-            grid,
-            threadgroup,
-            shape_infos,
-            ensure_row_contiguous,
-            init_value,
-            std::vector<ScalarArg>{},
-            false,
-            shared_memory),
-        std::move(inputs));
-  };
-}
-
-std::vector<array> precompiled_cuda_kernel(
-    const std::string& name,
-    const std::string& compiled_source,
-    const std::vector<array>& inputs,
-    const std::vector<Shape>& output_shapes,
-    const std::vector<Dtype>& output_dtypes,
-    const std::vector<ScalarArg>& scalars,
-    std::tuple<int, int, int> grid,
-    std::tuple<int, int, int> threadgroup,
-    int shared_memory,
-    std::optional<float> init_value,
-    bool ensure_row_contiguous,
-    StreamOrDevice s) {
-  std::vector<CustomKernelShapeInfo> shape_infos(
-      inputs.size(), CustomKernelShapeInfo{false, false, false});
-  return array::make_arrays(
-      output_shapes,
-      output_dtypes,
-      std::make_shared<CustomKernel>(
-          to_stream(s),
-          name,
-          compiled_source,
-          grid,
-          threadgroup,
-          shape_infos,
-          ensure_row_contiguous,
-          init_value,
-          scalars,
-          true,
-          shared_memory),
-      inputs);
-}
-
-void CustomKernel::eval_gpu(
-    const std::vector<array>& inputs,
-    std::vector<array>& outputs) {
-  nvtx3::scoped_range r("CustomKernel::eval_gpu");
-  auto& s = stream();
-
-  std::vector<array> copies;
-
-  // Allocate and initialize the output arrays
-  for (auto& out : outputs) {
-    if (init_value_) {
-      copies.emplace_back(init_value_.value(), out.dtype());
-      fill_gpu(copies.back(), out, s);
-    } else {
-      out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Create the input arrays and copy if needed
-  auto check_input = [&copies, &s, this](const array& x) -> const array {
-    bool no_copy = x.flags().row_contiguous;
-    if (!ensure_row_contiguous_ || no_copy) {
-      return x;
-    } else {
-      copies.push_back(array(x.shape(), x.dtype(), nullptr, {}));
-      copy_gpu(x, copies.back(), CopyType::General, s);
-      return copies.back();
-    }
-  };
-  std::vector<array> checked_inputs;
-  for (const array& in : inputs) {
-    checked_inputs.push_back(check_input(in));
-  }
-
-  // Compile the custom kernel
-  std::string kernel_name =
-      (is_precompiled_) ? name_ : "mlx::core::cu::" + name_;
-  cu::JitModule& mod = cu::get_jit_module(
-      s.device,
-      name_,
-      [&]() {
-        return std::make_tuple(
-            is_precompiled_, source_, std::vector{kernel_name});
-      },
-      false);
-
-  // Make the arguments
-  cu::KernelArgs args;
-  for (int i = 0; i < checked_inputs.size(); i++) {
-    const array& in = checked_inputs[i];
-    auto& shape_info = shape_infos_[i];
-    args.append(in);
-    if (shape_info.shape) {
-      args.append_ndim(in.shape());
-    }
-    if (shape_info.strides) {
-      args.append_ndim(in.strides());
-    }
-    if (shape_info.ndim) {
-      args.append<int32_t>(in.ndim());
-    }
-  }
-  for (auto& out : outputs) {
-    args.append(out);
-  }
-  for (auto& s : scalar_arguments_) {
-    if (std::holds_alternative<bool>(s)) {
-      args.append(std::get<bool>(s));
-    } else if (std::holds_alternative<int>(s)) {
-      args.append(std::get<int>(s));
-    } else if (std::holds_alternative<float>(s)) {
-      args.append(std::get<float>(s));
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Make the grid
-  const auto [tx, ty, tz] = threadgroup_;
-  const auto [gx, gy, gz] = grid_;
-  dim3 block(std::min(tx, gx), std::min(ty, gy), std::min(tz, gz));
-  dim3 grid((gx + tx - 1) / tx, (gy + ty - 1) / ty, (gz + tz - 1) / tz);
-
-  // Call the kernel
-  auto& encoder = cu::get_command_encoder(s);
-  for (const auto& in : checked_inputs) {
-    encoder.set_input_array(in);
-  }
-  for (const auto& out : outputs) {
-    encoder.set_output_array(out);
-  }
-  for (const auto& t : copies) {
-    encoder.add_temporary(t);
-  }
-  auto kernel =
-      mod.get_kernel(kernel_name, [smem = shared_memory_](CUfunction kernel) {
-        if (smem > 0 && smem > 48000) {
-          cuFuncSetAttribute(
-              kernel, CU_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_DYNAMIC_SHARED_SIZE_BYTES, smem);
-        }
-      });
-  encoder.add_kernel_node(kernel, grid, block, shared_memory_, args.args());
-}
-
-} // namespace mlx::core::fast

mlx/backend/cuda/device.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ namespace mlx::core::cu {
 
 namespace {
 
+// Can be tuned with MLX_MAX_OPS_PER_BUFFER
+// This should be less than 255
+constexpr int default_max_nodes_per_graph = 20;
+
 #define CHECK_CUDNN_ERROR(cmd) check_cudnn_error(#cmd, (cmd))
 
 void check_cudnn_error(const char* name, cudnnStatus_t err) {
@@ -23,11 +27,11 @@ void check_cudnn_error(const char* name, cudnnStatus_t err) {
   }
 }
 
-bool use_cuda_graphs() {
-  static bool use_graphs = []() {
-    return env::get_var("MLX_USE_CUDA_GRAPHS", true);
+int cuda_graph_cache_size() {
+  static int cache_size = []() {
+    return env::get_var("MLX_CUDA_GRAPH_CACHE_SIZE", 100);
   }();
-  return use_graphs;
+  return cache_size;
 }
 
 } // namespace
@@ -64,8 +68,8 @@ Device::~Device() {
 
 void Device::make_current() {
   // We need to set/get current CUDA device very frequently, cache it to reduce
-  // actual calls of CUDA APIs.
-  static thread_local int current = 0;
+  // actual calls of CUDA APIs. This function assumes single-thread in host.
+  static int current = 0;
   if (current != device_) {
     CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaSetDevice(device_));
     current = device_;
@@ -82,20 +86,14 @@ CommandEncoder& Device::get_command_encoder(Stream s) {
 
 CommandEncoder::CaptureContext::CaptureContext(CommandEncoder& enc) : enc(enc) {
   enc.device().make_current();
-  if (!use_cuda_graphs()) {
-    return;
-  }
   CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(
       cudaStreamBeginCapture(enc.stream(), cudaStreamCaptureModeGlobal));
 }
 
 CommandEncoder::CaptureContext::~CaptureContext() {
-  if (!use_cuda_graphs()) {
-    enc.node_count_++;
-    return;
-  }
-
-  graph.end_capture(enc.stream());
+  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaStreamEndCapture(enc.stream(), &graph));
+  std::unique_ptr<cudaGraph_t, void (*)(cudaGraph_t*)> graph_freer(
+      &graph, [](cudaGraph_t* p) { CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphDestroy(*p)); });
   if (discard) {
     return;
   }
@@ -109,9 +107,6 @@ CommandEncoder::ConcurrentContext::ConcurrentContext(CommandEncoder& enc)
 
 CommandEncoder::ConcurrentContext::~ConcurrentContext() {
   enc.in_concurrent_ = false;
-  if (!use_cuda_graphs()) {
-    return;
-  }
 
   // Use an empty graph node for synchronization
   CommandEncoder::GraphNode empty{NULL, 'E', std::to_string(enc.node_count_++)};
@@ -190,46 +185,37 @@ void CommandEncoder::insert_graph_dependencies(std::vector<GraphNode> nodes) {
 }
 
 CommandEncoder::CommandEncoder(Device& d)
-    : device_(d),
-      stream_(d),
-      graph_(d),
-      worker_(d),
-      graph_cache_("MLX_CUDA_GRAPH_CACHE_SIZE", /* default_capacity */ 400) {}
+    : device_(d), stream_(d), graph_cache_(cuda_graph_cache_size()) {
+  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphCreate(&graph_, 0));
+}
 
 void CommandEncoder::add_completed_handler(std::function<void()> task) {
   worker_.add_task(std::move(task));
 }
 
 void CommandEncoder::set_input_array(const array& arr) {
-  if (!use_cuda_graphs()) {
-    return;
-  }
   auto id = reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t>(arr.buffer().ptr());
   active_deps_.push_back(id);
 }
 
 void CommandEncoder::set_output_array(const array& arr) {
-  if (!use_cuda_graphs()) {
-    return;
-  }
-
   auto id = reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t>(arr.buffer().ptr());
   active_deps_.push_back(id);
   active_outputs_.push_back(id);
 }
 
+void CommandEncoder::maybe_commit() {
+  if (node_count_ >= env::max_ops_per_buffer(default_max_nodes_per_graph)) {
+    commit();
+  }
+}
+
 void CommandEncoder::add_kernel_node(
     void* func,
     dim3 grid_dim,
     dim3 block_dim,
     uint32_t smem_bytes,
     void** params) {
-  if (!use_cuda_graphs()) {
-    node_count_++;
-    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaLaunchKernel(
-        func, grid_dim, block_dim, params, smem_bytes, stream()));
-    return;
-  }
   cudaKernelNodeParams kernel_params = {0};
   kernel_params.func = func;
   kernel_params.gridDim = grid_dim;
@@ -245,23 +231,6 @@ void CommandEncoder::add_kernel_node(
     dim3 block_dim,
     uint32_t smem_bytes,
     void** params) {
-  if (!use_cuda_graphs()) {
-    node_count_++;
-    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cuLaunchKernel(
-        func,
-        grid_dim.x,
-        grid_dim.y,
-        grid_dim.z,
-        block_dim.x,
-        block_dim.y,
-        block_dim.z,
-        smem_bytes,
-        stream(),
-        params,
-        nullptr));
-    return;
-  }
-
   CUDA_KERNEL_NODE_PARAMS kernel_params = {0};
   kernel_params.func = func;
   kernel_params.gridDimX = grid_dim.x;
@@ -288,38 +257,20 @@ void CommandEncoder::add_kernel_node(const CUDA_KERNEL_NODE_PARAMS& params) {
 }
 
 void CommandEncoder::add_graph_node(cudaGraph_t child) {
-  if (!use_cuda_graphs()) {
-    node_count_++;
-    CudaGraphExec graph_exec;
-    graph_exec.instantiate(child);
-    device_.make_current();
-    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphLaunch(graph_exec, stream()));
-    return;
-  }
   cudaGraphNode_t node;
   CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphAddChildGraphNode(&node, graph_, NULL, 0, child));
   insert_graph_dependencies(GraphNode{node, 'G'});
 }
 
-int CommandEncoder::get_num_ops() {
-  return node_count_;
-}
-
 void CommandEncoder::commit() {
   nvtx3::scoped_range r("CommandEncoder::commit");
   if (!temporaries_.empty()) {
     add_completed_handler([temporaries = std::move(temporaries_)]() {});
   }
-  if (use_cuda_graphs() && node_count_ > 0) {
+  if (node_count_ > 0) {
     if (!from_nodes_.empty()) {
       CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphAddDependencies(
-          graph_,
-          from_nodes_.data(),
-          to_nodes_.data(),
-#if CUDART_VERSION >= 13000
-          nullptr, // edgeData
-#endif // CUDART_VERSION >= 13000
-          from_nodes_.size()));
+          graph_, from_nodes_.data(), to_nodes_.data(), from_nodes_.size()));
     }
 
     graph_key_ += ".";
@@ -353,18 +304,19 @@ void CommandEncoder::commit() {
     CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphLaunch(graph_exec, stream_));
 
     // Reset state
+    node_count_ = 0;
     graph_node_count_ = 0;
     empty_node_count_ = 0;
     from_nodes_.clear();
     to_nodes_.clear();
     graph_key_.clear();
     node_map_.clear();
-    graph_ = CudaGraph(device_);
+    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphDestroy(graph_));
+    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaGraphCreate(&graph_, 0));
   }
 
   // Put completion handlers in a batch.
   worker_.commit(stream_);
-  node_count_ = 0;
 }
 
 void CommandEncoder::synchronize() {

mlx/backend/cuda/device.h

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class CommandEncoder {
   struct CaptureContext {
     CaptureContext(CommandEncoder& enc);
     ~CaptureContext();
-    CudaGraph graph;
+    cudaGraph_t graph;
     CommandEncoder& enc;
     bool discard{false};
   };
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ class CommandEncoder {
       uint32_t smem_bytes,
       void** params);
 
+  // Low-level graph helpers.
+  void add_kernel_node(const cudaKernelNodeParams& params);
+  void add_kernel_node(const CUDA_KERNEL_NODE_PARAMS& params);
   void add_graph_node(cudaGraph_t child);
 
   void add_temporary(const array& arr) {
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ class CommandEncoder {
   }
 
   void add_completed_handler(std::function<void()> task);
-  int get_num_ops();
+  void maybe_commit();
   void commit();
 
   Device& device() {
@@ -98,9 +101,6 @@ class CommandEncoder {
   void synchronize();
 
  private:
-  void add_kernel_node(const cudaKernelNodeParams& params);
-  void add_kernel_node(const CUDA_KERNEL_NODE_PARAMS& params);
-
   struct GraphNode {
     cudaGraphNode_t node;
     // K = kernel
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class CommandEncoder {
 
   Device& device_;
   CudaStream stream_;
-  CudaGraph graph_;
+  cudaGraph_t graph_;
   Worker worker_;
   char node_count_{0};
   char graph_node_count_{0};
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class Device {
   Device(const Device&) = delete;
   Device& operator=(const Device&) = delete;
 
-  // Make this device the current cuda device, this method is thread-safe.
+  // Make this device the current cuda device, required by some cuda calls.
   void make_current();
 
   CommandEncoder& get_command_encoder(Stream s);

mlx/backend/cuda/device/binary_ops.cuh

@@ -204,12 +204,6 @@ struct Power {
   __device__ T operator()(T base, T exp) {
     if constexpr (cuda::std::is_integral_v<T>) {
       T res = 1;
-      // Raising an integer to a negative power is undefined
-      if constexpr (cuda::std::is_signed_v<T>) {
-        if (exp < 0) {
-          return 0;
-        }
-      }
       while (exp) {
         if (exp & 1) {
           res *= base;

mlx/backend/cuda/device/cast_op.cuh

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <cuda_bf16.h>
 #include <cuda_fp16.h>
+#include <thrust/iterator/transform_iterator.h>
 
 namespace mlx::core::cu {
 
@@ -115,4 +116,15 @@ inline __host__ __device__ auto cast_to(SrcT x) {
   return CastOp<SrcT, DstT>{}(x);
 }
 
+// Return an iterator that cast the value to DstT using CastOp.
+template <typename DstT, typename Iterator>
+inline __host__ __device__ auto make_cast_iterator(Iterator it) {
+  using SrcT = typename cuda::std::iterator_traits<Iterator>::value_type;
+  if constexpr (std::is_same_v<SrcT, DstT>) {
+    return it;
+  } else {
+    return thrust::make_transform_iterator(it, CastOp<SrcT, DstT>{});
+  }
+}
+
 } // namespace mlx::core::cu

mlx/backend/cuda/device/unary_ops.cuh

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <cuda_fp8.h>
-
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/fp16_math.cuh"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/utils.cuh"
 
@@ -259,8 +257,8 @@ struct Round {
 struct Sigmoid {
   template <typename T>
   __device__ T operator()(T x) {
-    T y = 1 / (1 + exp(abs(x)));
-    return (x < 0) ? y : 1 - y;
+    T y = 1 / (1 + exp(-abs(x)));
+    return (x < 0) ? 1 - y : y;
   }
 };
 
@@ -336,17 +334,4 @@ struct Tanh {
   }
 };
 
-struct ToFP8 {
-  template <typename T>
-  __device__ uint8_t operator()(T x) {
-    return __nv_fp8_e4m3(x).__x;
-  }
-};
-
-struct FromFP8 {
-  __device__ float operator()(uint8_t x) {
-    return float(*(__nv_fp8_e4m3*)(&x));
-  }
-};
-
 } // namespace mlx::core::cu

mlx/backend/cuda/device/utils.cuh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
 
-// This file must not include any host-only code, utilities that work under both
+// This file must not include any host-only code, utilies that work under both
 // host and device can be put here.
 //
 // See more about the requirements at:
@@ -146,23 +146,6 @@ inline __device__ void store_vector(
   }
 }
 
-template <int N, typename T, typename SizeT>
-inline __device__ void store_vector(
-    T* ptr,
-    uint32_t offset,
-    const AlignedVector<T, N>& vec,
-    SizeT size,
-    int64_t stride) {
-  if (is_aligned<N>(ptr) && (offset + 1) * N <= size && stride == 1) {
-    auto* to = reinterpret_cast<AlignedVector<T, N>*>(ptr);
-    to[offset] = vec;
-  } else {
-    for (int i = 0; (offset * N + i) < size && i < N; ++i) {
-      ptr[stride * (offset * N + i)] = vec[i];
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Type limits utils
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -202,7 +185,7 @@ struct Limits<
   }
 };
 
-// CUDA 11 does not have host side arithmetic operators for half types.
+// CUDA 11 does not have host side arithmatic operators for half types.
 template <typename T>
 struct Limits<
     T,

mlx/backend/cuda/distributed.cu

@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
-
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/kernel_utils.cuh"
-#include "mlx/backend/gpu/copy.h"
-#include "mlx/distributed/primitives.h"
-#include "mlx/primitives.h"
-
-#include <cassert>
-
-namespace mlx::core::distributed {
-void AllReduce::eval_gpu(
-    const std::vector<array>& inputs,
-    std::vector<array>& outputs) {
-  assert(inputs.size() == 1);
-  assert(outputs.size() == 1);
-
-  auto set_input_output =
-      [s = stream()](const array& in, array& out) -> std::pair<array, array> {
-    if (!in.flags().row_contiguous) {
-      copy_gpu(in, out, CopyType::General, s);
-      return {out, out};
-    } else if (in.is_donatable()) {
-      out.copy_shared_buffer(in);
-      return {in, out};
-    } else {
-      out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
-      return {in, out};
-    }
-  };
-
-  auto [input, output] = set_input_output(inputs[0], outputs[0]);
-
-  auto& encoder = cu::get_command_encoder(stream());
-  encoder.set_input_array(input);
-  encoder.set_output_array(output);
-
-  auto capture = encoder.capture_context();
-  auto& s = stream();
-
-  switch (reduce_type_) {
-    case Sum:
-      distributed::detail::all_sum(group(), input, output, s);
-      break;
-    case Max:
-      distributed::detail::all_max(group(), input, output, s);
-      break;
-    case Min:
-      distributed::detail::all_min(group(), input, output, s);
-      break;
-    default:
-      throw std::runtime_error(
-          "Only all reduce sum, max, and min are supported.");
-  }
-}
-} // namespace mlx::core::distributed

mlx/backend/cuda/eval.cpp

@@ -5,24 +5,18 @@
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/gpu/available.h"
 #include "mlx/primitives.h"
-#include "mlx/scheduler.h"
 
 #include <nvtx3/nvtx3.hpp>
 
 namespace mlx::core::gpu {
 
-// Can be tuned with MLX_MAX_OPS_PER_BUFFER
-constexpr int default_max_nodes_per_graph = 20;
-
 bool is_available() {
   return true;
 }
 
 void new_stream(Stream s) {
-  // Force initalization of CUDA, so CUDA runtime get destroyed at last.
+  // Force initalization of cuda, so cuda runtime get destroyed at last.
   cudaFree(nullptr);
-  // Make sure CUDA event pool get destroyed after device and stream.
-  cu::CudaEvent::init_pool();
   // Ensure the static stream objects get created.
   cu::get_command_encoder(s);
 }
@@ -40,8 +34,7 @@ void eval(array& arr) {
     arr.primitive().eval_gpu(arr.inputs(), outputs);
   }
 
-  auto& stream = arr.primitive().stream();
-  auto& encoder = cu::get_command_encoder(stream);
+  auto& encoder = cu::get_command_encoder(arr.primitive().stream());
   // Keep used buffers alive until kernel finishes running.
   for (auto& in : arr.inputs()) {
     // Except for the donated one.
@@ -52,14 +45,7 @@ void eval(array& arr) {
   for (auto& s : arr.siblings()) {
     encoder.add_temporary(s);
   }
-
-  if (encoder.get_num_ops() >=
-      env::max_ops_per_buffer(default_max_nodes_per_graph)) {
-    scheduler::notify_new_task(stream);
-    encoder.add_completed_handler(
-        [stream]() { scheduler::notify_task_completion(stream); });
-    encoder.commit();
-  }
+  encoder.maybe_commit();
 }
 
 void finalize(Stream s) {

mlx/backend/cuda/event.cu

@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/allocator.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cuda/event.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/utils.h"
 #include "mlx/event.h"
 #include "mlx/scheduler.h"
 
-#include <map>
-#include <vector>
-
 #include <nvtx3/nvtx3.hpp>
 
 namespace mlx::core {
@@ -19,180 +17,104 @@ namespace cu {
 // CudaEvent implementations
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-namespace {
-
-// Manage cached cudaEvent_t objects.
-class CudaEventPool {
+// Cuda event managed with RAII.
+class CudaEventHandle {
  public:
-  CudaEventHandle create(Device& d, int flags) {
-    if (!on_creation_thread()) {
-      return CudaEventHandle(d, flags);
-    }
-    auto& cache = cache_for(d, flags);
-    if (cache.empty()) {
-      return CudaEventHandle(d, flags);
-    } else {
-      CudaEventHandle ret = std::move(cache.back());
-      cache.pop_back();
-      return ret;
-    }
+  CudaEventHandle() {
+    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaEventCreateWithFlags(
+        &event_, cudaEventDisableTiming | cudaEventBlockingSync));
   }
 
-  void release(CudaEventHandle event) {
-    if (!on_creation_thread()) {
-      // Event will be destroyed directly instead of getting moved to cache.
-      return;
-    }
-    cache_for(event.device, event.flags).push_back(std::move(event));
+  ~CudaEventHandle() {
+    CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaEventDestroy(event_));
+  }
+
+  CudaEventHandle(const CudaEventHandle&) = delete;
+  CudaEventHandle& operator=(const CudaEventHandle&) = delete;
+
+  operator cudaEvent_t() const {
+    return event_;
   }
 
  private:
-  std::vector<CudaEventHandle>& cache_for(Device& d, int flags) {
-    return cache_[d.cuda_device()][flags];
-  }
-
-  bool on_creation_thread() {
-    return std::this_thread::get_id() == thread_id_;
-  }
-
-  // The CudaEvent may be created and destroyed on different threads (for
-  // example when waiting on GPU work in CPU stream), we don't want to make
-  // the cache thread-safe as it adds overhead, so we just skip cache when
-  // using events in worker threads.
-  std::thread::id thread_id_{std::this_thread::get_id()};
-
-  // {device: {flags: [events]}}
-  std::map<int, std::map<int, std::vector<CudaEventHandle>>> cache_;
+  cudaEvent_t event_;
 };
 
-CudaEventPool& cuda_event_pool() {
-  static CudaEventPool pool;
-  return pool;
-}
-
-} // namespace
-
-CudaEventHandle::CudaEventHandle(Device& d, int flags)
-    : device(d), flags(flags) {
-  device.make_current();
-  CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cudaEventCreateWithFlags(&handle_, flags));
-  assert(handle_ != nullptr);
-}
-
-CudaEvent::CudaEvent(Device& d, int flags)
-    : event_(cuda_event_pool().create(d, flags)) {}
-
-CudaEvent::~CudaEvent() {
-  cuda_event_pool().release(std::move(event_));
-}
+CudaEvent::CudaEvent() : event_(std::make_shared<CudaEventHandle>()) {}
 
 void CudaEvent::wait() {
   nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::CudaEvent::wait");
-  event_.device.make_current();
-  cudaEventSynchronize(event_);
+  if (!recorded_) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("Should not wait on a CudaEvent before record.");
+  }
+  cudaEventSynchronize(*event_);
 }
 
 void CudaEvent::wait(cudaStream_t stream) {
-  event_.device.make_current();
-  cudaStreamWaitEvent(stream, event_);
+  if (!recorded_) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("Should not wait on a CudaEvent before record.");
+  }
+  cudaStreamWaitEvent(stream, *event_);
+}
+
+void CudaEvent::wait(Stream s) {
+  if (s.device == mlx::core::Device::cpu) {
+    scheduler::enqueue(s, [*this]() mutable { wait(); });
+  } else {
+    auto& enc = cu::get_command_encoder(s);
+    enc.commit();
+    wait(enc.stream());
+  }
 }
 
 void CudaEvent::record(cudaStream_t stream) {
-  event_.device.make_current();
-  cudaEventRecord(event_, stream);
+  cudaEventRecord(*event_, stream);
+  recorded_ = true;
+}
+
+void CudaEvent::record(Stream s) {
+  if (s.device == mlx::core::Device::cpu) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("CudaEvent can not wait on cpu stream.");
+  } else {
+    auto& enc = cu::get_command_encoder(s);
+    enc.commit();
+    record(enc.stream());
+  }
 }
 
 bool CudaEvent::completed() const {
-  // Note: cudaEventQuery can be safely called from any device.
-  return cudaEventQuery(event_) == cudaSuccess;
+  return cudaEventQuery(*event_) == cudaSuccess;
 }
 
-// static
-void CudaEvent::init_pool() {
-  cuda_event_pool();
-}
-
-// Wraps CudaEvent with a few features:
-// 1. The class can be copied.
-// 2. Make wait/record work with CPU streams.
-// 3. Add checks for waiting on un-recorded event.
-class CopyableCudaEvent {
- public:
-  explicit CopyableCudaEvent(Device& d)
-      : event_(std::make_shared<CudaEvent>(
-            d,
-            cudaEventDisableTiming | cudaEventBlockingSync)) {}
-
-  void wait() {
-    event_->wait();
-  }
-
-  void wait(Stream s) {
-    if (s.device == mlx::core::Device::cpu) {
-      scheduler::enqueue(s, [*this]() mutable {
-        check_recorded();
-        event_->wait();
-      });
-    } else {
-      check_recorded();
-      auto& encoder = cu::get_command_encoder(s);
-      encoder.commit();
-      event_->wait(encoder.stream());
-    }
-  }
-
-  void record(Stream s) {
-    if (s.device == mlx::core::Device::cpu) {
-      throw std::runtime_error("CudaEvent can not wait on CPU stream.");
-    } else {
-      auto& encoder = cu::get_command_encoder(s);
-      encoder.commit();
-      event_->record(encoder.stream());
-      recorded_ = true;
-    }
-  }
-
-  bool is_signaled() const {
-    return recorded_ && event_->completed();
-  }
-
- private:
-  void check_recorded() const {
-    if (!recorded_) {
-      throw std::runtime_error(
-          "Should not wait on a CudaEvent before recording.");
-    }
-  }
-
-  std::shared_ptr<CudaEvent> event_;
-  bool recorded_{false};
-};
-
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// AtomicEvent implementations
+// SharedEvent implementations
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-__host__ __device__ void event_wait(AtomicEvent::Atomic* ac, uint64_t value) {
+__host__ __device__ void event_wait(SharedEvent::Atomic* ac, uint64_t value) {
   uint64_t current;
   while ((current = ac->load()) < value) {
     ac->wait(current);
   }
 }
 
-__host__ __device__ void event_signal(AtomicEvent::Atomic* ac, uint64_t value) {
+__host__ __device__ void event_signal(SharedEvent::Atomic* ac, uint64_t value) {
   ac->store(value);
   ac->notify_all();
 }
 
-__global__ void event_wait_kernel(AtomicEvent::Atomic* ac, uint64_t value) {
+__global__ void event_wait_kernel(SharedEvent::Atomic* ac, uint64_t value) {
   event_wait(ac, value);
 }
 
-__global__ void event_signal_kernel(AtomicEvent::Atomic* ac, uint64_t value) {
+__global__ void event_signal_kernel(SharedEvent::Atomic* ac, uint64_t value) {
   event_signal(ac, value);
 }
 
-AtomicEvent::AtomicEvent() {
+SharedEvent::Atomic* to_atomic(std::shared_ptr<Buffer> buf) {
+  return static_cast<SharedEvent::Atomic*>(buf->raw_ptr());
+}
+
+SharedEvent::SharedEvent() {
   buf_ = std::shared_ptr<Buffer>(
       new Buffer{allocator().malloc(sizeof(Atomic))}, [](Buffer* ptr) {
         allocator().free(*ptr);
@@ -201,17 +123,17 @@ AtomicEvent::AtomicEvent() {
   *static_cast<uint64_t*>(buf_->raw_ptr()) = 0;
 }
 
-void AtomicEvent::wait(uint64_t value) {
-  nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::AtomicEvent::wait");
-  event_wait(atomic(), value);
+void SharedEvent::wait(uint64_t value) {
+  nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::SharedEvent::wait");
+  event_wait(to_atomic(buf_), value);
 }
 
-void AtomicEvent::wait(cudaStream_t stream, uint64_t value) {
-  event_wait_kernel<<<1, 1, 0, stream>>>(atomic(), value);
+void SharedEvent::wait(cudaStream_t stream, uint64_t value) {
+  event_wait_kernel<<<1, 1, 0, stream>>>(to_atomic(buf_), value);
 }
 
-void AtomicEvent::wait(Stream s, uint64_t value) {
-  nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::AtomicEvent::wait(s)");
+void SharedEvent::wait(Stream s, uint64_t value) {
+  nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::SharedEvent::wait(s)");
   if (s.device == mlx::core::Device::cpu) {
     scheduler::enqueue(s, [*this, value]() mutable { wait(value); });
   } else {
@@ -222,17 +144,17 @@ void AtomicEvent::wait(Stream s, uint64_t value) {
   }
 }
 
-void AtomicEvent::signal(uint64_t value) {
-  nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::AtomicEvent::signal");
-  event_signal(atomic(), value);
+void SharedEvent::signal(uint64_t value) {
+  nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::SharedEvent::signal");
+  event_signal(to_atomic(buf_), value);
 }
 
-void AtomicEvent::signal(cudaStream_t stream, uint64_t value) {
-  event_signal_kernel<<<1, 1, 0, stream>>>(atomic(), value);
+void SharedEvent::signal(cudaStream_t stream, uint64_t value) {
+  event_signal_kernel<<<1, 1, 0, stream>>>(to_atomic(buf_), value);
 }
 
-void AtomicEvent::signal(Stream s, uint64_t value) {
-  nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::AtomicEvent::signal(s)");
+void SharedEvent::signal(Stream s, uint64_t value) {
+  nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::SharedEvent::signal(s)");
   if (s.device == mlx::core::Device::cpu) {
     // Signal through a GPU stream so the atomic is updated in GPU - updating
     // the atomic in CPU sometimes does not get GPU notified.
@@ -246,14 +168,14 @@ void AtomicEvent::signal(Stream s, uint64_t value) {
   }
 }
 
-bool AtomicEvent::is_signaled(uint64_t value) const {
-  nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::AtomicEvent::is_signaled");
-  return atomic()->load() >= value;
+bool SharedEvent::is_signaled(uint64_t value) const {
+  nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::SharedEvent::is_signaled");
+  return to_atomic(buf_)->load() >= value;
 }
 
-uint64_t AtomicEvent::value() const {
-  nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::AtomicEvent::value");
-  return atomic()->load();
+uint64_t SharedEvent::value() const {
+  nvtx3::scoped_range r("cu::SharedEvent::value");
+  return to_atomic(buf_)->load();
 }
 
 } // namespace cu
@@ -266,14 +188,14 @@ namespace {
 
 struct EventImpl {
   // CudaEvent is preferred when possible because it is fast, however we have
-  // to fallback to AtomicEvent in following cases:
+  // to fallback to SharedEvent in following cases:
   // 1. the event is used to wait/signal a cpu stream;
   // 2. signal value other than 1 has been specified.
-  std::unique_ptr<cu::CopyableCudaEvent> cuda;
-  std::unique_ptr<cu::AtomicEvent> atomic;
+  std::unique_ptr<cu::CudaEvent> cuda;
+  std::unique_ptr<cu::SharedEvent> shared;
 
   bool is_created() const {
-    return cuda || atomic;
+    return cuda || shared;
   }
 
   void ensure_created(Stream s, uint64_t signal_value) {
@@ -281,10 +203,10 @@ struct EventImpl {
       return;
     }
     if (s.device == mlx::core::Device::cpu || signal_value > 1) {
-      nvtx3::mark("Using slow AtomicEvent");
-      atomic = std::make_unique<cu::AtomicEvent>();
+      nvtx3::mark("Using slow SharedEvent");
+      shared = std::make_unique<cu::SharedEvent>();
     } else {
-      cuda = std::make_unique<cu::CopyableCudaEvent>(cu::device(s.device));
+      cuda = std::make_unique<cu::CudaEvent>();
     }
   }
 };
@@ -303,7 +225,7 @@ void Event::wait() {
     assert(value() == 1);
     event->cuda->wait();
   } else {
-    event->atomic->wait(value());
+    event->shared->wait(value());
   }
 }
 
@@ -314,7 +236,7 @@ void Event::wait(Stream s) {
     assert(value() == 1);
     event->cuda->wait(s);
   } else {
-    event->atomic->wait(s, value());
+    event->shared->wait(s, value());
   }
 }
 
@@ -325,7 +247,7 @@ void Event::signal(Stream s) {
     assert(value() == 1);
     event->cuda->record(s);
   } else {
-    event->atomic->signal(s, value());
+    event->shared->signal(s, value());
   }
 }
 
@@ -336,9 +258,9 @@ bool Event::is_signaled() const {
   }
   if (event->cuda) {
     assert(value() == 1);
-    return event->cuda->is_signaled();
+    return event->cuda->recorded() && event->cuda->completed();
   } else {
-    return event->atomic->is_signaled(value());
+    return event->shared->is_signaled(value());
   }
 }
 

mlx/backend/cuda/event.h

@@ -3,60 +3,49 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "mlx/allocator.h"
-#include "mlx/backend/cuda/utils.h"
 #include "mlx/stream.h"
 
-#include <memory>
-
 #include <cuda_runtime.h>
 #include <cuda/atomic>
 
+#include <memory>
+
 namespace mlx::core::cu {
 
-class Device;
-
-// RAII-managed move-only wrapper of cudaEvent_t.
-struct CudaEventHandle : public CudaHandle<cudaEvent_t, cudaEventDestroy> {
-  CudaEventHandle(Device& d, int flags);
-  Device& device;
-  int flags;
-};
+class CudaEventHandle;
 
 // Wrapper of native cuda event. It can synchronize between GPU streams, or wait
 // on GPU stream in CPU stream, but can not wait on CPU stream.
 class CudaEvent {
  public:
-  CudaEvent(Device& d, int flags);
-  ~CudaEvent();
-
-  CudaEvent(CudaEvent&&) = default;
-  CudaEvent& operator=(CudaEvent&&) = default;
-
-  CudaEvent(const CudaEvent&) = delete;
-  CudaEvent& operator=(const CudaEvent&) = delete;
+  CudaEvent();
 
   void wait();
   void wait(cudaStream_t stream);
+  void wait(Stream s);
   void record(cudaStream_t stream);
+  void record(Stream s);
 
   // Return whether the recorded kernels have completed. Note that this method
   // returns true if record() has not been called.
   bool completed() const;
 
-  // Internal: make sure event pool is initialized.
-  static void init_pool();
+  bool recorded() const {
+    return recorded_;
+  }
 
  private:
-  CudaEventHandle event_;
+  bool recorded_{false};
+  std::shared_ptr<CudaEventHandle> event_;
 };
 
 // Event that can synchronize between CPU and GPU. It is much slower than
 // CudaEvent so the latter should always be preferred when possible.
-class AtomicEvent {
+class SharedEvent {
  public:
   using Atomic = cuda::atomic<uint64_t>;
 
-  AtomicEvent();
+  SharedEvent();
 
   void wait(uint64_t value);
   void wait(cudaStream_t stream, uint64_t value);
@@ -68,11 +57,7 @@ class AtomicEvent {
   uint64_t value() const;
 
  private:
-  Atomic* atomic() const {
-    return static_cast<AtomicEvent::Atomic*>(buf_->raw_ptr());
-  }
-
-  std::shared_ptr<allocator::Buffer> buf_;
+  std::shared_ptr<mlx::core::allocator::Buffer> buf_;
 };
 
 } // namespace mlx::core::cu

mlx/backend/cuda/fence.cpp

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace mlx::core {
 
 struct FenceImpl {
   uint32_t count;
-  cu::AtomicEvent event;
+  cu::SharedEvent event;
 };
 
 Fence::Fence(Stream s) {

mlx/backend/cuda/gemms/cublas_gemm.cpp

@@ -50,10 +50,8 @@ cublasComputeType_t dtype_to_compute_type(Dtype dtype) {
       return mlx::core::env::enable_tf32() ? CUBLAS_COMPUTE_32F_FAST_TF32
                                            : CUBLAS_COMPUTE_32F;
     case float64:
-      return CUBLAS_COMPUTE_64F;
     case complex64:
-      return mlx::core::env::enable_tf32() ? CUBLAS_COMPUTE_32F_FAST_TF32
-                                           : CUBLAS_COMPUTE_32F;
+      return CUBLAS_COMPUTE_64F;
     default:
       throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format(
           "Unsupported dtype in CublasGemm: {}.", dtype_to_string(dtype)));
@@ -87,10 +85,10 @@ cublasLtMatrixLayout_t create_matrix_layout(
     int32_t batch_count,
     int64_t batch_stride) {
   cublasLtMatrixLayout_t desc;
-  if (transposed) {
-    std::swap(rows, cols);
-  }
   CHECK_CUBLAS_ERROR(cublasLtMatrixLayoutCreate(&desc, type, rows, cols, ld));
+  cublasLtOrder_t order = transposed ? CUBLASLT_ORDER_COL : CUBLASLT_ORDER_ROW;
+  CHECK_CUBLAS_ERROR(cublasLtMatrixLayoutSetAttribute(
+      desc, CUBLASLT_MATRIX_LAYOUT_ORDER, &order, sizeof(cublasLtOrder_t)));
   if (batch_count > 1) {
     CHECK_CUBLAS_ERROR(cublasLtMatrixLayoutSetAttribute(
         desc,
@@ -128,47 +126,37 @@ CublasGemm::CublasGemm(
       N_(b_cols) {
   heuristic_.state = CUBLAS_STATUS_NOT_INITIALIZED;
 
-  scale_type_ = dtype_to_cublas_type(dtype);
+  auto scale_type = dtype_to_cublas_type(dtype);
   if (dtype == bfloat16 || dtype == float16) {
-    scale_type_ = CUDA_R_32F;
+    scale_type = CUDA_R_32F;
   }
-
   CHECK_CUBLAS_ERROR(cublasLtMatmulDescCreate(
-      &matmul_desc_, dtype_to_compute_type(dtype), scale_type_));
+      &matmul_desc_, dtype_to_compute_type(dtype), scale_type));
   int32_t pointer_mode = CUBLASLT_POINTER_MODE_HOST;
   CHECK_CUBLAS_ERROR(cublasLtMatmulDescSetAttribute(
       matmul_desc_,
       CUBLASLT_MATMUL_DESC_POINTER_MODE,
       &pointer_mode,
       sizeof(int32_t)));
-
-  // In cublasLt matrices use column-major layout, while it is possible to use
-  // the CUBLASLT_ORDER_ROW option to switch to row-major layout, the bias
-  // epilogue does not work with the option. So instead we swap A and B to make
-  // cublasLt return the row-major result, which works because:
-  // - the data of a matrix in row-major layout is identical to its transpose in
-  //   column-major layout
-  // - C^T = (A @ B)^T = B^T @ A^T
-  cublasOperation_t a_op = b_transposed ? CUBLAS_OP_T : CUBLAS_OP_N;
+  cublasOperation_t op = CUBLAS_OP_N;
   CHECK_CUBLAS_ERROR(cublasLtMatmulDescSetAttribute(
       matmul_desc_,
       CUBLASLT_MATMUL_DESC_TRANSA,
-      &a_op,
+      &op,
       sizeof(cublasOperation_t)));
-  cublasOperation_t b_op = a_transposed ? CUBLAS_OP_T : CUBLAS_OP_N;
   CHECK_CUBLAS_ERROR(cublasLtMatmulDescSetAttribute(
       matmul_desc_,
       CUBLASLT_MATMUL_DESC_TRANSB,
-      &b_op,
+      &op,
       sizeof(cublasOperation_t)));
 
   auto type = dtype_to_cublas_type(dtype);
   a_desc_ = create_matrix_layout(
-      type, b_cols, b_rows, b_transposed, ldb, batch_count, b_batch_stride);
+      type, a_rows, a_cols, a_transposed, lda, batch_count, a_batch_stride);
   b_desc_ = create_matrix_layout(
-      type, a_cols, a_rows, a_transposed, lda, batch_count, a_batch_stride);
+      type, b_rows, b_cols, b_transposed, ldb, batch_count, b_batch_stride);
   out_desc_ = create_matrix_layout(
-      type, b_cols, a_rows, false, b_cols, batch_count, a_rows * b_cols);
+      type, a_rows, b_cols, false, b_cols, batch_count, a_rows * b_cols);
 }
 
 CublasGemm::CublasGemm(
@@ -203,7 +191,7 @@ CublasGemm::CublasGemm(
           b_batch_stride) {
   auto type = dtype_to_cublas_type(dtype);
   c_desc_ = create_matrix_layout(
-      type, b_cols, a_rows, false, ldc, batch_count, c_batch_stride);
+      type, a_rows, b_cols, false, ldc, batch_count, c_batch_stride);
 }
 
 CublasGemm::~CublasGemm() {
@@ -214,41 +202,6 @@ CublasGemm::~CublasGemm() {
   CHECK_CUBLAS_ERROR(cublasLtMatmulDescDestroy(matmul_desc_));
 }
 
-void CublasGemm::set_out(
-    Dtype dtype,
-    bool transposed,
-    uint64_t rows,
-    uint64_t cols,
-    int64_t ld,
-    int32_t batch_count,
-    int64_t batch_stride) {
-  CHECK_CUBLAS_ERROR(cublasLtMatrixLayoutDestroy(out_desc_));
-  out_desc_ = create_matrix_layout(
-      dtype_to_cublas_type(dtype),
-      cols,
-      rows,
-      transposed,
-      ld,
-      batch_count,
-      batch_stride);
-}
-
-void CublasGemm::set_bias(cu::CommandEncoder& encoder, const array& bias) {
-  encoder.set_input_array(bias);
-  cublasLtEpilogue_t epilogue = CUBLASLT_EPILOGUE_BIAS;
-  CHECK_CUBLAS_ERROR(cublasLtMatmulDescSetAttribute(
-      matmul_desc_,
-      CUBLASLT_MATMUL_DESC_EPILOGUE,
-      &epilogue,
-      sizeof(epilogue)));
-  auto* bias_ptr = bias.data<void>();
-  CHECK_CUBLAS_ERROR(cublasLtMatmulDescSetAttribute(
-      matmul_desc_,
-      CUBLASLT_MATMUL_DESC_BIAS_POINTER,
-      &bias_ptr,
-      sizeof(bias_ptr)));
-}
-
 void CublasGemm::run(
     cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
     array& out,
@@ -256,19 +209,11 @@ void CublasGemm::run(
     const array& b,
     const Shape& batch_shape,
     const Strides& a_batch_strides,
-    const Strides& b_batch_strides,
-    float alpha) {
+    const Strides& b_batch_strides) {
   int batch_count = out.size() / (M_ * N_);
   if (batch_count / batch_shape.back() > 1) {
     run_batched(
-        encoder,
-        out,
-        a,
-        b,
-        batch_shape,
-        a_batch_strides,
-        b_batch_strides,
-        alpha);
+        encoder, out, a, b, batch_shape, a_batch_strides, b_batch_strides);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -276,13 +221,7 @@ void CublasGemm::run(
   encoder.set_input_array(b);
   encoder.set_output_array(out);
 
-  execute(
-      encoder,
-      out.data<void>(),
-      a.data<void>(),
-      b.data<void>(),
-      nullptr,
-      alpha);
+  execute(encoder, out.data<void>(), a.data<void>(), b.data<void>(), nullptr);
 }
 
 void CublasGemm::run(
@@ -355,16 +294,6 @@ void CublasGemm::execute(
     }
   }
 
-  const void* alpha_ptr = &alpha;
-  const void* beta_ptr = &beta;
-  complex64_t alpha_c, beta_c;
-  if (scale_type_ == CUDA_C_32F) {
-    alpha_c = complex64_t{alpha, 0.0f};
-    beta_c = complex64_t{beta, 0.0f};
-    alpha_ptr = &alpha_c;
-    beta_ptr = &beta_c;
-  }
-
   void* workspace_ptr = nullptr;
   if (heuristic_.workspaceSize > 0) {
     // Ensure workspace is 256-byte aligned
@@ -381,12 +310,12 @@ void CublasGemm::execute(
   CHECK_CUBLAS_ERROR(cublasLtMatmul(
       handle_,
       matmul_desc_,
-      alpha_ptr,
-      b, // a and b are swapped
-      a_desc_,
+      &alpha,
       a,
+      a_desc_,
+      b,
       b_desc_,
-      beta_ptr,
+      &beta,
       c ? c : out,
       c ? c_desc_ : out_desc_,
       out,

mlx/backend/cuda/gemms/cublas_gemm.h

@@ -44,19 +44,6 @@ class CublasGemm {
 
   ~CublasGemm();
 
-  // The output's descriptor is inferred from inputs by default, use this method
-  // for unusual output.
-  void set_out(
-      Dtype dtype,
-      bool transposed,
-      uint64_t rows,
-      uint64_t cols,
-      int64_t ld,
-      int32_t batch_count,
-      int64_t batch_stride);
-
-  void set_bias(cu::CommandEncoder& encoder, const array& bias);
-
   void run(
       cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
       array& out,
@@ -64,8 +51,7 @@ class CublasGemm {
       const array& b,
       const Shape& batch_shape,
       const Strides& a_batch_strides,
-      const Strides& b_batch_strides,
-      float alpha = 1.0f);
+      const Strides& b_batch_strides);
 
   void run(
       cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
@@ -88,8 +74,7 @@ class CublasGemm {
       const array& b,
       const Shape& batch_shape,
       const Strides& a_batch_strides,
-      const Strides& b_batch_strides,
-      float alpha);
+      const Strides& b_batch_strides);
 
   void run_batched(
       cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
@@ -115,7 +100,6 @@ class CublasGemm {
 
   uint64_t M_;
   uint64_t N_;
-  cudaDataType_t scale_type_;
   cublasLtMatmulPreference_t pref_{nullptr};
   cublasLtHandle_t handle_{nullptr};
   cublasLtMatmulDesc_t matmul_desc_{nullptr};

mlx/backend/cuda/gemms/cublas_gemm_batched_12_0.cpp

@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ void CublasGemm::run_batched(
     const array& b,
     const Shape& batch_shape,
     const Strides& a_batch_strides,
-    const Strides& b_batch_strides,
-    float alpha) {
+    const Strides& b_batch_strides) {
   encoder.set_input_array(a);
   encoder.set_input_array(b);
   encoder.set_output_array(out);
@@ -28,8 +27,7 @@ void CublasGemm::run_batched(
         out.data<int8_t>() + out.itemsize() * i * batch_shape.back() * M_ * N_,
         a.data<int8_t>() + a.itemsize() * a_it.loc,
         b.data<int8_t>() + b.itemsize() * b_it.loc,
-        nullptr,
-        alpha);
+        nullptr);
     a_it.step();
     b_it.step();
   }

mlx/backend/cuda/gemms/cublas_gemm_batched_12_9.cu

@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ void CublasGemm::run_batched(
     const array& b,
     const Shape& batch_shape,
     const Strides& a_batch_strides,
-    const Strides& b_batch_strides,
-    float alpha) {
+    const Strides& b_batch_strides) {
   int batch_count = out.size() / (M_ * N_);
   set_pointer_mode(a_desc_, batch_count);
   set_pointer_mode(b_desc_, batch_count);
@@ -227,8 +226,7 @@ void CublasGemm::run_batched(
       reinterpret_cast<void*>(out_pointers),
       reinterpret_cast<void*>(a_pointers),
       reinterpret_cast<void*>(b_pointers),
-      nullptr,
-      alpha);
+      nullptr);
 }
 
 void CublasGemm::run_batched(

mlx/backend/cuda/gemms/gemv.cu

@@ -13,37 +13,6 @@ namespace cg = cooperative_groups;
 
 static constexpr int rows_per_block = 8;
 
-// Accumulator type selection per input element type T.
-template <typename T>
-struct GemvAccType {
-  using type = T;
-};
-
-template <>
-struct GemvAccType<__half> {
-  using type = float;
-};
-
-template <>
-struct GemvAccType<__nv_bfloat16> {
-  using type = float;
-};
-
-template <>
-struct GemvAccType<float> {
-  using type = float;
-};
-
-template <>
-struct GemvAccType<double> {
-  using type = double;
-};
-
-template <>
-struct GemvAccType<cu::complex64_t> {
-  using type = cu::complex64_t;
-};
-
 template <typename T, int rows_per_block, int n_per_thread>
 __device__ void
 gemv_impl(const T* mat, const T* vec, T* out, int rows, int cols) {
@@ -55,8 +24,7 @@ gemv_impl(const T* mat, const T* vec, T* out, int rows, int cols) {
   int row = g_idx.x * rows_per_block + t_idx.y;
 
   if (row < rows) {
-    using Acc = typename GemvAccType<T>::type;
-    Acc sum = Acc(0);
+    float sum = 0.0f;
     for (int col = n_per_thread * warp.thread_rank(); col < cols;
          col += (WARP_SIZE * n_per_thread)) {
       auto local_mat =
@@ -64,11 +32,12 @@ gemv_impl(const T* mat, const T* vec, T* out, int rows, int cols) {
       auto local_vec = unsafe_load_vector<n_per_thread>(vec + col, 0);
 #pragma unroll
       for (int j = 0; j < n_per_thread; ++j) {
-        sum += static_cast<Acc>(local_mat[j]) * static_cast<Acc>(local_vec[j]);
+        sum +=
+            static_cast<float>(local_mat[j]) * static_cast<float>(local_vec[j]);
       }
     }
 
-    sum = cg::reduce(warp, sum, cg::plus<Acc>{});
+    sum = cg::reduce(warp, sum, cg::plus<float>{});
     if (warp.thread_rank() == 0) {
       out[row] = static_cast<T>(sum);
     }
@@ -138,7 +107,7 @@ void gemv(
   encoder.set_input_array(a);
   encoder.set_input_array(b);
   encoder.set_output_array(out);
-  dispatch_inexact_types(out.dtype(), "gemv", [&](auto type_tag) {
+  dispatch_float_types(out.dtype(), "gemv", [&](auto type_tag) {
     using DataType = cuda_type_t<MLX_GET_TYPE(type_tag)>;
     dim3 block_dims{WARP_SIZE, rows_per_block};
     const DataType* mat;

mlx/backend/cuda/gemms/steel_gemm.cu

@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+#include "mlx/backend/common/matmul.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device/utils.cuh"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/gemms/steel_gemm.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/kernel_utils.cuh"
+#include "mlx/primitives.h"
+
+#include <nvtx3/nvtx3.hpp>
+#include <numeric>
+
+#include <cooperative_groups.h>
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/steel/gemm.cuh"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/steel/mma.cuh"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/steel/tiles.cuh"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+
+namespace cu {
+
+namespace cg = cooperative_groups;
+
+struct GemmParams {
+  int M;
+  int N;
+  int K;
+  int lda;
+  int ldb;
+  int ldd;
+
+  int NblockM;
+  int NblockN;
+  int NblockK;
+};
+
+template <
+    typename T,
+    int BM,
+    int BN,
+    int BK,
+    int WM,
+    int WN,
+    bool transpose_a,
+    bool transpose_b,
+    int SL,
+    int Nstages>
+__global__ void kernel_steel_gemm(
+    const T* a,
+    const T* b,
+    T* d,
+    __grid_constant__ const GemmParams params) {
+  const int bM_idx = (blockIdx.y << SL) + (blockIdx.x & ((1 << SL) - 1));
+  const int bN_idx = blockIdx.x >> SL;
+
+  if (params.NblockN <= bN_idx || params.NblockM <= bM_idx) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const int d_row = bM_idx * BM;
+  const int d_col = bN_idx * BN;
+  const size_t d_row_long = size_t(d_row);
+  const size_t d_col_long = size_t(d_col);
+
+  a += transpose_a ? d_row_long : d_row_long * params.K;
+  b += transpose_b ? d_col_long * params.K : d_col_long;
+  d += d_row_long * params.ldd + d_col_long;
+
+  auto block = cg::this_thread_block();
+  auto warp = cg::tiled_partition<32>(block);
+
+  const int lane_idx = warp.thread_rank();
+  const int warp_idx = warp.meta_group_rank();
+
+  const int wm = warp_idx / WN;
+  const int wn = warp_idx % WN;
+
+  constexpr int SM = BM / WM;
+  constexpr int SN = BN / WN;
+  constexpr int SK = BK;
+  constexpr int TK = SK / 16;
+
+  constexpr int NUM_WARPS = WM * WN;
+
+  // Allocate shared memory
+  extern __shared__ char shmem[];
+  SharedTile<T, BM, BK>(&as)[Nstages] =
+      *(SharedTile<T, BM, BK>(*)[Nstages])(&shmem[0]);
+  SharedTile<T, BN, BK>(&bs)[Nstages] = *(SharedTile<T, BN, BK>(*)[Nstages])(
+      &shmem[sizeof(T) * Nstages * BM * BK]);
+
+  // Allocate registers for the MMA
+  RegisterTile<float, SM, SN> C;
+  RegisterTile<T, SM, 16> A[TK];
+  RegisterTile<T, SN, 16> B[TK];
+
+  // Zero the accumulators
+  C.fill(0);
+
+  // Start gmem -> smem copies
+  int k_block_read = 0;
+
+  MLX_UNROLL
+  for (int bk = 0; bk < (Nstages - 1); bk++) {
+    load_async<NUM_WARPS>(
+        as[bk], as[bk].base_addr(), a + k_block_read, params.K);
+    load_async<NUM_WARPS>(
+        bs[bk], bs[bk].base_addr(), b + k_block_read, params.K);
+    k_block_read += BK;
+    cp_async_commit();
+  }
+
+  int smem_pipe_read = 0;
+  int smem_pipe_write = Nstages - 1;
+
+  // Wait till only 1 remains laoding
+  cp_async_wait<1>();
+  block.sync();
+
+  const int offset_m = wm * SM;
+  const int offset_n = wn * SN;
+
+  // Start smem -> register copy
+  A[0].load(
+      as[smem_pipe_read],
+      as[smem_pipe_read].base_addr(),
+      offset_m + lane_idx % 16,
+      lane_idx / 16 * 8);
+  B[0].load(
+      bs[smem_pipe_read],
+      bs[smem_pipe_read].base_addr(),
+      offset_n + lane_idx % 16,
+      lane_idx / 16 * 8);
+
+  // Main loop
+  for (int kb = 0; kb < params.NblockK; kb++) {
+    // Prepare next registers
+    {
+      A[1].load(
+          as[smem_pipe_read],
+          as[smem_pipe_read].base_addr(),
+          offset_m + lane_idx % 16,
+          16 + lane_idx / 16 * 8);
+      B[1].load(
+          bs[smem_pipe_read],
+          bs[smem_pipe_read].base_addr(),
+          offset_n + lane_idx % 16,
+          16 + lane_idx / 16 * 8);
+    }
+
+    // Prepare next smem
+    if ((kb + Nstages - 1) < params.NblockK) {
+      load_async<NUM_WARPS>(
+          as[smem_pipe_write],
+          as[smem_pipe_write].base_addr(),
+          a + k_block_read,
+          params.K);
+      load_async<NUM_WARPS>(
+          bs[smem_pipe_write],
+          bs[smem_pipe_write].base_addr(),
+          b + k_block_read,
+          params.K);
+    }
+    k_block_read += BK;
+
+    cp_async_commit();
+
+    smem_pipe_write = smem_pipe_read;
+    smem_pipe_read = smem_pipe_read + 1;
+    smem_pipe_read = (smem_pipe_read == Nstages) ? 0 : smem_pipe_read;
+
+    // Do current gemm
+    mma_t(C, A[0], B[0]);
+
+    // Do wait for next register
+    cp_async_wait<1>();
+    block.sync();
+
+    // Prepare next register (smem_pipe_read has moved to the next)
+    {
+      A[0].load(
+          as[smem_pipe_read],
+          as[smem_pipe_read].base_addr(),
+          offset_m + lane_idx % 16,
+          lane_idx / 16 * 8);
+      B[0].load(
+          bs[smem_pipe_read],
+          bs[smem_pipe_read].base_addr(),
+          offset_n + lane_idx % 16,
+          lane_idx / 16 * 8);
+    }
+
+    // Do current gemm
+    mma_t(C, A[1], B[1]);
+  }
+
+  // Wait and clear
+  cp_async_wait_all();
+  block.sync();
+
+  C.store_global(d, params.ldd, offset_m, offset_n);
+}
+
+} // namespace cu
+
+void dispatch_steel_gemm(
+    const Stream& s,
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    const array& a,
+    const array& b,
+    array& d,
+    int M,
+    int N,
+    int K,
+    int lda,
+    int ldb,
+    int ldd,
+    bool a_transposed,
+    bool b_transposed) {
+  using DataType = cuda_type_t<float16_t>;
+
+  encoder.set_input_array(a);
+  encoder.set_input_array(b);
+  encoder.set_output_array(d);
+
+  constexpr int BM = 128;
+  constexpr int BN = 128;
+  constexpr int BK = 32;
+
+  constexpr int WM = 2;
+  constexpr int WN = 2;
+
+  constexpr int SL = 0;
+  constexpr int Nstages = 3;
+
+  constexpr uint32_t smem_bytes = BK * (BM + BN) * Nstages * sizeof(DataType);
+
+  const int NblockM = (M + BM - 1) / BM;
+  const int NblockN = (N + BN - 1) / BN;
+  const int NblockK = (K + BK - 1) / BK;
+
+  cu::GemmParams params{
+      /* int M = */ M,
+      /* int N = */ N,
+      /* int K = */ K,
+      /* int lda = */ lda,
+      /* int ldb = */ ldb,
+      /* int ldd = */ ldd,
+
+      /* int NblockM = */ NblockM,
+      /* int NblockN = */ NblockN,
+      /* int NblockK = */ NblockK,
+  };
+
+  // Prepare launch grid params
+  int tile = 1 << SL;
+  int tm = (NblockM + tile - 1) / tile;
+  int tn = NblockN * tile;
+
+  dim3 grid_dim(tn, tm, 1);
+  dim3 block_dim(32 * WM * WN, 1, 1);
+
+  dispatch_bool(a_transposed, [&](auto ta_) {
+    dispatch_bool(b_transposed, [&](auto tb_) {
+      constexpr bool ta = ta_.value;
+      constexpr bool tb = tb_.value;
+
+      auto kernel = cu::ab_t_aligned<DataType, BM, BN, BK>;
+      cudaFuncSetAttribute(
+          kernel, cudaFuncAttributeMaxDynamicSharedMemorySize, smem_bytes);
+
+      encoder.add_kernel_node(
+          kernel,
+          grid_dim,
+          block_dim,
+          smem_bytes,
+          a.data<DataType>(),
+          b.data<DataType>(),
+          d.data<DataType>(),
+          N,
+          K);
+
+      //   auto kernel = cu::kernel_steel_gemm<DataType, BM, BN, BK, WM, WN, ta,
+      //   tb, SL, Nstages>;
+
+      //   cudaFuncSetAttribute(kernel,
+      //   cudaFuncAttributeMaxDynamicSharedMemorySize, smem_bytes);
+
+      //   encoder.add_kernel_node(
+      //       kernel,
+      //       grid_dim,
+      //       block_dim,
+      //       smem_bytes,
+      //       a.data<DataType>(),
+      //       b.data<DataType>(),
+      //       d.data<DataType>(),
+      //       params);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/gemms/steel_gemm.h

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "mlx/backend/common/matmul.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/device.h"
+#include "mlx/primitives.h"
+
+#include <nvtx3/nvtx3.hpp>
+#include <numeric>
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+
+void dispatch_steel_gemm(
+    const Stream& s,
+    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
+    const array& a,
+    const array& b,
+    array& d,
+    int M,
+    int N,
+    int K,
+    int lda,
+    int ldb,
+    int ldd,
+    bool a_transposed,
+    bool b_transposed);
+
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/indexing.cpp

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void Gather::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
             large ? "int64_t" : "int32_t"));
       }
     }
-    return std::make_tuple(false, jit_source_gather, std::move(kernel_names));
+    return std::make_pair(jit_source_gather, std::move(kernel_names));
   });
 
   cu::KernelArgs args;
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void Gather::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   args.append<int32_t>(src.ndim());
   args.append_ndim(slice_sizes_);
   args.append(slice_size);
-  args.append(axes_);
+  args.append(SmallVector<int32_t>(axes_.begin(), axes_.end()));
   append_indices_arg(args, inputs, nidx, idx_ndim);
 
   std::string kernel_name = fmt::format(
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ void Scatter::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
             large ? "int64_t" : "int32_t"));
       }
     }
-    return std::make_tuple(false, jit_source_scatter, std::move(kernel_names));
+    return std::make_pair(jit_source_scatter, std::move(kernel_names));
   });
 
   cu::KernelArgs args;
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void Scatter::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   args.append_ndim(out.shape());
   args.append_ndim(out.strides());
   args.append<int32_t>(out.ndim());
-  args.append(axes_);
+  args.append(SmallVector<int32_t>(axes_.begin(), axes_.end()));
   append_indices_arg(args, inputs, nidx, idx_ndim);
 
   std::string kernel_name = fmt::format(
@@ -268,8 +268,7 @@ void GatherAxis::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
         }
       }
     }
-    return std::make_tuple(
-        false, jit_source_gather_axis, std::move(kernel_names));
+    return std::make_pair(jit_source_gather_axis, std::move(kernel_names));
   });
 
   size_t idx_size_pre = 1;
@@ -372,8 +371,7 @@ void ScatterAxis::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
         }
       }
     }
-    return std::make_tuple(
-        false, jit_source_scatter_axis, std::move(kernel_names));
+    return std::make_pair(jit_source_scatter_axis, std::move(kernel_names));
   });
 
   size_t idx_size_pre = 1;

mlx/backend/cuda/jit_module.cpp

@@ -67,11 +67,9 @@ const std::string& cccl_dir() {
       return path.string();
     }
     // Finally check the environment variable.
-    if (const char* env = std::getenv("MLX_CCCL_DIR"); env) {
-      path = env;
-      if (!path.empty() && std::filesystem::exists(path)) {
-        return path.string();
-      }
+    path = std::getenv("MLX_CCCL_DIR");
+    if (!path.empty() && std::filesystem::exists(path)) {
+      return path.string();
     }
     return std::string();
   }();
@@ -99,41 +97,17 @@ const std::filesystem::path& ptx_cache_dir() {
   return cache;
 }
 
-std::filesystem::path get_ptx_path(
-    const std::filesystem::path& cache_dir,
-    const std::string& module_name) {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-  constexpr int max_file_name_length = 140;
-#else
-  constexpr int max_file_name_length = 245;
-#endif
-
-  if (module_name.size() <= max_file_name_length) {
-    return cache_dir / (module_name + ".ptx");
-  }
-
-  auto ptx_path = cache_dir;
-  int offset = 0;
-  while (module_name.size() - offset > max_file_name_length) {
-    ptx_path /= module_name.substr(offset, max_file_name_length);
-    offset += max_file_name_length;
-  }
-  ptx_path /= module_name.substr(offset) + ".ptx";
-
-  return ptx_path;
-}
-
 // Try to read the cached |ptx| and |ptx_kernels| from |cache_dir|.
 bool read_cached_ptx(
     const std::filesystem::path& cache_dir,
     const std::string& module_name,
-    std::string& ptx,
-    std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>& ptx_kernels) {
+    std::vector<char>* ptx,
+    std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>* ptx_kernels) {
   if (cache_dir.empty()) {
     return false;
   }
 
-  auto ptx_path = get_ptx_path(cache_dir, module_name);
+  auto ptx_path = cache_dir / (module_name + ".ptx");
   std::error_code error;
   auto ptx_size = std::filesystem::file_size(ptx_path, error);
   if (error) {
@@ -143,15 +117,15 @@ bool read_cached_ptx(
   if (!ptx_file.good()) {
     return false;
   }
-  ptx.resize(ptx_size);
-  ptx_file.read(ptx.data(), ptx_size);
+  ptx->resize(ptx_size);
+  ptx_file.read(ptx->data(), ptx_size);
 
-  std::ifstream txt_file(ptx_path.replace_extension(".txt"), std::ios::binary);
+  std::ifstream txt_file(cache_dir / (module_name + ".txt"), std::ios::binary);
   std::string line;
   while (std::getline(txt_file, line)) {
     auto tab = line.find('\t');
     if (tab != std::string::npos) {
-      ptx_kernels.emplace_back(line.substr(0, tab), line.substr(tab + 1));
+      ptx_kernels->emplace_back(line.substr(0, tab), line.substr(tab + 1));
     }
   }
   return true;
@@ -161,33 +135,23 @@ bool read_cached_ptx(
 void write_cached_ptx(
     const std::filesystem::path& cache_dir,
     const std::string& module_name,
-    const std::string& ptx,
+    const std::vector<char>& ptx,
     const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>& ptx_kernels,
     const std::string& source_code) {
   if (cache_dir.empty()) {
     return;
   }
 
-  auto ptx_path = get_ptx_path(cache_dir, module_name);
-
-  // Ensure that the directory exists
-  auto parent = ptx_path.parent_path();
-  if (parent != cache_dir) {
-    std::filesystem::create_directories(parent);
-  }
-
-  // Write the compiled code and mangled names
-  std::ofstream ptx_file(ptx_path, std::ios::binary);
+  std::ofstream ptx_file(cache_dir / (module_name + ".ptx"), std::ios::binary);
   if (!ptx.empty()) {
     ptx_file.write(&ptx.front(), ptx.size());
   }
-  std::ofstream txt_file(ptx_path.replace_extension(".txt"), std::ios::binary);
+  std::ofstream txt_file(cache_dir / (module_name + ".txt"), std::ios::binary);
   for (const auto& [name, mangled] : ptx_kernels) {
     txt_file << name << "\t" << mangled << std::endl;
   }
 
-  // Write the generated code
-  std::ofstream source_file(ptx_path.replace_extension(".cu"));
+  std::ofstream source_file(cache_dir / (module_name + ".cu"));
   source_file << source_code;
 }
 
@@ -253,86 +217,85 @@ constexpr const char* g_headers[] = {
     jit_source_utils,
 };
 
-void compile(
+} // namespace
+
+JitModule::JitModule(
     Device& device,
     const std::string& module_name,
-    const std::string& source,
-    const std::vector<std::string>& kernel_names,
-    std::string& ptx,
-    std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>& ptx_kernels) {
-  // Create the program
-  nvrtcProgram prog;
-  CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcCreateProgram(
-      &prog,
-      source.c_str(),
-      (module_name + ".cu").c_str(),
-      std::size(g_headers),
-      g_headers,
-      g_include_names));
-  std::unique_ptr<nvrtcProgram, void (*)(nvrtcProgram*)> prog_freer(
-      &prog,
-      [](nvrtcProgram* p) { CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcDestroyProgram(p)); });
-  for (const auto& name : kernel_names) {
-    CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcAddNameExpression(prog, name.c_str()));
+    const KernelBuilder& builder) {
+  // Check cache.
+  std::vector<char> ptx;
+  std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> ptx_kernels;
+  if (!read_cached_ptx(ptx_cache_dir(), module_name, &ptx, &ptx_kernels)) {
+    // Create program.
+    auto [source_code, kernel_names] = builder();
+    nvrtcProgram prog;
+    CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcCreateProgram(
+        &prog,
+        source_code.c_str(),
+        (module_name + ".cu").c_str(),
+        std::size(g_headers),
+        g_headers,
+        g_include_names));
+    std::unique_ptr<nvrtcProgram, void (*)(nvrtcProgram*)> prog_freer(
+        &prog,
+        [](nvrtcProgram* p) { CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcDestroyProgram(p)); });
+    for (const auto& name : kernel_names) {
+      CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcAddNameExpression(prog, name.c_str()));
+    }
+
+    // Compile program.
+    std::vector<const char*> args;
+    bool use_sass = compiler_supports_device_sass(device);
+    std::string compute = fmt::format(
+        "--gpu-architecture={}_{}{}",
+        use_sass ? "sm" : "compute",
+        device.compute_capability_major(),
+        device.compute_capability_minor());
+    args.push_back(compute.c_str());
+    std::string cccl_include = cccl_dir();
+    if (!cccl_include.empty()) {
+      cccl_include = fmt::format("--include-path={}", cccl_include);
+      args.push_back(cccl_include.c_str());
+    }
+    std::string cuda_include =
+        fmt::format("--include-path={}/include", cuda_home());
+    args.push_back(cuda_include.c_str());
+    nvrtcResult compile_result =
+        nvrtcCompileProgram(prog, args.size(), args.data());
+    if (compile_result != NVRTC_SUCCESS) {
+      size_t log_size;
+      CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcGetProgramLogSize(prog, &log_size));
+      std::vector<char> log(log_size + 1, 0);
+      CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcGetProgramLog(prog, log.data()));
+      throw std::runtime_error(
+          fmt::format("Failed to compile kernel: {}.", log.data()));
+    }
+
+    // Get mangled names of kernel names.
+    for (const auto& name : kernel_names) {
+      const char* mangled;
+      CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcGetLoweredName(prog, name.c_str(), &mangled));
+      ptx_kernels.emplace_back(name, mangled);
+    }
+
+    // Get ptx data.
+    size_t ptx_size;
+    if (use_sass) {
+      CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcGetCUBINSize(prog, &ptx_size));
+    } else {
+      CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcGetPTXSize(prog, &ptx_size));
+    }
+    ptx.resize(ptx_size, 0);
+    if (use_sass) {
+      CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcGetCUBIN(prog, ptx.data()));
+    } else {
+      CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcGetPTX(prog, ptx.data()));
+    }
+    write_cached_ptx(
+        ptx_cache_dir(), module_name, ptx, ptx_kernels, source_code);
   }
 
-  // Compile program.
-  std::vector<const char*> args;
-  bool use_sass = compiler_supports_device_sass(device);
-  std::string compute = fmt::format(
-      "--gpu-architecture={}_{}{}",
-      use_sass ? "sm" : "compute",
-      device.compute_capability_major(),
-      device.compute_capability_minor());
-  args.push_back(compute.c_str());
-  std::string cccl_include = cccl_dir();
-  if (!cccl_include.empty()) {
-    cccl_include = fmt::format("--include-path={}", cccl_include);
-    args.push_back(cccl_include.c_str());
-  }
-  std::string cuda_include =
-      fmt::format("--include-path={}/include", cuda_home());
-  args.push_back(cuda_include.c_str());
-  nvrtcResult compile_result =
-      nvrtcCompileProgram(prog, args.size(), args.data());
-  if (compile_result != NVRTC_SUCCESS) {
-    size_t log_size;
-    CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcGetProgramLogSize(prog, &log_size));
-    std::vector<char> log(log_size + 1, 0);
-    CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcGetProgramLog(prog, log.data()));
-    throw std::runtime_error(
-        fmt::format("Failed to compile kernel: {}.", log.data()));
-  }
-
-  // Get mangled names of kernel names.
-  for (const auto& name : kernel_names) {
-    const char* mangled;
-    CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcGetLoweredName(prog, name.c_str(), &mangled));
-    ptx_kernels.emplace_back(name, mangled);
-  }
-
-  // Get ptx data.
-  size_t ptx_size;
-  if (use_sass) {
-    CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcGetCUBINSize(prog, &ptx_size));
-  } else {
-    CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcGetPTXSize(prog, &ptx_size));
-  }
-  ptx.resize(ptx_size);
-  if (use_sass) {
-    CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcGetCUBIN(prog, ptx.data()));
-  } else {
-    CHECK_NVRTC_ERROR(nvrtcGetPTX(prog, ptx.data()));
-  }
-}
-
-void load_module(
-    const std::string& module_name,
-    const std::string& ptx,
-    const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>& ptx_kernels,
-    CUmodule& module_,
-    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::tuple<CUfunction, bool, uint>>&
-        kernels) {
   // Load module.
   char jit_log[4089] = {};
   CUjit_option options[] = {
@@ -349,77 +312,21 @@ void load_module(
   for (const auto& [name, mangled] : ptx_kernels) {
     CUfunction kernel;
     CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cuModuleGetFunction(&kernel, module_, mangled.c_str()));
-    kernels[name] = std::make_tuple(kernel, false, 0);
+    kernels_[name] = kernel;
   }
 }
 
-} // namespace
-
-JitModule::JitModule(
-    Device& device,
-    const std::string& module_name,
-    const KernelBuilder& builder,
-    bool use_disk_cache) {
-  // Will hold the actual device executable source code and kernel names
-  std::string ptx;
-  std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> ptx_kernels;
-
-  // Try to load them from the file cache
-  if (!read_cached_ptx(ptx_cache_dir(), module_name, ptx, ptx_kernels)) {
-    auto [precompiled, source_code, kernel_names] = builder();
-
-    // Get the PTX or cubin
-    if (precompiled) {
-      ptx = std::move(source_code);
-      for (auto& name : kernel_names) {
-        ptx_kernels.emplace_back(name, name);
-      }
-    } else {
-      compile(device, module_name, source_code, kernel_names, ptx, ptx_kernels);
-    }
-
-    // If requested save them in the file cache for the next launch
-    if (use_disk_cache) {
-      write_cached_ptx(
-          ptx_cache_dir(), module_name, ptx, ptx_kernels, source_code);
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Load the module
-  load_module(module_name, ptx, ptx_kernels, module_, kernels_);
-}
-
 JitModule::~JitModule() {
   CHECK_CUDA_ERROR(cuModuleUnload(module_));
 }
 
-std::pair<CUfunction, uint> JitModule::get_kernel_and_dims(
-    const std::string& kernel_name,
-    std::function<void(CUfunction)> configure_kernel) {
+CUfunction JitModule::get_kernel(const std::string& kernel_name) {
   auto it = kernels_.find(kernel_name);
   if (it == kernels_.end()) {
     throw std::runtime_error(
         fmt::format("There is no kernel named {}.", kernel_name));
   }
-
-  // If it is the first time we run this kernel then configure it. Do it only
-  // once!
-  auto kernel = std::get<0>(it->second);
-  if (!std::get<1>(it->second)) {
-    if (configure_kernel) {
-      configure_kernel(kernel);
-    }
-    std::get<1>(it->second) = true;
-    std::get<2>(it->second) = max_occupancy_block_dim(kernel);
-  }
-
-  return {kernel, std::get<2>(it->second)};
-}
-
-CUfunction JitModule::get_kernel(
-    const std::string& kernel_name,
-    std::function<void(CUfunction)> configure_kernel) {
-  return get_kernel_and_dims(kernel_name, std::move(configure_kernel)).first;
+  return it->second;
 }
 
 std::unordered_map<std::string, JitModule>& get_jit_module_cache() {
@@ -430,12 +337,11 @@ std::unordered_map<std::string, JitModule>& get_jit_module_cache() {
 JitModule& get_jit_module(
     const mlx::core::Device& device,
     const std::string& name,
-    const KernelBuilder& builder,
-    bool cache) {
+    const KernelBuilder& builder) {
   auto& map = get_jit_module_cache();
   auto it = map.find(name);
   if (it == map.end()) {
-    it = map.try_emplace(name, cu::device(device), name, builder, cache).first;
+    it = map.try_emplace(name, cu::device(device), name, builder).first;
   }
   return it->second;
 }

mlx/backend/cuda/jit_module.h

@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ namespace mlx::core::cu {
 
 class Device;
 
-using KernelBuilderResult = std::tuple<
-    /* precompiled */ bool,
+using KernelBuilderResult = std::pair<
     /* source code */ std::string,
     /* kernel names */ std::vector<std::string>>;
 using KernelBuilder = std::function<KernelBuilderResult()>;
@@ -46,11 +45,6 @@ struct KernelArgs {
     append_ptr(std::get<SmallVector<T>>(storage_.back()).data());
   }
 
-  template <typename T>
-  void append(const std::vector<T>& vec) {
-    append(SmallVector<T>(vec.begin(), vec.end()));
-  }
-
   // Make sure the arg is copied to an array with size of NDIM.
   template <size_t NDIM = MAX_NDIM, typename T>
   void append_ndim(SmallVector<T> vec) {
@@ -69,16 +63,14 @@ struct KernelArgs {
  private:
   std::vector<void*> args_;
 
-  // The cuGraphAddKernelNode API requires passing pointers to arguments so
-  // store temporary values until the node is created.
+  // The cuLaunchKernel API requires passing pointers to arguments so store
+  // temporary values untill kernel is launched.
   using Arg = std::variant<
       std::monostate,
       CUdeviceptr,
-      bool,
       int32_t,
       uint32_t,
       int64_t,
-      float,
       SmallVector<const void*>,
       SmallVector<int32_t>,
       SmallVector<int64_t>>;
@@ -90,22 +82,16 @@ class JitModule {
   JitModule(
       Device& device,
       const std::string& module_name,
-      const KernelBuilder& builder,
-      bool cache);
+      const KernelBuilder& builder);
   ~JitModule();
 
   JitModule(const JitModule&) = delete;
   JitModule& operator=(const JitModule&) = delete;
-  CUfunction get_kernel(
-      const std::string& kernel_name,
-      std::function<void(CUfunction)> configure_kernel = nullptr);
-  std::pair<CUfunction, uint> get_kernel_and_dims(
-      const std::string& kernel_name,
-      std::function<void(CUfunction)> configure_kernel = nullptr);
+  CUfunction get_kernel(const std::string& kernel_name);
 
  private:
   CUmodule module_{nullptr};
-  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::tuple<CUfunction, bool, uint>> kernels_;
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, CUfunction> kernels_;
 };
 
 std::unordered_map<std::string, JitModule>& get_jit_module_cache();
@@ -113,7 +99,6 @@ std::unordered_map<std::string, JitModule>& get_jit_module_cache();
 JitModule& get_jit_module(
     const mlx::core::Device& device,
     const std::string& name,
-    const KernelBuilder& builder,
-    bool use_disk_cache = true);
+    const KernelBuilder& builder);
 
 } // namespace mlx::core::cu

mlx/backend/cuda/kernel_utils.cu

@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@ std::tuple<dim3, uint> get_launch_args(
     const Shape& shape,
     const Strides& strides,
     bool large,
-    int work_per_thread /* = 1 */,
-    uint max_block_dim /* = 1024 */) {
+    int work_per_thread) {
   size_t nthreads = cuda::ceil_div(size, work_per_thread);
-  uint block_dim = max_block_dim < nthreads ? max_block_dim : nthreads;
+  uint block_dim = 1024;
+  if (block_dim > nthreads) {
+    block_dim = nthreads;
+  }
   dim3 num_blocks;
   if (large) {
     num_blocks = get_2d_grid_dims(shape, strides, work_per_thread);

mlx/backend/cuda/kernel_utils.cuh

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
 
-// This file includes host-only utilities for writing CUDA kernels, the
-// difference from backend/cuda/device/utils.cuh is that the latter file only
-// include device-only code.
+// This file includes host-only utilies for writing CUDA kernels, the difference
+// from backend/cuda/device/utils.cuh is that the latter file only include
+// device-only code.
 
 #pragma once
 
@@ -120,28 +120,19 @@ dim3 get_2d_grid_dims(
     size_t divisor);
 std::pair<dim3, dim3> get_grid_and_block(int dim0, int dim1, int dim2);
 
-// Get the num_blocks and block_dims assuming each thread handles
-// |work_per_thread| elements of |arr|.
+// Get the num_blocks and block_dims that maximize occupancy for |kernel|,
+// assuming each thread handles |work_per_thread| elements of |arr|.
 std::tuple<dim3, uint> get_launch_args(
     size_t size,
     const Shape& shape,
     const Strides& strides,
     bool large,
-    int work_per_thread = 1,
-    uint max_block_dim = 1024);
+    int work_per_thread = 1);
 
-inline std::tuple<dim3, uint> get_launch_args(
-    const array& arr,
-    bool large,
-    int work_per_thread = 1,
-    uint max_block_dim = 1024) {
+inline std::tuple<dim3, uint>
+get_launch_args(const array& arr, bool large, int work_per_thread = 1) {
   return get_launch_args(
-      arr.size(),
-      arr.shape(),
-      arr.strides(),
-      large,
-      work_per_thread,
-      max_block_dim);
+      arr.size(), arr.shape(), arr.strides(), large, work_per_thread);
 }
 
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cuda/lru_cache.h

@@ -2,15 +2,11 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "mlx/utils.h"
-
 #include <cstring>
 #include <list>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <utility>
 
-#include <fmt/format.h>
-
 namespace mlx::core {
 
 template <
@@ -31,14 +27,6 @@ class LRUCache {
     }
   }
 
-  // Initialize with capacity read from |env_name|.
-  LRUCache(const char* env_name, int default_capacity)
-      : LRUCache(env::get_var(env_name, default_capacity)) {
-    if (env::get_var("MLX_ENABLE_CACHE_THRASHING_CHECK", 1)) {
-      env_name_ = env_name;
-    }
-  }
-
   size_t size() const {
     return map_.size();
   }
@@ -88,14 +76,6 @@ class LRUCache {
       return {it->second, false};
     }
 
-    if (env_name_ && ++cache_misses_ > 2 * capacity_) {
-      throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format(
-          "Cache thrashing is happening, please set the environment variable "
-          "{} to a larger value than {} to fix degraded performance.",
-          env_name_,
-          capacity_));
-    }
-
     vlist_.emplace_front(key, std::forward<U>(value));
     map_[key] = vlist_.begin();
 
@@ -126,9 +106,6 @@ class LRUCache {
     }
   }
 
-  const char* env_name_{nullptr};
-  size_t cache_misses_{0};
-
   list_type vlist_;
   map_type map_;
   size_t capacity_;

mlx/backend/cuda/matmul.cpp

@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 #include "mlx/backend/gpu/copy.h"
 #include "mlx/primitives.h"
 
+#include "mlx/backend/cuda/gemms/steel_gemm.h"
+
 #include <nvtx3/nvtx3.hpp>
 #include <numeric>
 
 namespace mlx::core {
-
 namespace {
 
 std::tuple<bool, int64_t, array>
@@ -29,80 +30,6 @@ check_transpose(cu::CommandEncoder& enc, const Stream& s, const array& arr) {
   }
 }
 
-void gemm_and_bias(
-    cu::CommandEncoder& encoder,
-    int M,
-    int N,
-    int K,
-    bool a_transposed,
-    int64_t lda,
-    bool b_transposed,
-    int64_t ldb,
-    array& out,
-    const array& a,
-    const array& b,
-    const std::optional<array>& bias = std::nullopt,
-    float alpha = 1.0f) {
-  // Check and collapse batch dimensions
-  auto [batch_shape, a_batch_strides, b_batch_strides] = collapse_batches(a, b);
-
-  auto batch_count = out.size() / (M * N);
-
-  // Collapse batches into M if needed
-  if (batch_count > 1 && !a_transposed && batch_shape.size() == 1 &&
-      a.strides()[a.ndim() - 2] == K && a_batch_strides.back() == M * K &&
-      b_batch_strides.back() == 0) {
-    M *= batch_shape.back();
-    batch_count = 1;
-
-    a_batch_strides = {0};
-    b_batch_strides = {0};
-    batch_shape = {1};
-  }
-
-  // Use gemmv when possible
-  if (!bias && cu::can_use_gemv(M, N, K, a_transposed, b_transposed)) {
-    cu::gemv(
-        a,
-        b,
-        out,
-        M,
-        N,
-        K,
-        batch_count,
-        batch_shape,
-        a_batch_strides,
-        b_batch_strides,
-        encoder);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // Invoke cublasLt
-  CublasGemm gemm(
-      encoder.device(),
-      a.dtype(),
-      a_transposed,
-      M,
-      K,
-      lda,
-      b_transposed,
-      K,
-      N,
-      ldb,
-      batch_shape.back(),
-      a_batch_strides.back(),
-      b_batch_strides.back());
-  if (bias) {
-    if (a.dtype() == complex64) {
-      throw std::runtime_error(
-          "[gemm_and_bias] complex64 bias epilogue isn’t supported in cublasLtMatmul.");
-    }
-    gemm.set_bias(encoder, *bias);
-  }
-  gemm.run(
-      encoder, out, a, b, batch_shape, a_batch_strides, b_batch_strides, alpha);
-}
-
 } // namespace
 
 void Matmul::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
@@ -123,6 +50,9 @@ void Matmul::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
 
   out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
 
+  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // Init checks and prep
+
   int M = a_pre.shape(-2);
   int N = b_pre.shape(-1);
   int K = a_pre.shape(-1);
@@ -132,8 +62,76 @@ void Matmul::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   auto [a_transposed, lda, a] = check_transpose(encoder, s, a_pre);
   auto [b_transposed, ldb, b] = check_transpose(encoder, s, b_pre);
 
-  gemm_and_bias(
-      encoder, M, N, K, a_transposed, lda, b_transposed, ldb, out, a, b);
+  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // Check and collapse batch dimensions
+
+  auto [batch_shape, a_batch_strides, b_batch_strides] = collapse_batches(a, b);
+
+  auto batch_count = out.size() / (M * N);
+
+  // Collapse batches into M if needed
+  if (batch_count > 1 && !a_transposed && batch_shape.size() == 1 &&
+      a.strides()[a.ndim() - 2] == K && a_batch_strides.back() == M * K &&
+      b_batch_strides.back() == 0) {
+    M *= batch_shape.back();
+    batch_count = 1;
+
+    a_batch_strides = {0};
+    b_batch_strides = {0};
+    batch_shape = {1};
+  }
+
+  if (cu::can_use_gemv(M, N, K, a_transposed, b_transposed)) {
+    cu::gemv(
+        a,
+        b,
+        out,
+        M,
+        N,
+        K,
+        batch_count,
+        batch_shape,
+        a_batch_strides,
+        b_batch_strides,
+        encoder);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (out.dtype() == float16 && batch_count == 1 && !a_transposed &&
+      b_transposed) {
+    return dispatch_steel_gemm(
+        /* const Stream& s = */ s,
+        /* cu::CommandEncoder& encoder = */ encoder,
+        /* const array& a = */ a,
+        /* const array& b = */ b,
+        /* array& d = */ out,
+        /* int M = */ M,
+        /* int N = */ N,
+        /* int K = */ K,
+        /* int lda = */ lda,
+        /* int ldb = */ ldb,
+        /* int ldd = */ N,
+        /* bool a_transposed = */ a_transposed,
+        /* bool b_transposed = */ b_transposed);
+  }
+
+  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // Invoke cublasLt
+  CublasGemm gemm(
+      cu::device(s.device),
+      a.dtype(),
+      a_transposed,
+      M,
+      K,
+      lda,
+      b_transposed,
+      K,
+      N,
+      ldb,
+      batch_shape.back(),
+      a_batch_strides.back(),
+      b_batch_strides.back());
+  gemm.run(encoder, out, a, b, batch_shape, a_batch_strides, b_batch_strides);
 }
 
 void AddMM::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
@@ -158,29 +156,6 @@ void AddMM::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   auto [a_transposed, lda, a] = check_transpose(encoder, s, a_pre);
   auto [b_transposed, ldb, b] = check_transpose(encoder, s, b_pre);
 
-  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-  // Dispatch to GEMM with epilogue or AddMM
-
-  if (beta_ == 1 && a.dtype() != complex64 && c.strides(-1) == 1 &&
-      c.data_size() == out.shape(-1)) {
-    out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
-    gemm_and_bias(
-        encoder,
-        M,
-        N,
-        K,
-        a_transposed,
-        lda,
-        b_transposed,
-        ldb,
-        out,
-        a,
-        b,
-        c,
-        alpha_);
-    return;
-  }
-
   int64_t ldc;
   {
     auto stx = c.strides()[c.ndim() - 2];
@@ -222,7 +197,7 @@ void AddMM::eval_gpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   }
 
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-  // Invoke cublasLt with AddMM settings
+  // Invoke cublasLt
 
   CublasGemm gemm(
       cu::device(s.device),