diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index 20130f20b..df078ba48 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
 #include <sys/syslimits.h>
 #endif
 #define LLAMA_CURL_MAX_URL_LENGTH 2084 // Maximum URL Length in Chrome: 2083
-#define LLAMA_CURL_MAX_HEADER_LENGTH 256
 #endif // LLAMA_USE_CURL
 
 using json = nlohmann::ordered_json;
@@ -235,8 +234,54 @@ bool gpt_params_parse(int argc, char ** argv, gpt_params & params) {
     return result;
 }
 
+bool parse_kv_override(const char * data, std::vector<llama_model_kv_override> & overrides) {
+    const char * sep = strchr(data, '=');
+    if (sep == nullptr || sep - data >= 128) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: malformed KV override '%s'\n", __func__, data);
+        return false;
+    }
+    llama_model_kv_override kvo;
+    std::strncpy(kvo.key, data, sep - data);
+    kvo.key[sep - data] = 0;
+    sep++;
+    if (strncmp(sep, "int:", 4) == 0) {
+        sep += 4;
+        kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_INT;
+        kvo.val_i64 = std::atol(sep);
+    } else if (strncmp(sep, "float:", 6) == 0) {
+        sep += 6;
+        kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_FLOAT;
+        kvo.val_f64 = std::atof(sep);
+    } else if (strncmp(sep, "bool:", 5) == 0) {
+        sep += 5;
+        kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_BOOL;
+        if (std::strcmp(sep, "true") == 0) {
+            kvo.val_bool = true;
+        } else if (std::strcmp(sep, "false") == 0) {
+            kvo.val_bool = false;
+        } else {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid boolean value for KV override '%s'\n", __func__, data);
+            return false;
+        }
+    } else if (strncmp(sep, "str:", 4) == 0) {
+        sep += 4;
+        kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_STR;
+        if (strlen(sep) > 127) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: malformed KV override '%s', value cannot exceed 127 chars\n", __func__, data);
+            return false;
+        }
+        strncpy(kvo.val_str, sep, 127);
+        kvo.val_str[127] = '\0';
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid type for KV override '%s'\n", __func__, data);
+        return false;
+    }
+    overrides.emplace_back(std::move(kvo));
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool gpt_params_find_arg(int argc, char ** argv, const std::string & arg, gpt_params & params, int & i, bool & invalid_param) {
-    llama_sampling_params& sparams = params.sparams;
+    llama_sampling_params & sparams = params.sparams;
 
     if (arg == "-s" || arg == "--seed") {
         if (++i >= argc) {
@@ -848,7 +893,7 @@ bool gpt_params_find_arg(int argc, char ** argv, const std::string & arg, gpt_pa
             invalid_param = true;
             return true;
         }
-        params.image = argv[i];
+        params.image.emplace_back(argv[i]);
         return true;
     }
     if (arg == "-i" || arg == "--interactive") {
@@ -903,6 +948,10 @@ bool gpt_params_find_arg(int argc, char ** argv, const std::string & arg, gpt_pa
         params.cont_batching = true;
         return true;
     }
+    if (arg == "-fa" || arg == "--flash-attn") {
+        params.flash_attn = true;
+        return true;
+    }
     if (arg == "--color") {
         params.use_color = true;
         return true;
@@ -1090,6 +1139,10 @@ bool gpt_params_find_arg(int argc, char ** argv, const std::string & arg, gpt_pa
         params.n_print = std::stoi(argv[i]);
         return true;
     }
+    if (arg == "--check-tensors") {
+        params.check_tensors = true;
+        return true;
+    }
     if (arg == "--ppl-output-type") {
         if (++i >= argc) {
             invalid_param = true;
@@ -1241,47 +1294,11 @@ bool gpt_params_find_arg(int argc, char ** argv, const std::string & arg, gpt_pa
             invalid_param = true;
             return true;
         }
-        char* sep = strchr(argv[i], '=');
-        if (sep == nullptr || sep - argv[i] >= 128) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "error: Malformed KV override: %s\n", argv[i]);
-            invalid_param = true;
-            return true;
-        }
-        struct llama_model_kv_override kvo;
-        std::strncpy(kvo.key, argv[i], sep - argv[i]);
-        kvo.key[sep - argv[i]] = 0;
-        sep++;
-        if (strncmp(sep, "int:", 4) == 0) {
-            sep += 4;
-            kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_INT;
-            kvo.int_value = std::atol(sep);
-        }
-        else if (strncmp(sep, "float:", 6) == 0) {
-            sep += 6;
-            kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_FLOAT;
-            kvo.float_value = std::atof(sep);
-        }
-        else if (strncmp(sep, "bool:", 5) == 0) {
-            sep += 5;
-            kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_BOOL;
-            if (std::strcmp(sep, "true") == 0) {
-                kvo.bool_value = true;
-            }
-            else if (std::strcmp(sep, "false") == 0) {
-                kvo.bool_value = false;
-            }
-            else {
-                fprintf(stderr, "error: Invalid boolean value for KV override: %s\n", argv[i]);
-                invalid_param = true;
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        else {
+        if (!parse_kv_override(argv[i], params.kv_overrides)) {
             fprintf(stderr, "error: Invalid type for KV override: %s\n", argv[i]);
             invalid_param = true;
             return true;
         }
-        params.kv_overrides.push_back(kvo);
         return true;
     }
 #ifndef LOG_DISABLE_LOGS
@@ -1311,6 +1328,29 @@ bool gpt_params_find_arg(int argc, char ** argv, const std::string & arg, gpt_pa
     return false;
 }
 
+void gpt_params_handle_model_default(gpt_params & params) {
+    if (!params.hf_repo.empty()) {
+        // short-hand to avoid specifying --hf-file -> default it to --model
+        if (params.hf_file.empty()) {
+            if (params.model.empty()) {
+                throw std::invalid_argument("error: --hf-repo requires either --hf-file or --model\n");
+            }
+            params.hf_file = params.model;
+        } else if (params.model.empty()) {
+            params.model = "models/" + string_split(params.hf_file, '/').back();
+        }
+    } else if (!params.model_url.empty()) {
+        if (params.model.empty()) {
+            auto f = string_split(params.model_url, '#').front();
+            f = string_split(f, '?').front();
+            f = string_split(f, '/').back();
+            params.model =  "models/" + f;
+        }
+    } else if (params.model.empty()) {
+        params.model = DEFAULT_MODEL_PATH;
+    }
+}
+
 bool gpt_params_parse_ex(int argc, char ** argv, gpt_params & params) {
     bool invalid_param = false;
     std::string arg;
@@ -1339,10 +1379,7 @@ bool gpt_params_parse_ex(int argc, char ** argv, gpt_params & params) {
         throw std::invalid_argument("error: --prompt-cache-all not supported in interactive mode yet\n");
     }
 
-    // short-hand to avoid specifying --hf-file -> default it to --model
-    if (!params.hf_repo.empty() && params.hf_file.empty()) {
-        params.hf_file = params.model;
-    }
+    gpt_params_handle_model_default(params);
 
     if (params.escape) {
         process_escapes(params.prompt);
@@ -1481,8 +1518,9 @@ void gpt_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const gpt_params & params) {
     printf("  -ns N, --sequences N  number of sequences to decode (default: %d)\n", params.n_sequences);
     printf("  -ps N, --p-split N    speculative decoding split probability (default: %.1f)\n", (double)params.p_split);
     printf("  -cb, --cont-batching  enable continuous batching (a.k.a dynamic batching) (default: disabled)\n");
+    printf("  -fa, --flash-attn     enable Flash Attention (default: %s)\n", params.flash_attn ? "enabled" : "disabled");
     printf("  --mmproj MMPROJ_FILE  path to a multimodal projector file for LLaVA. see examples/llava/README.md\n");
-    printf("  --image IMAGE_FILE    path to an image file. use with multimodal models\n");
+    printf("  --image IMAGE_FILE    path to an image file. use with multimodal models. Specify multiple times for batching\n");
     if (llama_supports_mlock()) {
         printf("  --mlock               force system to keep model in RAM rather than swapping or compressing\n");
     }
@@ -1535,7 +1573,7 @@ void gpt_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const gpt_params & params) {
     printf("  --control-vector-layer-range START END\n");
     printf("                        layer range to apply the control vector(s) to, start and end inclusive\n");
     printf("  -m FNAME, --model FNAME\n");
-    printf("                        model path (default: %s)\n", params.model.c_str());
+    printf("                        model path (default: models/$filename with filename from --hf-file or --model-url if set, otherwise %s)\n", DEFAULT_MODEL_PATH);
     printf("  -md FNAME, --model-draft FNAME\n");
     printf("                        draft model for speculative decoding (default: unused)\n");
     printf("  -mu MODEL_URL, --model-url MODEL_URL\n");
@@ -1552,9 +1590,10 @@ void gpt_print_usage(int /*argc*/, char ** argv, const gpt_params & params) {
     printf("                        path to dynamic lookup cache to use for lookup decoding (updated by generation)\n");
     printf("  --override-kv KEY=TYPE:VALUE\n");
     printf("                        advanced option to override model metadata by key. may be specified multiple times.\n");
-    printf("                        types: int, float, bool. example: --override-kv tokenizer.ggml.add_bos_token=bool:false\n");
+    printf("                        types: int, float, bool, str. example: --override-kv tokenizer.ggml.add_bos_token=bool:false\n");
     printf("  -ptc N, --print-token-count N\n");
     printf("                        print token count every N tokens (default: %d)\n", params.n_print);
+    printf("  --check-tensors       check model tensor data for invalid values\n");
     printf("\n");
 #ifndef LOG_DISABLE_LOGS
     log_print_usage();
@@ -1679,6 +1718,18 @@ std::vector<std::string> string_split(std::string input, char separator) {
     return parts;
 }
 
+std::string string_strip(const std::string & str) {
+    size_t start = 0;
+    size_t end = str.size();
+    while (start < end && std::isspace(str[start])) {
+        start++;
+    }
+    while (end > start && std::isspace(str[end - 1])) {
+        end--;
+    }
+    return str.substr(start, end - start);
+}
+
 std::vector<llama_sampler_type> sampler_types_from_names(const std::vector<std::string> & names, bool allow_alt_names) {
     std::unordered_map<std::string, llama_sampler_type> sampler_canonical_name_map {
         {"top_k",       llama_sampler_type::TOP_K},
@@ -1775,6 +1826,7 @@ struct llama_model_params llama_model_params_from_gpt_params(const gpt_params &
     mparams.tensor_split    = params.tensor_split;
     mparams.use_mmap        = params.use_mmap;
     mparams.use_mlock       = params.use_mlock;
+    mparams.check_tensors   = params.check_tensors;
     if (params.kv_overrides.empty()) {
         mparams.kv_overrides = NULL;
     } else {
@@ -1839,6 +1891,7 @@ struct llama_context_params llama_context_params_from_gpt_params(const gpt_param
     cparams.cb_eval           = params.cb_eval;
     cparams.cb_eval_user_data = params.cb_eval_user_data;
     cparams.offload_kqv       = !params.no_kv_offload;
+    cparams.flash_attn        = params.flash_attn;
 
     cparams.type_k = kv_cache_type_from_str(params.cache_type_k);
     cparams.type_v = kv_cache_type_from_str(params.cache_type_v);
@@ -1869,59 +1922,75 @@ void llama_batch_add(
 
 #ifdef LLAMA_USE_CURL
 
-static bool llama_download_file(CURL * curl, const char * url, const char * path) {
+static bool starts_with(const std::string & str, const std::string & prefix) {
+    // While we wait for C++20's std::string::starts_with...
+    return str.rfind(prefix, 0) == 0;
+}
+
+static bool llama_download_file(const std::string & url, const std::string & path) {
+
+    // Initialize libcurl
+    std::unique_ptr<CURL, decltype(&curl_easy_cleanup)> curl(curl_easy_init(), &curl_easy_cleanup);
+    if (!curl) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: error initializing libcurl\n", __func__);
+        return false;
+    }
+
     bool force_download = false;
 
     // Set the URL, allow to follow http redirection
-    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
-    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
     // CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA tells libcurl to use standard certificate store of
     //   operating system. Currently implemented under MS-Windows.
-    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS, CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS, CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA);
 #endif
 
     // Check if the file already exists locally
     struct stat model_file_info;
-    auto file_exists = (stat(path, &model_file_info) == 0);
+    auto file_exists = (stat(path.c_str(), &model_file_info) == 0);
 
-    // If the file exists, check for ${path_model}.etag or ${path_model}.lastModified files
-    char etag[LLAMA_CURL_MAX_HEADER_LENGTH] = {0};
-    char etag_path[PATH_MAX] = {0};
-    snprintf(etag_path, sizeof(etag_path), "%s.etag", path);
-
-    char last_modified[LLAMA_CURL_MAX_HEADER_LENGTH] = {0};
-    char last_modified_path[PATH_MAX] = {0};
-    snprintf(last_modified_path, sizeof(last_modified_path), "%s.lastModified", path);
+    // If the file exists, check its JSON metadata companion file.
+    std::string metadata_path = path + ".json";
+    nlohmann::json metadata;
+    std::string etag;
+    std::string last_modified;
 
     if (file_exists) {
-        auto * f_etag = fopen(etag_path, "r");
-        if (f_etag) {
-            if (!fgets(etag, sizeof(etag), f_etag)) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s: unable to read file %s\n", __func__, etag_path);
-            } else {
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s: previous file found %s: %s\n", __func__, etag_path, etag);
+        // Try and read the JSON metadata file (note: stream autoclosed upon exiting this block).
+        std::ifstream metadata_in(metadata_path);
+        if (metadata_in.good()) {
+            try {
+                metadata_in >> metadata;
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s: previous metadata file found %s: %s\n", __func__, metadata_path.c_str(), metadata.dump().c_str());
+                if (metadata.contains("url") && metadata["url"].is_string()) {
+                    auto previous_url = metadata["url"].get<std::string>();
+                    if (previous_url != url) {
+                        fprintf(stderr, "%s: Model URL mismatch: %s != %s\n", __func__, url.c_str(), previous_url.c_str());
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (metadata.contains("etag") && metadata["etag"].is_string()) {
+                    etag = metadata["etag"];
+                }
+                if (metadata.contains("lastModified") && metadata["lastModified"].is_string()) {
+                    last_modified = metadata["lastModified"];
+                }
+            } catch (const nlohmann::json::exception & e) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s: error reading metadata file %s: %s\n", __func__, metadata_path.c_str(), e.what());
+                return false;
             }
-            fclose(f_etag);
-        }
-
-        auto * f_last_modified = fopen(last_modified_path, "r");
-        if (f_last_modified) {
-            if (!fgets(last_modified, sizeof(last_modified), f_last_modified)) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s: unable to read file %s\n", __func__, last_modified_path);
-            } else {
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s: previous file found %s: %s\n", __func__, last_modified_path,
-                        last_modified);
-            }
-            fclose(f_last_modified);
         }
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: no previous model file found %s\n", __func__, path.c_str());
     }
 
     // Send a HEAD request to retrieve the etag and last-modified headers
     struct llama_load_model_from_url_headers {
-        char etag[LLAMA_CURL_MAX_HEADER_LENGTH] = {0};
-        char last_modified[LLAMA_CURL_MAX_HEADER_LENGTH] = {0};
+        std::string etag;
+        std::string last_modified;
     };
     llama_load_model_from_url_headers headers;
     {
@@ -1929,38 +1998,37 @@ static bool llama_download_file(CURL * curl, const char * url, const char * path
         auto header_callback = [](char * buffer, size_t /*size*/, size_t n_items, void * userdata) -> size_t {
             llama_load_model_from_url_headers *headers = (llama_load_model_from_url_headers *) userdata;
 
-            // Convert header field name to lowercase
-            for (size_t i = 0; i < n_items && buffer[i] != ':'; ++i) {
-                buffer[i] = tolower(buffer[i]);
-            }
+            static std::regex header_regex("([^:]+): (.*)\r\n");
+            static std::regex etag_regex("ETag", std::regex_constants::icase);
+            static std::regex last_modified_regex("Last-Modified", std::regex_constants::icase);
 
-            const char * etag_prefix = "etag: ";
-            if (strncmp(buffer, etag_prefix, strlen(etag_prefix)) == 0) {
-                strncpy(headers->etag, buffer + strlen(etag_prefix), n_items - strlen(etag_prefix) - 2); // Remove CRLF
-            }
-
-            const char * last_modified_prefix = "last-modified: ";
-            if (strncmp(buffer, last_modified_prefix, strlen(last_modified_prefix)) == 0) {
-                strncpy(headers->last_modified, buffer + strlen(last_modified_prefix),
-                        n_items - strlen(last_modified_prefix) - 2); // Remove CRLF
+            std::string header(buffer, n_items);
+            std::smatch match;
+            if (std::regex_match(header, match, header_regex)) {
+                const std::string & key = match[1];
+                const std::string & value = match[2];
+                if (std::regex_match(key, match, etag_regex)) {
+                    headers->etag = value;
+                } else if (std::regex_match(key, match, last_modified_regex)) {
+                    headers->last_modified = value;
+                }
             }
             return n_items;
         };
 
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1L); // will trigger the HEAD verb
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1L); // hide head request progress
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, static_cast<CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION_PTR>(header_callback));
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, &headers);
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1L); // will trigger the HEAD verb
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 1L); // hide head request progress
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, static_cast<CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION_PTR>(header_callback));
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, &headers);
 
-        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+        CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl.get());
         if (res != CURLE_OK) {
-            curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
             fprintf(stderr, "%s: curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n", __func__, curl_easy_strerror(res));
             return false;
         }
 
         long http_code = 0;
-        curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &http_code);
+        curl_easy_getinfo(curl.get(), CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &http_code);
         if (http_code != 200) {
             // HEAD not supported, we don't know if the file has changed
             // force trigger downloading
@@ -1969,28 +2037,30 @@ static bool llama_download_file(CURL * curl, const char * url, const char * path
         }
     }
 
-    // If the ETag or the Last-Modified headers are different: trigger a new download
-    bool should_download = !file_exists
-        || force_download
-        || (strlen(headers.etag) > 0 && strcmp(etag, headers.etag) != 0)
-        || (strlen(headers.last_modified) > 0 && strcmp(last_modified, headers.last_modified) != 0);
+    bool should_download = !file_exists || force_download;
+    if (!should_download) {
+        if (!etag.empty() && etag != headers.etag) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: ETag header is different (%s != %s): triggering a new download\n", __func__, etag.c_str(), headers.etag.c_str());
+            should_download = true;
+        } else if (!last_modified.empty() && last_modified != headers.last_modified) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: Last-Modified header is different (%s != %s): triggering a new download\n", __func__, last_modified.c_str(), headers.last_modified.c_str());
+            should_download = true;
+        }
+    }
     if (should_download) {
-        char path_temporary[PATH_MAX] = {0};
-        snprintf(path_temporary, sizeof(path_temporary), "%s.downloadInProgress", path);
+        std::string path_temporary = path + ".downloadInProgress";
         if (file_exists) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: deleting previous downloaded file: %s\n", __func__, path);
-            if (remove(path) != 0) {
-                curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s: unable to delete file: %s\n", __func__, path);
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: deleting previous downloaded file: %s\n", __func__, path.c_str());
+            if (remove(path.c_str()) != 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s: unable to delete file: %s\n", __func__, path.c_str());
                 return false;
             }
         }
 
         // Set the output file
-        auto * outfile = fopen(path_temporary, "wb");
+        std::unique_ptr<FILE, decltype(&fclose)> outfile(fopen(path_temporary.c_str(), "wb"), fclose);
         if (!outfile) {
-            curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: error opening local file for writing: %s\n", __func__, path);
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: error opening local file for writing: %s\n", __func__, path.c_str());
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -1998,12 +2068,12 @@ static bool llama_download_file(CURL * curl, const char * url, const char * path
         auto write_callback = [](void * data, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void * fd) -> size_t {
             return fwrite(data, size, nmemb, (FILE *)fd);
         };
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 0L);
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, static_cast<CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION_PTR>(write_callback));
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, outfile);
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_NOBODY, 0L);
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, static_cast<CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION_PTR>(write_callback));
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, outfile.get());
 
         //  display download progress
-        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0L);
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl.get(), CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0L);
 
         // helper function to hide password in URL
         auto llama_download_hide_password_in_url = [](const std::string & url) -> std::string {
@@ -2022,51 +2092,34 @@ static bool llama_download_file(CURL * curl, const char * url, const char * path
 
         // start the download
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: downloading from %s to %s (server_etag:%s, server_last_modified:%s)...\n", __func__,
-                llama_download_hide_password_in_url(url).c_str(), path, headers.etag, headers.last_modified);
-        auto res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+                llama_download_hide_password_in_url(url).c_str(), path.c_str(), headers.etag.c_str(), headers.last_modified.c_str());
+        auto res = curl_easy_perform(curl.get());
         if (res != CURLE_OK) {
-            fclose(outfile);
-            curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
             fprintf(stderr, "%s: curl_easy_perform() failed: %s\n", __func__, curl_easy_strerror(res));
             return false;
         }
 
         long http_code = 0;
-        curl_easy_getinfo (curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &http_code);
+        curl_easy_getinfo (curl.get(), CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &http_code);
         if (http_code < 200 || http_code >= 400) {
-            fclose(outfile);
-            curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
             fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid http status code received: %ld\n", __func__, http_code);
             return false;
         }
 
-        // Clean up
-        fclose(outfile);
+        // Causes file to be closed explicitly here before we rename it.
+        outfile.reset();
 
-        // Write the new ETag to the .etag file
-        if (strlen(headers.etag) > 0) {
-            auto * etag_file = fopen(etag_path, "w");
-            if (etag_file) {
-                fputs(headers.etag, etag_file);
-                fclose(etag_file);
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s: file etag saved %s: %s\n", __func__, etag_path, headers.etag);
-            }
-        }
+        // Write the updated JSON metadata file.
+        metadata.update({
+            {"url", url},
+            {"etag", headers.etag},
+            {"lastModified", headers.last_modified}
+        });
+        std::ofstream(metadata_path) << metadata.dump(4);
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: file metadata saved: %s\n", __func__, metadata_path.c_str());
 
-        // Write the new lastModified to the .etag file
-        if (strlen(headers.last_modified) > 0) {
-            auto * last_modified_file = fopen(last_modified_path, "w");
-            if (last_modified_file) {
-                fputs(headers.last_modified, last_modified_file);
-                fclose(last_modified_file);
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s: file last modified saved %s: %s\n", __func__, last_modified_path,
-                        headers.last_modified);
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (rename(path_temporary, path) != 0) {
-            curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: unable to rename file: %s to %s\n", __func__, path_temporary, path);
+        if (rename(path_temporary.c_str(), path.c_str()) != 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: unable to rename file: %s to %s\n", __func__, path_temporary.c_str(), path.c_str());
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -2084,15 +2137,7 @@ struct llama_model * llama_load_model_from_url(
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    // Initialize libcurl
-    auto * curl = curl_easy_init();
-
-    if (!curl) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: error initializing libcurl\n", __func__);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (!llama_download_file(curl, model_url, path_model)) {
+    if (!llama_download_file(model_url, path_model)) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -2106,7 +2151,6 @@ struct llama_model * llama_load_model_from_url(
         auto * ctx_gguf = gguf_init_from_file(path_model, gguf_params);
         if (!ctx_gguf) {
             fprintf(stderr, "\n%s:  failed to load input GGUF from %s\n", __func__, path_model);
-            curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
             return NULL;
         }
 
@@ -2118,8 +2162,6 @@ struct llama_model * llama_load_model_from_url(
         gguf_free(ctx_gguf);
     }
 
-    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
-
     if (n_split > 1) {
         char split_prefix[PATH_MAX] = {0};
         char split_url_prefix[LLAMA_CURL_MAX_URL_LENGTH] = {0};
@@ -2150,11 +2192,7 @@ struct llama_model * llama_load_model_from_url(
                 char split_url[LLAMA_CURL_MAX_URL_LENGTH] = {0};
                 llama_split_path(split_url, sizeof(split_url), split_url_prefix, download_idx, n_split);
 
-                auto * curl = curl_easy_init();
-                bool res = llama_download_file(curl, split_url, split_path);
-                curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
-
-                return res;
+                return llama_download_file(split_url, split_path);
             }, idx));
         }
 
@@ -2641,7 +2679,7 @@ void dump_non_result_info_yaml(FILE * stream, const gpt_params & params, const l
     fprintf(stream, "mirostat_ent: %f # default: 5.0\n", sparams.mirostat_tau);
     fprintf(stream, "mirostat_lr: %f # default: 0.1\n", sparams.mirostat_eta);
     fprintf(stream, "mlock: %s # default: false\n", params.use_mlock ? "true" : "false");
-    fprintf(stream, "model: %s # default: models/7B/ggml-model.bin\n", params.model.c_str());
+    fprintf(stream, "model: %s # default: %s\n", params.model.c_str(), DEFAULT_MODEL_PATH);
     fprintf(stream, "model_draft: %s # default:\n", params.model_draft.c_str());
     fprintf(stream, "multiline_input: %s # default: false\n", params.multiline_input ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "n_gpu_layers: %d # default: -1\n", params.n_gpu_layers);
@@ -2676,6 +2714,7 @@ void dump_non_result_info_yaml(FILE * stream, const gpt_params & params, const l
     fprintf(stream, "seed: %u # default: -1 (random seed)\n", params.seed);
     fprintf(stream, "simple_io: %s # default: false\n", params.simple_io ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "cont_batching: %s # default: false\n", params.cont_batching ? "true" : "false");
+    fprintf(stream, "flash_attn: %s # default: false\n", params.flash_attn ? "true" : "false");
     fprintf(stream, "temp: %f # default: 0.8\n", sparams.temp);
 
     const std::vector<float> tensor_split_vector(params.tensor_split, params.tensor_split + llama_max_devices());
diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index ce2b66807..c8ee1ac78 100644
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
     fprintf(stderr, "%s: built with %s for %s\n", __func__, LLAMA_COMPILER, LLAMA_BUILD_TARGET);    \
 } while(0)
 
+#define DEFAULT_MODEL_PATH "models/7B/ggml-model-f16.gguf"
+
 // build info
 
 struct llama_control_vector_load_info;
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ struct gpt_params {
     // // sampling parameters
     struct llama_sampling_params sparams;
 
-    std::string model                = "models/7B/ggml-model-f16.gguf"; // model path
+    std::string model                = "";  // model path
     std::string model_draft          = "";  // draft model for speculative decoding
     std::string model_alias          = "unknown"; // model alias
     std::string model_url            = "";  // model url to download
@@ -164,6 +166,7 @@ struct gpt_params {
     bool multiline_input   = false; // reverse the usage of `\`
     bool simple_io         = false; // improves compatibility with subprocesses and limited consoles
     bool cont_batching     = true;  // insert new sequences for decoding on-the-fly
+    bool flash_attn        = false; // flash attention
 
     bool input_prefix_bos  = false; // prefix BOS to user inputs, preceding input_prefix
     bool ignore_eos        = false; // ignore generated EOS tokens
@@ -177,15 +180,20 @@ struct gpt_params {
     bool dump_kv_cache     = false; // dump the KV cache contents for debugging purposes
     bool no_kv_offload     = false; // disable KV offloading
     bool warmup            = true;  // warmup run
+    bool check_tensors     = false; // validate tensor data
 
     std::string cache_type_k = "f16"; // KV cache data type for the K
     std::string cache_type_v = "f16"; // KV cache data type for the V
 
     // multimodal models (see examples/llava)
-    std::string mmproj = ""; // path to multimodal projector
-    std::string image  = ""; // path to an image file
+    std::string mmproj = "";        // path to multimodal projector
+    std::vector<std::string> image; // path to image file(s)
 };
 
+void gpt_params_handle_model_default(gpt_params & params);
+
+bool parse_kv_override(const char * data, std::vector<llama_model_kv_override> & overrides);
+
 bool gpt_params_parse_ex(int argc, char ** argv, gpt_params & params);
 
 bool gpt_params_parse(int argc, char ** argv, gpt_params & params);
@@ -209,6 +217,7 @@ bool validate_file_name(const std::string & filename);
 std::vector<llama_sampler_type> sampler_types_from_names(const std::vector<std::string> & names, bool allow_alt_names);
 std::vector<llama_sampler_type> sampler_types_from_chars(const std::string & names_string);
 std::vector<std::string> string_split(std::string input, char separator);
+std::string string_strip(const std::string & str);
 std::string sampler_type_to_name_string(llama_sampler_type sampler_type);
 
 //
diff --git a/common/log.h b/common/log.h
index e4edcac7d..2b2f0e455 100644
--- a/common/log.h
+++ b/common/log.h
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ inline std::string log_filename_generator_impl(LogTriState multilog, const std::
 // INTERNAL, DO NOT USE
 //  USE LOG() INSTEAD
 //
-#if !defined(_MSC_VER) or defined(__INTEL_LLVM_COMPILER)
+#if !defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__INTEL_LLVM_COMPILER)
     #define LOG_IMPL(str, ...)                                                                                      \
     do {                                                                                                            \
         if (LOG_TARGET != nullptr)                                                                                  \
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ inline std::string log_filename_generator_impl(LogTriState multilog, const std::
 // INTERNAL, DO NOT USE
 //  USE LOG_TEE() INSTEAD
 //
-#if !defined(_MSC_VER) or defined(__INTEL_LLVM_COMPILER)
+#if !defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__INTEL_LLVM_COMPILER)
     #define LOG_TEE_IMPL(str, ...)                                                                                                      \
     do {                                                                                                                                \
         if (LOG_TARGET != nullptr)                                                                                                      \
diff --git a/common/sampling.cpp b/common/sampling.cpp
index d8f8f4cd4..df1b26a90 100644
--- a/common/sampling.cpp
+++ b/common/sampling.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void llama_sampling_reset(llama_sampling_context * ctx) {
 
 void llama_sampling_set_rng_seed(struct llama_sampling_context * ctx, uint32_t seed) {
     if (seed == LLAMA_DEFAULT_SEED) {
-        seed = time(NULL);
+        seed = std::random_device{}();
     }
     ctx->rng.seed(seed);
 }
diff --git a/convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py b/convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b019c1e3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+# This script downloads the tokenizer models of the specified models from Huggingface and
+# generates the get_vocab_base_pre() function for convert-hf-to-gguf.py
+#
+# This is necessary in order to analyze the type of pre-tokenizer used by the model and
+# provide the necessary information to llama.cpp via the GGUF header in order to implement
+# the same pre-tokenizer.
+#
+# ref: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/6920
+#
+# Instructions:
+#
+# - Add a new model to the "models" list
+# - Run the script with your huggingface token:
+#
+#   python3 convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py <huggingface_token>
+#
+# - Copy-paste the generated get_vocab_base_pre() function into convert-hf-to-gguf.py
+# - Update llama.cpp with the new pre-tokenizer if necessary
+#
+# TODO: generate tokenizer tests for llama.cpp
+# TODO: automate the update of convert-hf-to-gguf.py
+#
+
+import os
+import requests
+import sys
+import json
+
+from hashlib import sha256
+from enum import IntEnum, auto
+
+class TOKENIZER_TYPE(IntEnum):
+    SPM = auto()
+    BPE = auto()
+    WPM = auto()
+
+# TODO: this string has to exercise as much pre-tokenizer functionality as possible
+#       will be updated with time - contributions welcome
+chktxt = '\n \n\n \n\n\n \t \t\t \t\n  \n   \n    \n     \n🚀 (normal) 😶‍🌫️ (multiple emojis concatenated) ✅ 🦙🦙 3 33 333 3333 33333 333333 3333333 33333333 3.3 3..3 3...3 កាន់តែពិសេសអាច😁 ?我想在apple工作1314151天～ ------======= нещо на Български \'\'\'\'\'\'```````\"\"\"\"......!!!!!!?????? I\'ve been \'told he\'s there, \'RE you sure? \'M not sure I\'ll make it, \'D you like some tea? We\'Ve a\'lL'
+
+if len(sys.argv) == 2:
+    token = sys.argv[1]
+else:
+    print("Usage: python convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py <huggingface_token>")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# TODO: add models here, base models preferred
+models = [
+        { "name": "llama-spm",      "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.SPM, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-hf", },
+        { "name": "llama-bpe",      "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B", },
+        { "name": "phi-3",          "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.SPM, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/microsoft/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct", },
+        { "name": "deepseek-llm",   "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/deepseek-llm-7b-base", },
+        { "name": "deepseek-coder", "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/deepseek-coder-6.7b-base", },
+        { "name": "falcon",         "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/tiiuae/falcon-7b", },
+        { "name": "bert-bge",       "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.WPM, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5", },
+        { "name": "mpt",            "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/mosaicml/mpt-7b", },
+        { "name": "starcoder",      "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/bigcode/starcoder2-3b", },
+        { "name": "gpt-2",          "tokt": TOKENIZER_TYPE.BPE, "repo": "https://huggingface.co/openai-community/gpt2", },
+        ]
+
+# make directory "models/tokenizers" if it doesn't exist
+if not os.path.exists("models/tokenizers"):
+    os.makedirs("models/tokenizers")
+
+def download_file_with_auth(url, token, save_path):
+    headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}
+    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+    if response.status_code == 200:
+        with open(save_path, 'wb') as f:
+            f.write(response.content)
+        print(f"File {save_path} downloaded successfully")
+    else:
+        print(f"Failed to download file. Status code: {response.status_code}")
+
+# download the tokenizer models
+for model in models:
+    name = model["name"]
+    repo = model["repo"]
+    tokt = model["tokt"]
+
+    if not os.path.exists(f"models/tokenizers/{name}"):
+        os.makedirs(f"models/tokenizers/{name}")
+    else:
+        print(f"Directory models/tokenizers/{name} already exists - skipping")
+        continue
+
+    print(f"Downloading {name} to models/tokenizers/{name}")
+
+    url = f"{repo}/raw/main/config.json"
+    save_path = f"models/tokenizers/{name}/config.json"
+    download_file_with_auth(url, token, save_path)
+
+    url = f"{repo}/raw/main/tokenizer.json"
+    save_path = f"models/tokenizers/{name}/tokenizer.json"
+    download_file_with_auth(url, token, save_path)
+
+    if tokt == TOKENIZER_TYPE.SPM:
+        url = f"{repo}/resolve/main/tokenizer.model"
+        save_path = f"models/tokenizers/{name}/tokenizer.model"
+        download_file_with_auth(url, token, save_path)
+
+    url = f"{repo}/raw/main/tokenizer_config.json"
+    save_path = f"models/tokenizers/{name}/tokenizer_config.json"
+    download_file_with_auth(url, token, save_path)
+
+# generate the source code for the convert-hf-to-gguf.py:get_vocab_base_pre() function:
+# TODO: auto-update convert-hf-to-gguf.py with the generated function
+
+src_ifs = ""
+for model in models:
+    name = model["name"]
+    tokt = model["tokt"]
+
+    if tokt == TOKENIZER_TYPE.SPM:
+        continue
+
+    # create the tokenizer
+    from transformers import AutoTokenizer
+    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(f"models/tokenizers/{name}")
+
+    chktok = tokenizer.encode(chktxt)
+    chkhsh = sha256(str(chktok).encode()).hexdigest()
+
+    print(f"model: {name}")
+    print(f"tokt: {tokt}")
+    print(f"repo: {model['repo']}")
+    print(f"chktok: {chktok}")
+    print(f"chkhsh: {chkhsh}")
+
+    # print the "pre_tokenizer" content from the tokenizer.json
+    with open(f"models/tokenizers/{name}/tokenizer.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        cfg = json.load(f)
+        pre_tokenizer = cfg["pre_tokenizer"]
+        print("pre_tokenizer: " + json.dumps(pre_tokenizer, indent=4))
+
+    print(f"\n")
+
+    src_ifs += f"        if chkhsh == \"{chkhsh}\":\n"
+    src_ifs += f"            # ref: {model['repo']}\n"
+    src_ifs += f"            res = \"{name}\"\n"
+
+src_func = ""
+src_func +=  "    def get_vocab_base_pre(self, tokenizer) -> str:\n"
+src_func +=  "        # encoding this string and hashing the resulting tokens would (hopefully) give us a unique identifier that\n"
+src_func +=  "        # is specific for the BPE pre-tokenizer used by the model\n"
+src_func +=  "        # we will use this unique identifier to write a \"tokenizer.ggml.pre\" entry in the GGUF file which we can\n"
+src_func +=  "        # use in llama.cpp to implement the same pre-tokenizer\n"
+src_func +=  "\n"
+src_func += f"        chktxt = {repr(chktxt)}\n"
+src_func +=  "\n"
+src_func +=  "        chktok = tokenizer.encode(chktxt)\n"
+src_func +=  "        chkhsh = sha256(str(chktok).encode()).hexdigest()\n"
+src_func +=  "\n"
+src_func +=  "        print(f\"chktok: {chktok}\")\n"
+src_func +=  "        print(f\"chkhsh: {chkhsh}\")\n"
+src_func +=  "\n"
+src_func +=  "        res = None\n"
+src_func +=  "\n"
+src_func +=  "        # NOTE: if you get an error here, you need to update the convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py script\n"
+src_func +=  "        #       or pull the latest version of the model from Huggingface\n"
+src_func +=  "        #       don't edit the hashes manually!\n"
+src_func += f"{src_ifs}\n"
+src_func +=  "        if res is None:\n"
+src_func +=  "            print(\"\\n\")\n"
+src_func +=  "            print(\"**************************************************************************************\")\n"
+src_func +=  "            print(\"** WARNING: The BPE pre-tokenizer was not recognized!\")\n"
+src_func +=  "            print(\"**          There are 2 possible reasons for this:\")\n"
+src_func +=  "            print(\"**          - the model has not been added to convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py yet\")\n"
+src_func +=  "            print(\"**          - the pre-tokenization config has changed upstream\")\n"
+src_func +=  "            print(\"**          Check your model files and convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py and update them accordingly.\")\n"
+src_func +=  "            print(\"** ref:     https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/6920\")\n"
+src_func +=  "            print(\"**\")\n"
+src_func +=  "            print(f\"** chkhsh:  {chkhsh}\")\n"
+src_func +=  "            print(\"**************************************************************************************\")\n"
+src_func +=  "            print(\"\\n\")\n"
+src_func +=  "            raise NotImplementedError(\"BPE pre-tokenizer was not recognized - update get_vocab_base_pre()\")\n"
+src_func +=  "\n"
+src_func +=  "        print(f\"tokenizer.ggml.pre: {res}\")\n"
+src_func +=  "        print(f\"chkhsh: {chkhsh}\")\n"
+src_func +=  "\n"
+src_func +=  "        return res\n"
+
+print(src_func)
+
+print("\n")
+print("!!! Copy-paste the function above into convert-hf-to-gguf.py !!!")
+print("\n")
+
+# generate tests for each tokenizer model
+
+tests = [
+    "",
+    " ",
+    "  ",
+    "   ",
+    "\t",
+    "\n",
+    "\n\n",
+    "\n\n\n",
+    "\t\n",
+    "Hello world",
+    " Hello world",
+    "Hello World",
+    " Hello World",
+    " Hello World!",
+    "Hello, world!",
+    " Hello, world!",
+    " this is 🦙.cpp",
+    "w048 7tuijk dsdfhu",
+    "нещо на Български",
+    "កាន់តែពិសេសអាចខលចេញ",
+    "🚀 (normal) 😶‍🌫️ (multiple emojis concatenated) ✅ (only emoji that has its own token)",
+    "Hello",
+    " Hello",
+    "  Hello",
+    "   Hello",
+    "    Hello",
+    "    Hello\n    Hello",
+    " (",
+    "\n =",
+    "' era",
+    "Hello, y'all! How are you 😁 ?我想在apple工作1314151天～",
+    "3",
+    "33",
+    "333",
+    "3333",
+    "33333",
+    "333333",
+    "3333333",
+    "33333333",
+    "333333333",
+    chktxt,
+]
+
+# write the tests to ./models/ggml-vocab-{name}.gguf.inp
+# the format is:
+#
+# test0
+# __ggml_vocab_test__
+# test1
+# __ggml_vocab_test__
+# ...
+#
+
+# with each model, encode all tests and write the results in ./models/ggml-vocab-{name}.gguf.out
+# for each test, write the resulting tokens on a separate line
+
+for model in models:
+    name = model["name"]
+    tokt = model["tokt"]
+
+    # create the tokenizer
+    from transformers import AutoTokenizer
+    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(f"models/tokenizers/{name}")
+
+    with open(f"models/ggml-vocab-{name}.gguf.inp", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        for text in tests:
+            f.write(f"{text}")
+            f.write("\n__ggml_vocab_test__\n")
+
+    with open(f"models/ggml-vocab-{name}.gguf.out", "w") as f:
+        for text in tests:
+            res = tokenizer.encode(text, add_special_tokens=False)
+            for r in res:
+                f.write(f" {r}")
+            f.write("\n")
+
+    print(f"Tests for {name} written in ./models/ggml-vocab-{name}.gguf.*")
+
+# generate commands for creating vocab files
+
+print("\nRun the following commands to generate the vocab files for testing:\n")
+
+for model in models:
+    name = model["name"]
+
+    print(f"python3 convert-hf-to-gguf.py models/tokenizers/{name}/ --outfile models/ggml-vocab-{name}.gguf --vocab-only")
+
+print("\n")
diff --git a/convert-hf-to-gguf.py b/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
index 5763b6664..2f146d730 100755
--- a/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
+++ b/convert-hf-to-gguf.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import sys
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from enum import IntEnum
 from pathlib import Path
+from hashlib import sha256
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, ContextManager, Iterator, Sequence, TypeVar, cast
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ class Model(ABC):
         return (f"pytorch_model-{n:05}-of-{self.num_parts:05}.bin" for n in range(1, self.num_parts + 1))
 
     # used for GPT-2 BPE and WordPiece vocabs
-    def get_basic_vocab(self) -> tuple[list[str], list[int]]:
+    def get_vocab_base(self) -> tuple[list[str], list[int], str]:
         tokens: list[str] = []
         toktypes: list[int] = []
 
@@ -238,6 +239,8 @@ class Model(ABC):
         vocab_size = self.hparams.get("vocab_size", len(tokenizer.vocab))
         assert max(tokenizer.vocab.values()) < vocab_size
 
+        tokpre = self.get_vocab_base_pre(tokenizer)
+
         reverse_vocab = {id_: encoded_tok for encoded_tok, id_ in tokenizer.vocab.items()}
         added_vocab = tokenizer.get_added_vocab()
 
@@ -255,11 +258,79 @@ class Model(ABC):
                 tokens.append(reverse_vocab[i])
                 toktypes.append(gguf.TokenType.NORMAL)
 
-        return tokens, toktypes
+        return tokens, toktypes, tokpre
+
+    # NOTE: this function is generated by convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py
+    #       do not modify it manually!
+    # ref:  https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/6920
+    def get_vocab_base_pre(self, tokenizer) -> str:
+        # encoding this string and hashing the resulting tokens would (hopefully) give us a unique identifier that
+        # is specific for the BPE pre-tokenizer used by the model
+        # we will use this unique identifier to write a "tokenizer.ggml.pre" entry in the GGUF file which we can
+        # use in llama.cpp to implement the same pre-tokenizer
+
+        chktxt = '\n \n\n \n\n\n \t \t\t \t\n  \n   \n    \n     \n🚀 (normal) 😶\u200d🌫️ (multiple emojis concatenated) ✅ 🦙🦙 3 33 333 3333 33333 333333 3333333 33333333 3.3 3..3 3...3 កាន់តែពិសេសអាច😁 ?我想在apple工作1314151天～ ------======= нещо на Български \'\'\'\'\'\'```````""""......!!!!!!?????? I\'ve been \'told he\'s there, \'RE you sure? \'M not sure I\'ll make it, \'D you like some tea? We\'Ve a\'lL'
+
+        chktok = tokenizer.encode(chktxt)
+        chkhsh = sha256(str(chktok).encode()).hexdigest()
+
+        print(f"chktok: {chktok}")
+        print(f"chkhsh: {chkhsh}")
+
+        res = None
+
+        # NOTE: if you get an error here, you need to update the convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py script
+        #       or pull the latest version of the model from Huggingface
+        #       don't edit the hashes manually!
+        if chkhsh == "0ef9807a4087ebef797fc749390439009c3b9eda9ad1a097abbe738f486c01e5":
+            # ref: https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B
+            res = "llama-bpe"
+        if chkhsh == "049ecf7629871e3041641907f3de7c733e4dbfdc736f57d882ba0b0845599754":
+            # ref: https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/deepseek-llm-7b-base
+            res = "deepseek-llm"
+        if chkhsh == "347715f544604f9118bb75ed199f68779f423cabb20db6de6f31b908d04d7821":
+            # ref: https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/deepseek-coder-6.7b-base
+            res = "deepseek-coder"
+        if chkhsh == "8aeee3860c56296a157a1fe2fad249ec40aa59b1bb5709f4ade11c4e6fe652ed":
+            # ref: https://huggingface.co/tiiuae/falcon-7b
+            res = "falcon"
+        if chkhsh == "0876d13b50744004aa9aeae05e7b0647eac9d801b5ba4668afc01e709c15e19f":
+            # ref: https://huggingface.co/BAAI/bge-small-en-v1.5
+            res = "bert-bge"
+        if chkhsh == "b6dc8df998e1cfbdc4eac8243701a65afe638679230920b50d6f17d81c098166":
+            # ref: https://huggingface.co/mosaicml/mpt-7b
+            res = "mpt"
+        if chkhsh == "35d91631860c815f952d711435f48d356ebac988362536bed955d43bfa436e34":
+            # ref: https://huggingface.co/bigcode/starcoder2-3b
+            res = "starcoder"
+        if chkhsh == "3ce83efda5659b07b1ad37ca97ca5797ea4285d9b9ab0dc679e4a720c9da7454":
+            # ref: https://huggingface.co/openai-community/gpt2
+            res = "gpt-2"
+
+        if res is None:
+            print("\n")
+            print("**************************************************************************************")
+            print("** WARNING: The BPE pre-tokenizer was not recognized!")
+            print("**          There are 2 possible reasons for this:")
+            print("**          - the model has not been added to convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py yet")
+            print("**          - the pre-tokenization config has changed upstream")
+            print("**          Check your model files and convert-hf-to-gguf-update.py and update them accordingly.")
+            print("** ref:     https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/6920")
+            print("**")
+            print(f"** chkhsh:  {chkhsh}")
+            print("**************************************************************************************")
+            print("\n")
+            raise NotImplementedError("BPE pre-tokenizer was not recognized - update get_vocab_base_pre()")
+
+        print(f"tokenizer.ggml.pre: {res}")
+        print(f"chkhsh: {chkhsh}")
+
+        return res
 
     def _set_vocab_gpt2(self) -> None:
-        tokens, toktypes = self.get_basic_vocab()
+        tokens, toktypes, tokpre = self.get_vocab_base()
         self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_model("gpt2")
+        self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_pre(tokpre)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_list(tokens)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_types(toktypes)
 
@@ -277,6 +348,8 @@ class Model(ABC):
         vocab_size = hparams["vocab_size"]
         assert max(tokenizer.get_vocab().values()) < vocab_size
 
+        tokpre = self.get_vocab_base_pre(tokenizer)
+
         merges = []
         vocab = {}
         mergeable_ranks = tokenizer.mergeable_ranks
@@ -304,6 +377,7 @@ class Model(ABC):
                 toktypes.append(gguf.TokenType.NORMAL)
 
         self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_model("gpt2")
+        self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_pre(tokpre)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_list(tokens)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_types(toktypes)
 
@@ -376,6 +450,7 @@ class Model(ABC):
         assert len(tokens) == vocab_size
 
         self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_model("llama")
+        self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_pre("default")
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_list(tokens)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_scores(scores)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_types(toktypes)
@@ -397,6 +472,7 @@ class Model(ABC):
         assert len(tokens) == vocab.vocab_size
 
         self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_model("llama")
+        self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_pre("default")
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_list(tokens)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_scores(scores)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_types(toktypes)
@@ -840,6 +916,7 @@ class XverseModel(Model):
             toktypes.append(toktype)
 
         self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_model("llama")
+        self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_pre("default")
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_list(tokens)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_types(toktypes)
 
@@ -1335,6 +1412,11 @@ class LlamaModel(Model):
         self.gguf_writer.add_vocab_size(hparams["vocab_size"])
         self.gguf_writer.add_rope_dimension_count(hparams["hidden_size"] // hparams["num_attention_heads"])
 
+        if self.hparams.get("rope_scaling") is not None and "factor" in self.hparams["rope_scaling"]:
+            if self.hparams["rope_scaling"].get("type") == "linear":
+                self.gguf_writer.add_rope_scaling_type(gguf.RopeScalingType.LINEAR)
+                self.gguf_writer.add_rope_scaling_factor(self.hparams["rope_scaling"]["factor"])
+
     # Same as super class, but permuting q_proj, k_proj
     def write_tensors(self):
         block_count = self.hparams.get("n_layers", self.hparams.get("num_hidden_layers", self.hparams.get("n_layer")))
@@ -2052,6 +2134,7 @@ class Phi3MiniModel(Model):
                     toktypes[token_id] = SentencePieceTokenTypes.USER_DEFINED
 
         self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_model("llama")
+        self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_pre("default")
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_list(tokens)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_scores(scores)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_types(toktypes)
@@ -2294,6 +2377,7 @@ class InternLM2Model(Model):
                     toktypes.append(SentencePieceTokenTypes.USER_DEFINED)
 
         self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_model("llama")
+        self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_pre("default")
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_list(tokens)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_scores(scores)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_types(toktypes)
@@ -2443,7 +2527,7 @@ class BertModel(Model):
             self.gguf_writer.add_pooling_type(pooling_type)
 
     def set_vocab(self):
-        tokens, toktypes = self.get_basic_vocab()
+        tokens, toktypes, tokpre = self.get_vocab_base()
         self.vocab_size = len(tokens)
 
         # we need this to validate the size of the token_type embeddings
@@ -2461,6 +2545,7 @@ class BertModel(Model):
 
         # add vocab to gguf
         self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_model("bert")
+        self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_pre(tokpre)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_list(tokens)
         self.gguf_writer.add_token_types(toktypes)
 
@@ -2482,6 +2567,10 @@ class BertModel(Model):
                 print(f"Can not map tensor {name!r}")
                 sys.exit()
 
+            # convert any unsupported data types to float32
+            if data_torch.dtype not in (torch.float16, torch.float32):
+                data_torch = data_torch.to(torch.float32)
+
             data = data_torch.squeeze().numpy()
             n_dims = len(data.shape)
             new_dtype: type[np.floating[Any]]
@@ -2638,6 +2727,9 @@ class MambaModel(Model):
             field = neox_reader.get_field(gguf.Keys.Tokenizer.MODEL)
             self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_model(bytes(field.parts[-1]))
 
+            field = neox_reader.get_field(gguf.Keys.Tokenizer.PRE)
+            self.gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_pre(bytes(field.parts[-1]))
+
             field = neox_reader.get_field(gguf.Keys.Tokenizer.LIST)
             self.gguf_writer.add_token_list([bytes(field.parts[i]) for i in field.data][:vocab_size])
 
@@ -2843,6 +2935,7 @@ def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
         help="directory containing model file",
     )
     parser.add_argument("--use-temp-file", action="store_true", help="use the tempfile library while processing (helpful when running out of memory, process killed)")
+    parser.add_argument("--model-name", type=str, default=None, help="name of the model")
 
     return parser.parse_args()
 
diff --git a/convert-llama-ggml-to-gguf.py b/convert-llama-ggml-to-gguf.py
index cd9644fcb..5354b748b 100755
--- a/convert-llama-ggml-to-gguf.py
+++ b/convert-llama-ggml-to-gguf.py
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ class GGMLToGGUF:
     def add_vocab(self, gguf_writer):
         hp = self.model.hyperparameters
         gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_model('llama')
+        gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_pre('default')
         tokens = []
         scores = []
         toktypes = []
diff --git a/convert-persimmon-to-gguf.py b/convert-persimmon-to-gguf.py
index 69be17f94..aba575426 100755
--- a/convert-persimmon-to-gguf.py
+++ b/convert-persimmon-to-gguf.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ def main():
 
     tokens, scores, toktypes = _get_sentencepiece_tokenizer_info(args.model_dir)
     gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_model('llama')
+    gguf_writer.add_tokenizer_pre('default')
     gguf_writer.add_token_list(tokens)
     gguf_writer.add_token_scores(scores)
     gguf_writer.add_token_types(toktypes)
diff --git a/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp b/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp
index 1e34de620..2924d8116 100644
--- a/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp
+++ b/examples/batched-bench/batched-bench.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     gpt_params params;
 
     if (argc == 1 || argv[1][0] == '-') {
-        printf("usage: %s MODEL_PATH [N_KV_MAX] [N_BATCH] [N_UBATCH] [IS_PP_SHARED] [NGL] <PP> <TG> <PL>\n" , argv[0]);
+        printf("usage: %s MODEL_PATH [N_KV_MAX] [N_BATCH] [N_UBATCH] [FATTN] [IS_PP_SHARED] [NGL] <PP> <TG> <PL>\n" , argv[0]);
         printf("  <PP>, <TG> and PL are comma-separated lists of numbers without spaces\n\n");
         printf("  example: %s ggml-model-f16.gguf 2048 2048 512 0 999 128,256,512 128,256 1,2,4,8,16,32\n\n", argv[0]);
         return 1 ;
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     int n_kv_max     = 2048;
     int n_batch      = 2048;
     int n_ubatch     = 512;
+    bool flash_attn  = false;
     int is_pp_shared = 0;
     int n_gpu_layers = 0;
 
@@ -66,23 +67,27 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     }
 
     if (argc >= 6) {
-        is_pp_shared = std::atoi(argv[5]);
+        flash_attn = std::atoi(argv[5]);
     }
 
     if (argc >= 7) {
-        n_gpu_layers = std::atoi(argv[6]);
+        is_pp_shared = std::atoi(argv[6]);
     }
 
     if (argc >= 8) {
-        n_pp = parse_list(argv[7]);
+        n_gpu_layers = std::atoi(argv[7]);
     }
 
     if (argc >= 9) {
-        n_tg = parse_list(argv[8]);
+        n_pp = parse_list(argv[8]);
     }
 
     if (argc >= 10) {
-        n_pl = parse_list(argv[9]);
+        n_tg = parse_list(argv[9]);
+    }
+
+    if (argc >= 11) {
+        n_pl = parse_list(argv[10]);
     }
 
     // init LLM
@@ -108,10 +113,11 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     llama_context_params ctx_params = llama_context_default_params();
 
-    ctx_params.seed      = 1234;
-    ctx_params.n_ctx     = n_kv_max;
-    ctx_params.n_batch   = n_batch;
-    ctx_params.n_ubatch  = n_ubatch;
+    ctx_params.seed       = 1234;
+    ctx_params.n_ctx      = n_kv_max;
+    ctx_params.n_batch    = n_batch;
+    ctx_params.n_ubatch   = n_ubatch;
+    ctx_params.flash_attn = flash_attn;
 
     ctx_params.n_threads       = params.n_threads;
     ctx_params.n_threads_batch = params.n_threads_batch == -1 ? params.n_threads : params.n_threads_batch;
@@ -169,7 +175,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     }
 
     LOG_TEE("\n");
-    LOG_TEE("%s: n_kv_max = %d, n_batch = %d, n_ubatch = %d, is_pp_shared = %d, n_gpu_layers = %d, n_threads = %u, n_threads_batch = %u\n", __func__, n_kv_max, n_batch, n_ubatch, is_pp_shared, n_gpu_layers, ctx_params.n_threads, ctx_params.n_threads_batch);
+    LOG_TEE("%s: n_kv_max = %d, n_batch = %d, n_ubatch = %d, flash_attn = %d, is_pp_shared = %d, n_gpu_layers = %d, n_threads = %u, n_threads_batch = %u\n", __func__, n_kv_max, n_batch, n_ubatch, flash_attn, is_pp_shared, n_gpu_layers, ctx_params.n_threads, ctx_params.n_threads_batch);
     LOG_TEE("\n");
 
     LOG_TEE("|%6s | %6s | %4s | %6s | %8s | %8s | %8s | %8s | %8s | %8s |\n", "PP",     "TG",     "B",    "N_KV",     "T_PP s",   "S_PP t/s", "T_TG s",   "S_TG t/s", "T s",      "S t/s");
diff --git a/examples/imatrix/imatrix.cpp b/examples/imatrix/imatrix.cpp
index 6c03b5426..84037c96d 100644
--- a/examples/imatrix/imatrix.cpp
+++ b/examples/imatrix/imatrix.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct Stats {
 };
 
 struct StatParams {
+    std::string dataset;
     std::string ofile = "imatrix.dat";
     int         n_output_frequency = 10;
     int         verbosity = 1;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ private:
     std::vector<float>                     m_src1_data;
     std::vector<char>                      m_ids; // the expert ids from ggml_mul_mat_id
                                                   //
-    void save_imatrix(const char * file_name) const;
+    void save_imatrix(const char * file_name, const char * dataset) const;
     void keep_imatrix(int ncall) const;
 };
 
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ bool IMatrixCollector::collect_imatrix(struct ggml_tensor * t, bool ask, void *
 }
 
 void IMatrixCollector::save_imatrix() const {
-    save_imatrix(m_params.ofile.empty() ? "imatrix.dat" : m_params.ofile.c_str());
+    save_imatrix(m_params.ofile.empty() ? "imatrix.dat" : m_params.ofile.c_str(), m_params.dataset.c_str());
 }
 
 void IMatrixCollector::keep_imatrix(int ncall) const {
@@ -208,24 +209,33 @@ void IMatrixCollector::keep_imatrix(int ncall) const {
     if (file_name.empty()) file_name = "imatrix.dat";
     file_name += ".at_";
     file_name += std::to_string(ncall);
-    save_imatrix(file_name.c_str());
+    save_imatrix(file_name.c_str(), m_params.dataset.c_str());
 }
 
-void IMatrixCollector::save_imatrix(const char * fname) const {
+void IMatrixCollector::save_imatrix(const char * fname, const char * dataset) const {
     std::ofstream out(fname, std::ios::binary);
     int n_entries = m_stats.size();
-    out.write((const char*)&n_entries, sizeof(n_entries));
-    for (auto& p : m_stats) {
+    out.write((const char *) &n_entries, sizeof(n_entries));
+    for (const auto & p : m_stats) {
         int len = p.first.size();
-        out.write((const char*)&len, sizeof(len));
+        out.write((const char *) &len, sizeof(len));
         out.write(p.first.c_str(), len);
-        out.write((const char*)&p.second.ncall, sizeof(p.second.ncall));
+        out.write((const char *) &p.second.ncall, sizeof(p.second.ncall));
         int nval = p.second.values.size();
-        out.write((const char*)&nval, sizeof(nval));
-        if (nval > 0) out.write((const char*)p.second.values.data(), nval*sizeof(float));
+        out.write((const char *) &nval, sizeof(nval));
+        if (nval > 0) out.write((const char *) p.second.values.data(), nval * sizeof(float));
     }
+
+    // Write the number of call the matrix was computed with
+    out.write((const char *) &m_last_call, sizeof(m_last_call));
+
+    // Write the dataset name at the end of the file to later on specify it in quantize
+    int n_dataset = strlen(dataset);
+    out.write((const char *) &n_dataset, sizeof(n_dataset));
+    out.write(dataset, n_dataset);
+
     if (m_params.verbosity > 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "\n%s: stored collected data after %d chunks in %s\n",__func__,m_last_call,fname);
+        fprintf(stderr, "\n%s: stored collected data after %d chunks in %s\n", __func__, m_last_call, fname);
     }
 }
 
@@ -548,6 +558,29 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         }
     }
 
+    gpt_params params;
+    params.n_batch = 512;
+    if (!gpt_params_parse(args.size(), args.data(), params)) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    params.logits_all = true;
+    params.n_batch = std::min(params.n_batch, params.n_ctx);
+
+    print_build_info();
+
+    if (params.seed == LLAMA_DEFAULT_SEED) {
+        params.seed = time(NULL);
+    }
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s: seed  = %u\n", __func__, params.seed);
+
+    std::mt19937 rng(params.seed);
+    if (params.random_prompt) {
+        params.prompt = gpt_random_prompt(rng);
+    }
+
+    sparams.dataset = params.prompt_file;
     g_collector.set_parameters(std::move(sparams));
 
     if (!combine_files.empty()) {
@@ -586,28 +619,6 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         }
     }
 
-    gpt_params params;
-    params.n_batch = 512;
-    if (!gpt_params_parse(args.size(), args.data(), params)) {
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    params.logits_all = true;
-    params.n_batch = std::min(params.n_batch, params.n_ctx);
-
-    print_build_info();
-
-    if (params.seed == LLAMA_DEFAULT_SEED) {
-        params.seed = time(NULL);
-    }
-
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s: seed  = %u\n", __func__, params.seed);
-
-    std::mt19937 rng(params.seed);
-    if (params.random_prompt) {
-        params.prompt = gpt_random_prompt(rng);
-    }
-
     llama_backend_init();
     llama_numa_init(params.numa);
 
diff --git a/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp b/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
index 7ef1cf2a7..d3a71382a 100644
--- a/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
+++ b/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ struct cmd_params {
     std::vector<llama_split_mode> split_mode;
     std::vector<int> main_gpu;
     std::vector<bool> no_kv_offload;
+    std::vector<bool> flash_attn;
     std::vector<std::vector<float>> tensor_split;
     std::vector<bool> use_mmap;
     std::vector<bool> embeddings;
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ static const cmd_params cmd_params_defaults = {
     /* split_mode    */ {LLAMA_SPLIT_MODE_LAYER},
     /* main_gpu      */ {0},
     /* no_kv_offload */ {false},
+    /* flash_attn    */ {false},
     /* tensor_split  */ {std::vector<float>(llama_max_devices(), 0.0f)},
     /* use_mmap      */ {true},
     /* embeddings    */ {false},
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ static void print_usage(int /* argc */, char ** argv) {
     printf("  -sm, --split-mode <none|layer|row>  (default: %s)\n", join(transform_to_str(cmd_params_defaults.split_mode, split_mode_str), ",").c_str());
     printf("  -mg, --main-gpu <i>                 (default: %s)\n", join(cmd_params_defaults.main_gpu, ",").c_str());
     printf("  -nkvo, --no-kv-offload <0|1>        (default: %s)\n", join(cmd_params_defaults.no_kv_offload, ",").c_str());
+    printf("  -fa, --flash-attn <0|1>             (default: %s)\n", join(cmd_params_defaults.flash_attn, ",").c_str());
     printf("  -mmp, --mmap <0|1>                  (default: %s)\n", join(cmd_params_defaults.use_mmap, ",").c_str());
     printf("  -embd, --embeddings <0|1>           (default: %s)\n", join(cmd_params_defaults.embeddings, ",").c_str());
     printf("  -ts, --tensor-split <ts0/ts1/..>    (default: 0)\n");
@@ -394,6 +397,13 @@ static cmd_params parse_cmd_params(int argc, char ** argv) {
             }
             auto p = split<bool>(argv[i], split_delim);
             params.no_kv_offload.insert(params.no_kv_offload.end(), p.begin(), p.end());
+        } else if (arg == "-fa" || arg == "--flash-attn") {
+            if (++i >= argc) {
+                invalid_param = true;
+                break;
+            }
+            auto p = split<bool>(argv[i], split_delim);
+            params.flash_attn.insert(params.flash_attn.end(), p.begin(), p.end());
         } else if (arg == "-mmp" || arg == "--mmap") {
             if (++i >= argc) {
                 invalid_param = true;
@@ -478,6 +488,7 @@ static cmd_params parse_cmd_params(int argc, char ** argv) {
     if (params.split_mode.empty())   { params.split_mode = cmd_params_defaults.split_mode; }
     if (params.main_gpu.empty())     { params.main_gpu = cmd_params_defaults.main_gpu; }
     if (params.no_kv_offload.empty()){ params.no_kv_offload = cmd_params_defaults.no_kv_offload; }
+    if (params.flash_attn.empty())   { params.flash_attn = cmd_params_defaults.flash_attn; }
     if (params.tensor_split.empty()) { params.tensor_split = cmd_params_defaults.tensor_split; }
     if (params.use_mmap.empty())     { params.use_mmap = cmd_params_defaults.use_mmap; }
     if (params.embeddings.empty())   { params.embeddings = cmd_params_defaults.embeddings; }
@@ -499,6 +510,7 @@ struct cmd_params_instance {
     llama_split_mode split_mode;
     int main_gpu;
     bool no_kv_offload;
+    bool flash_attn;
     std::vector<float> tensor_split;
     bool use_mmap;
     bool embeddings;
@@ -533,6 +545,7 @@ struct cmd_params_instance {
         cparams.type_k = type_k;
         cparams.type_v = type_v;
         cparams.offload_kqv = !no_kv_offload;
+        cparams.flash_attn = flash_attn;
         cparams.embeddings = embeddings;
 
         return cparams;
@@ -555,6 +568,7 @@ static std::vector<cmd_params_instance> get_cmd_params_instances(const cmd_param
     for (const auto & tk : params.type_k)
     for (const auto & tv : params.type_v)
     for (const auto & nkvo : params.no_kv_offload)
+    for (const auto & fa : params.flash_attn)
     for (const auto & nt : params.n_threads) {
         for (const auto & n_prompt : params.n_prompt) {
             if (n_prompt == 0) {
@@ -573,6 +587,7 @@ static std::vector<cmd_params_instance> get_cmd_params_instances(const cmd_param
                 /* .split_mode   = */ sm,
                 /* .main_gpu     = */ mg,
                 /* .no_kv_offload= */ nkvo,
+                /* .flash_attn   = */ fa,
                 /* .tensor_split = */ ts,
                 /* .use_mmap     = */ mmp,
                 /* .embeddings   = */ embd,
@@ -597,6 +612,7 @@ static std::vector<cmd_params_instance> get_cmd_params_instances(const cmd_param
                 /* .split_mode   = */ sm,
                 /* .main_gpu     = */ mg,
                 /* .no_kv_offload= */ nkvo,
+                /* .flash_attn   = */ fa,
                 /* .tensor_split = */ ts,
                 /* .use_mmap     = */ mmp,
                 /* .embeddings   = */ embd,
@@ -634,6 +650,7 @@ struct test {
     llama_split_mode split_mode;
     int main_gpu;
     bool no_kv_offload;
+    bool flash_attn;
     std::vector<float> tensor_split;
     bool use_mmap;
     bool embeddings;
@@ -658,6 +675,7 @@ struct test {
         split_mode = inst.split_mode;
         main_gpu = inst.main_gpu;
         no_kv_offload = inst.no_kv_offload;
+        flash_attn = inst.flash_attn;
         tensor_split = inst.tensor_split;
         use_mmap = inst.use_mmap;
         embeddings = inst.embeddings;
@@ -732,7 +750,7 @@ struct test {
             "n_batch", "n_ubatch",
             "n_threads", "type_k", "type_v",
             "n_gpu_layers", "split_mode",
-            "main_gpu", "no_kv_offload",
+            "main_gpu", "no_kv_offload", "flash_attn",
             "tensor_split", "use_mmap", "embeddings",
             "n_prompt", "n_gen", "test_time",
             "avg_ns", "stddev_ns",
@@ -754,7 +772,7 @@ struct test {
         }
         if (field == "cuda" || field == "opencl"  || field == "vulkan" || field == "kompute" || field == "metal" ||
             field == "gpu_blas" || field == "blas" || field == "sycl" ||field == "f16_kv" || field == "no_kv_offload" ||
-            field == "use_mmap" || field == "embeddings") {
+            field == "flash_attn" || field == "use_mmap" || field == "embeddings") {
             return BOOL;
         }
         if (field == "avg_ts" || field == "stddev_ts") {
@@ -788,7 +806,7 @@ struct test {
             std::to_string(n_batch), std::to_string(n_ubatch),
             std::to_string(n_threads), ggml_type_name(type_k), ggml_type_name(type_v),
             std::to_string(n_gpu_layers), split_mode_str(split_mode),
-            std::to_string(main_gpu), std::to_string(no_kv_offload),
+            std::to_string(main_gpu), std::to_string(no_kv_offload), std::to_string(flash_attn),
             tensor_split_str, std::to_string(use_mmap), std::to_string(embeddings),
             std::to_string(n_prompt), std::to_string(n_gen), test_time,
             std::to_string(avg_ns()), std::to_string(stdev_ns()),
@@ -956,6 +974,9 @@ struct markdown_printer : public printer {
         if (field == "no_kv_offload") {
             return "nkvo";
         }
+        if (field == "flash_attn") {
+            return "fa";
+        }
         if (field == "use_mmap") {
             return "mmap";
         }
@@ -1002,6 +1023,9 @@ struct markdown_printer : public printer {
         if (params.no_kv_offload.size() > 1 || params.no_kv_offload != cmd_params_defaults.no_kv_offload) {
             fields.emplace_back("no_kv_offload");
         }
+        if (params.flash_attn.size() > 1 || params.flash_attn != cmd_params_defaults.flash_attn) {
+            fields.emplace_back("flash_attn");
+        }
         if (params.tensor_split.size() > 1 || params.tensor_split != cmd_params_defaults.tensor_split) {
             fields.emplace_back("tensor_split");
         }
diff --git a/examples/llava/llava-cli.cpp b/examples/llava/llava-cli.cpp
index a44c6cd76..157a680b5 100644
--- a/examples/llava/llava-cli.cpp
+++ b/examples/llava/llava-cli.cpp
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ struct llava_context {
 };
 
 static void show_additional_info(int /*argc*/, char ** argv) {
-    LOG_TEE("\n example usage: %s -m <llava-v1.5-7b/ggml-model-q5_k.gguf> --mmproj <llava-v1.5-7b/mmproj-model-f16.gguf> --image <path/to/an/image.jpg> [--temp 0.1] [-p \"describe the image in detail.\"]\n", argv[0]);
+    LOG_TEE("\n example usage: %s -m <llava-v1.5-7b/ggml-model-q5_k.gguf> --mmproj <llava-v1.5-7b/mmproj-model-f16.gguf> --image <path/to/an/image.jpg> --image <path/to/another/image.jpg> [--temp 0.1] [-p \"describe the image in detail.\"]\n", argv[0]);
     LOG_TEE("  note: a lower temperature value like 0.1 is recommended for better quality.\n");
 }
 
-static struct llava_image_embed * load_image(llava_context * ctx_llava, gpt_params * params) {
+static struct llava_image_embed * load_image(llava_context * ctx_llava, gpt_params * params, const std::string & fname) {
 
     // load and preprocess the image
     llava_image_embed * embed = NULL;
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ static struct llava_image_embed * load_image(llava_context * ctx_llava, gpt_para
         }
         params->prompt = remove_image_from_prompt(prompt);
     } else {
-        embed = llava_image_embed_make_with_filename(ctx_llava->ctx_clip, params->n_threads, params->image.c_str());
+        embed = llava_image_embed_make_with_filename(ctx_llava->ctx_clip, params->n_threads, fname.c_str());
         if (!embed) {
-            LOG_TEE("%s: is %s really an image file?\n", __func__, params->image.c_str());
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: is %s really an image file?\n", __func__, fname.c_str());
             return NULL;
         }
     }
@@ -207,17 +207,7 @@ static void process_prompt(struct llava_context * ctx_llava, struct llava_image_
     printf("\n");
 }
 
-
-static struct llava_context * llava_init(gpt_params * params) {
-    const char * clip_path = params->mmproj.c_str();
-
-    auto prompt = params->prompt;
-    if (prompt.empty()) {
-        prompt = "describe the image in detail.";
-    }
-
-    auto ctx_clip = clip_model_load(clip_path, /*verbosity=*/ 1);
-
+static struct llama_model * llava_init(gpt_params * params) {
     llama_backend_init();
     llama_numa_init(params->numa);
 
@@ -228,6 +218,19 @@ static struct llava_context * llava_init(gpt_params * params) {
         LOG_TEE("%s: error: unable to load model\n" , __func__);
         return NULL;
     }
+    return model;
+}
+
+static struct llava_context * llava_init_context(gpt_params * params, llama_model * model) {
+    const char * clip_path = params->mmproj.c_str();
+
+    auto prompt = params->prompt;
+    if (prompt.empty()) {
+        prompt = "describe the image in detail.";
+    }
+
+    auto ctx_clip = clip_model_load(clip_path, /*verbosity=*/ 1);
+
 
     llama_context_params ctx_params = llama_context_params_from_gpt_params(*params);
     ctx_params.n_ctx           = params->n_ctx < 2048 ? 2048 : params->n_ctx; // we need a longer context size to process image embeddings
@@ -286,24 +289,30 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         show_additional_info(argc, argv);
         return 1;
     }
-
-    auto ctx_llava = llava_init(&params);
-    if (ctx_llava == NULL) {
-        LOG_TEE("%s: error: failed to init llava\n", __func__);
+    auto model = llava_init(&params);
+    if (model == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: error: failed to init llava model\n", __func__);
         return 1;
     }
 
-    auto image_embed = load_image(ctx_llava, &params);
-    if (!image_embed) {
-        return 1;
+    for (auto & image : params.image) {
+        auto ctx_llava = llava_init_context(&params, model);
+
+        auto image_embed = load_image(ctx_llava, &params, image);
+        if (!image_embed) {
+            std::cerr << "error: failed to load image " << image << ". Terminating\n\n";
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        // process the prompt
+        process_prompt(ctx_llava, image_embed, &params, params.prompt);
+
+        llama_print_timings(ctx_llava->ctx_llama);
+        llava_image_embed_free(image_embed);
+        ctx_llava->model = NULL;
+        llava_free(ctx_llava);
     }
+    llama_free_model(model);
 
-    // process the prompt
-    process_prompt(ctx_llava, image_embed, &params, params.prompt);
-
-    llama_print_timings(ctx_llava->ctx_llama);
-
-    llava_image_embed_free(image_embed);
-    llava_free(ctx_llava);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/main-cmake-pkg/README.md b/examples/main-cmake-pkg/README.md
index f599fbaec..edf20d8db 100644
--- a/examples/main-cmake-pkg/README.md
+++ b/examples/main-cmake-pkg/README.md
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ In this case, CLBlast was already installed so the CMake package is referenced i
 ```cmd
 git clone https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp
 cd llama.cpp
-mkdir build
-cd build
-cmake .. -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DLLAMA_CLBLAST=ON -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:/CLBlast/lib/cmake/CLBlast -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64
-cmake --build . --config Release
-cmake --install . --prefix C:/LlamaCPP
+cmake -B build -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DLLAMA_CLBLAST=ON -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=C:/CLBlast/lib/cmake/CLBlast -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64
+cmake --build build --config Release
+cmake --install build --prefix C:/LlamaCPP
 ```
 
 ### Build main-cmake-pkg
@@ -29,9 +27,7 @@ cmake --install . --prefix C:/LlamaCPP
 
 ```cmd
 cd ..\examples\main-cmake-pkg
-mkdir build
-cd build
-cmake .. -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="C:/CLBlast/lib/cmake/CLBlast;C:/LlamaCPP/lib/cmake/Llama" -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64
-cmake --build . --config Release
-cmake --install . --prefix C:/MyLlamaApp
+cmake -B build -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="C:/CLBlast/lib/cmake/CLBlast;C:/LlamaCPP/lib/cmake/Llama" -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64
+cmake --build build --config Release
+cmake --install build --prefix C:/MyLlamaApp
 ```
diff --git a/examples/main/README.md b/examples/main/README.md
index 649f4e0f3..e7a38743c 100644
--- a/examples/main/README.md
+++ b/examples/main/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ main.exe -m models\7B\ggml-model.bin --ignore-eos -n -1 --random-prompt
 
 In this section, we cover the most commonly used options for running the `main` program with the LLaMA models:
 
--   `-m FNAME, --model FNAME`: Specify the path to the LLaMA model file (e.g., `models/7B/ggml-model.bin`).
+-   `-m FNAME, --model FNAME`: Specify the path to the LLaMA model file (e.g., `models/7B/ggml-model.gguf`; inferred from `--model-url` if set).
 -   `-mu MODEL_URL --model-url MODEL_URL`: Specify a remote http url to download the file (e.g https://huggingface.co/ggml-org/models/resolve/main/phi-2/ggml-model-q4_0.gguf).
 -   `-i, --interactive`: Run the program in interactive mode, allowing you to provide input directly and receive real-time responses.
 -   `-ins, --instruct`: Run the program in instruction mode, which is particularly useful when working with Alpaca models.
diff --git a/examples/main/main.cpp b/examples/main/main.cpp
index 4cb4b4119..7f42d26b6 100644
--- a/examples/main/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/main/main.cpp
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
             log_tostr(embd_inp.empty()), n_matching_session_tokens, embd_inp.size(), session_tokens.size(), embd_inp.size());
 
     // if we will use the cache for the full prompt without reaching the end of the cache, force
-    // reevaluation of the last token token to recalculate the cached logits
+    // reevaluation of the last token to recalculate the cached logits
     if (!embd_inp.empty() && n_matching_session_tokens == embd_inp.size() && session_tokens.size() > embd_inp.size()) {
         LOGLN("recalculate the cached logits (do): session_tokens.resize( %zu )", embd_inp.size() - 1);
 
diff --git a/examples/quantize-stats/quantize-stats.cpp b/examples/quantize-stats/quantize-stats.cpp
index 57973e8b4..7e57d3652 100644
--- a/examples/quantize-stats/quantize-stats.cpp
+++ b/examples/quantize-stats/quantize-stats.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #endif
 
 struct quantize_stats_params {
-    std::string model = "models/7B/ggml-model-f16.gguf";
+    std::string model = DEFAULT_MODEL_PATH;
     bool verbose = false;
     bool per_layer_stats = false;
     bool print_histogram = false;
diff --git a/examples/quantize/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/quantize/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f374a2bd..6b977fde8 100644
--- a/examples/quantize/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/quantize/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 set(TARGET quantize)
 add_executable(${TARGET} quantize.cpp)
 install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE llama build_info ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE llama common ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 target_include_directories(${TARGET} PRIVATE ../../common)
 target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
diff --git a/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp b/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
index bbb315a7e..80056165b 100644
--- a/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
+++ b/examples/quantize/quantize.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <cmath>
-#include <algorithm>
 
 struct quant_option {
     std::string name;
@@ -54,6 +53,10 @@ static const std::vector<struct quant_option> QUANT_OPTIONS = {
     { "COPY",   LLAMA_FTYPE_ALL_F32,       "only copy tensors, no quantizing", },
 };
 
+static const char * const LLM_KV_QUANTIZE_IMATRIX_FILE       = "quantize.imatrix.file";
+static const char * const LLM_KV_QUANTIZE_IMATRIX_DATASET    = "quantize.imatrix.dataset";
+static const char * const LLM_KV_QUANTIZE_IMATRIX_N_ENTRIES  = "quantize.imatrix.entries_count";
+static const char * const LLM_KV_QUANTIZE_IMATRIX_N_CHUNKS   = "quantize.imatrix.chunks_count";
 
 static bool try_parse_ftype(const std::string & ftype_str_in, llama_ftype & ftype, std::string & ftype_str_out) {
     std::string ftype_str;
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ static void usage(const char * executable) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
-static void load_imatrix(const std::string & imatrix_file, std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<float>> & imatrix_data) {
+static int load_imatrix(const std::string & imatrix_file, std::string & imatrix_dataset, std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<float>> & imatrix_data) {
     std::ifstream in(imatrix_file.c_str(), std::ios::binary);
     if (!in) {
         printf("%s: failed to open %s\n",__func__, imatrix_file.c_str());
@@ -161,18 +164,33 @@ static void load_imatrix(const std::string & imatrix_file, std::unordered_map<st
             printf("%s: loaded data (size = %6d, ncall = %6d) for '%s'\n", __func__, int(e.size()), ncall, name.c_str());
         }
     }
-    printf("%s: loaded %d importance matrix entries from %s\n", __func__, int(imatrix_data.size()), imatrix_file.c_str());
+
+    // latest imatrix version contains the dataset filename at the end of the file
+    int m_last_call = 0;
+    if (in.peek() != EOF) {
+        in.read((char *)&m_last_call, sizeof(m_last_call));
+        int dataset_len;
+        in.read((char *)&dataset_len, sizeof(dataset_len));
+        std::vector<char> dataset_as_vec(dataset_len);
+        in.read(dataset_as_vec.data(), dataset_len);
+        imatrix_dataset.assign(dataset_as_vec.begin(), dataset_as_vec.end());
+        printf("%s: imatrix dataset='%s'\n", __func__, imatrix_dataset.c_str());
+    }
+    printf("%s: loaded %d importance matrix entries from %s computed on %d chunks\n", __func__, int(imatrix_data.size()), imatrix_file.c_str(), m_last_call);
+    return m_last_call;
 }
 
-static void prepare_imatrix(const std::string & imatrix_file,
+static int prepare_imatrix(const std::string & imatrix_file,
+        std::string & imatrix_dataset,
         const std::vector<std::string> & included_weights,
         const std::vector<std::string> & excluded_weights,
         std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<float>> & imatrix_data) {
+    int m_last_call = -1;
     if (!imatrix_file.empty()) {
-        load_imatrix(imatrix_file, imatrix_data);
+        m_last_call = load_imatrix(imatrix_file, imatrix_dataset, imatrix_data);
     }
     if (imatrix_data.empty()) {
-        return;
+        return m_last_call;
     }
     if (!excluded_weights.empty()) {
         for (auto& name : excluded_weights) {
@@ -198,6 +216,7 @@ static void prepare_imatrix(const std::string & imatrix_file,
     if (!imatrix_data.empty()) {
         printf("%s: have %d importance matrix entries\n", __func__, int(imatrix_data.size()));
     }
+    return m_last_call;
 }
 
 static ggml_type parse_ggml_type(const char * arg) {
@@ -212,43 +231,6 @@ static ggml_type parse_ggml_type(const char * arg) {
     return result;
 }
 
-static bool parse_kv_override(const char * data, std::vector<llama_model_kv_override> & overrides) {
-    const char* sep = strchr(data, '=');
-    if (sep == nullptr || sep - data >= 128) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: malformed KV override '%s'\n", __func__, data);
-        return false;
-    }
-    llama_model_kv_override kvo;
-    std::strncpy(kvo.key, data, sep - data);
-    kvo.key[sep - data] = 0;
-    sep++;
-    if (strncmp(sep, "int:", 4) == 0) {
-        sep += 4;
-        kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_INT;
-        kvo.int_value = std::atol(sep);
-    } else if (strncmp(sep, "float:", 6) == 0) {
-        sep += 6;
-        kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_FLOAT;
-        kvo.float_value = std::atof(sep);
-    } else if (strncmp(sep, "bool:", 5) == 0) {
-        sep += 5;
-        kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_BOOL;
-        if (std::strcmp(sep, "true") == 0) {
-            kvo.bool_value = true;
-        } else if (std::strcmp(sep, "false") == 0) {
-            kvo.bool_value = false;
-        } else {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid boolean value for KV override '%s'\n", __func__, data);
-            return false;
-        }
-    } else {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid type for KV override '%s'\n", __func__, data);
-        return false;
-    }
-    overrides.emplace_back(std::move(kvo));
-    return true;
-}
-
 int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     if (argc < 3) {
         usage(argv[0]);
@@ -317,10 +299,43 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         usage(argv[0]);
     }
 
+    std::string imatrix_dataset;
     std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<float>> imatrix_data;
-    prepare_imatrix(imatrix_file, included_weights, excluded_weights, imatrix_data);
+    int m_last_call = prepare_imatrix(imatrix_file, imatrix_dataset, included_weights, excluded_weights, imatrix_data);
     if (!imatrix_data.empty()) {
         params.imatrix = &imatrix_data;
+        {
+            llama_model_kv_override kvo;
+            std::strcpy(kvo.key, LLM_KV_QUANTIZE_IMATRIX_FILE);
+            kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_STR;
+            strncpy(kvo.val_str, imatrix_file.c_str(), 127);
+            kvo.val_str[127] = '\0';
+            kv_overrides.emplace_back(std::move(kvo));
+        }
+        if (!imatrix_dataset.empty()) {
+            llama_model_kv_override kvo;
+            std::strcpy(kvo.key, LLM_KV_QUANTIZE_IMATRIX_DATASET);
+            kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_STR;
+            strncpy(kvo.val_str, imatrix_dataset.c_str(), 127);
+            kvo.val_str[127] = '\0';
+            kv_overrides.emplace_back(std::move(kvo));
+        }
+
+        {
+            llama_model_kv_override kvo;
+            std::strcpy(kvo.key, LLM_KV_QUANTIZE_IMATRIX_N_ENTRIES);
+            kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_INT;
+            kvo.val_i64 = imatrix_data.size();
+            kv_overrides.emplace_back(std::move(kvo));
+        }
+
+        if (m_last_call > 0) {
+            llama_model_kv_override kvo;
+            std::strcpy(kvo.key, LLM_KV_QUANTIZE_IMATRIX_N_CHUNKS);
+            kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_INT;
+            kvo.val_i64 = m_last_call;
+            kv_overrides.emplace_back(std::move(kvo));
+        }
     }
     if (!kv_overrides.empty()) {
         kv_overrides.emplace_back();
diff --git a/examples/server/README.md b/examples/server/README.md
index 918ac1295..b96a4444a 100644
--- a/examples/server/README.md
+++ b/examples/server/README.md
@@ -74,15 +74,18 @@ page cache before using this. See https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/issues/
 - Using `make`:
 
   ```bash
-  make
+  make server
   ```
 
 - Using `CMake`:
 
   ```bash
-  cmake --build . --config Release
+  cmake -B build
+  cmake --build build --config Release -t server
   ```
 
+  Binary is at `./build/bin/server`
+
 ## Build with SSL
 
 `server` can also be built with SSL support using OpenSSL 3
@@ -99,10 +102,8 @@ page cache before using this. See https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/issues/
 - Using `CMake`:
 
   ```bash
-  mkdir build
-  cd build
-  cmake .. -DLLAMA_SERVER_SSL=ON
-  make server
+  cmake -B build -DLLAMA_SERVER_SSL=ON
+  cmake --build build --config Release -t server
   ```
 
 ## Quick Start
diff --git a/examples/server/bench/bench.py b/examples/server/bench/bench.py
index 6ca637bdd..86c5de101 100644
--- a/examples/server/bench/bench.py
+++ b/examples/server/bench/bench.py
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ def start_server_background(args):
     server_args.extend(['--defrag-thold', "0.1"])
     server_args.append('--cont-batching')
     server_args.append('--metrics')
+    server_args.append('--flash-attn')
     server_args.extend(['--log-format', "text"])
     args = [str(arg) for arg in [server_path, *server_args]]
     print(f"bench: starting server with: {' '.join(args)}")
diff --git a/examples/server/bench/script.js b/examples/server/bench/script.js
index c4c486cdf..bdf4f5abc 100644
--- a/examples/server/bench/script.js
+++ b/examples/server/bench/script.js
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ export default function () {
         "model": model,
         "stream": true,
         "seed": 42,
-        "max_tokens": max_tokens
+        "max_tokens": max_tokens,
+        "stop": ["<|im_end|>"] // This is temporary for phi-2 base (i.e. not instructed) since the server expects that the model always to emit BOS
     }
 
     const params = {method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify(payload)};
diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 63eb82c0e..bbdb462da 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -1208,6 +1208,27 @@ struct server_context {
             LOG_VERBOSE("eos token found", {});
         }
 
+        auto n_ctx_train = llama_n_ctx_train(model);
+        if (slot.params.n_predict < 1 && slot.n_predict < 1 && slot.ga_n == 1
+                    && slot.n_prompt_tokens + slot.n_decoded >= n_ctx_train) {
+            LOG_WARNING("n_predict is not set and self-context extend is disabled."
+                        " Limiting generated tokens to n_ctx_train to avoid EOS-less generation infinite loop", {
+                    { "id_slot",              slot.id },
+                    { "params.n_predict",     slot.params.n_predict },
+                    { "slot.n_prompt_tokens", slot.n_prompt_tokens },
+                    { "slot.n_decoded",       slot.n_decoded },
+                    { "slot.n_predict",       slot.n_predict },
+                    { "n_slots",              params.n_parallel },
+                    { "slot.n_ctx",           slot.n_ctx },
+                    { "n_ctx",                n_ctx },
+                    { "n_ctx_train",          n_ctx_train },
+                    { "ga_n",                 slot.ga_n },
+                });
+            slot.truncated      = true;
+            slot.stopped_limit  = true;
+            slot.has_next_token = false; // stop prediction
+        }
+
         LOG_VERBOSE("next token", {
             {"id_slot",        slot.id},
             {"id_task",        slot.id_task},
@@ -2142,7 +2163,7 @@ struct server_context {
         });
 
         // process the created batch of tokens
-        for (int32_t i = 0; i < (int32_t) batch.n_tokens; i += n_batch) {
+        for (int32_t i = 0; i < batch.n_tokens; i += n_batch) {
             const int32_t n_tokens = std::min(n_batch, batch.n_tokens - i);
 
             for (auto & slot : slots) {
@@ -2333,7 +2354,7 @@ static void server_print_usage(const char * argv0, const gpt_params & params, co
         printf("                            disable KV offload\n");
     }
     printf("  -m FNAME, --model FNAME\n");
-    printf("                            model path (default: %s)\n", params.model.c_str());
+    printf("                            model path (default: models/$filename with filename from --hf-file or --model-url if set, otherwise %s)\n", DEFAULT_MODEL_PATH);
     printf("  -mu MODEL_URL, --model-url MODEL_URL\n");
     printf("                            model download url (default: unused)\n");
     printf("  -hfr REPO, --hf-repo REPO\n");
@@ -2357,6 +2378,7 @@ static void server_print_usage(const char * argv0, const gpt_params & params, co
     printf("  --embeddings              enable embedding vector output (default: %s)\n", params.embedding ? "enabled" : "disabled");
     printf("  -np N, --parallel N       number of slots for process requests (default: %d)\n", params.n_parallel);
     printf("  -cb, --cont-batching      enable continuous batching (a.k.a dynamic batching) (default: enabled)\n");
+    printf("  -fa, --flash-attn         enable Flash Attention (default: %s)\n", params.flash_attn ? "enabled" : "disabled");
     printf("  -spf FNAME, --system-prompt-file FNAME\n");
     printf("                            set a file to load a system prompt (initial prompt of all slots), this is useful for chat applications.\n");
     printf("  -ctk TYPE, --cache-type-k TYPE\n");
@@ -2372,7 +2394,7 @@ static void server_print_usage(const char * argv0, const gpt_params & params, co
     printf("  -n, --n-predict           maximum tokens to predict (default: %d)\n", params.n_predict);
     printf("  --override-kv KEY=TYPE:VALUE\n");
     printf("                            advanced option to override model metadata by key. may be specified multiple times.\n");
-    printf("                            types: int, float, bool. example: --override-kv tokenizer.ggml.add_bos_token=bool:false\n");
+    printf("                            types: int, float, bool, str. example: --override-kv tokenizer.ggml.add_bos_token=bool:false\n");
     printf("  -gan N, --grp-attn-n N    set the group attention factor to extend context size through self-extend(default: 1=disabled), used together with group attention width `--grp-attn-w`\n");
     printf("  -gaw N, --grp-attn-w N    set the group attention width to extend context size through self-extend(default: 512), used together with group attention factor `--grp-attn-n`\n");
     printf("  --chat-template JINJA_TEMPLATE\n");
@@ -2722,6 +2744,8 @@ static void server_params_parse(int argc, char ** argv, server_params & sparams,
             params.embedding = true;
         } else if (arg == "-cb" || arg == "--cont-batching") {
             params.cont_batching = true;
+        } else if (arg == "-fa" || arg == "--flash-attn") {
+            params.flash_attn = true;
         } else if (arg == "-np" || arg == "--parallel") {
             if (++i >= argc) {
                 invalid_param = true;
@@ -2803,43 +2827,11 @@ static void server_params_parse(int argc, char ** argv, server_params & sparams,
                 invalid_param = true;
                 break;
             }
-            char * sep = strchr(argv[i], '=');
-            if (sep == nullptr || sep - argv[i] >= 128) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "error: Malformed KV override: %s\n", argv[i]);
-                invalid_param = true;
-                break;
-            }
-
-            struct llama_model_kv_override kvo;
-            std::strncpy(kvo.key, argv[i], sep - argv[i]);
-            kvo.key[sep - argv[i]] = 0;
-            sep++;
-            if (strncmp(sep, "int:", 4) == 0) {
-                sep += 4;
-                kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_INT;
-                kvo.int_value = std::atol(sep);
-            } else if (strncmp(sep, "float:", 6) == 0) {
-                sep += 6;
-                kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_FLOAT;
-                kvo.float_value = std::atof(sep);
-            } else if (strncmp(sep, "bool:", 5) == 0) {
-                sep += 5;
-                kvo.tag = LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_BOOL;
-                if (std::strcmp(sep, "true") == 0) {
-                    kvo.bool_value = true;
-                } else if (std::strcmp(sep, "false") == 0) {
-                    kvo.bool_value = false;
-                } else {
-                    fprintf(stderr, "error: Invalid boolean value for KV override: %s\n", argv[i]);
-                    invalid_param = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-            } else {
+            if (!parse_kv_override(argv[i], params.kv_overrides)) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "error: Invalid type for KV override: %s\n", argv[i]);
                 invalid_param = true;
                 break;
             }
-            params.kv_overrides.push_back(kvo);
         } else {
             fprintf(stderr, "error: unknown argument: %s\n", arg.c_str());
             server_print_usage(argv[0], default_params, default_sparams);
@@ -2847,6 +2839,8 @@ static void server_params_parse(int argc, char ** argv, server_params & sparams,
         }
     }
 
+    gpt_params_handle_model_default(params);
+
     if (!params.kv_overrides.empty()) {
         params.kv_overrides.emplace_back();
         params.kv_overrides.back().key[0] = 0;
diff --git a/examples/server/tests/features/embeddings.feature b/examples/server/tests/features/embeddings.feature
index dcf1434f9..6f163ce04 100644
--- a/examples/server/tests/features/embeddings.feature
+++ b/examples/server/tests/features/embeddings.feature
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Feature: llama.cpp server
   Background: Server startup
     Given a server listening on localhost:8080
     And   a model url https://huggingface.co/ggml-org/models/resolve/main/bert-bge-small/ggml-model-f16.gguf
-    And   a model file ggml-model-f16.gguf
+    And   a model file bert-bge-small.gguf
     And   a model alias bert-bge-small
     And   42 as server seed
     And   2 slots
diff --git a/ggml-backend.c b/ggml-backend.c
index e91d97cd9..f5bdcf078 100644
--- a/ggml-backend.c
+++ b/ggml-backend.c
@@ -1784,12 +1784,14 @@ void ggml_backend_sched_free(ggml_backend_sched_t sched) {
 
 void ggml_backend_sched_reset(ggml_backend_sched_t sched) {
     // reset state for the next run
-    size_t hash_size = sched->hash_set.size;
-    memset(sched->hash_set.keys,      0, sizeof(sched->hash_set.keys[0])     * hash_size); // NOLINT
-    memset(sched->tensor_backend_id, -1, sizeof(sched->tensor_backend_id[0]) * hash_size);
-    memset(sched->tensor_copies,      0, sizeof(sched->tensor_copies[0])     * hash_size);
+    if (!sched->is_reset) {
+        size_t hash_size = sched->hash_set.size;
+        memset(sched->hash_set.keys,      0, sizeof(sched->hash_set.keys[0])     * hash_size); // NOLINT
+        memset(sched->tensor_backend_id, -1, sizeof(sched->tensor_backend_id[0]) * hash_size);
+        memset(sched->tensor_copies,      0, sizeof(sched->tensor_copies[0])     * hash_size);
 
-    sched->is_reset = true;
+        sched->is_reset = true;
+    }
     sched->is_alloc = false;
 }
 
diff --git a/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml-cuda.cu
index 298bd95a5..ba65d4747 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ static bool g_mul_mat_q = false;
 #include "ggml-cuda/cpy.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/diagmask.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/dmmv.cuh"
+#include "ggml-cuda/fattn.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/getrows.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/im2col.cuh"
 #include "ggml-cuda/mmq.cuh"
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ static ggml_cuda_device_info ggml_cuda_init() {
         info.devices[id].cc = 100*prop.major + 10*prop.minor;
 #endif // defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__)
         info.devices[id].smpb = prop.sharedMemPerBlock;
+        info.devices[id].nsm  = prop.multiProcessorCount;
     }
 
     for (int id = 0; id < info.device_count; ++id) {
@@ -2296,6 +2298,9 @@ static bool ggml_cuda_compute_forward(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, struct gg
         case GGML_OP_ARGSORT:
             ggml_cuda_op_argsort(ctx, dst);
             break;
+        case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
+            ggml_cuda_flash_attn_ext(ctx, dst);
+            break;
         default:
             return false;
     }
@@ -2570,6 +2575,7 @@ GGML_CALL static bool ggml_backend_cuda_supports_op(ggml_backend_t backend, cons
         case GGML_OP_ARANGE:
         case GGML_OP_TIMESTEP_EMBEDDING:
         case GGML_OP_LEAKY_RELU:
+        case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
             return true;
         default:
             return false;
diff --git a/ggml-cuda/common.cuh b/ggml-cuda/common.cuh
index 1c8311966..276c3fa23 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda/common.cuh
+++ b/ggml-cuda/common.cuh
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
 #define CC_PASCAL     600
 #define MIN_CC_DP4A   610 // minimum compute capability for __dp4a, an intrinsic for byte-wise dot products
 #define CC_VOLTA      700
+#define CC_AMPERE     800
 #define CC_OFFSET_AMD 1000000
 #define CC_RDNA1      (CC_OFFSET_AMD + 1010)
 #define CC_RDNA2      (CC_OFFSET_AMD + 1030)
@@ -271,7 +272,6 @@ static __device__ __forceinline__ float2 warp_reduce_sum(float2 a) {
     return a;
 }
 
-#ifdef GGML_CUDA_F16
 static __device__ __forceinline__ half2 warp_reduce_sum(half2 a) {
 #if !(defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__)) && __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_PASCAL
 #pragma unroll
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ static __device__ __forceinline__ half2 warp_reduce_sum(half2 a) {
    NO_DEVICE_CODE;
 #endif // !(defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__)) && __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_PASCAL
 }
-#endif // GGML_CUDA_F16
 
 static __device__ __forceinline__ float warp_reduce_max(float x) {
 #pragma unroll
@@ -294,19 +293,26 @@ static __device__ __forceinline__ float warp_reduce_max(float x) {
     return x;
 }
 
-//static __device__ __forceinline__ half2 warp_reduce_max(half2 x) {
-//#if !(defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__)) && __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_PASCAL && CUDART_VERSION >= CUDART_HMAX
-//#pragma unroll
-//    for (int mask = 16; mask > 0; mask >>= 1) {
-//        x = __hmax2(x, __shfl_xor_sync(0xffffffff, x, mask, 32));
-//    }
-//    return x;
-//#else
-//    GGML_UNUSED(x);
-//    NO_DEVICE_CODE;
-//#endif // !(defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__)) && __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_PASCAL && CUDART_VERSION >= CUDART_HMAX
-//}
+static __device__ __forceinline__ half2 warp_reduce_max(half2 x) {
+#if !(defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__)) && __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_PASCAL && CUDART_VERSION >= CUDART_HMAX
+#pragma unroll
+   for (int mask = 16; mask > 0; mask >>= 1) {
+       x = __hmax2(x, __shfl_xor_sync(0xffffffff, x, mask, 32));
+   }
+   return x;
+#else
+   GGML_UNUSED(x);
+   NO_DEVICE_CODE;
+#endif // !(defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__)) && __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_PASCAL && CUDART_VERSION >= CUDART_HMAX
+}
 
+#if CUDART_VERSION < 12000
+static __device__ __forceinline__ uint32_t __hgt2_mask(const half2 a, const half2 b) {
+    const uint32_t mask_low  = 0x0000FFFF * (float( __low2half(a)) > float( __low2half(b)));
+    const uint32_t mask_high = 0xFFFF0000 * (float(__high2half(a)) > float(__high2half(b)));
+    return mask_low | mask_high;
+}
+#endif // CUDART_VERSION < 12000
 
 #if defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS)
 #define __CUDA_ARCH__ 1300
@@ -391,6 +397,11 @@ static __device__ __forceinline__ int __dp4a(const int a, const int b, int c) {
 }
 #endif // defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS)
 
+#define FP16_AVAILABLE     defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__) ? \
+    defined(RDNA1) || defined(RDNA2) || defined(RDNA3) : __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_PASCAL
+
+#define FP16_MMA_AVAILABLE !(defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__)) && __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_VOLTA
+
 // TODO: move to ggml-common.h
 static const __device__ int8_t kvalues_iq4nl[16] = {-127, -104, -83, -65, -49, -35, -22, -10, 1, 13, 25, 38, 53, 69, 89, 113};
 
@@ -404,6 +415,7 @@ struct ggml_cuda_device_info {
 
     struct cuda_device_info {
         int     cc;                 // compute capability
+        int     nsm;                // number of streaming multiprocessors
         size_t  smpb;               // max. shared memory per block
         bool    vmm;                // virtual memory support
         size_t  vmm_granularity;    // granularity of virtual memory
diff --git a/ggml-cuda/convert.cu b/ggml-cuda/convert.cu
index b15e35782..75e50c985 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda/convert.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda/convert.cu
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
 
 template <int qk, int qr, dequantize_kernel_t dequantize_kernel, typename dst_t>
 static __global__ void dequantize_block(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict__ y, const int64_t k) {
-    const int64_t i = 2*(blockDim.x*blockIdx.x + threadIdx.x);
+    const int64_t i = (int64_t)2*(blockDim.x*blockIdx.x + threadIdx.x);
 
     if (i >= k) {
         return;
     }
 
     const int64_t ib = i/qk; // block index
-    const int iqs = (i%qk)/qr; // quant index
-    const int iybs = i - i%qk; // y block start index
-    const int y_offset = qr == 1 ? 1 : qk/2;
+    const int64_t iqs = (i%qk)/qr; // quant index
+    const int64_t iybs = i - i%qk; // y block start index
+    const int64_t y_offset = qr == 1 ? 1 : qk/2;
 
     // dequantize
     dfloat2 v;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_q8_0_f16(const void * __restrict__ vx, h
 #if __CUDA_ARCH__ >= CC_PASCAL
     constexpr int nint = CUDA_Q8_0_NE_ALIGN/sizeof(int) + WARP_SIZE;
 
-    const int   i0 = CUDA_Q8_0_NE_ALIGN*blockIdx.x;
+    const int64_t   i0 = CUDA_Q8_0_NE_ALIGN*blockIdx.x;
     const int * x0 = ((int *) vx) + blockIdx.x * nint;
     half2 * y2 = (half2 *) (y + i0);
 
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_q4_0(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t
     const int64_t i = blockIdx.x;
 
     // assume 32 threads
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
-    const int il  = tid/8;
-    const int ir  = tid%8;
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t il  = tid/8;
+    const int64_t ir  = tid%8;
     const int64_t ib = 8*i + ir;
     if (ib >= nb32) {
         return;
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_q4_1(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t
     const int64_t i = blockIdx.x;
 
     // assume 32 threads
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
-    const int il  = tid/8;
-    const int ir  = tid%8;
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t il  = tid/8;
+    const int64_t ir  = tid%8;
     const int64_t ib = 8*i + ir;
     if (ib >= nb32) {
         return;
@@ -127,14 +127,14 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_q4_1(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t
 template<typename dst_t>
 static __global__ void dequantize_block_q2_K(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict__ yy) {
 
-    const int i   = blockIdx.x;
+    const int64_t i   = blockIdx.x;
     const block_q2_K * x = (const block_q2_K *) vx;
 
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
 #if QK_K == 256
-    const int n   = tid/32;
-    const int l   = tid - 32*n;
-    const int is  = 8*n + l/16;
+    const int64_t n   = tid/32;
+    const int64_t l   = tid - 32*n;
+    const int64_t is  = 8*n + l/16;
 
     const uint8_t q = x[i].qs[32*n + l];
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + 128*n;
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_q2_K(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t
     y[l+64] = dall * (x[i].scales[is+4] & 0xF) * ((q >> 4) & 3) - dmin * (x[i].scales[is+4] >> 4);
     y[l+96] = dall * (x[i].scales[is+6] & 0xF) * ((q >> 6) & 3) - dmin * (x[i].scales[is+6] >> 4);
 #else
-    const int is = tid/16;  // 0 or 1
-    const int il = tid%16;  // 0...15
+    const int64_t is = tid/16;  // 0 or 1
+    const int64_t il = tid%16;  // 0...15
     const uint8_t q = x[i].qs[il] >> (2*is);
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + 16*is + il;
     float dall = __low2half(x[i].dm);
@@ -161,19 +161,19 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_q2_K(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t
 template<typename dst_t>
 static __global__ void dequantize_block_q3_K(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict__ yy) {
 
-    const int i = blockIdx.x;
+    const int64_t i = blockIdx.x;
     const block_q3_K * x = (const block_q3_K *) vx;
 
 #if QK_K == 256
-    const int r = threadIdx.x/4;
-    const int tid = r/2;
-    const int is0 = r%2;
-    const int l0 = 16*is0 + 4*(threadIdx.x%4);
-    const int n = tid / 4;
-    const int j = tid - 4*n;
+    const int64_t r = threadIdx.x/4;
+    const int64_t tid = r/2;
+    const int64_t is0 = r%2;
+    const int64_t l0 = 16*is0 + 4*(threadIdx.x%4);
+    const int64_t n = tid / 4;
+    const int64_t j = tid - 4*n;
 
     uint8_t m = 1 << (4*n + j);
-    int is = 8*n + 2*j + is0;
+    int64_t is = 8*n + 2*j + is0;
     int shift = 2*j;
 
     int8_t us = is <  4 ? (x[i].scales[is-0] & 0xF) | (((x[i].scales[is+8] >> 0) & 3) << 4) :
@@ -189,11 +189,11 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_q3_K(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t
 
     for (int l = l0; l < l0+4; ++l) y[l] = dl * ((int8_t)((q[l] >> shift) & 3) - ((hm[l] & m) ? 0 : 4));
 #else
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
-    const int is  = tid/16;  // 0 or 1
-    const int il  = tid%16;  // 0...15
-    const int im  = il/8;    // 0...1
-    const int in  = il%8;    // 0...7
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t is  = tid/16;  // 0 or 1
+    const int64_t il  = tid%16;  // 0...15
+    const int64_t im  = il/8;    // 0...1
+    const int64_t in  = il%8;    // 0...7
 
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + 16*is + il;
 
@@ -227,15 +227,15 @@ template<typename dst_t>
 static __global__ void dequantize_block_q4_K(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict__ yy) {
     const block_q4_K * x = (const block_q4_K *) vx;
 
-    const int i = blockIdx.x;
+    const int64_t i = blockIdx.x;
 
 #if QK_K == 256
     // assume 32 threads
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
-    const int il  = tid/8;
-    const int ir  = tid%8;
-    const int is  = 2*il;
-    const int n   = 4;
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t il  = tid/8;
+    const int64_t ir  = tid%8;
+    const int64_t is  = 2*il;
+    const int64_t n   = 4;
 
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + 64*il + n*ir;
 
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_q4_K(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t
         y[l +32] = d2 * (q[l] >>  4) - m2;
     }
 #else
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
     const uint8_t * q = x[i].qs;
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K;
     const float d = (float)x[i].dm[0];
@@ -268,14 +268,14 @@ template<typename dst_t>
 static __global__ void dequantize_block_q5_K(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict__ yy) {
     const block_q5_K * x = (const block_q5_K *) vx;
 
-    const int i = blockIdx.x;
+    const int64_t i = blockIdx.x;
 
 #if QK_K == 256
     // assume 64 threads - this is very slightly better than the one below
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
-    const int il  = tid/16;   // il is in 0...3
-    const int ir  = tid%16;   // ir is in 0...15
-    const int is  = 2*il;     // is is in 0...6
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t il  = tid/16;   // il is in 0...3
+    const int64_t ir  = tid%16;   // ir is in 0...15
+    const int64_t is  = 2*il;     // is is in 0...6
 
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + 64*il + 2*ir;
 
@@ -298,11 +298,11 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_q5_K(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t
     y[32] = d2 * ((ql[ 0] >>  4) + (qh[ 0] & hm ? 16 : 0)) - m2;
     y[33] = d2 * ((ql[ 1] >>  4) + (qh[ 1] & hm ? 16 : 0)) - m2;
 #else
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
     const uint8_t q = x[i].qs[tid];
-    const int im = tid/8;  // 0...3
-    const int in = tid%8;  // 0...7
-    const int is = tid/16; // 0 or 1
+    const int64_t im = tid/8;  // 0...3
+    const int64_t in = tid%8;  // 0...7
+    const int64_t is = tid/16; // 0 or 1
     const uint8_t h = x[i].qh[in] >> im;
     const float d = x[i].d;
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + tid;
@@ -359,13 +359,13 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_q6_K(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t
 template<typename dst_t>
 static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq2_xxs(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict__ yy) {
 
-    const int i   = blockIdx.x;
+    const int64_t i   = blockIdx.x;
     const block_iq2_xxs * x = (const block_iq2_xxs  *) vx;
 
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
 #if QK_K == 256
-    const int il = tid/8; // 0...3
-    const int ib = tid%8; // 0...7
+    const int64_t il = tid/8; // 0...3
+    const int64_t ib = tid%8; // 0...7
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + 32*ib + 8*il;
     const uint16_t * q2 = x[i].qs + 4*ib;
     const uint8_t  * aux8 = (const uint8_t *)q2;
@@ -383,13 +383,13 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq2_xxs(const void * __restrict__ vx, ds
 template<typename dst_t>
 static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq2_xs(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict__ yy) {
 
-    const int i   = blockIdx.x;
+    const int64_t i   = blockIdx.x;
     const block_iq2_xs * x = (const block_iq2_xs *) vx;
 
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
 #if QK_K == 256
-    const int il = tid/8; // 0...3
-    const int ib = tid%8; // 0...7
+    const int64_t il = tid/8; // 0...3
+    const int64_t ib = tid%8; // 0...7
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + 32*ib + 8*il;
     const uint16_t * q2 = x[i].qs + 4*ib;
     const uint8_t  * grid = (const uint8_t *)(iq2xs_grid + (q2[il] & 511));
@@ -405,13 +405,13 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq2_xs(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst
 template<typename dst_t>
 static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq2_s(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict__ yy) {
 
-    const int i   = blockIdx.x;
+    const int64_t i   = blockIdx.x;
     const block_iq2_s * x = (const block_iq2_s *) vx;
 
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
 #if QK_K == 256
-    const int il = tid/8; // 0...3
-    const int ib = tid%8; // 0...7
+    const int64_t il = tid/8; // 0...3
+    const int64_t ib = tid%8; // 0...7
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + 32*ib + 8*il;
     const uint8_t * grid = (const uint8_t *)(iq2s_grid + (x[i].qs[4*ib+il] | ((x[i].qh[ib] << (8-2*il)) & 0x300)));
     const float d = (float)x[i].d * (0.5f + ((x[i].scales[ib] >> 4*(il/2)) & 0xf)) * 0.25f;
@@ -426,13 +426,13 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq2_s(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_
 template<typename dst_t>
 static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq3_xxs(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict__ yy) {
 
-    const int i   = blockIdx.x;
+    const int64_t i   = blockIdx.x;
     const block_iq3_xxs * x = (const block_iq3_xxs  *) vx;
 
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
 #if QK_K == 256
-    const int il = tid/8; // 0...3
-    const int ib = tid%8; // 0...7
+    const int64_t il = tid/8; // 0...3
+    const int64_t ib = tid%8; // 0...7
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + 32*ib + 8*il;
     const uint8_t  * q3 = x[i].qs + 8*ib;
     const uint16_t * gas = (const uint16_t *)(x[i].qs + QK_K/4) + 2*ib;
@@ -454,13 +454,13 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq3_xxs(const void * __restrict__ vx, ds
 template<typename dst_t>
 static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq3_s(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict__ yy) {
 
-    const int i   = blockIdx.x;
+    const int64_t i   = blockIdx.x;
     const block_iq3_s * x = (const block_iq3_s *) vx;
 
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
 #if QK_K == 256
-    const int il = tid/8; // 0...3
-    const int ib = tid%8; // 0...7
+    const int64_t il = tid/8; // 0...3
+    const int64_t ib = tid%8; // 0...7
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + 32*ib + 8*il;
     const uint8_t * qs = x[i].qs + 8*ib;
     const uint8_t * grid1 = (const uint8_t *)(iq3s_grid + (qs[2*il+0] | ((x[i].qh[ib] << (8-2*il)) & 256)));
@@ -480,13 +480,13 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq3_s(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_
 template<typename dst_t>
 static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq1_s(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict__ yy) {
 
-    const int i   = blockIdx.x;
+    const int64_t i   = blockIdx.x;
     const block_iq1_s * x = (const block_iq1_s  *) vx;
 
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
 #if QK_K == 256
-    const int il = tid/8; // 0...3
-    const int ib = tid%8; // 0...7
+    const int64_t il = tid/8; // 0...3
+    const int64_t ib = tid%8; // 0...7
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + 32*ib + 8*il;
     const float delta = x[i].qh[ib] & 0x8000 ? -1 - IQ1S_DELTA : -1 + IQ1S_DELTA;
     const float d = (float)x[i].d * (2*((x[i].qh[ib] >> 12) & 7) + 1);
@@ -506,18 +506,18 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq1_s(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_
 template<typename dst_t>
 static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq1_m(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict__ yy) {
 
-    const int i   = blockIdx.x;
+    const int64_t i   = blockIdx.x;
     const block_iq1_m * x = (const block_iq1_m  *) vx;
 
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
 #if QK_K == 256
-    const int il = tid/8; // 0...3
-    const int ib = tid%8; // 0...7
+    const int64_t il = tid/8; // 0...3
+    const int64_t ib = tid%8; // 0...7
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + 32*ib + 8*il;
     const uint16_t * sc = (const uint16_t *)x[i].scales;
     iq1m_scale_t scale;
     scale.u16 = (sc[0] >> 12) | ((sc[1] >> 8) & 0x00f0) | ((sc[2] >> 4) & 0x0f00) | (sc[3] & 0xf000);
-    const int ib16 = 2*ib + il/2; // sc[ib16/4] >> 3*(ib16%4) -> sc[ib/2] >> 3*((2*ib+il/2)%4);
+    const int64_t ib16 = 2*ib + il/2; // sc[ib16/4] >> 3*(ib16%4) -> sc[ib/2] >> 3*((2*ib+il/2)%4);
     const float d = (float)scale.f16 * (2*((sc[ib16/4] >> 3*(ib16%4)) & 0x7) + 1);
     const float delta = x[i].qh[2*ib+il/2] & (0x08 << 4*(il%2)) ? -1 - IQ1M_DELTA : -1 + IQ1M_DELTA;
     uint32_t grid32[2]; const int8_t * q = (const int8_t *)grid32;
@@ -537,12 +537,12 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq1_m(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_
 template<typename dst_t>
 static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq4_nl(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict__ yy) {
 
-    const int i   = blockIdx.x;
+    const int64_t i   = blockIdx.x;
     const block_iq4_nl * x = (const block_iq4_nl *) vx + i*(QK_K/QK4_NL);
 
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
-    const int il = tid/8; // 0...3
-    const int ib = tid%8; // 0...7
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t il = tid/8; // 0...3
+    const int64_t ib = tid%8; // 0...7
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + 32*ib + 4*il;
     const uint8_t  * q4 = x[ib].qs + 4*il;
     const float d = (float)x[ib].d;
@@ -556,12 +556,12 @@ static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq4_nl(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst
 #if QK_K != 64
 template<typename dst_t>
 static __global__ void dequantize_block_iq4_xs(const void * __restrict__ vx, dst_t * __restrict__ yy) {
-    const int i   = blockIdx.x;
+    const int64_t i   = blockIdx.x;
     const block_iq4_xs * x = (const block_iq4_xs *)vx;
 
-    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
-    const int il = tid/8; // 0...3
-    const int ib = tid%8; // 0...7
+    const int64_t tid = threadIdx.x;
+    const int64_t il = tid/8; // 0...3
+    const int64_t ib = tid%8; // 0...7
     dst_t * y = yy + i*QK_K + 32*ib + 4*il;
     const uint8_t  * q4 = x[i].qs + 16*ib + 4*il;
     const float d = (float)x[i].d * ((((x[i].scales_l[ib/2] >> 4*(ib%2)) & 0xf) | (((x[i].scales_h >> 2*ib) & 3) << 4)) - 32);
diff --git a/ggml-cuda/fattn.cu b/ggml-cuda/fattn.cu
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df1e80068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ggml-cuda/fattn.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,944 @@
+#include "common.cuh"
+#include "fattn.cuh"
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+#if FP16_MMA_AVAILABLE
+#include <mma.h>
+#endif
+
+#define FATTN_KQ_STRIDE       256
+#define HALF_MAX_HALF         __float2half(65504.0f/2) // Use neg. of this instead of -INFINITY to initialize KQ max vals to avoid NaN upon subtraction.
+#define SOFTMAX_FTZ_THRESHOLD -20.0f                   // Softmax exp. of values smaller than this are flushed to zero to avoid NaNs.
+
+template<int D, int parallel_blocks> // D == head size
+__launch_bounds__(((D + WARP_SIZE - 1) / WARP_SIZE)*WARP_SIZE, 1)
+static __global__ void flash_attn_vec_ext_f16(
+        const char * __restrict__ Q,
+        const char * __restrict__ K,
+        const char * __restrict__ V,
+        const char * __restrict__ mask,
+        float      * __restrict__ dst,
+        float2     * __restrict__ dst_meta,
+        const float scale,
+        const int ne00,
+        const int ne01,
+        const int ne02,
+        const int ne03,
+        const int ne10,
+        const int ne11,
+        const int ne12,
+        const int ne13,
+        const int ne31,
+        const int nb31,
+        const int nb01,
+        const int nb02,
+        const int nb03,
+        const int nb11,
+        const int nb12,
+        const int nb13,
+        const int ne0,
+        const int ne1,
+        const int ne2,
+        const int ne3) {
+#if FP16_AVAILABLE
+    //In this kernel Q, K, V are matrices while i, j, k are matrix indices.
+
+    const int ic = blockIdx.x / parallel_blocks; // Index of the Q/QKV column to work on.
+    const int ip = blockIdx.x % parallel_blocks; // Index in group of blocks running for the same column in parallel.
+
+    const int gqa_ratio = ne02 / ne12; // With grouped query attention there are > 1 Q matrices per K, V matrix.
+    const float2 * Q_f2  = (const float2 *) (Q    + nb02* blockIdx.y              + nb01*ic);
+    const half2  * K_h2  = (const half2  *) (K    + nb12*(blockIdx.y / gqa_ratio));
+    const half   * V_h   = (const half   *) (V    + nb12*(blockIdx.y / gqa_ratio)); // K and V have same shape
+    const half   * maskh = (const half   *)  mask + ne11*ic;
+
+    const int stride_KV  = nb11 / sizeof(half);
+    const int stride_KV2 = nb11 / sizeof(half2);
+
+    constexpr int nwarps = (D + WARP_SIZE - 1) / WARP_SIZE;
+    const int tid = WARP_SIZE*threadIdx.y + threadIdx.x;
+    __builtin_assume(tid < nwarps*WARP_SIZE);
+
+    __shared__ half KQ[nwarps*WARP_SIZE];
+    KQ[tid] = -INFINITY;
+    half2 * KQ2 = (half2 *) KQ;
+
+    half kqmax = -HALF_MAX_HALF;
+    half kqsum = 0.0f;
+
+    __shared__ half kqmax_shared[WARP_SIZE];
+    __shared__ half kqsum_shared[WARP_SIZE];
+    if (threadIdx.y == 0) {
+        kqmax_shared[threadIdx.x] = -HALF_MAX_HALF;
+        kqsum_shared[threadIdx.x] = 0.0f;
+    }
+    __syncthreads();
+
+    // Convert Q to half2 and store in registers:
+    half2 Q_h2[(D/2 + WARP_SIZE - 1) / WARP_SIZE];
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i0 = 0; i0 < D/2; i0 += WARP_SIZE) {
+        const int i = i0 + threadIdx.x;
+        if (i0 + WARP_SIZE > D/2 && i >= D/2) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        Q_h2[i0/WARP_SIZE] = make_half2(scale, scale) * make_half2(Q_f2[i].x, Q_f2[i].y);
+    }
+
+    half2 VKQ = make_half2(0.0f, 0.0f); // Each thread calculates a single VKQ value.
+
+    const int k_start  = parallel_blocks == 1 ? 0 : ip*D;
+    for (int k_VKQ_0 = k_start; k_VKQ_0 < ne11; k_VKQ_0 += parallel_blocks*D) {
+        // Calculate KQ tile and keep track of new maximum KQ values:
+        half kqmax_new = kqmax;
+#pragma unroll
+        for (int i_KQ_0 = 0; i_KQ_0 < D; i_KQ_0 += nwarps) {
+            const int i_KQ = i_KQ_0 + threadIdx.y;
+
+            if ((i_KQ_0 + nwarps > D && i_KQ >= D) || (FATTN_KQ_STRIDE % D != 0 && k_VKQ_0 + i_KQ >= ne11)) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            half2 sum2 = make_half2(0.0f, 0.0f);
+#pragma unroll
+            for (int k_KQ_0 = 0; k_KQ_0 < D/2; k_KQ_0 += WARP_SIZE) {
+                const int k_KQ = k_KQ_0 + threadIdx.x;
+                if (k_KQ_0 + WARP_SIZE > D/2 && k_KQ >= D/2) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                const half2 K_ik = K_h2[(k_VKQ_0 + i_KQ)*stride_KV2 + k_KQ];
+                sum2 += K_ik * Q_h2[k_KQ_0/WARP_SIZE];
+            }
+
+            sum2 = warp_reduce_sum(sum2);
+            half sum = __low2half(sum2) + __high2half(sum2);
+            sum += mask ? maskh[k_VKQ_0 + i_KQ] : __float2half(0.0f);
+            kqmax_new = __hmax(kqmax_new, sum);
+            if (threadIdx.x == 0) {
+                KQ[i_KQ] = sum;
+            }
+        }
+
+        kqmax_new = warp_reduce_max(kqmax_new);
+        if (threadIdx.x == 0) {
+            kqmax_shared[threadIdx.y] = kqmax_new;
+        }
+        __syncthreads();
+        kqmax_new = kqmax_shared[threadIdx.x];
+        kqmax_new = warp_reduce_max(kqmax_new);
+
+        const half KQ_max_scale = hexp(kqmax - kqmax_new);
+        kqmax = kqmax_new;
+
+        const half val = hexp(KQ[tid] - kqmax);
+        kqsum = kqsum*KQ_max_scale + val;
+        KQ[tid] = val;
+
+        VKQ *= __half2half2(KQ_max_scale);
+
+        __syncthreads();
+
+        if (tid < D) {
+#pragma unroll
+            for (int k0 = 0; k0 < D; k0 += 2) {
+                if (FATTN_KQ_STRIDE % D != 0 && k_VKQ_0 + k0 >= ne11) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                half2 V_k;
+                reinterpret_cast<half&>(V_k.x) = V_h[(k_VKQ_0 + k0 + 0)*stride_KV + tid];
+                reinterpret_cast<half&>(V_k.y) = V_h[(k_VKQ_0 + k0 + 1)*stride_KV + tid];
+                VKQ += V_k*KQ2[k0/2];
+            }
+        }
+
+        __syncthreads();
+    }
+
+    if (tid >= D) {
+        kqsum = 0.0f;
+    }
+
+    kqsum = warp_reduce_sum(kqsum);
+    if (threadIdx.x == 0) {
+        kqsum_shared[threadIdx.y] = kqsum;
+    }
+    __syncthreads();
+    kqsum = kqsum_shared[threadIdx.x];
+    kqsum = warp_reduce_sum(kqsum);
+
+    if (tid >= D) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    half dst_val = (__low2half(VKQ) + __high2half(VKQ));
+    if (parallel_blocks == 1) {
+        dst_val /= kqsum;
+    }
+    dst[D*gridDim.y*blockIdx.x + D*blockIdx.y + tid] = dst_val;
+
+    if (parallel_blocks == 1 || tid != 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+    dst_meta[ic*gridDim.y*parallel_blocks + blockIdx.y*parallel_blocks + ip] = make_float2(kqmax, kqsum);
+#else
+   NO_DEVICE_CODE;
+#endif // FP16_AVAILABLE
+}
+
+// D == head size, VKQ_stride == num VKQ rows calculated in parallel:
+template<int D, int ncols, int nwarps, int VKQ_stride, int parallel_blocks, typename KQ_acc_t>
+__launch_bounds__(nwarps*WARP_SIZE, 1)
+static __global__ void flash_attn_ext_f16(
+        const char * __restrict__ Q,
+        const char * __restrict__ K,
+        const char * __restrict__ V,
+        const char * __restrict__ mask,
+        float      * __restrict__ dst,
+        float2     * __restrict__ dst_meta,
+        const float scale,
+        const int ne00,
+        const int ne01,
+        const int ne02,
+        const int ne03,
+        const int ne10,
+        const int ne11,
+        const int ne12,
+        const int ne13,
+        const int ne31,
+        const int nb31,
+        const int nb01,
+        const int nb02,
+        const int nb03,
+        const int nb11,
+        const int nb12,
+        const int nb13,
+        const int ne0,
+        const int ne1,
+        const int ne2,
+        const int ne3) {
+#if FP16_MMA_AVAILABLE
+    //In this kernel Q, K, V are matrices while i, j, k are matrix indices.
+
+    const int ic0 = ncols*(blockIdx.x / parallel_blocks); // Index of the first Q/QKV column to work on.
+    const int ip  =        blockIdx.x % parallel_blocks;  // Index in group of blocks running for the same column in parallel.
+
+    static_assert(D <= FATTN_KQ_STRIDE, "D must be <= FATTN_KQ_STRIDE.");
+    static_assert(ncols == 8 || ncols % 16 == 0, "ncols must be 8 or a multiple of 16.");
+    constexpr int frag_m = ncols == 8 ? 32 : 16;
+    constexpr int frag_n = ncols == 8 ?  8 : 16;
+    static_assert(D % frag_m == 0, "If ncols == 8 then D % frag_m must be 0.");
+    typedef nvcuda::wmma::fragment<nvcuda::wmma::matrix_a,    frag_m, frag_n, 16, half, nvcuda::wmma::row_major> frag_a_K;
+    typedef nvcuda::wmma::fragment<nvcuda::wmma::matrix_a,    frag_m, frag_n, 16, half, nvcuda::wmma::col_major> frag_a_V;
+    typedef nvcuda::wmma::fragment<nvcuda::wmma::matrix_b,    frag_m, frag_n, 16, half, nvcuda::wmma::col_major> frag_b;
+    typedef nvcuda::wmma::fragment<nvcuda::wmma::accumulator, frag_m, frag_n, 16, KQ_acc_t>                      frag_c_KQ;
+    typedef nvcuda::wmma::fragment<nvcuda::wmma::accumulator, frag_m, frag_n, 16, half>                          frag_c_VKQ;
+
+    constexpr int KQ_stride_tc  = nwarps*frag_m; // Number of KQ rows calculated in parallel.
+    constexpr int VKQ_ratio = KQ_stride_tc/VKQ_stride; // Number of parallel VKQ accumulators needed to keep all warps busy.
+    static_assert(VKQ_ratio <= nwarps, "VKQ_ratio must be <= nwarps.");
+
+    // Pad internal representation of KQ, KQV to reduce shared memory bank conflicts:
+    constexpr int D_padded = D + 8;
+    constexpr int kqs_padded = FATTN_KQ_STRIDE + 8;
+    constexpr int kqar = sizeof(KQ_acc_t)/sizeof(half);
+
+    const int gqa_ratio = ne02 / ne12; // With grouped query attention there are > 1 Q matrices per K, V matrix.
+    const float * Q_f   = (const float *) (Q + nb02* blockIdx.y              + nb01*ic0);
+    const half  * K_h   = (const half  *) (K + nb12*(blockIdx.y / gqa_ratio));
+    const half  * V_h   = (const half  *) (V + nb12*(blockIdx.y / gqa_ratio)); // K and V have same shape
+    const half  * maskh = (const half  *)  mask + (nb31/sizeof(half))* ic0;
+    const half2 * mask2 = (const half2 *)  mask + (nb31/sizeof(half))*(ic0/2);
+
+    const int stride_Q  = nb01 / sizeof(float);
+    const int stride_KV = nb11 / sizeof(half);
+
+    frag_b Q_b[D/16][ncols/frag_n];
+
+    // A single buffer for temporarily holding tiles of KQ and VKQ parts:
+    constexpr int mem_KQ = ncols*kqs_padded*kqar;
+    constexpr int mem_VKQ_parts = VKQ_ratio*ncols*D_padded;
+    __shared__ half KQ[mem_KQ >= mem_VKQ_parts ? mem_KQ : mem_VKQ_parts];
+    float * KQ_f = (float *) KQ;
+    half2 * KQ2 = (half2 *) KQ;
+
+    float    KQ_rowsum_f[ncols/nwarps] = {0.0f};
+    float       KQ_max_f[ncols/nwarps];
+    float KQ_max_scale_f[ncols/nwarps] = {0.0f};
+
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int j = 0; j < ncols/nwarps; ++j) {
+        KQ_max_f[j] = -FLT_MAX/2.0f;
+    }
+
+    half2    KQ_rowsum_h2[ncols/nwarps] = {{0.0f, 0.0f}};
+    half2       KQ_max_h2[ncols/nwarps];
+    half2 KQ_max_scale_h2[ncols/nwarps] = {{0.0f, 0.0f}};
+
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int j = 0; j < ncols/nwarps; ++j) {
+        KQ_max_h2[j] = make_half2(-HALF_MAX_HALF, -HALF_MAX_HALF);
+    }
+
+    __shared__ half VKQ[ncols*D_padded]; // Accumulator for final VKQ slice.
+    half2 * VKQ2 = (half2 *) VKQ;
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int j0 = 0; j0 < ncols; j0 += nwarps) {
+        const int j = j0 + threadIdx.y;
+#pragma unroll
+        for (int i0 = 0; i0 < D/2; i0 += WARP_SIZE) {
+            const int i = i0 + threadIdx.x;
+            if (i0 + WARP_SIZE > D/2 && i >= D/2) {
+                break;
+            }
+            VKQ2[j*(D_padded/2) + i] = make_half2(0.0f, 0.0f);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Convert Q to half and apply scale, temporarily store in KQ:
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int j0 = 0; j0 < ncols; j0 += nwarps) {
+        const int j = j0 + threadIdx.y;
+#pragma unroll
+        for (int i0 = 0; i0 < D; i0 += WARP_SIZE) {
+            const int i = i0 + threadIdx.x;
+            if (i0 + WARP_SIZE > D && i >= D) {
+                break;
+            }
+            KQ[j*D_padded + i] = ic0 + j < ne01 ? Q_f[j*stride_Q + i] * scale : 0.0f;
+        }
+    }
+
+    __syncthreads();
+
+    // Load Q into tensor core fragments/registers since it will be used frequently:
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int i0 = 0; i0 < D; i0 += 16) {
+#pragma unroll
+        for (int j0 = 0; j0 < ncols; j0 += frag_n) {
+            nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync(Q_b[i0/16][j0/frag_n], KQ + j0*D_padded + i0, D_padded);
+        }
+    }
+
+    __syncthreads();
+
+    // Iterate over ne11 == previous tokens:
+    for (int k_VKQ_0 = ip*FATTN_KQ_STRIDE; k_VKQ_0 < ne11; k_VKQ_0 += parallel_blocks*FATTN_KQ_STRIDE) {
+        // Calculate tile of KQ:
+#pragma unroll
+        for (int i_KQ_0 = 0; i_KQ_0 < FATTN_KQ_STRIDE; i_KQ_0 += KQ_stride_tc) {
+            frag_c_KQ KQ_c[ncols/frag_n];
+#pragma unroll
+            for (int j = 0; j < ncols/frag_n; ++j) {
+                nvcuda::wmma::fill_fragment(KQ_c[j], 0.0f);
+            }
+#pragma unroll
+            for (int k_KQ_0 = 0; k_KQ_0 < D; k_KQ_0 += 16) {
+                frag_a_K K_a;
+                nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync(K_a, K_h + (k_VKQ_0 + i_KQ_0 + frag_m*threadIdx.y)*stride_KV + k_KQ_0, stride_KV);
+#pragma unroll
+                for (int j = 0; j < ncols/frag_n; ++j) {
+                    nvcuda::wmma::mma_sync(KQ_c[j], K_a, Q_b[k_KQ_0/16][j], KQ_c[j]);
+                }
+            }
+#pragma unroll
+            for (int j0 = 0; j0 < ncols; j0 += frag_n) {
+                nvcuda::wmma::store_matrix_sync((KQ_acc_t *) KQ + j0*kqs_padded + i_KQ_0 + frag_m*threadIdx.y, KQ_c[j0/frag_n], kqs_padded, nvcuda::wmma::mem_col_major);
+            }
+        }
+
+        __syncthreads();
+
+        // Calculate softmax for each KQ column using the current max. value.
+        // The divisor is stored in KQ_rowsum and will be applied at the end.
+#pragma unroll
+        for (int j0 = 0; j0 < ncols; j0 += nwarps) {
+            const int j = j0 + threadIdx.y;
+
+            if (std::is_same<KQ_acc_t, float>::value) {
+                float KQ_f_tmp[FATTN_KQ_STRIDE / WARP_SIZE];
+#pragma unroll
+                for (int k0 = 0; k0 < FATTN_KQ_STRIDE; k0 += WARP_SIZE) {
+                    const int k = k0 + threadIdx.x;
+
+                    KQ_f_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE] = KQ_f[j*kqs_padded + k];
+                }
+
+                float KQ_max_new = KQ_max_f[j0/nwarps];
+#pragma unroll
+                for (int k0 = 0; k0 < FATTN_KQ_STRIDE; k0 += WARP_SIZE) {
+                    const int k = k0 + threadIdx.x;
+
+                    KQ_f_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE] += mask ? __half2float(maskh[j*(nb31/sizeof(half)) + k_VKQ_0 + k]) : 0.0f;
+                    KQ_max_new = max(KQ_max_new, KQ_f_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE]);
+                }
+                KQ_max_new = warp_reduce_max(KQ_max_new);
+
+                const float diff = KQ_max_f[j0/nwarps] - KQ_max_new;
+                KQ_max_scale_f[j0/nwarps] = expf(diff);
+                if (diff <= SOFTMAX_FTZ_THRESHOLD) {
+                    KQ_max_scale_f[j0/nwarps] = 0.0f;
+                }
+                KQ_max_f[j0/nwarps] = KQ_max_new;
+
+                float KQ_rowsum_add = 0.0f;
+#pragma unroll
+                for (int k0 = 0; k0 < FATTN_KQ_STRIDE; k0 += WARP_SIZE) {
+                    const int k = k0 + threadIdx.x;
+
+                    const float diff = KQ_f_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE] - KQ_max_f[j0/nwarps];
+                    KQ_f_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE] = expf(diff);
+                    if (diff <= SOFTMAX_FTZ_THRESHOLD) {
+                        KQ_f_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE] = 0.0f;
+                    }
+                    KQ_rowsum_add += KQ_f_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE];
+                    KQ[j*(kqar*kqs_padded) + k] = KQ_f_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE];
+                }
+                KQ_rowsum_add = warp_reduce_sum(KQ_rowsum_add);
+
+                // Scale previous KQ_rowsum to account for a potential increase in KQ_max:
+                KQ_rowsum_f[j0/nwarps] = KQ_max_scale_f[j0/nwarps]*KQ_rowsum_f[j0/nwarps] + KQ_rowsum_add;
+            } else {
+                half2 KQ2_tmp[FATTN_KQ_STRIDE/(2*WARP_SIZE)];
+#pragma unroll
+                for (int k0 = 0; k0 < FATTN_KQ_STRIDE/2; k0 += WARP_SIZE) {
+                    const int k = k0 + threadIdx.x;
+
+                    KQ2_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE] = KQ2[j*(kqs_padded/2) + k];
+                }
+
+                half2 KQ_max_new = KQ_max_h2[j0/nwarps];
+#pragma unroll
+                for (int k0 = 0; k0 < FATTN_KQ_STRIDE/2; k0 += WARP_SIZE) {
+                    const int k = k0 + threadIdx.x;
+
+                    KQ2_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE] += mask ? mask2[(j*ne11 + k_VKQ_0)/2 + k] : make_half2(0.0f, 0.0f);
+                    KQ_max_new = __hmax2(KQ_max_new, KQ2_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE]);
+                }
+                KQ_max_new = __half2half2(warp_reduce_max(__hmax(__low2half(KQ_max_new), __high2half(KQ_max_new))));
+                const half2 diff = KQ_max_h2[j0/nwarps] - KQ_max_new;
+                KQ_max_scale_h2[j0/nwarps] = h2exp(diff);
+                const uint32_t ftz_mask = __hgt2_mask(diff, make_half2(SOFTMAX_FTZ_THRESHOLD, SOFTMAX_FTZ_THRESHOLD));
+                *((uint32_t *) &KQ_max_scale_h2[j0/nwarps]) &= ftz_mask;
+                KQ_max_h2[j0/nwarps] = KQ_max_new;
+
+                half2 KQ_rowsum_add = make_half2(0.0f, 0.0f);
+#pragma unroll
+                for (int k0 = 0; k0 < FATTN_KQ_STRIDE/2; k0 += WARP_SIZE) {
+                    const int k = k0 + threadIdx.x;
+
+                    const half2 diff = KQ2_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE] - KQ_max_h2[j0/nwarps];
+                    KQ2_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE] = h2exp(diff);
+                    const uint32_t ftz_mask = __hgt2_mask(diff, make_half2(SOFTMAX_FTZ_THRESHOLD, SOFTMAX_FTZ_THRESHOLD));
+                    *((uint32_t *) &KQ2_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE]) &= ftz_mask;
+                    KQ_rowsum_add += KQ2_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE];
+                    KQ2[j*(kqs_padded/2) + k] = KQ2_tmp[k0/WARP_SIZE];
+                }
+                KQ_rowsum_add = warp_reduce_sum(KQ_rowsum_add);
+
+                // Scale previous KQ_rowsum to account for a potential increase in KQ_max:
+                KQ_rowsum_h2[j0/nwarps] = KQ_max_scale_h2[j0/nwarps]*KQ_rowsum_h2[j0/nwarps] + KQ_rowsum_add;
+            }
+        }
+
+        __syncthreads();
+
+        frag_b KQ_b[FATTN_KQ_STRIDE/(VKQ_ratio*16)][ncols/frag_n];
+#pragma unroll
+        for (int j0 = 0; j0 < ncols; j0 += frag_n) {
+#pragma unroll
+            for (int k0 = 0; k0 < FATTN_KQ_STRIDE; k0 += VKQ_ratio*16) {
+                const int k = k0 + (threadIdx.y % VKQ_ratio)*16;
+                nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync(
+                    KQ_b[k0/(VKQ_ratio*16)][j0/frag_n],
+                    KQ + j0*(kqar*kqs_padded) + k,
+                    kqar*kqs_padded);
+            }
+        }
+
+        frag_c_VKQ VKQ_c[D/VKQ_stride][ncols/frag_n];
+#pragma unroll
+        for (int i_VKQ_0 = 0; i_VKQ_0 < D; i_VKQ_0 += VKQ_stride) {
+#pragma unroll
+            for (int j = 0; j < ncols/frag_n; ++j) {
+                nvcuda::wmma::fill_fragment(VKQ_c[i_VKQ_0/VKQ_stride][j], 0.0f);
+            }
+
+#pragma unroll
+            for (int k0 = 0; k0 < FATTN_KQ_STRIDE; k0 += VKQ_ratio*16) {
+                const int k = k0 + (threadIdx.y % VKQ_ratio)*16;
+
+                frag_a_V v_a;
+                nvcuda::wmma::load_matrix_sync(v_a, V_h + (k_VKQ_0 + k)*stride_KV + i_VKQ_0 + frag_m*(threadIdx.y/VKQ_ratio), stride_KV);
+#pragma unroll
+                for (int j = 0; j < ncols/frag_n; ++j) {
+                    nvcuda::wmma::mma_sync(VKQ_c[i_VKQ_0/VKQ_stride][j], v_a, KQ_b[k0/(VKQ_ratio*16)][j], VKQ_c[i_VKQ_0/VKQ_stride][j]);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        __syncthreads();
+
+        const int offset_k = (threadIdx.y % VKQ_ratio) * (ncols*D_padded);
+#pragma unroll
+        for (int i_KQ_0 = 0; i_KQ_0 < D; i_KQ_0 += VKQ_stride) {
+#pragma unroll
+            for (int j0 = 0; j0 < ncols; j0 += frag_n) {
+                nvcuda::wmma::store_matrix_sync(
+                    KQ + offset_k + j0*D_padded + i_KQ_0 + frag_m*(threadIdx.y/VKQ_ratio),
+                    VKQ_c[i_KQ_0/VKQ_stride][j0/frag_n],
+                    D_padded, nvcuda::wmma::mem_col_major);
+            }
+        }
+
+        __syncthreads();
+
+#pragma unroll
+        for (int j0 = 0; j0 < ncols; j0 += nwarps) {
+            const int j = j0 + threadIdx.y;
+
+            half2 VKQ_scale;
+            if (std::is_same<KQ_acc_t, float>::value) {
+                VKQ_scale = make_half2(KQ_max_scale_f[j0/nwarps], KQ_max_scale_f[j0/nwarps]);
+            } else {
+                VKQ_scale = KQ_max_scale_h2[j0/nwarps];
+            }
+
+#pragma unroll
+            for (int i0 = 0; i0 < D/2; i0 += WARP_SIZE) {
+                const int i = i0 + threadIdx.x;
+                if (i0 + WARP_SIZE > D/2 && i >= D/2) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                half2 VKQ_add = make_half2(0.0f, 0.0f);
+#pragma unroll
+                for (int l = 0; l < VKQ_ratio; ++l) {
+                    VKQ_add += KQ2[l*(ncols*D_padded/2) + j*(D_padded/2) + i];
+                }
+                VKQ2[j*(D_padded/2) + i] = VKQ_scale*VKQ2[j*(D_padded/2) + i] + VKQ_add;
+            }
+        }
+
+        __syncthreads();
+    }
+
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int j0 = 0; j0 < ncols; j0 += nwarps) {
+        const int j_VKQ = j0 + threadIdx.y;
+        if (ic0 + j_VKQ >= ne01) {
+            return;
+        }
+        const int j_dst = (ic0 + j_VKQ)*parallel_blocks + ip;
+
+        float KQ_rowsum_j;
+        if (std::is_same<KQ_acc_t, float>::value) {
+            KQ_rowsum_j = KQ_rowsum_f[j0/nwarps];
+        } else {
+            KQ_rowsum_j = __low2float(KQ_rowsum_h2[j0/nwarps]) + __high2float(KQ_rowsum_h2[j0/nwarps]);
+        }
+
+#pragma unroll
+        for (int i0 = 0; i0 < D; i0 += WARP_SIZE) {
+            const int i = i0 + threadIdx.x;
+            if (i0 + WARP_SIZE > D && i >= D) {
+                break;
+            }
+            float dst_val = VKQ[j_VKQ*D_padded + i];
+            if (parallel_blocks == 1) {
+                dst_val /= KQ_rowsum_j;
+            }
+            dst[j_dst*gridDim.y*D + blockIdx.y*D + i] = dst_val;
+        }
+
+        if (parallel_blocks == 1 || threadIdx.x != 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        float2 dst_meta_val;
+        if (std::is_same<KQ_acc_t, float>::value) {
+            dst_meta_val.x = KQ_max_f[j0/nwarps];
+        } else {
+            dst_meta_val.x = __low2float(KQ_max_h2[j0/nwarps]);
+        }
+        dst_meta_val.y = KQ_rowsum_j;
+        dst_meta[(ic0 + j_VKQ)*gridDim.y*parallel_blocks + blockIdx.y*parallel_blocks + ip] = dst_meta_val;
+    }
+#else
+   NO_DEVICE_CODE;
+#endif // FP16_MMA_AVAILABLE
+}
+
+template<int D, int parallel_blocks> // D == head size
+__launch_bounds__(D, 1)
+static __global__ void flash_attn_combine_results(
+        const float  * __restrict__ VKQ_parts,
+        const float2 * __restrict__ VKQ_meta,
+        float * __restrict__ dst) {
+#if FP16_AVAILABLE
+    VKQ_parts += parallel_blocks*D * gridDim.y*blockIdx.x;
+    VKQ_meta  += parallel_blocks   * gridDim.y*blockIdx.x;
+    dst       +=                 D * gridDim.y*blockIdx.x;
+
+    const int tid = threadIdx.x;
+    __builtin_assume(tid < D);
+
+    __shared__ float2 meta[parallel_blocks];
+    if (tid < 2*parallel_blocks) {
+        ((float *) meta)[threadIdx.x] = ((const float *)VKQ_meta) [blockIdx.y*(2*parallel_blocks) + tid];
+    }
+
+    __syncthreads();
+
+    float kqmax = meta[0].x;
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int l = 1; l < parallel_blocks; ++l) {
+        kqmax = max(kqmax, meta[l].x);
+    }
+
+    float VKQ_numerator   = 0.0f;
+    float VKQ_denominator = 0.0f;
+#pragma unroll
+    for (int l = 0; l < parallel_blocks; ++l) {
+        const float diff = meta[l].x - kqmax;
+        const float KQ_max_scale = expf(diff);
+        const uint32_t ftz_mask = 0xFFFFFFFF * (diff > SOFTMAX_FTZ_THRESHOLD);
+        *((uint32_t *) &KQ_max_scale) &= ftz_mask;
+
+        VKQ_numerator   += KQ_max_scale * VKQ_parts[l*gridDim.y*D + blockIdx.y*D + tid];
+        VKQ_denominator += KQ_max_scale * meta[l].y;
+    }
+
+    dst[blockIdx.y*D + tid] = VKQ_numerator / VKQ_denominator;
+#else
+   NO_DEVICE_CODE;
+#endif // FP16_AVAILABLE
+}
+
+constexpr int get_max_power_of_2(int x) {
+    return x % 2 == 0 ? 2*get_max_power_of_2(x/2) : 1;
+}
+
+static_assert(get_max_power_of_2(1) == 1, "Test failed.");
+static_assert(get_max_power_of_2(2) == 2, "Test failed.");
+static_assert(get_max_power_of_2(4) == 4, "Test failed.");
+static_assert(get_max_power_of_2(6) == 2, "Test failed.");
+
+// Number of VKQ rows calculated in parallel:
+constexpr int get_VKQ_stride(int D, int nwarps, int frag_m) {
+    return (get_max_power_of_2(D/frag_m) < nwarps ? get_max_power_of_2(D/frag_m) : nwarps)*frag_m;
+}
+
+static_assert(get_VKQ_stride(128, 1, 32) ==  32, "Test failed.");
+static_assert(get_VKQ_stride(128, 2, 32) ==  64, "Test failed.");
+static_assert(get_VKQ_stride(128, 4, 32) == 128, "Test failed.");
+static_assert(get_VKQ_stride( 64, 1, 32) ==  32, "Test failed.");
+static_assert(get_VKQ_stride( 64, 2, 32) ==  64, "Test failed.");
+static_assert(get_VKQ_stride( 64, 4, 32) ==  64, "Test failed.");
+static_assert(get_VKQ_stride( 80, 1, 16) ==  16, "Test failed.");
+static_assert(get_VKQ_stride( 80, 2, 16) ==  16, "Test failed.");
+static_assert(get_VKQ_stride( 80, 4, 16) ==  16, "Test failed.");
+
+template <int D, int parallel_blocks> void launch_fattn_vec_f16(
+        const ggml_tensor * Q, const ggml_tensor * K, const ggml_tensor * V, ggml_tensor * KQV, const ggml_tensor * mask,
+        ggml_cuda_pool & pool, cudaStream_t main_stream
+) {
+    ggml_cuda_pool_alloc<float>  dst_tmp(pool);
+    ggml_cuda_pool_alloc<float2> dst_tmp_meta(pool);
+
+    if (parallel_blocks > 1) {
+        dst_tmp.alloc(parallel_blocks*ggml_nelements(KQV));
+        dst_tmp_meta.alloc(parallel_blocks*ggml_nrows(KQV));
+    }
+
+    constexpr int  nwarps = (D + WARP_SIZE - 1) / WARP_SIZE;
+    const     dim3 block_dim(WARP_SIZE, nwarps, 1);
+    const     dim3 blocks_num(parallel_blocks*Q->ne[1], Q->ne[2], Q->ne[3]);
+    const     int  shmem = 0;
+
+    float scale;
+    memcpy(&scale, KQV->op_params, sizeof(float));
+
+    flash_attn_vec_ext_f16<D, parallel_blocks>
+        <<<blocks_num, block_dim, shmem, main_stream>>> (
+                (const char *) Q->data,
+                (const char *) K->data,
+                (const char *) V->data,
+                mask ? ((const char *) mask->data) : nullptr,
+                parallel_blocks == 1 ? (float *) KQV->data : dst_tmp.ptr, dst_tmp_meta.ptr,
+                scale,
+                Q->ne[0], Q->ne[1], Q->ne[2], Q->ne[3],
+                K->ne[0], K->ne[1], K->ne[2], K->ne[3],
+                mask ? mask->ne[1] : 0, mask ?  mask->nb[1] : 0,
+                Q->nb[1], Q->nb[2], Q->nb[3],
+                K->nb[1], K->nb[2], K->nb[3],
+                KQV->ne[0], KQV->ne[1], KQV->ne[2], KQV->ne[3]
+                );
+    CUDA_CHECK(cudaGetLastError());
+
+    if (parallel_blocks == 1) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const dim3 block_dim_combine(D, 1, 1);
+    const dim3 blocks_num_combine(Q->ne[1], blocks_num.y, blocks_num.z);
+    const int  shmem_combine = 0;
+
+    flash_attn_combine_results<D, parallel_blocks>
+        <<<blocks_num_combine, block_dim_combine, shmem_combine, main_stream>>>
+        (dst_tmp.ptr, dst_tmp_meta.ptr, (float *) KQV->data);
+    CUDA_CHECK(cudaGetLastError());
+}
+
+template <int D, int cols_per_block, int nwarps, int parallel_blocks, typename KQ_acc_t> void launch_fattn_f16_impl(
+        const ggml_tensor * Q, const ggml_tensor * K, const ggml_tensor * V, ggml_tensor * KQV, const ggml_tensor * mask,
+        ggml_cuda_pool & pool, cudaStream_t main_stream
+) {
+    ggml_cuda_pool_alloc<float>  dst_tmp(pool);
+    ggml_cuda_pool_alloc<float2> dst_tmp_meta(pool);
+
+    if (parallel_blocks > 1) {
+        dst_tmp.alloc(parallel_blocks*ggml_nelements(KQV));
+        dst_tmp_meta.alloc(parallel_blocks*ggml_nrows(KQV));
+    }
+
+    constexpr int  frag_m = (cols_per_block) == 8 && (D) % 32 == 0 ? 32 : 16;
+    const     dim3 block_dim(WARP_SIZE, nwarps, 1);
+    const     dim3 blocks_num(parallel_blocks*(Q->ne[1] + cols_per_block - 1) / cols_per_block, Q->ne[2], Q->ne[3]);
+    const     int  shmem = 0;
+
+    float scale;
+    memcpy(&scale, KQV->op_params, sizeof(float));
+
+    flash_attn_ext_f16<D, cols_per_block, nwarps, get_VKQ_stride(D, nwarps, frag_m), parallel_blocks, KQ_acc_t>
+        <<<blocks_num, block_dim, shmem, main_stream>>> (
+                (const char *) Q->data,
+                (const char *) K->data,
+                (const char *) V->data,
+                mask ? ((const char *) mask->data) : nullptr,
+                (parallel_blocks) == 1 ? (float *) KQV->data : dst_tmp.ptr, dst_tmp_meta.ptr,
+                scale,
+                Q->ne[0], Q->ne[1], Q->ne[2], Q->ne[3],
+                K->ne[0], K->ne[1], K->ne[2], K->ne[3],
+                mask ? mask->ne[1] : 0, mask ?  mask->nb[1] : 0,
+                Q->nb[1], Q->nb[2], Q->nb[3],
+                K->nb[1], K->nb[2], K->nb[3],
+                KQV->ne[0], KQV->ne[1], KQV->ne[2], KQV->ne[3]
+                );
+    CUDA_CHECK(cudaGetLastError());
+
+    if ((parallel_blocks) == 1) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const dim3 block_dim_combine(D, 1, 1);
+    const dim3 blocks_num_combine(Q->ne[1], blocks_num.y, blocks_num.z);
+    const int  shmem_combine = 0;
+
+    flash_attn_combine_results<D, parallel_blocks>
+        <<<blocks_num_combine, block_dim_combine, shmem_combine, main_stream>>>
+        (dst_tmp.ptr, dst_tmp_meta.ptr, (float *) KQV->data);
+    CUDA_CHECK(cudaGetLastError());
+}
+
+template <int D, int cols_per_block, int nwarps, typename KQ_acc_t> void launch_fattn_f16(
+        const ggml_tensor * Q, const ggml_tensor * K, const ggml_tensor * V, ggml_tensor * KQV, const ggml_tensor * mask,
+        const int nsm, ggml_cuda_pool & pool, cudaStream_t main_stream
+) {
+    const int blocks_num_pb1 = ((Q->ne[1] + cols_per_block - 1) / cols_per_block)*Q->ne[2]*Q->ne[3];
+
+    if (4*blocks_num_pb1 < 2*nsm) {
+        launch_fattn_f16_impl<D, cols_per_block, nwarps, 4, KQ_acc_t>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, pool, main_stream);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (2*blocks_num_pb1 < 2*nsm) {
+        launch_fattn_f16_impl<D, cols_per_block, nwarps, 2, KQ_acc_t>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, pool, main_stream);
+        return;
+    }
+    launch_fattn_f16_impl<D, cols_per_block, nwarps, 1, KQ_acc_t>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, pool, main_stream);
+}
+
+void ggml_cuda_flash_attn_ext(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst) {
+    const ggml_tensor * Q = dst->src[0];
+    const ggml_tensor * K = dst->src[1];
+    const ggml_tensor * V = dst->src[2];
+
+    const ggml_tensor * mask = dst->src[3];
+
+    ggml_tensor * KQV = dst;
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(Q->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+    GGML_ASSERT(K->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
+    GGML_ASSERT(V->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
+    GGML_ASSERT(KQV->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(!mask || mask->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
+    GGML_ASSERT(!mask || mask->ne[1] >= GGML_PAD(Q->ne[1], 16) &&
+                                "the Flash-Attention CUDA kernel requires the mask to be padded to 16 and at least n_queries big");
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(K->ne[1] % FATTN_KQ_STRIDE == 0 && "Incorrect KV cache padding.");
+
+    ggml_cuda_set_device(ctx.device);
+
+    const int nsm = ggml_cuda_info().devices[ggml_cuda_get_device()].nsm;
+
+    const int32_t precision = KQV->op_params[1];
+
+    if (precision != GGML_PREC_DEFAULT) {
+        if (Q->ne[1] <= 32 || Q->ne[0] > 128) {
+            constexpr int cols_per_block = 16;
+            constexpr int nwarps         =  4;
+            switch (Q->ne[0]) {
+                case 64:
+                    launch_fattn_f16< 64, cols_per_block, nwarps, float>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                    break;
+                case 80:
+                    launch_fattn_f16< 80, cols_per_block, nwarps, float>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                    break;
+                case 96:
+                    launch_fattn_f16< 96, cols_per_block, nwarps, float>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                    break;
+                case 112:
+                    launch_fattn_f16<112, cols_per_block, nwarps, float>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                    break;
+                case 128:
+                    launch_fattn_f16<128, cols_per_block, nwarps, float>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                    break;
+                case 256:
+                    launch_fattn_f16<256, cols_per_block, nwarps, float>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    GGML_ASSERT(false);
+                    break;
+            }
+        } else {
+            constexpr int cols_per_block = 32;
+            constexpr int nwarps         =  4;
+            switch (Q->ne[0]) {
+                case 64:
+                    launch_fattn_f16< 64, cols_per_block, nwarps, float>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                    break;
+                case 80:
+                    launch_fattn_f16< 80, cols_per_block, nwarps, float>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                    break;
+                case 96:
+                    launch_fattn_f16< 96, cols_per_block, nwarps, float>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                    break;
+                case 112:
+                    launch_fattn_f16<112, cols_per_block, nwarps, float>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                    break;
+                case 128:
+                    launch_fattn_f16<128, cols_per_block, nwarps, float>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                    break;
+                // case 256:
+                //     launch_fattn_f16<256, cols_per_block, nwarps, float>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                //     break;
+                default:
+                    GGML_ASSERT(false);
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (Q->ne[1] == 1 && Q->ne[0] % (2*WARP_SIZE) == 0) {
+        constexpr int parallel_blocks = 4;
+        switch (Q->ne[0]) {
+            case 64:
+                launch_fattn_vec_f16< 64, parallel_blocks>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                break;
+            case 128:
+                launch_fattn_vec_f16<128, parallel_blocks>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                break;
+            case 256:
+                launch_fattn_vec_f16<256, parallel_blocks>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                break;
+            default:
+                GGML_ASSERT(false);
+                break;
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (Q->ne[1] <= 8 && Q->ne[0] % WARP_SIZE == 0) {
+        constexpr int cols_per_block = 8;
+        constexpr int nwarps         = 4;
+        switch (Q->ne[0]) {
+            case 64:
+                launch_fattn_f16< 64, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                break;
+            case 96:
+                launch_fattn_f16< 96, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                break;
+            case 128:
+                launch_fattn_f16<128, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                break;
+            case 256:
+                launch_fattn_f16<256, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                break;
+            default:
+                GGML_ASSERT(false);
+                break;
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (Q->ne[1] <= 32) {
+        constexpr int cols_per_block = 16;
+        constexpr int nwarps         =  4;
+        switch (Q->ne[0]) {
+            case 64:
+                launch_fattn_f16< 64, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                break;
+            case 80:
+                launch_fattn_f16< 80, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                break;
+            case 96:
+                launch_fattn_f16< 96, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                break;
+            case 112:
+                launch_fattn_f16<112, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                break;
+            case 128:
+                launch_fattn_f16<128, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                break;
+            case 256:
+                launch_fattn_f16<256, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+                break;
+            default:
+                GGML_ASSERT(false);
+                break;
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    constexpr int cols_per_block = 32;
+    constexpr int nwarps         =  4;
+    switch (Q->ne[0]) {
+        case 64:
+            launch_fattn_f16< 64, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+            break;
+        case 80:
+            launch_fattn_f16< 80, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+            break;
+        case 96:
+            launch_fattn_f16< 96, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+            break;
+        case 112:
+            launch_fattn_f16<112, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+            break;
+        case 128:
+            launch_fattn_f16<128, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+            break;
+        case 256:
+            launch_fattn_f16<256, cols_per_block, nwarps, half>(Q, K, V, KQV, mask, nsm, ctx.pool(), ctx.stream());
+            break;
+        default:
+            GGML_ASSERT(false);
+            break;
+    }
+    return;
+}
diff --git a/ggml-cuda/fattn.cuh b/ggml-cuda/fattn.cuh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad3ca7a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ggml-cuda/fattn.cuh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include "common.cuh"
+
+void ggml_cuda_flash_attn_ext(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst);
diff --git a/ggml-cuda/softmax.cu b/ggml-cuda/softmax.cu
index 9bda18e58..6ed225999 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda/softmax.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda/softmax.cu
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 #include "softmax.cuh"
 
-template <bool vals_smem, int ncols_template, int block_size_template>
-static __global__ void soft_max_f32(const float * x, const float * mask, const float * pos, float * dst, const int ncols_par, const int nrows_y, const float scale, const float max_bias, const float m0, const float m1, uint32_t n_head_log2) {
+template <typename T>
+static __device__ __forceinline__ float t2f32(T val) {
+    return (float) val;
+}
+
+template <>
+__device__ float __forceinline__ t2f32<half>(half val) {
+    return __half2float(val);
+}
+
+template <bool vals_smem, int ncols_template, int block_size_template, typename T>
+static __global__ void soft_max_f32(const float * x, const T * mask, const T * pos, float * dst, const int ncols_par, const int nrows_y, const float scale, const float max_bias, const float m0, const float m1, uint32_t n_head_log2) {
     const int ncols = ncols_template == 0 ? ncols_par : ncols_template;
 
     const int tid  = threadIdx.x;
@@ -28,7 +38,7 @@ static __global__ void soft_max_f32(const float * x, const float * mask, const f
     extern __shared__ float data_soft_max_f32[];
     float * buf_iw = data_soft_max_f32; // shared memory buffer for inter-warp communication
     // shared memory buffer to cache values between iterations:
-    float * vals = vals_smem ? buf_iw + WARP_SIZE : dst + rowx*ncols;
+    float * vals = vals_smem ? buf_iw + WARP_SIZE : dst + (int64_t)rowx*ncols;
 
     float max_val = -INFINITY;
 
@@ -40,10 +50,10 @@ static __global__ void soft_max_f32(const float * x, const float * mask, const f
             break;
         }
 
-        const int ix = rowx*ncols + col;
-        const int iy = rowy*ncols + col;
+        const int64_t ix = (int64_t)rowx*ncols + col;
+        const int64_t iy = (int64_t)rowy*ncols + col;
 
-        const float val = x[ix]*scale + (mask ? mask[iy] : 0.0f) + (pos ? slope*pos[col] : 0.0f);
+        const float val = x[ix]*scale + (mask ? t2f32(mask[iy]) : 0.0f) + (pos ? slope*t2f32(pos[col]) : 0.0f);
 
         vals[col] = val;
         max_val = max(max_val, val);
@@ -109,12 +119,13 @@ static __global__ void soft_max_f32(const float * x, const float * mask, const f
             return;
         }
 
-        const int idst = rowx*ncols + col;
+        const int64_t idst = (int64_t)rowx*ncols + col;
         dst[idst] = vals[col] * inv_sum;
     }
 }
 
-static void soft_max_f32_cuda(const float * x, const float * mask, const float * pos, float * dst, const int ncols_x, const int nrows_x, const int nrows_y, const float scale, const float max_bias, cudaStream_t stream) {
+template<typename T>
+static void soft_max_f32_cuda(const float * x, const T * mask, const T * pos, float * dst, const int ncols_x, const int nrows_x, const int nrows_y, const float scale, const float max_bias, cudaStream_t stream) {
     int nth = WARP_SIZE;
     while (nth < ncols_x && nth < CUDA_SOFT_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE) nth *= 2;
     const dim3 block_dims(nth,     1, 1);
@@ -167,15 +178,19 @@ static void soft_max_f32_cuda(const float * x, const float * mask, const float *
 void ggml_cuda_op_soft_max(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst) {
     const ggml_tensor * src0 = dst->src[0];
     const ggml_tensor * src1 = dst->src[1];
+    const ggml_tensor * src2 = dst->src[2];
+
     const float * src0_d = (const float *)src0->data;
-    const float * src1_d = src1 ? (const float *)src1->data : nullptr;
+    const void  * src1_d = src1 ? (const void *)src1->data : nullptr;
+
     float * dst_d = (float *)dst->data;
     cudaStream_t stream = ctx.stream();
 
     GGML_ASSERT(src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
     GGML_ASSERT( dst->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
 
-    GGML_ASSERT(!src1 || src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F32); // src1 contains mask and it is optional
+    GGML_ASSERT(!src1 || src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 || src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F32); // src1 contains mask and it is optional
+    GGML_ASSERT(!src2 || src2->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 || src2->type == GGML_TYPE_F32); // src2 contains positions and it is optional
 
     const int64_t ne00    = src0->ne[0];
     const int64_t nrows_x = ggml_nrows(src0);
@@ -188,14 +203,25 @@ void ggml_cuda_op_soft_max(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst) {
     memcpy(&max_bias, (float *) dst->op_params + 1, sizeof(float));
 
     // positions tensor
-    float * src2_dd = nullptr;
+    void * src2_d = nullptr;
 
-    ggml_tensor * src2 = dst->src[2];
     const bool use_src2 = src2 != nullptr;
 
     if (use_src2) {
-        src2_dd = (float *)src2->data;
+        src2_d = (void *)src2->data;
     }
 
-    soft_max_f32_cuda(src0_d, src1_d, src2_dd, dst_d, ne00, nrows_x, nrows_y, scale, max_bias, stream);
+    const bool use_f16 = (src1 && src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F16) || (src2 && src2->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
+
+    if (use_f16) {
+        const half * src1_dd = (const half *)src1_d;
+        const half * src2_dd = (const half *)src2_d;
+
+        soft_max_f32_cuda(src0_d, src1_dd, src2_dd, dst_d, ne00, nrows_x, nrows_y, scale, max_bias, stream);
+    } else {
+        const float * src1_dd = (const float *)src1_d;
+        const float * src2_dd = (const float *)src2_d;
+
+        soft_max_f32_cuda(src0_d, src1_dd, src2_dd, dst_d, ne00, nrows_x, nrows_y, scale, max_bias, stream);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ggml-impl.h b/ggml-impl.h
index 2087f7ded..94a1cc668 100644
--- a/ggml-impl.h
+++ b/ggml-impl.h
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ inline static int32x4_t ggml_vdotq_s32(int32x4_t acc, int8x16_t a, int8x16_t b)
 
 #endif // defined(__ARM_NEON)
 
-#if defined(__ARM_NEON) && !defined(__MSC_VER)
+#if defined(__ARM_NEON) && !defined(_MSC_VER)
 
 #define GGML_COMPUTE_FP16_TO_FP32(x) ggml_compute_fp16_to_fp32(x)
 #define GGML_COMPUTE_FP32_TO_FP16(x) ggml_compute_fp32_to_fp16(x)
diff --git a/ggml-kompute.cpp b/ggml-kompute.cpp
index 407062e6f..9a469821d 100644
--- a/ggml-kompute.cpp
+++ b/ggml-kompute.cpp
@@ -1427,6 +1427,7 @@ static void ggml_vk_graph_compute(struct ggml_kompute_context * ctx, struct ggml
         for (int i = node_start; i < node_end; ++i) {
             struct ggml_tensor * src0 = gf->nodes[i]->src[0];
             struct ggml_tensor * src1 = gf->nodes[i]->src[1];
+            struct ggml_tensor * src2 = gf->nodes[i]->src[2]; GGML_UNUSED(src2);
             struct ggml_tensor * dst = gf->nodes[i];
             GGML_ASSERT(dst->data != nullptr);
 
@@ -1559,6 +1560,12 @@ static void ggml_vk_graph_compute(struct ggml_kompute_context * ctx, struct ggml
                     {
                         float scale;
                         memcpy(&scale, dst->op_params, sizeof(float));
+
+#pragma message("TODO: add ggml_vk_soft_max() F16/F32 src1 and src2 support")
+#pragma message("ref:  https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/5021")
+                        GGML_ASSERT(!src1 || src1t == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+                        GGML_ASSERT(src2 == nullptr);
+
                         ggml_vk_soft_max(seq, id_src0, id_src1, id_dst, off_src0, off_src1, off_dst, ne00, ne01, ne02, ne03, scale);
                     } break;
                 case GGML_OP_DIAG_MASK_INF:
diff --git a/ggml-metal.m b/ggml-metal.m
index baeab8e63..49e6b0709 100644
--- a/ggml-metal.m
+++ b/ggml-metal.m
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ enum ggml_metal_kernel_type {
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GELU_QUICK_4,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SILU,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SILU_4,
-    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX,
-    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_4,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_F16,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_F16_4,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_F32,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_F32_4,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_DIAG_MASK_INF,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_DIAG_MASK_INF_8,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_F32,
@@ -177,6 +179,14 @@ enum ggml_metal_kernel_type {
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ARGSORT_F32_I32_ASC,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ARGSORT_F32_I32_DESC,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_LEAKY_RELU_F32,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H64,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H80,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H96,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H112,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H128,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H256,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_VEC_F16_H128,
+    GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_VEC_F16_H256,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_F16,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_F32,
     GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_Q8_0,
@@ -443,7 +453,7 @@ static struct ggml_metal_context * ggml_metal_init(int n_cb) {
         }
 
         /*
-            GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: loaded %-32s %16p | th_max = %4d | th_width = %4d\n", __func__, "kernel_"#name, (void *) kernel->pipeline, \
+            GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: loaded %-40s %16p | th_max = %4d | th_width = %4d\n", __func__, "kernel_"#name, (void *) kernel->pipeline, \
                     (int) kernel->pipeline.maxTotalThreadsPerThreadgroup, \
                     (int) kernel->pipeline.threadExecutionWidth); \
         */
@@ -459,172 +469,182 @@ static struct ggml_metal_context * ggml_metal_init(int n_cb) {
                 return NULL; \
             } \
         } else { \
-            GGML_METAL_LOG_WARN("%s: skipping %-32s (not supported)\n", __func__, "kernel_"#name); \
+            GGML_METAL_LOG_WARN("%s: skipping %-40s (not supported)\n", __func__, "kernel_"#name); \
         }
 
         // simd_sum and simd_max requires MTLGPUFamilyApple7
 
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ADD,                       add,                    true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ADD_ROW,                   add_row,                true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL,                       mul,                    true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_ROW,                   mul_row,                true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_DIV,                       div,                    true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_DIV_ROW,                   div_row,                true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SCALE,                     scale,                  true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SCALE_4,                   scale_4,                true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CLAMP,                     clamp,                  true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_TANH,                      tanh,                   true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_RELU,                      relu,                   true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GELU,                      gelu,                   true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GELU_4,                    gelu_4,                 true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GELU_QUICK,                gelu_quick,             true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GELU_QUICK_4,              gelu_quick_4,           true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SILU,                      silu,                   true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SILU_4,                    silu_4,                 true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX,                  soft_max,               ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_4,                soft_max_4,             ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_DIAG_MASK_INF,             diag_mask_inf,          true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_DIAG_MASK_INF_8,           diag_mask_inf_8,        true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_F32,              get_rows_f32,           true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_F16,              get_rows_f16,           true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q4_0,             get_rows_q4_0,          true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q4_1,             get_rows_q4_1,          true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q5_0,             get_rows_q5_0,          true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q5_1,             get_rows_q5_1,          true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q8_0,             get_rows_q8_0,          true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q2_K,             get_rows_q2_K,          true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q3_K,             get_rows_q3_K,          true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q4_K,             get_rows_q4_K,          true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q5_K,             get_rows_q5_K,          true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q6_K,             get_rows_q6_K,          true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ2_XXS,          get_rows_iq2_xxs,       true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ2_XS,           get_rows_iq2_xs,        true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ3_XXS,          get_rows_iq3_xxs,       true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ3_S,            get_rows_iq3_s,         true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ2_S,            get_rows_iq2_s,         true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ1_S,            get_rows_iq1_s,         true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ1_M,            get_rows_iq1_m,         true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ4_NL,           get_rows_iq4_nl,        true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ4_XS,           get_rows_iq4_xs,        true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_I32,              get_rows_i32,           true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_RMS_NORM,                  rms_norm,               ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GROUP_NORM,                group_norm,             ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_NORM,                      norm,                   true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_F32_F32,            mul_mv_f32_f32,         ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_F16_F16,            mul_mv_f16_f16,         ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_F16_F32,            mul_mv_f16_f32,         ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_F16_F32_1ROW,       mul_mv_f16_f32_1row,    ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_F16_F32_L4,         mul_mv_f16_f32_l4,      ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q4_0_F32,           mul_mv_q4_0_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q4_1_F32,           mul_mv_q4_1_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q5_0_F32,           mul_mv_q5_0_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q5_1_F32,           mul_mv_q5_1_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q8_0_F32,           mul_mv_q8_0_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q2_K_F32,           mul_mv_q2_K_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q3_K_F32,           mul_mv_q3_K_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q4_K_F32,           mul_mv_q4_K_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q5_K_F32,           mul_mv_q5_K_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q6_K_F32,           mul_mv_q6_K_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ2_XXS_F32,        mul_mv_iq2_xxs_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ2_XS_F32,         mul_mv_iq2_xs_f32,      ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ3_XXS_F32,        mul_mv_iq3_xxs_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ3_S_F32,          mul_mv_iq3_s_f32,       ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ2_S_F32,          mul_mv_iq2_s_f32,       ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ1_S_F32,          mul_mv_iq1_s_f32,       ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ1_M_F32,          mul_mv_iq1_m_f32,       ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ4_NL_F32,         mul_mv_iq4_nl_f32,      ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ4_XS_F32,         mul_mv_iq4_xs_f32,      ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_F32_F32,         mul_mv_id_f32_f32,      ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-      //GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_F16_F16,         mul_mv_id_f16_f16,      ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_F16_F32,         mul_mv_id_f16_f32,      ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-      //GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_F16_F32_1ROW,    mul_mv_id_f16_f32_1row, ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-      //GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_F16_F32_L4,      mul_mv_id_f16_f32_l4,   ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q4_0_F32,        mul_mv_id_q4_0_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q4_1_F32,        mul_mv_id_q4_1_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q5_0_F32,        mul_mv_id_q5_0_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q5_1_F32,        mul_mv_id_q5_1_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q8_0_F32,        mul_mv_id_q8_0_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q2_K_F32,        mul_mv_id_q2_K_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q3_K_F32,        mul_mv_id_q3_K_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q4_K_F32,        mul_mv_id_q4_K_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q5_K_F32,        mul_mv_id_q5_K_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q6_K_F32,        mul_mv_id_q6_K_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ2_XXS_F32,     mul_mv_id_iq2_xxs_f32,  ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ2_XS_F32,      mul_mv_id_iq2_xs_f32,   ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ3_XXS_F32,     mul_mv_id_iq3_xxs_f32,  ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ3_S_F32,       mul_mv_id_iq3_s_f32,    ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ2_S_F32,       mul_mv_id_iq2_s_f32,    ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ1_S_F32,       mul_mv_id_iq1_s_f32,    ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ1_M_F32,       mul_mv_id_iq1_m_f32,    ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ4_NL_F32,      mul_mv_id_iq4_nl_f32,   ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ4_XS_F32,      mul_mv_id_iq4_xs_f32,   ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_F32_F32,            mul_mm_f32_f32,         ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_F16_F32,            mul_mm_f16_f32,         ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q4_0_F32,           mul_mm_q4_0_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q4_1_F32,           mul_mm_q4_1_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q5_0_F32,           mul_mm_q5_0_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q5_1_F32,           mul_mm_q5_1_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q8_0_F32,           mul_mm_q8_0_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q2_K_F32,           mul_mm_q2_K_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q3_K_F32,           mul_mm_q3_K_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q4_K_F32,           mul_mm_q4_K_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q5_K_F32,           mul_mm_q5_K_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q6_K_F32,           mul_mm_q6_K_f32,        ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ2_XXS_F32,        mul_mm_iq2_xxs_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ2_XS_F32,         mul_mm_iq2_xs_f32,      ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ3_XXS_F32,        mul_mm_iq3_xxs_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ3_S_F32,          mul_mm_iq3_s_f32,       ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ2_S_F32,          mul_mm_iq2_s_f32,       ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ1_S_F32,          mul_mm_iq1_s_f32,       ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ1_M_F32,          mul_mm_iq1_m_f32,       ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ4_NL_F32,         mul_mm_iq4_nl_f32,      ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ4_XS_F32,         mul_mm_iq4_xs_f32,      ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_F32_F32,         mul_mm_id_f32_f32,      ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_F16_F32,         mul_mm_id_f16_f32,      ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q4_0_F32,        mul_mm_id_q4_0_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q4_1_F32,        mul_mm_id_q4_1_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q5_0_F32,        mul_mm_id_q5_0_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q5_1_F32,        mul_mm_id_q5_1_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q8_0_F32,        mul_mm_id_q8_0_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q2_K_F32,        mul_mm_id_q2_K_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q3_K_F32,        mul_mm_id_q3_K_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q4_K_F32,        mul_mm_id_q4_K_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q5_K_F32,        mul_mm_id_q5_K_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q6_K_F32,        mul_mm_id_q6_K_f32,     ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ2_XXS_F32,     mul_mm_id_iq2_xxs_f32,  ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ2_XS_F32,      mul_mm_id_iq2_xs_f32,   ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ3_XXS_F32,     mul_mm_id_iq3_xxs_f32,  ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ3_S_F32,       mul_mm_id_iq3_s_f32,    ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ2_S_F32,       mul_mm_id_iq2_s_f32,    ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ1_S_F32,       mul_mm_id_iq1_s_f32,    ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ1_M_F32,       mul_mm_id_iq1_m_f32,    ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ4_NL_F32,      mul_mm_id_iq4_nl_f32,   ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ4_XS_F32,      mul_mm_id_iq4_xs_f32,   ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ROPE_F32,                  rope_f32,               true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ROPE_F16,                  rope_f16,               true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ALIBI_F32,                 alibi_f32,              true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_IM2COL_F16,                im2col_f16,             true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_IM2COL_F32,                im2col_f32,             true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_UPSCALE_F32,               upscale_f32,            true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_PAD_F32,                   pad_f32,                true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_TIMESTEP_EMBEDDING_F32,    timestep_embedding_f32, true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ARANGE_F32,                arange_f32,             true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ARGSORT_F32_I32_ASC,       argsort_f32_i32_asc,    true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ARGSORT_F32_I32_DESC,      argsort_f32_i32_desc,   true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_LEAKY_RELU_F32,            leaky_relu_f32,         true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_F16,               cpy_f32_f16,            true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_F32,               cpy_f32_f32,            true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_Q8_0,              cpy_f32_q8_0,           true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_Q4_0,              cpy_f32_q4_0,           true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_Q4_1,              cpy_f32_q4_1,           true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_Q5_0,              cpy_f32_q5_0,           true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_Q5_1,              cpy_f32_q5_1,           true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_IQ4_NL,            cpy_f32_iq4_nl,         true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F16_F16,               cpy_f16_f16,            true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F16_F32,               cpy_f16_f32,            true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CONCAT,                    concat,                 true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SQR,                       sqr,                    true);
-        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SUM_ROWS,                  sum_rows,               true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ADD,                           add,                            true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ADD_ROW,                       add_row,                        true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL,                           mul,                            true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_ROW,                       mul_row,                        true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_DIV,                           div,                            true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_DIV_ROW,                       div_row,                        true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SCALE,                         scale,                          true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SCALE_4,                       scale_4,                        true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CLAMP,                         clamp,                          true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_TANH,                          tanh,                           true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_RELU,                          relu,                           true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GELU,                          gelu,                           true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GELU_4,                        gelu_4,                         true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GELU_QUICK,                    gelu_quick,                     true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GELU_QUICK_4,                  gelu_quick_4,                   true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SILU,                          silu,                           true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SILU_4,                        silu_4,                         true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_F16,                  soft_max_f16,                   ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_F16_4,                soft_max_f16_4,                 ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_F32,                  soft_max_f32,                   ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_F32_4,                soft_max_f32_4,                 ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_DIAG_MASK_INF,                 diag_mask_inf,                  true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_DIAG_MASK_INF_8,               diag_mask_inf_8,                true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_F32,                  get_rows_f32,                   true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_F16,                  get_rows_f16,                   true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q4_0,                 get_rows_q4_0,                  true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q4_1,                 get_rows_q4_1,                  true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q5_0,                 get_rows_q5_0,                  true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q5_1,                 get_rows_q5_1,                  true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q8_0,                 get_rows_q8_0,                  true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q2_K,                 get_rows_q2_K,                  true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q3_K,                 get_rows_q3_K,                  true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q4_K,                 get_rows_q4_K,                  true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q5_K,                 get_rows_q5_K,                  true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_Q6_K,                 get_rows_q6_K,                  true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ2_XXS,              get_rows_iq2_xxs,               true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ2_XS,               get_rows_iq2_xs,                true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ3_XXS,              get_rows_iq3_xxs,               true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ3_S,                get_rows_iq3_s,                 true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ2_S,                get_rows_iq2_s,                 true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ1_S,                get_rows_iq1_s,                 true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ1_M,                get_rows_iq1_m,                 true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ4_NL,               get_rows_iq4_nl,                true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_IQ4_XS,               get_rows_iq4_xs,                true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GET_ROWS_I32,                  get_rows_i32,                   true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_RMS_NORM,                      rms_norm,                       ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_GROUP_NORM,                    group_norm,                     ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_NORM,                          norm,                           true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_F32_F32,                mul_mv_f32_f32,                 ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_F16_F16,                mul_mv_f16_f16,                 ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_F16_F32,                mul_mv_f16_f32,                 ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_F16_F32_1ROW,           mul_mv_f16_f32_1row,            ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_F16_F32_L4,             mul_mv_f16_f32_l4,              ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q4_0_F32,               mul_mv_q4_0_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q4_1_F32,               mul_mv_q4_1_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q5_0_F32,               mul_mv_q5_0_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q5_1_F32,               mul_mv_q5_1_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q8_0_F32,               mul_mv_q8_0_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q2_K_F32,               mul_mv_q2_K_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q3_K_F32,               mul_mv_q3_K_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q4_K_F32,               mul_mv_q4_K_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q5_K_F32,               mul_mv_q5_K_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_Q6_K_F32,               mul_mv_q6_K_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ2_XXS_F32,            mul_mv_iq2_xxs_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ2_XS_F32,             mul_mv_iq2_xs_f32,              ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ3_XXS_F32,            mul_mv_iq3_xxs_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ3_S_F32,              mul_mv_iq3_s_f32,               ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ2_S_F32,              mul_mv_iq2_s_f32,               ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ1_S_F32,              mul_mv_iq1_s_f32,               ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ1_M_F32,              mul_mv_iq1_m_f32,               ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ4_NL_F32,             mul_mv_iq4_nl_f32,              ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_IQ4_XS_F32,             mul_mv_iq4_xs_f32,              ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_F32_F32,             mul_mv_id_f32_f32,              ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+      //GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_F16_F16,             mul_mv_id_f16_f16,              ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_F16_F32,             mul_mv_id_f16_f32,              ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+      //GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_F16_F32_1ROW,        mul_mv_id_f16_f32_1row,         ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+      //GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_F16_F32_L4,          mul_mv_id_f16_f32_l4,           ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q4_0_F32,            mul_mv_id_q4_0_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q4_1_F32,            mul_mv_id_q4_1_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q5_0_F32,            mul_mv_id_q5_0_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q5_1_F32,            mul_mv_id_q5_1_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q8_0_F32,            mul_mv_id_q8_0_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q2_K_F32,            mul_mv_id_q2_K_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q3_K_F32,            mul_mv_id_q3_K_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q4_K_F32,            mul_mv_id_q4_K_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q5_K_F32,            mul_mv_id_q5_K_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_Q6_K_F32,            mul_mv_id_q6_K_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ2_XXS_F32,         mul_mv_id_iq2_xxs_f32,          ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ2_XS_F32,          mul_mv_id_iq2_xs_f32,           ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ3_XXS_F32,         mul_mv_id_iq3_xxs_f32,          ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ3_S_F32,           mul_mv_id_iq3_s_f32,            ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ2_S_F32,           mul_mv_id_iq2_s_f32,            ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ1_S_F32,           mul_mv_id_iq1_s_f32,            ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ1_M_F32,           mul_mv_id_iq1_m_f32,            ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ4_NL_F32,          mul_mv_id_iq4_nl_f32,           ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MV_ID_IQ4_XS_F32,          mul_mv_id_iq4_xs_f32,           ctx->support_simdgroup_reduction);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_F32_F32,                mul_mm_f32_f32,                 ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_F16_F32,                mul_mm_f16_f32,                 ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q4_0_F32,               mul_mm_q4_0_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q4_1_F32,               mul_mm_q4_1_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q5_0_F32,               mul_mm_q5_0_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q5_1_F32,               mul_mm_q5_1_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q8_0_F32,               mul_mm_q8_0_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q2_K_F32,               mul_mm_q2_K_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q3_K_F32,               mul_mm_q3_K_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q4_K_F32,               mul_mm_q4_K_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q5_K_F32,               mul_mm_q5_K_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_Q6_K_F32,               mul_mm_q6_K_f32,                ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ2_XXS_F32,            mul_mm_iq2_xxs_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ2_XS_F32,             mul_mm_iq2_xs_f32,              ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ3_XXS_F32,            mul_mm_iq3_xxs_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ3_S_F32,              mul_mm_iq3_s_f32,               ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ2_S_F32,              mul_mm_iq2_s_f32,               ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ1_S_F32,              mul_mm_iq1_s_f32,               ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ1_M_F32,              mul_mm_iq1_m_f32,               ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ4_NL_F32,             mul_mm_iq4_nl_f32,              ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_IQ4_XS_F32,             mul_mm_iq4_xs_f32,              ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_F32_F32,             mul_mm_id_f32_f32,              ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_F16_F32,             mul_mm_id_f16_f32,              ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q4_0_F32,            mul_mm_id_q4_0_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q4_1_F32,            mul_mm_id_q4_1_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q5_0_F32,            mul_mm_id_q5_0_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q5_1_F32,            mul_mm_id_q5_1_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q8_0_F32,            mul_mm_id_q8_0_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q2_K_F32,            mul_mm_id_q2_K_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q3_K_F32,            mul_mm_id_q3_K_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q4_K_F32,            mul_mm_id_q4_K_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q5_K_F32,            mul_mm_id_q5_K_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_Q6_K_F32,            mul_mm_id_q6_K_f32,             ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ2_XXS_F32,         mul_mm_id_iq2_xxs_f32,          ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ2_XS_F32,          mul_mm_id_iq2_xs_f32,           ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ3_XXS_F32,         mul_mm_id_iq3_xxs_f32,          ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ3_S_F32,           mul_mm_id_iq3_s_f32,            ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ2_S_F32,           mul_mm_id_iq2_s_f32,            ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ1_S_F32,           mul_mm_id_iq1_s_f32,            ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ1_M_F32,           mul_mm_id_iq1_m_f32,            ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ4_NL_F32,          mul_mm_id_iq4_nl_f32,           ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_MUL_MM_ID_IQ4_XS_F32,          mul_mm_id_iq4_xs_f32,           ctx->support_simdgroup_mm);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ROPE_F32,                      rope_f32,                       true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ROPE_F16,                      rope_f16,                       true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ALIBI_F32,                     alibi_f32,                      true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_IM2COL_F16,                    im2col_f16,                     true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_IM2COL_F32,                    im2col_f32,                     true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_UPSCALE_F32,                   upscale_f32,                    true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_PAD_F32,                       pad_f32,                        true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_TIMESTEP_EMBEDDING_F32,        timestep_embedding_f32,         true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ARANGE_F32,                    arange_f32,                     true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ARGSORT_F32_I32_ASC,           argsort_f32_i32_asc,            true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_ARGSORT_F32_I32_DESC,          argsort_f32_i32_desc,           true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_LEAKY_RELU_F32,                leaky_relu_f32,                 true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H64,        flash_attn_ext_f16_h64,         true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H80,        flash_attn_ext_f16_h80,         true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H96,        flash_attn_ext_f16_h96,         true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H112,       flash_attn_ext_f16_h112,        true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H128,       flash_attn_ext_f16_h128,        true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H256,       flash_attn_ext_f16_h256,        true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_VEC_F16_H128,   flash_attn_ext_vec_f16_h128,    true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_VEC_F16_H256,   flash_attn_ext_vec_f16_h256,    true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_F16,                   cpy_f32_f16,                    true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_F32,                   cpy_f32_f32,                    true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_Q8_0,                  cpy_f32_q8_0,                   true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_Q4_0,                  cpy_f32_q4_0,                   true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_Q4_1,                  cpy_f32_q4_1,                   true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_Q5_0,                  cpy_f32_q5_0,                   true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_Q5_1,                  cpy_f32_q5_1,                   true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F32_IQ4_NL,                cpy_f32_iq4_nl,                 true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F16_F16,                   cpy_f16_f16,                    true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CPY_F16_F32,                   cpy_f16_f32,                    true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_CONCAT,                        concat,                         true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SQR,                           sqr,                            true);
+        GGML_METAL_ADD_KERNEL(GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SUM_ROWS,                      sum_rows,                       true);
     }
 
     [metal_library release];
@@ -743,6 +763,7 @@ static bool ggml_metal_supports_op(const struct ggml_metal_context * ctx, const
         case GGML_OP_TIMESTEP_EMBEDDING:
         case GGML_OP_ARGSORT:
         case GGML_OP_LEAKY_RELU:
+        case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
             return true;
         case GGML_OP_MUL_MAT:
         case GGML_OP_MUL_MAT_ID:
@@ -1326,20 +1347,33 @@ static enum ggml_status ggml_metal_graph_compute(
                     } break;
                 case GGML_OP_SOFT_MAX:
                     {
+                        GGML_ASSERT(!src1 || src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 || src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+                        GGML_ASSERT(!src2 || src2->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 || src2->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+
                         int nth = 32; // SIMD width
 
                         id<MTLComputePipelineState> pipeline = nil;
 
+                        const bool use_f16 = (src1 && src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F16) || (src2 && src2->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
+
                         if (ne00%4 == 0) {
                             while (nth < ne00/4 && nth < 256) {
                                 nth *= 2;
                             }
-                            pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_4].pipeline;
+                            if (use_f16) {
+                                pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_F16_4].pipeline;
+                            } else {
+                                pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_F32_4].pipeline;
+                            }
                         } else {
                             while (nth < ne00 && nth < 1024) {
                                 nth *= 2;
                             }
-                            pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX].pipeline;
+                            if (use_f16) {
+                                pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_F16].pipeline;
+                            } else {
+                                pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_SOFT_MAX_F32].pipeline;
+                            }
                         }
 
                         float scale;
@@ -2503,6 +2537,161 @@ static enum ggml_status ggml_metal_graph_compute(
 
                         [encoder dispatchThreadgroups:MTLSizeMake(n, 1, 1) threadsPerThreadgroup:MTLSizeMake(1, 1, 1)];
                     } break;
+                case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
+                    {
+                        GGML_ASSERT(ne00 % 4 == 0);
+                        GGML_ASSERT(src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+
+                        struct ggml_tensor * src3 = gf->nodes[i]->src[3];
+
+                        GGML_ASSERT(ggml_are_same_shape(src1, src2));
+                        GGML_ASSERT(src3);
+
+                        size_t offs_src3 = 0;
+
+                        id<MTLBuffer> id_src3 = src3 ? ggml_metal_get_buffer(src3, &offs_src3) : nil;
+
+                        GGML_ASSERT(!src3 || src3->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
+                        GGML_ASSERT(!src3 || src3->ne[1] >= GGML_PAD(src0->ne[1], 8) &&
+                                "the Flash-Attention Metal kernel requires the mask to be padded to 8 and at least n_queries big");
+
+                        const int64_t  ne30 = src3 ? src3->ne[0] : 0; GGML_UNUSED(ne30);
+                        const int64_t  ne31 = src3 ? src3->ne[1] : 0;
+                        const int64_t  ne32 = src3 ? src3->ne[2] : 0; GGML_UNUSED(ne32);
+                        const int64_t  ne33 = src3 ? src3->ne[3] : 0; GGML_UNUSED(ne33);
+
+                        const uint64_t nb30 = src3 ? src3->nb[0] : 0; GGML_UNUSED(nb30);
+                        const uint64_t nb31 = src3 ? src3->nb[1] : 0;
+                        const uint64_t nb32 = src3 ? src3->nb[2] : 0; GGML_UNUSED(nb32);
+                        const uint64_t nb33 = src3 ? src3->nb[3] : 0; GGML_UNUSED(nb33);
+
+                        const enum ggml_type src2t = src2 ? src2->type : GGML_TYPE_COUNT; GGML_UNUSED(src2t);
+
+                        float scale;
+                        memcpy(&scale, dst->op_params, sizeof(float));
+
+                        id<MTLComputePipelineState> pipeline = nil;
+
+                        bool use_vec_kernel = false;
+
+                        if (ne01 >= 4 || (ne00%128 != 0)) {
+                            switch (ne00) {
+                                case 64:  pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H64 ].pipeline; break;
+                                case 80:  pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H80 ].pipeline; break;
+                                case 96:  pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H96 ].pipeline; break;
+                                case 112: pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H112].pipeline; break;
+                                case 128: pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H128].pipeline; break;
+                                case 256: pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_F16_H256].pipeline; break;
+                                default:
+                                          {
+                                              GGML_METAL_LOG_ERROR("unsupported size: %lld\n", ne00);
+                                              GGML_METAL_LOG_ERROR("add template specialization for this size\n");
+                                              GGML_ASSERT(false && "add template specialization for this size");
+                                          }
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            use_vec_kernel = true;
+
+                            switch (ne00) {
+                                case 128: pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_VEC_F16_H128].pipeline; break;
+                                case 256: pipeline = ctx->kernels[GGML_METAL_KERNEL_TYPE_FLASH_ATTN_EXT_VEC_F16_H256].pipeline; break;
+                                default:
+                                          {
+                                              GGML_METAL_LOG_ERROR("unsupported size: %lld\n", ne00);
+                                              GGML_METAL_LOG_ERROR("add template specialization for this size\n");
+                                              GGML_ASSERT(false && "add template specialization for this size");
+                                          }
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        [encoder setComputePipelineState:pipeline];
+                        [encoder setBuffer:id_src0 offset:offs_src0        atIndex:0];
+                        [encoder setBuffer:id_src1 offset:offs_src1        atIndex:1];
+                        [encoder setBuffer:id_src2 offset:offs_src2        atIndex:2];
+                        [encoder setBuffer:id_src3 offset:offs_src3        atIndex:3];
+                        [encoder setBuffer:id_dst  offset:offs_dst         atIndex:4];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne00    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:5];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne01    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:6];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne02    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:7];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne03    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:8];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb00    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:9];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb01    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:10];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb02    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:11];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb03    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:12];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne10    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:13];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne11    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:14];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne12    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:15];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne13    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:16];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb10    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:17];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb11    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:18];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb12    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:19];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb13    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:20];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne31    length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:21];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&nb31    length:sizeof(uint64_t) atIndex:22];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne0     length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:23];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne1     length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:24];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne2     length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:25];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&ne3     length:sizeof( int64_t) atIndex:26];
+                        [encoder setBytes:&scale   length:sizeof(   float) atIndex:27];
+
+                        if (!use_vec_kernel) {
+                            // half8x8 kernel
+                            const int64_t nqptg = 8;  // queries per threadgroup    !! sync with kernel template arguments !!
+                            const int64_t ncpsg = 32; // cache values per simdgroup !! sync with kernel template arguments !!
+
+                            GGML_ASSERT(nqptg <= 32);
+                            GGML_ASSERT(nqptg  % 8  == 0);
+                            GGML_ASSERT(ncpsg  % 32 == 0);
+
+                            int64_t nsgmax = 2;
+
+                            while (true) {
+                                const size_t smem = nqptg*(ne00 + 2*nsgmax*(ncpsg + nqptg))*(sizeof(float)/2);
+                                if (smem > ctx->device.maxThreadgroupMemoryLength) {
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                                nsgmax *= 2;
+                            }
+                            nsgmax /= 2;
+
+                            // simdgroups per threadgroup (a.k.a. warps)
+                            const int64_t nsg = ne01 <= nqptg ? MAX(4, MIN(nsgmax, MIN(ne11/ncpsg, (int64_t) pipeline.maxTotalThreadsPerThreadgroup/32))) : 4;
+
+                            const size_t smem = nqptg*(ne00 + 2*nsg*(ncpsg + nqptg))*(sizeof(float)/2);
+
+                            //printf("smem: %zu, max: %zu\n", smem, ctx->device.maxThreadgroupMemoryLength);
+                            GGML_ASSERT(smem <= ctx->device.maxThreadgroupMemoryLength);
+
+                            [encoder setThreadgroupMemoryLength:GGML_PAD(smem, 16) atIndex:0];
+
+                            [encoder dispatchThreadgroups:MTLSizeMake((ne01 + nqptg - 1)/nqptg, ne02, ne03) threadsPerThreadgroup:MTLSizeMake(32, nsg, 1)];
+                        } else {
+                            // half1x4 kernel
+                            const int64_t nqptg = 1;  // queries per threadgroup    !! sync with kernel template arguments !!
+                            const int64_t ncpsg = 32; // cache values per simdgroup !! sync with kernel template arguments !!
+
+                            GGML_ASSERT(nqptg <= 32);
+                            GGML_ASSERT(nqptg  % 1  == 0);
+                            GGML_ASSERT(ncpsg  % 32 == 0);
+
+                            // simdgroups per threadgroup (a.k.a. warps)
+                            const int64_t nsgt = MAX(2, MIN(ne11/ncpsg, (int64_t) pipeline.maxTotalThreadsPerThreadgroup/32));
+
+                            int64_t nsg = 1;
+                            while (nsg <= nsgt) {
+                                nsg *= 2;
+                            }
+                            nsg /= 2;
+
+                            const size_t smem = (nqptg*(ne00 + 2*nsg*(ncpsg + nqptg)) + nsg*ne00)*(sizeof(float)/2);
+
+                            //printf("smem: %zu, max: %zu\n", smem, ctx->device.maxThreadgroupMemoryLength);
+                            GGML_ASSERT(smem <= ctx->device.maxThreadgroupMemoryLength);
+                            [encoder setThreadgroupMemoryLength:GGML_PAD(smem, 16) atIndex:0];
+
+                            [encoder dispatchThreadgroups:MTLSizeMake((ne01 + nqptg - 1)/nqptg, ne02, ne03) threadsPerThreadgroup:MTLSizeMake(32, nsg, 1)];
+                        }
+                    } break;
                 case GGML_OP_DUP:
                 case GGML_OP_CPY:
                 case GGML_OP_CONT:
@@ -2590,6 +2779,45 @@ static enum ggml_status ggml_metal_graph_compute(
         MTLCommandBufferStatus status = [command_buffer status];
         if (status != MTLCommandBufferStatusCompleted) {
             GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: command buffer %d failed with status %lu\n", __func__, i, status);
+            if (status == MTLCommandBufferStatusError) {
+                MTLCommandBufferError error_code = [command_buffer error].code;
+                switch (error_code) {
+                    case MTLCommandBufferErrorNone:
+                        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("no error code reported\n");
+                        break;
+                    case MTLCommandBufferErrorTimeout:
+                        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("timeout\n");
+                        break;
+                    case MTLCommandBufferErrorPageFault:
+                        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("unserviceable page fault\n");
+                        break;
+                    case MTLCommandBufferErrorOutOfMemory:
+                        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("out of memory\n");
+                        break;
+                    case MTLCommandBufferErrorInvalidResource:
+                        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("invalid reference to resource\n");
+                        break;
+                    case MTLCommandBufferErrorMemoryless:
+                        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("GPU ran out of one or more of its internal resources that support memoryless render pass attachments\n");
+                        break;
+                    case MTLCommandBufferErrorDeviceRemoved:
+                        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("device removed\n");
+                        break;
+                    case MTLCommandBufferErrorStackOverflow:
+                        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("kernel function of tile shader used too many stack frames\n");
+                        break;
+                    case MTLCommandBufferErrorAccessRevoked:
+                        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("access to device revoked by system\n");
+                        break;
+                    case MTLCommandBufferErrorInternal:
+                        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("internal error\n");
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("unknown error %lu\n", error_code);
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+
             return GGML_STATUS_FAILED;
         }
     }
@@ -2706,10 +2934,13 @@ GGML_CALL static const char * ggml_backend_metal_buffer_type_get_name(ggml_backe
     UNUSED(buft);
 }
 
-static void ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(id<MTLDevice> device) {
+static void ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(id<MTLDevice> device, size_t size_aligned) {
+#ifndef GGML_METAL_NDEBUG
 #if TARGET_OS_OSX || (TARGET_OS_IOS && __clang_major__ >= 15)
     if (@available(macOS 10.12, iOS 16.0, *)) {
-        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO(", (%8.2f / %8.2f)",
+        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: allocated buffer, size = %8.2f MiB, (%8.2f / %8.2f)",
+                __func__,
+                size_aligned / 1024.0 / 1024.0,
                 device.currentAllocatedSize / 1024.0 / 1024.0,
                 device.recommendedMaxWorkingSetSize / 1024.0 / 1024.0);
 
@@ -2719,10 +2950,15 @@ static void ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(id<MTLDevice> device) {
             GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("\n");
         }
     } else {
-        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO(", (%8.2f)\n", device.currentAllocatedSize / 1024.0 / 1024.0);
+        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: allocated buffer, size = %8.2f MiB, (%8.2f)\n",
+                __func__,
+                size_aligned / 1024.0 / 1024.0,
+                device.currentAllocatedSize / 1024.0 / 1024.0);
     }
+#endif
 #endif
     UNUSED(device);
+    UNUSED(size_aligned);
 }
 
 GGML_CALL static ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_metal_buffer_type_alloc_buffer(ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft, size_t size) {
@@ -2756,8 +2992,7 @@ GGML_CALL static ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_metal_buffer_type_alloc_buff
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: allocated buffer, size = %8.2f MiB", __func__, size_aligned / 1024.0 / 1024.0);
-    ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(device);
+    //ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(device, size_aligned);
 
     return ggml_backend_buffer_init(buft, ggml_backend_metal_buffer_i, ctx, size);
 }
@@ -2844,7 +3079,7 @@ GGML_CALL ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_metal_buffer_from_ptr(void * data,
             return false;
         }
 
-        GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: allocated buffer, size = %8.2f MiB", __func__, size_aligned / 1024.0 / 1024.0);
+        ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(device, size_aligned);
 
         ++ctx->n_buffers;
     } else {
@@ -2867,7 +3102,8 @@ GGML_CALL ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_metal_buffer_from_ptr(void * data,
                 return false;
             }
 
-            GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("%s: allocated buffer, size = %8.2f MiB, offs = %12ld", __func__, size_step_aligned / 1024.0 / 1024.0, i);
+            ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(device, size_step_aligned);
+
             if (i + size_step < size) {
                 GGML_METAL_LOG_INFO("\n");
             }
@@ -2876,8 +3112,6 @@ GGML_CALL ggml_backend_buffer_t ggml_backend_metal_buffer_from_ptr(void * data,
         }
     }
 
-    ggml_backend_metal_log_allocated_size(device);
-
     return ggml_backend_buffer_init(ggml_backend_metal_buffer_type(), ggml_backend_metal_buffer_i, ctx, size);
 }
 
diff --git a/ggml-metal.metal b/ggml-metal.metal
index 191880af1..3d4276ae0 100644
--- a/ggml-metal.metal
+++ b/ggml-metal.metal
@@ -352,11 +352,12 @@ kernel void kernel_sum_rows(
     dst_row[0] = row_sum;
 }
 
+template<typename T>
 kernel void kernel_soft_max(
-        device const float * src0,
-        device const float * src1,
-        device const float * src2,
-        device       float * dst,
+        device const  char * src0,
+        device const  char * src1,
+        device const  char * src2,
+        device        char * dst,
         constant   int64_t & ne00,
         constant   int64_t & ne01,
         constant   int64_t & ne02,
@@ -375,10 +376,10 @@ kernel void kernel_soft_max(
     const int64_t i02 = (tgpig - i03*ne02*ne01) / ne01;
     const int64_t i01 = (tgpig - i03*ne02*ne01 - i02*ne01);
 
-    device const float * psrc0 =         src0 + i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00;
-    device const float * pmask = src1 != src0 ? src1                               + i01*ne00 : nullptr;
-    device const float * ppos  = src2 != src0 ? src2                                          : nullptr;
-    device       float * pdst  =         dst  + i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00;
+    device const float * psrc0 = (device const float *) src0 + (i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00);
+    device const     T * pmask = src1 != src0 ? (device const    T *) src1         + i01*ne00 : nullptr;
+    device const     T * ppos  = src2 != src0 ? (device const    T *) src2                    : nullptr;
+    device       float * pdst  = (device       float *) dst  + (i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00);
 
     float slope = 0.0f;
 
@@ -456,11 +457,12 @@ kernel void kernel_soft_max(
     }
 }
 
+template<typename T>
 kernel void kernel_soft_max_4(
-        device const float * src0,
-        device const float * src1,
-        device const float * src2,
-        device       float * dst,
+        device const  char * src0,
+        device const  char * src1,
+        device const  char * src2,
+        device        char * dst,
         constant   int64_t & ne00,
         constant   int64_t & ne01,
         constant   int64_t & ne02,
@@ -479,10 +481,10 @@ kernel void kernel_soft_max_4(
     const int64_t i02 = (tgpig - i03*ne02*ne01) / ne01;
     const int64_t i01 = (tgpig - i03*ne02*ne01 - i02*ne01);
 
-    device const float4 * psrc4 =                (device const float4 *)(src0 + i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00);
-    device const float4 * pmask = src1 != src0 ? (device const float4 *)(src1 +                                      i01*ne00) : nullptr;
-    device const float4 * ppos  = src2 != src0 ? (device const float4 *)(src2)                                                 : nullptr;
-    device       float4 * pdst4 =                (device       float4 *)(dst  + i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00);
+    device const float4 * psrc4 = (device const float4 *) src0 + (i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00)/4;
+    device const      T * pmask = src1 != src0 ? (device const     T *) src1         + i01*ne00/4 : nullptr;
+    device const      T * ppos  = src2 != src0 ? (device const     T *) src2                      : nullptr;
+    device       float4 * pdst4 = (device       float4 *) dst  + (i03*ne02*ne01*ne00 + i02*ne01*ne00 + i01*ne00)/4;
 
     float slope = 0.0f;
 
@@ -499,7 +501,7 @@ kernel void kernel_soft_max_4(
     float4 lmax4 = -INFINITY;
 
     for (int i00 = tpitg; i00 < ne00/4; i00 += ntg) {
-        lmax4 = fmax(lmax4, psrc4[i00]*scale + (pmask ? pmask[i00] : 0.0f) + (ppos ? slope*ppos[i00] : 0.0f));
+        lmax4 = fmax(lmax4, psrc4[i00]*scale + (float4)((pmask ? pmask[i00] : 0.0f) + (ppos ? slope*ppos[i00] : 0.0f)));
     }
 
     const float lmax = MAX(MAX(lmax4[0], lmax4[1]), MAX(lmax4[2], lmax4[3]));
@@ -525,7 +527,7 @@ kernel void kernel_soft_max_4(
     // parallel sum
     float4 lsum4 = 0.0f;
     for (int i00 = tpitg; i00 < ne00/4; i00 += ntg) {
-        const float4 exp_psrc4 = exp((psrc4[i00]*scale + (pmask ? pmask[i00] : 0.0f) + (ppos ? slope*ppos[i00] : 0.0f)) - max_val);
+        const float4 exp_psrc4 = exp((psrc4[i00]*scale + (float4)((pmask ? pmask[i00] : 0.0f) + (ppos ? slope*ppos[i00] : 0.0f))) - max_val);
         lsum4 += exp_psrc4;
         pdst4[i00] = exp_psrc4;
     }
@@ -562,6 +564,14 @@ kernel void kernel_soft_max_4(
     }
 }
 
+typedef decltype(kernel_soft_max<float>)    kernel_soft_max_t;
+typedef decltype(kernel_soft_max_4<float4>) kernel_soft_max_4_t;
+
+template [[host_name("kernel_soft_max_f16")]]   kernel kernel_soft_max_t   kernel_soft_max<half>;
+template [[host_name("kernel_soft_max_f32")]]   kernel kernel_soft_max_t   kernel_soft_max<float>;
+template [[host_name("kernel_soft_max_f16_4")]] kernel kernel_soft_max_4_t kernel_soft_max_4<half4>;
+template [[host_name("kernel_soft_max_f32_4")]] kernel kernel_soft_max_4_t kernel_soft_max_4<float4>;
+
 kernel void kernel_diag_mask_inf(
         device const float * src0,
         device       float * dst,
@@ -2084,6 +2094,632 @@ kernel void kernel_leaky_relu_f32(
     dst[tpig] = src0[tpig] > 0.0f ? src0[tpig] : src0[tpig] * slope;
 }
 
+typedef void (flash_attn_ext_f16_t)(
+        device const  char * q,
+        device const  char * k,
+        device const  char * v,
+        device const  char * mask,
+        device       float * dst,
+        constant   int64_t & ne00,
+        constant   int64_t & ne01,
+        constant   int64_t & ne02,
+        constant   int64_t & ne03,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb00,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb01,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb02,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb03,
+        constant   int64_t & ne10,
+        constant   int64_t & ne11,
+        constant   int64_t & ne12,
+        constant   int64_t & ne13,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb10,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb11,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb12,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb13,
+        constant   int64_t & ne31,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb31,
+        constant   int64_t & ne0,
+        constant   int64_t & ne1,
+        constant   int64_t & ne2,
+        constant   int64_t & ne3,
+        constant     float & scale,
+        threadgroup   half * shared,
+        uint3  tgpig[[threadgroup_position_in_grid]],
+        uint3  tpitg[[thread_position_in_threadgroup]],
+        uint3    ntg[[threads_per_threadgroup]],
+        ushort tiisg[[thread_index_in_simdgroup]],
+        ushort sgitg[[simdgroup_index_in_threadgroup]]);
+
+// ref: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.08691.pdf
+template<int64_t D, int64_t Q = 8, int64_t C = 32> // head size, queries per threadgroup, cache items per threadgroup
+kernel void kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16(
+        device const  char * q,
+        device const  char * k,
+        device const  char * v,
+        device const  char * mask,
+        device       float * dst,
+        constant   int64_t & ne00,
+        constant   int64_t & ne01,
+        constant   int64_t & ne02,
+        constant   int64_t & ne03,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb00,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb01,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb02,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb03,
+        constant   int64_t & ne10,
+        constant   int64_t & ne11,
+        constant   int64_t & ne12,
+        constant   int64_t & ne13,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb10,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb11,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb12,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb13,
+        constant   int64_t & ne31,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb31,
+        constant   int64_t & ne0,
+        constant   int64_t & ne1,
+        constant   int64_t & ne2,
+        constant   int64_t & ne3,
+        constant     float & scale,
+        threadgroup   half * shared [[threadgroup(0)]],
+        uint3  tgpig[[threadgroup_position_in_grid]],
+        uint3  tpitg[[thread_position_in_threadgroup]],
+        uint3    ntg[[threads_per_threadgroup]],
+        ushort tiisg[[thread_index_in_simdgroup]],
+        ushort sgitg[[simdgroup_index_in_threadgroup]]) {
+    const short nsg = ntg.y; // number of simdgroups
+
+    const short iq3 = tgpig[2];
+    const short iq2 = tgpig[1];
+    const short iq1 = tgpig[0]*Q;
+
+    const short D4 = D/4;
+    const short D8 = D/8;
+    const short Q8 = Q/8;
+    const short NW = N_SIMDWIDTH;
+    const short SH = (C + Q); // shared memory per simdgroup in (half)
+
+    const short T  = D + 2*nsg*SH; // shared memory size per query in (half)
+    const short TF = T/2;        // shared memory size per query in (float)
+    const short T4 = T/4;        // shared memory size per query in (half4)
+
+    threadgroup half  * sq  = (threadgroup half  *) (shared +              0*D); // holds the query data
+    threadgroup half4 * sq4 = (threadgroup half4 *) (shared +              0*D); // same as above but in half4
+    threadgroup float * ss  = (threadgroup float *) (shared + 2*sgitg*SH + 1*D); // scratch buffer for attention and diagonal matrix
+
+    // store the result for all queries in local memory in 8x8 matrices (the O matrix from the paper)
+    simdgroup_half8x8 lo[D8];
+
+    // load heads from Q to shared memory
+    for (short j = sgitg; j < Q; j += nsg) {
+        device const float4 * q4 = (device const float4 *) ((device const char *) q + ((iq1 + j)*nb01 + iq2*nb02 + iq3*nb03));
+
+        for (short i = tiisg; i < D4; i += NW) {
+            if (iq1 + j < ne01) {
+                sq4[j*T4 + i] = (half4) q4[i];
+            } else {
+                sq4[j*T4 + i] = 0.0h;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // zero out lo
+    for (short i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+        lo[i] = make_filled_simdgroup_matrix<half, 8>(0.0h);
+    }
+
+    // zero out shared memory SH
+    for (short j = 0; j < Q; ++j) {
+        for (short i = tiisg; i < SH; i += NW) {
+            ss[j*TF + i] = 0.0f;
+        }
+    }
+
+    threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+
+    {
+        float S[Q] = { [0 ... Q-1] = 0.0h };
+        float M[Q] = { [0 ... Q-1] = -FLT_MAX/2 };
+
+        // assume K and V are same shape
+        const short ne22 = ne12;
+        const short ne23 = ne13;
+
+        const uint nb21 = nb11;
+        const uint nb22 = nb12;
+        const uint nb23 = nb13;
+
+        // broadcast
+        const short rk2 = ne02/ne12;
+        const short rk3 = ne03/ne13;
+
+        const short rv2 = ne02/ne22;
+        const short rv3 = ne03/ne23;
+
+        // k indices
+        const short ik2 = iq2/rk2;
+        const short ik3 = iq3/rk3;
+
+        // v indices
+        const short iv2 = iq2/rv2;
+        const short iv3 = iq3/rv3;
+
+        // load the queries from shared memory into local memory
+        simdgroup_half8x8 mq[D8];
+
+        for (short i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+            simdgroup_load(mq[i], sq + i*8, T);
+        }
+
+        // pointer to the mask
+        device const half * mp = (device const half *) (mask + iq1*nb31);
+
+        // prepare diagonal scale matrix
+        simdgroup_float8x8 mscale(scale);
+
+        // loop over the KV cache
+        // each simdgroup handles blocks of Q rows and C columns
+        for (int ic0 = 0; ic0 < ne11; ic0 += C*nsg) {
+            const int ic = ic0 + C*sgitg;
+            if (ic >= ne11) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            // Q*K^T
+            {
+                for (short cc = 0; cc < C/8; ++cc) {
+                    simdgroup_float8x8 mqk = make_filled_simdgroup_matrix<float, 8>(0.h);
+
+                    device const half * pk = (device const half *) ((device const char *) k + ((ic + 8*cc)*nb11 + ik2*nb12 + ik3*nb13));
+
+                    for (short i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+                        simdgroup_half8x8 mk;
+                        simdgroup_load(mk, pk + i*8, nb11/sizeof(half), 0, true); // transpose
+
+                        simdgroup_multiply_accumulate(mqk, mq[i], mk, mqk);
+                    }
+
+                    // mqk = mqk*scale + mask
+                    simdgroup_half8x8 mm;
+                    simdgroup_load(mm, mp + ic + 8*cc, nb31/sizeof(half), 0, false);
+                    simdgroup_multiply_accumulate(mqk, mqk, mscale, mm);
+
+                    simdgroup_store(mqk, ss + 8*cc, TF, 0, false);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // used to detect blocks full of -INF
+            float smax = -INFINITY;
+
+            // online softmax
+            {
+                float ms[Q];
+
+                for (short j = 0; j < Q; ++j) {
+                    const short p = tiisg;
+
+                    const float m = M[j];
+                    const float s = ss[j*TF + p];
+
+                    smax = simd_max(max(smax, s));
+                    M[j] = simd_max(max(M[j], s));
+
+                                ms[j] = exp(m - M[j]);
+                    const float vs    = exp(s - M[j]);
+
+                    S[j] = S[j]*ms[j] + simd_sum(vs);
+
+                    // the P matrix from the paper (Q rows, C columns)
+                    ss[j*TF + p] = vs;
+                }
+
+                // create a QxQ diagonal matrix for rescaling the output
+                if (tiisg < Q) {
+                    ss[tiisg*TF + C + tiisg] = ms[tiisg];
+                }
+            }
+
+            // skip -INF blocks
+            if (smax == -INFINITY) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // O = diag(ms)*O
+            {
+                simdgroup_float8x8 mm;
+                simdgroup_load(mm, ss + C, TF, 0, false);
+
+                for (short i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+                    simdgroup_multiply(lo[i], mm, lo[i]);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // O = O + (Q*K^T)*V
+            {
+                for (short cc = 0; cc < C/8; ++cc) {
+                    device const half * pv = (device const half *) ((device const char *) v + ((ic + 8*cc)*nb21 + iv2*nb22 + iv3*nb23));
+
+                    for (short i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+                        simdgroup_half8x8 mk;
+                        simdgroup_load(mk, pv + i*8, nb21/sizeof(half), 0, false);
+
+                        simdgroup_float8x8 mv;
+                        simdgroup_load(mv, ss + 8*cc, TF, 0, false);
+
+                        simdgroup_multiply_accumulate(lo[i], mv, mk, lo[i]);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // these are needed for reducing the results from the simdgroups (reuse the ss buffer)
+        for (short j = 0; j < Q; ++j) {
+            if (tiisg == 0) {
+                ss[j*TF + 0] = S[j];
+                ss[j*TF + 1] = M[j];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // reduce the warps sequentially
+    for (short sg = 1; sg < nsg; ++sg) {
+        float S = { 0.0h };
+        float M = { -FLT_MAX/2 };
+
+        threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+
+        // each simdgroup stores its output to shared memory, reusing sq
+        if (sgitg == sg) {
+            for (short i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+                simdgroup_store(lo[i], sq + i*8, T, 0, false);
+            }
+        }
+
+        threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+
+        // the first simdgroup accumulates the results from the other simdgroups
+        if (sgitg == 0) {
+            for (short j = 0; j < Q; ++j) {
+                const float S0 = ss[j*TF +         0];
+                const float S1 = ss[j*TF + sg*SH + 0];
+
+                const float M0 = ss[j*TF +         1];
+                const float M1 = ss[j*TF + sg*SH + 1];
+
+                M = max(M0, M1);
+
+                const float ms0 = exp(M0 - M);
+                const float ms1 = exp(M1 - M);
+
+                S = S0*ms0 + S1*ms1;
+
+                if (tiisg == 0) {
+                    ss[j*TF + 0] = S;
+                    ss[j*TF + 1] = M;
+
+                    ss[j*TF + C + j        ] = ms0;
+                    ss[j*TF + C + j + sg*SH] = ms1;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // O_0 = diag(ms0)*O_0 + diag(ms1)*O_1
+            {
+                simdgroup_half8x8 t;
+                simdgroup_float8x8 ms0;
+                simdgroup_float8x8 ms1;
+
+                simdgroup_load(ms0, ss + C,         TF, 0, false);
+                simdgroup_load(ms1, ss + C + sg*SH, TF, 0, false);
+
+                for (short i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+                    simdgroup_load    (t, sq + i*8, T, 0, false);
+                    simdgroup_multiply(t, ms1, t);
+
+                    simdgroup_multiply_accumulate(lo[i], ms0, lo[i], t);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // store result to shared memory (reuse sq)
+    if (sgitg == 0) {
+        for (short i = 0; i < D8; ++i) {
+            simdgroup_store(lo[i], sq + i*8, T, 0, false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    device float4 * dst4 = (device float4 *) dst;
+
+    // final rescale with 1/S and store to global memory
+    if (sgitg == 0) {
+        for (short j = 0; j < Q && iq1 + j < ne01; ++j) {
+            const float S = ss[j*TF + 0];
+
+            for (short i = tiisg; i < D4; i += NW) {
+                dst4[(iq3*ne2*ne1 + iq2 + (iq1 + j)*ne1)*D4 + i] = (float4) sq4[j*T4 + i]/S;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+template [[host_name("kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16_h64" )]] kernel flash_attn_ext_f16_t kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16<64>;
+template [[host_name("kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16_h80" )]] kernel flash_attn_ext_f16_t kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16<80>;
+template [[host_name("kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16_h96" )]] kernel flash_attn_ext_f16_t kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16<96>;
+template [[host_name("kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16_h112")]] kernel flash_attn_ext_f16_t kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16<112>;
+template [[host_name("kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16_h128")]] kernel flash_attn_ext_f16_t kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16<128>;
+template [[host_name("kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16_h256")]] kernel flash_attn_ext_f16_t kernel_flash_attn_ext_f16<256>;
+
+template<int64_t D, int64_t Q = 1, int64_t C = 32> // head size, queries per threadgroup, cache items per threadgroup
+kernel void kernel_flash_attn_ext_vec_f16(
+        device const  char * q,
+        device const  char * k,
+        device const  char * v,
+        device const  char * mask,
+        device       float * dst,
+        constant   int64_t & ne00,
+        constant   int64_t & ne01,
+        constant   int64_t & ne02,
+        constant   int64_t & ne03,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb00,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb01,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb02,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb03,
+        constant   int64_t & ne10,
+        constant   int64_t & ne11,
+        constant   int64_t & ne12,
+        constant   int64_t & ne13,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb10,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb11,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb12,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb13,
+        constant   int64_t & ne31,
+        constant  uint64_t & nb31,
+        constant   int64_t & ne0,
+        constant   int64_t & ne1,
+        constant   int64_t & ne2,
+        constant   int64_t & ne3,
+        constant     float & scale,
+        threadgroup   half * shared [[threadgroup(0)]],
+        uint3  tgpig[[threadgroup_position_in_grid]],
+        uint3  tpitg[[thread_position_in_threadgroup]],
+        uint3    ntg[[threads_per_threadgroup]],
+        ushort tiisg[[thread_index_in_simdgroup]],
+        ushort sgitg[[simdgroup_index_in_threadgroup]]) {
+    const short nsg = ntg.y; // number of simdgroups
+
+    const short iq3 = tgpig[2];
+    const short iq2 = tgpig[1];
+    const short iq1 = tgpig[0];
+
+    const short D4 = D/4;
+    const short NW = N_SIMDWIDTH;
+    const short SH = (C + Q); // shared memory per simdgroup in (half)
+
+    const short T  = D + 2*nsg*SH; // shared memory size per query in (half)
+
+  //threadgroup half   * sq  = (threadgroup half   *) (shared +              0*D); // holds the query data
+    threadgroup half4  * sq4 = (threadgroup half4  *) (shared +              0*D); // same as above but in half4
+    threadgroup float  * ss  = (threadgroup float  *) (shared + 2*sgitg*SH + 1*D); // scratch buffer for attention and diagonal matrix
+    threadgroup float4 * ss4 = (threadgroup float4 *) (shared + 2*sgitg*SH + 1*D); // same as above but in half4
+    threadgroup half4  * sr4 = (threadgroup half4  *) (shared +   sgitg*D  + 1*T); // scratch buffer for the results
+
+    // store the result for all queries in local memory in 8x8 matrices (the O matrix from the paper)
+    half4 lo[D4/NW];
+
+    // load heads from Q to shared memory
+    device const float4 * q4 = (device const float4 *) ((device const char *) q + (iq1*nb01 + iq2*nb02 + iq3*nb03));
+
+    for (short i = tiisg; i < D4; i += NW) {
+        if (iq1 < ne01) {
+            sq4[i] = (half4) q4[i];
+        } else {
+            sq4[i] = 0.0h;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // zero out lo
+    for (short i = tiisg; i < D4; i += NW) {
+        lo[i/NW] = 0.0h;
+    }
+
+    // zero out shared memory SH
+    for (short i = tiisg; i < SH/4; i += NW) {
+        ss4[i] = 0.0h;
+    }
+
+    threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+
+    {
+        float S = { 0.0h };
+        float M = { -FLT_MAX/2 };
+
+        // assume K and V are same shape
+        const short ne22 = ne12;
+        const short ne23 = ne13;
+
+        const uint nb21 = nb11;
+        const uint nb22 = nb12;
+        const uint nb23 = nb13;
+
+        // broadcast
+        const short rk2 = ne02/ne12;
+        const short rk3 = ne03/ne13;
+
+        const short rv2 = ne02/ne22;
+        const short rv3 = ne03/ne23;
+
+        // k indices
+        const short ik2 = iq2 / rk2;
+        const short ik3 = iq3 / rk3;
+
+        // v indices
+        const short iv2 = iq2 / rv2;
+        const short iv3 = iq3 / rv3;
+
+        // load the queries from shared memory into local memory
+        half4 mq[D4];
+
+        for (short ii = 0; ii < D4; ii += NW) {
+            short i = ii + tiisg;
+            mq[i] = sq4[i];
+        }
+
+        // pointer to the mask
+        device const half4 * mp4 = (device const half4 *) (mask + iq1*nb31);
+
+        // loop over the KV cache
+        // each simdgroup handles blocks of Q rows and C columns
+        for (int ic0 = 0; ic0 < ne11; ic0 += C*nsg) {
+            const int ic = ic0 + C*sgitg;
+            if (ic >= ne11) {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            // Q*K^T
+            {
+#pragma unroll
+                for (short cc = 0; cc < C/4; ++cc) {
+                    float4 mqk = { 0.0h };
+
+                    device const half4 * pk4 = (device const half4 *) ((device const char *) k + ((ic + 4*cc)*nb11 + ik2*nb12 + ik3*nb13));
+
+#pragma unroll
+                    for (short ii = 0; ii < D4; ii += NW) {
+                        const short i = ii + tiisg;
+
+                        half4x4 mk;
+                        mk[0] = pk4[i + 0*(nb11/8)];
+                        mk[1] = pk4[i + 1*(nb11/8)];
+                        mk[2] = pk4[i + 2*(nb11/8)];
+                        mk[3] = pk4[i + 3*(nb11/8)];
+
+                        mqk += (float4) (mq[i] * mk);
+                    }
+
+                    // reduce the results from the threads in the simdgroup
+                    mqk += simd_shuffle_down(mqk, 16);
+                    mqk += simd_shuffle_down(mqk,  8);
+                    mqk += simd_shuffle_down(mqk,  4);
+                    mqk += simd_shuffle_down(mqk,  2);
+                    mqk += simd_shuffle_down(mqk,  1);
+
+                    // mqk = mqk*scale + mask
+                    if (tiisg == 0) {
+                        float4 mm = (float4) mp4[ic/4 + cc];
+                        mqk = mqk*scale + mm;
+
+                        ss4[cc] = mqk;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            // online softmax
+            {
+                const short p = tiisg;
+
+                const float m = M;
+                const float s = ss[p];
+
+                M = simd_max(max(M, s));
+
+                const float ms = exp(m - M);
+                const float vs = exp(s - M);
+
+                S = S*ms + simd_sum(vs);
+
+                // the P matrix from the paper (Q rows, C columns)
+                ss[p] = vs;
+
+                // O = diag(ms)*O
+#pragma unroll
+                for (short ii = 0; ii < D4; ii += NW) {
+                    const short i = ii + tiisg;
+                    lo[i/NW] *= ms;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // O = O + (Q*K^T)*V
+            {
+#pragma unroll
+                for (short cc = 0; cc < C/4; ++cc) {
+                    device const half4 * pv4 = (device const half4 *) ((device const char *) v + ((ic + 4*cc)*nb21 + iv2*nb22 + iv3*nb23));
+
+#pragma unroll
+                    for (short ii = 0; ii < D4; ii += NW) {
+                        const short i = ii + tiisg;
+
+                        lo[i/NW] += pv4[i + 0*(nb21/8)] * ss[4*cc + 0];
+                        lo[i/NW] += pv4[i + 1*(nb21/8)] * ss[4*cc + 1];
+                        lo[i/NW] += pv4[i + 2*(nb21/8)] * ss[4*cc + 2];
+                        lo[i/NW] += pv4[i + 3*(nb21/8)] * ss[4*cc + 3];
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        // these are needed for reducing the results from the simdgroups (reuse the ss buffer)
+        if (tiisg == 0) {
+            ss[0] = S;
+            ss[1] = M;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // store results to shared memory
+    for (short ii = 0; ii < D4; ii += NW) {
+        short i = ii + tiisg;
+        sr4[i] = lo[ii/NW];
+    }
+
+    threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+
+    // parallel reduce
+    for (short r = nsg/2; r > 0; r >>= 1) {
+        if (sgitg < r) {
+            const float S0 = ss[       0];
+            const float S1 = ss[r*SH + 0];
+
+            const float M0 = ss[       1];
+            const float M1 = ss[r*SH + 1];
+
+            const float M = max(M0, M1);
+
+            const float ms0 = exp(M0 - M);
+            const float ms1 = exp(M1 - M);
+
+            const float S = S0*ms0 + S1*ms1;
+
+            if (tiisg == 0) {
+                ss[0] = S;
+                ss[1] = M;
+            }
+
+            // O_0 = diag(ms0)*O_0 + diag(ms1)*O_1
+            for (short ii = 0; ii < D4; ii += NW) {
+                short i = ii + tiisg;
+                sr4[i] = sr4[i]*ms0 + sr4[i + r*D4]*ms1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+    }
+
+    device float4 * dst4 = (device float4 *) dst;
+
+    // final rescale with 1/S and store to global memory
+    if (sgitg == 0) {
+        const float S = ss[0];
+
+        for (short ii = 0; ii < D4; ii += NW) {
+            short i = ii + tiisg;
+            dst4[(iq3*ne2*ne1 + iq2 + (iq1)*ne1)*D4 + i] = (float4) sr4[i]/S;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+template [[host_name("kernel_flash_attn_ext_vec_f16_h128")]] kernel flash_attn_ext_f16_t kernel_flash_attn_ext_vec_f16<128>;
+template [[host_name("kernel_flash_attn_ext_vec_f16_h256")]] kernel flash_attn_ext_f16_t kernel_flash_attn_ext_vec_f16<256>;
+
 kernel void kernel_cpy_f16_f16(
         device  const half * src0,
         device        half * dst,
diff --git a/ggml-quants.c b/ggml-quants.c
index c0c26b124..b8fe01681 100644
--- a/ggml-quants.c
+++ b/ggml-quants.c
@@ -12384,3 +12384,287 @@ void quantize_row_iq2_s(const float * restrict x, void * restrict vy, int64_t k)
     block_iq2_s * restrict y = vy;
     quantize_row_iq2_s_reference(x, y, k);
 }
+
+static bool validate_float(float f, size_t i) {
+    if (isinf(f)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ggml_validate_row_data: found inf value at block %zu\n", i);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (isnan(f)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ggml_validate_row_data: found nan value at block %zu\n", i);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+static bool isinf_fp16(ggml_fp16_t f) {
+    return (f & 0x7c00) == 0x7c00 && (f & 0x03ff) == 0;
+}
+
+static bool isnan_fp16(ggml_fp16_t f) {
+    return (f & 0x7c00) == 0x7c00 && (f & 0x03ff) != 0;
+}
+
+static bool validate_fp16(ggml_fp16_t f, size_t i) {
+    if (isinf_fp16(f)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ggml_validate_row_data: found inf value at block %zu\n", i);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (isnan_fp16(f)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ggml_validate_row_data: found nan value at block %zu\n", i);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+#define VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(type, data, nb) \
+    const type * q = (const type *) (data); \
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < (nb); ++i) { \
+        if (!validate_fp16(q[i].d, i)) { \
+            return false; \
+        } \
+    }
+
+#define VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_DM_F16_IMPL(type, data, nb, d, m) \
+    const type * q = (const type *) (data); \
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < (nb); ++i) { \
+        if (!validate_fp16(q[i].d, i) || !validate_fp16(q[i].m, i)) { \
+            return false; \
+        } \
+    }
+
+bool ggml_validate_row_data(enum ggml_type type, const void * data, size_t nbytes) {
+    if (type < 0 || type >= GGML_TYPE_COUNT) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid type %d\n", __func__, type);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (nbytes % ggml_type_size(type) != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid size %zu for type %d\n", __func__, nbytes, type);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    const size_t nb = nbytes/ggml_type_size(type);
+
+    switch (type) {
+        case GGML_TYPE_F16:
+            {
+                const ggml_fp16_t * f = (const ggml_fp16_t *) data;
+                size_t i = 0;
+#if defined(__AVX2__)
+                for (; i + 15 < nb; i += 16) {
+                    __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(f + i));
+                    __m256i vexp = _mm256_and_si256(v, _mm256_set1_epi16(0x7c00));
+                    __m256i cmp = _mm256_cmpeq_epi16(vexp, _mm256_set1_epi16(0x7c00));
+                    int mask = _mm256_movemask_epi8(cmp);
+                    if (mask) {
+                        for (size_t j = 0; j < 16; ++j) {
+                            if (!validate_fp16(f[i + j], i + j)) {
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        GGML_UNREACHABLE();
+                    }
+                }
+#elif defined(__ARM_NEON)
+                for (; i + 7 < nb; i += 8) {
+                    uint16x8_t v = vld1q_u16(f + i);
+                    uint16x8_t vexp = vandq_u16(v, vdupq_n_u16(0x7c00));
+                    uint16x8_t cmp = vceqq_u16(vexp, vdupq_n_u16(0x7c00));
+                    uint64_t mask = vget_lane_u64(vreinterpret_u64_u8(vshrn_n_u16(cmp, 4)), 0);
+                    if (mask) {
+                        for (size_t j = 0; j < 8; ++j) {
+                            if (!validate_fp16(f[i + j], i + j)) {
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        GGML_UNREACHABLE();
+                    }
+                }
+#endif
+                for (; i < nb; ++i) {
+                    if (!validate_fp16(f[i], i)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_F32:
+            {
+                const float * f = (const float *) data;
+                size_t i = 0;
+#if defined(__AVX2__)
+                for (; i + 7 < nb; i += 8) {
+                    __m256i v = _mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(f + i));
+                    __m256i vexp = _mm256_and_si256(v, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x7f800000));
+                    __m256i cmp = _mm256_cmpeq_epi32(vexp, _mm256_set1_epi32(0x7f800000));
+                    int mask = _mm256_movemask_epi8(cmp);
+                    if (mask) {
+                        for (size_t j = 0; j < 8; ++j) {
+                            if (!validate_float(f[i + j], i + j)) {
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        GGML_UNREACHABLE();
+                    }
+                }
+#elif defined(__ARM_NEON)
+                for (; i + 3 < nb; i += 4) {
+                    uint32x4_t v = vld1q_u32((const uint32_t *)f + i);
+                    uint32x4_t vexp = vandq_u32(v, vdupq_n_u32(0x7f800000));
+                    uint32x4_t cmp = vceqq_u32(vexp, vdupq_n_u32(0x7f800000));
+                    uint64_t mask = vget_lane_u64(vreinterpret_u64_u16(vshrn_n_u32(cmp, 8)), 0);
+                    if (mask) {
+                        for (size_t j = 0; j < 4; ++j) {
+                            if (!validate_float(f[i + j], i + j)) {
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        GGML_UNREACHABLE();
+                    }
+                }
+#endif
+                for (; i < nb; ++i) {
+                    if (!validate_float(f[i], i)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_F64:
+            {
+                const double * f = (const double *) data;
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < nb; ++i) {
+                    if (!validate_float(f[i], i)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q4_0:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_q4_0, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q4_1:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_DM_F16_IMPL(block_q4_1, data, nb, d, m);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q5_0:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_q5_0, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q5_1:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_DM_F16_IMPL(block_q5_1, data, nb, d, m);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q8_0:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_q8_0, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q2_K:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_DM_F16_IMPL(block_q2_K, data, nb, d, dmin);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q3_K:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_q3_K, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q4_K:
+            {
+            #ifdef GGML_QKK_64
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_DM_F16_IMPL(block_q4_K, data, nb, d[0], d[1]);
+            #else
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_DM_F16_IMPL(block_q4_K, data, nb, d, dmin);
+            #endif
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q5_K:
+            {
+            #ifdef GGML_QKK_64
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_q5_K, data, nb);
+            #else
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_DM_F16_IMPL(block_q5_K, data, nb, d, dmin);
+            #endif
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q6_K:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_q6_K, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_Q8_K:
+            {
+                const block_q8_K * q = (const block_q8_K *) data;
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < nb; ++i) {
+                    if (!validate_float(q[i].d, i)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ1_S:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq1_s, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ1_M:
+            {
+                const block_iq1_m * q = (const block_iq1_m *) data;
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < nb; ++i) {
+                #if QK_K == 64
+                    if (!validate_fp16(q[i].d, i)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                #else
+                    iq1m_scale_t scale;
+                    const uint16_t * sc = (const uint16_t *)q[i].scales;
+                    scale.u16 = (sc[0] >> 12) | ((sc[1] >> 8) & 0x00f0) | ((sc[2] >> 4) & 0x0f00) | (sc[3] & 0xf000);
+                    if (!validate_fp16(scale.f16, i)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                #endif
+                }
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ2_XXS:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq2_xxs, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ2_XS:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq2_xs, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ2_S:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq2_s, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ3_XXS:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq3_xxs, data, nb);
+            } break;
+
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ3_S:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq3_s, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ4_XS:
+        #if QK_K != 64
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq4_xs, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        #endif
+        // with QK_K == 64, iq4_xs is iq4_nl
+        case GGML_TYPE_IQ4_NL:
+            {
+                VALIDATE_ROW_DATA_D_F16_IMPL(block_iq4_nl, data, nb);
+            } break;
+        case GGML_TYPE_I8:
+        case GGML_TYPE_I16:
+        case GGML_TYPE_I32:
+        case GGML_TYPE_I64:
+            // nothing to validate
+            break;
+        default:
+            {
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid type %d\n", __func__, type);
+                return false;
+            }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/ggml-sycl.cpp b/ggml-sycl.cpp
index a9b310243..57fe4ea3d 100644
--- a/ggml-sycl.cpp
+++ b/ggml-sycl.cpp
@@ -13416,11 +13416,16 @@ void print_device_detail(int id, sycl::device &device, std::string device_type)
     version += std::to_string(prop.get_minor_version());
 
     device_type = std::regex_replace(device_type, std::regex("ext_oneapi_"), "");
+    std::string name = std::string(prop.get_name());
+    name = std::regex_replace(name, std::regex("\\(R\\)"), "");
+    name = std::regex_replace(name, std::regex("\\(TM\\)"), "");
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "|%2d|%18s|%45s|%10s|%11d|%8d|%7d|%15lu|\n", id, device_type.c_str(),
-            prop.get_name(), version.c_str(), prop.get_max_compute_units(),
+    auto global_mem_size = prop.get_global_mem_size()/1000000;
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "|%2d|%19s|%39s|%7s|%7d|%8d|%5d|%6luM|%21s|\n", id, device_type.c_str(),
+            name.c_str(), version.c_str(), prop.get_max_compute_units(),
             prop.get_max_work_group_size(), prop.get_max_sub_group_size(),
-            prop.get_global_mem_size());
+            global_mem_size, device.get_info<sycl::info::device::driver_version>().c_str());
 }
 
 void ggml_backend_sycl_print_sycl_devices() {
@@ -13428,9 +13433,10 @@ void ggml_backend_sycl_print_sycl_devices() {
     int device_count = dpct::dev_mgr::instance().device_count();
     std::map<std::string, size_t> DeviceNums;
     fprintf(stderr, "found %d SYCL devices:\n", device_count);
-    fprintf(stderr, "|  |                  |                                             |Compute   |Max compute|Max work|Max sub|               |\n");
-    fprintf(stderr, "|ID|       Device Type|                                         Name|capability|units      |group   |group  |Global mem size|\n");
-    fprintf(stderr, "|--|------------------|---------------------------------------------|----------|-----------|--------|-------|---------------|\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "|  |                   |                                       |       |Max    |        |Max  |Global |                     |\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "|  |                   |                                       |       |compute|Max work|sub  |mem    |                     |\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "|ID|        Device Type|                                   Name|Version|units  |group   |group|size   |       Driver version|\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "|--|-------------------|---------------------------------------|-------|-------|--------|-----|-------|---------------------|\n");
     for (int id = 0; id < device_count; ++id) {
         sycl::device device = dpct::dev_mgr::instance().get_device(id);
         sycl::backend backend = device.get_backend();
@@ -14738,7 +14744,12 @@ inline void ggml_sycl_op_soft_max(const ggml_tensor *src0,
     GGML_ASSERT(src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
     GGML_ASSERT( dst->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
 
+    const ggml_tensor * src2 = dst->src[2];
+
+#pragma message("TODO: add ggml_sycl_op_soft_max() F16 src1 and src2 support")
+#pragma message("ref:  https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/5021")
     GGML_ASSERT(!src1 || src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F32); // src1 contains mask and it is optional
+    GGML_ASSERT(!src2 || src2->type == GGML_TYPE_F32); // src2 contains positions and it is optional
 
     const int64_t ne00 = src0->ne[0];
     const int64_t nrows_x = ggml_nrows(src0);
@@ -14754,7 +14765,6 @@ inline void ggml_sycl_op_soft_max(const ggml_tensor *src0,
     float * src2_dd = nullptr;
     sycl_pool_alloc<float> src2_f;
 
-    ggml_tensor * src2 = dst->src[2];
     const bool use_src2 = src2 != nullptr;
 
     if (use_src2) {
diff --git a/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index 1736ab736..f712cdd5a 100644
--- a/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -3178,6 +3178,11 @@ static vk_pipeline ggml_vk_op_get_pipeline(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, const
         }
         return nullptr;
     case GGML_OP_SOFT_MAX:
+#pragma message("TODO: add ggml_vk_soft_max() F16 src1 and src2 support")
+#pragma message("ref:  https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/5021")
+        GGML_ASSERT(!src1 || src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+        GGML_ASSERT(!src2 || src2->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+
         if (src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32 && (src1 == nullptr || src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) && (src2 == nullptr || src2->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) && dst->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
             return ctx->device->pipeline_soft_max_f32;
         }
diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index 7906a82f5..093588b4b 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ ggml_type_traits_t ggml_internal_get_type_traits(enum ggml_type type) {
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_ZERO           GGML_F16x8_ZERO
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_SET1           GGML_F16x8_SET1
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_LOAD(p, i)     GGML_F16x8_LOAD(p)
-    #define GGML_F16_VEC_STORE(p, r, i) GGML_F16x8_STORE(p, r[i])
+    #define GGML_F16_VEC_STORE(p, r, i) GGML_F16x8_STORE((ggml_fp16_internal_t *)(p), r[i])
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_FMA            GGML_F16x8_FMA
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_ADD            GGML_F16x8_ADD
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_MUL            GGML_F16x8_MUL
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ ggml_type_traits_t ggml_internal_get_type_traits(enum ggml_type type) {
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_ZERO           GGML_F32Cx4_ZERO
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_SET1           GGML_F32Cx4_SET1
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_LOAD(p, i)     GGML_F32Cx4_LOAD(p)
-    #define GGML_F16_VEC_STORE(p, r, i) GGML_F32Cx4_STORE(p, r[i])
+    #define GGML_F16_VEC_STORE(p, r, i) GGML_F32Cx4_STORE((ggml_fp16_internal_t *)(p), r[i])
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_FMA            GGML_F32Cx4_FMA
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_ADD            GGML_F32Cx4_ADD
     #define GGML_F16_VEC_MUL            GGML_F32Cx4_MUL
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ do {                                                                  \
 
 // unlike  _mm256_cvt intrinsics that require F16C, _mm512_cvt is defined in AVX512F
 // so F16C guard isn't required
-#define GGML_F32Cx16_LOAD(x)     _mm512_cvtph_ps(_mm256_loadu_si256((__m256i *)(x)))
+#define GGML_F32Cx16_LOAD(x)     _mm512_cvtph_ps(_mm256_loadu_si256((const __m256i *)(x)))
 #define GGML_F32Cx16_STORE(x, y) _mm256_storeu_si256((__m256i *)(x), _mm512_cvtps_ph(y, 0))
 
 #define GGML_F32Cx16_FMA(a, b, c) _mm512_fmadd_ps(b, c, a)
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ do {                                                              \
 
 #if defined(__F16C__)
 // the  _mm256_cvt intrinsics require F16C
-#define GGML_F32Cx8_LOAD(x)     _mm256_cvtph_ps(_mm_loadu_si128((__m128i *)(x)))
+#define GGML_F32Cx8_LOAD(x)     _mm256_cvtph_ps(_mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(x)))
 #define GGML_F32Cx8_STORE(x, y) _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i *)(x), _mm256_cvtps_ph(y, 0))
 #else
 static inline __m256 __avx_f32cx8_load(ggml_fp16_t *x) {
@@ -1662,6 +1662,37 @@ inline static void ggml_vec_mad_f32(const int n, float * restrict y, const float
 #endif
 }
 
+inline static void ggml_vec_mad_f16(const int n, ggml_fp16_t * restrict y, const ggml_fp16_t * restrict x, const float v) {
+#if defined(GGML_SIMD)
+    const int np = (n & ~(GGML_F16_STEP - 1));
+
+    GGML_F16_VEC vx = GGML_F16_VEC_SET1(v);
+
+    GGML_F16_VEC ax[GGML_F16_ARR];
+    GGML_F16_VEC ay[GGML_F16_ARR];
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < np; i += GGML_F16_STEP) {
+        for (int j = 0; j < GGML_F16_ARR; j++) {
+            ax[j] = GGML_F16_VEC_LOAD(x + i + j*GGML_F16_EPR, j);
+            ay[j] = GGML_F16_VEC_LOAD(y + i + j*GGML_F16_EPR, j);
+            ay[j] = GGML_F16_VEC_FMA(ay[j], ax[j], vx);
+
+            GGML_F16_VEC_STORE(y + i + j*GGML_F16_EPR, ay, j);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // leftovers
+    for (int i = np; i < n; ++i) {
+        y[i] = GGML_FP32_TO_FP16(GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(y[i]) + GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(x[i])*v);
+    }
+#else
+    // scalar
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        y[i] = GGML_FP32_TO_FP16(GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(y[i]) + GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(x[i])*v);
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
 // xs and vs are byte strides of x and v
 inline static void ggml_vec_mad_f32_unroll(const int n, const int xs, const int vs, float * restrict y, const float * restrict xv, const float * restrict vv) {
 
@@ -1746,6 +1777,35 @@ inline static void ggml_vec_scale_f32(const int n, float * y, const float   v) {
 #endif
 }
 
+inline static void ggml_vec_scale_f16(const int n, ggml_fp16_t * y, const float v) {
+#if defined(GGML_SIMD)
+    const int np = (n & ~(GGML_F16_STEP - 1));
+
+    GGML_F16_VEC vx = GGML_F16_VEC_SET1(v);
+
+    GGML_F16_VEC ay[GGML_F16_ARR];
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < np; i += GGML_F16_STEP) {
+        for (int j = 0; j < GGML_F16_ARR; j++) {
+            ay[j] = GGML_F16_VEC_LOAD(y + i + j*GGML_F16_EPR, j);
+            ay[j] = GGML_F16_VEC_MUL(ay[j], vx);
+
+            GGML_F16_VEC_STORE(y + i + j*GGML_F16_EPR, ay, j);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // leftovers
+    for (int i = np; i < n; ++i) {
+        y[i] = GGML_FP32_TO_FP16(GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(y[i])*v);
+    }
+#else
+    // scalar
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        y[i] = GGML_FP32_TO_FP16(GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(y[i])*v);
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
 inline static void ggml_vec_norm_f32 (const int n, float * s, const float * x) { ggml_vec_dot_f32(n, s, 0, x, 0, x, 0, 1); *s = sqrtf(*s);   }
 inline static void ggml_vec_sqr_f32  (const int n, float * y, const float * x) { for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) y[i] = x[i]*x[i];   }
 inline static void ggml_vec_sqrt_f32 (const int n, float * y, const float * x) { for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) y[i] = sqrtf(x[i]); }
@@ -2000,6 +2060,7 @@ static const char * GGML_OP_NAME[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "LEAKY_RELU",
 
     "FLASH_ATTN",
+    "FLASH_ATTN_EXT",
     "FLASH_FF",
     "FLASH_ATTN_BACK",
     "SSM_CONV",
@@ -2026,7 +2087,7 @@ static const char * GGML_OP_NAME[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "CROSS_ENTROPY_LOSS_BACK",
 };
 
-static_assert(GGML_OP_COUNT == 76, "GGML_OP_COUNT != 76");
+static_assert(GGML_OP_COUNT == 77, "GGML_OP_COUNT != 77");
 
 static const char * GGML_OP_SYMBOL[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "none",
@@ -2090,6 +2151,7 @@ static const char * GGML_OP_SYMBOL[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "leaky_relu(x)",
 
     "flash_attn(x)",
+    "flash_attn_ext(x)",
     "flash_ff(x)",
     "flash_attn_back(x)",
     "ssm_conv(x)",
@@ -2116,7 +2178,7 @@ static const char * GGML_OP_SYMBOL[GGML_OP_COUNT] = {
     "cross_entropy_loss_back(x,y)",
 };
 
-static_assert(GGML_OP_COUNT == 76, "GGML_OP_COUNT != 76");
+static_assert(GGML_OP_COUNT == 77, "GGML_OP_COUNT != 77");
 
 static_assert(GGML_OP_POOL_COUNT == 2, "GGML_OP_POOL_COUNT != 2");
 
@@ -4560,6 +4622,8 @@ struct ggml_tensor * ggml_mul_mat(
 void ggml_mul_mat_set_prec(
         struct ggml_tensor * a,
         enum ggml_prec       prec) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(a->op == GGML_OP_MUL_MAT);
+
     const int32_t prec_i32 = (int32_t) prec;
 
     ggml_set_op_params_i32(a, 0, prec_i32);
@@ -5398,17 +5462,23 @@ static struct ggml_tensor * ggml_soft_max_impl(
     GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(a));
 
     if (mask) {
+        GGML_ASSERT(mask->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 || mask->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
         GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(mask));
         GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_matrix(mask));
-        GGML_ASSERT(ggml_can_repeat_rows(mask, a));
+        GGML_ASSERT(mask->ne[0] == a->ne[0]);
+        GGML_ASSERT(mask->ne[1] >= a->ne[1]);
     }
 
     if (pos) {
         GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_vector(pos));
-        GGML_ASSERT(pos->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
+        GGML_ASSERT(pos->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 || pos->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
         GGML_ASSERT(pos->ne[0] == a->ne[0]);
     }
 
+    if (pos && mask) {
+        GGML_ASSERT(pos->type == mask->type);
+    }
+
     if (max_bias > 0.0f) {
         GGML_ASSERT(pos);
     }
@@ -6217,6 +6287,59 @@ struct ggml_tensor * ggml_flash_attn(
     return result;
 }
 
+// ggml_flash_attn_ext
+
+struct ggml_tensor * ggml_flash_attn_ext(
+        struct ggml_context * ctx,
+        struct ggml_tensor  * q,
+        struct ggml_tensor  * k,
+        struct ggml_tensor  * v,
+        struct ggml_tensor  * mask,
+        float                 scale) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(ggml_can_mul_mat(k, q));
+    // TODO: check if vT can be multiplied by (k*qT)
+    if (mask) {
+        GGML_ASSERT(ggml_is_contiguous(mask));
+        GGML_ASSERT(mask->ne[2] == 1);
+        GGML_ASSERT(mask->ne[3] == 1);
+        GGML_ASSERT(mask->ne[1] >= GGML_PAD(q->ne[1], GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD) &&
+                "the Flash-Attention kernel requires the mask to be padded to GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD and at least n_queries big");
+        //GGML_ASSERT(ggml_can_repeat_rows(mask, qk));
+    }
+
+    bool is_node = false;
+
+    if (q->grad || k->grad || v->grad) {
+        is_node = true;
+    }
+
+    // permute(0, 2, 1, 3)
+    int64_t ne[4] = { q->ne[0], q->ne[2], q->ne[1], q->ne[3] };
+    struct ggml_tensor * result = ggml_new_tensor(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F32, 4, ne);
+
+    float params[] = { scale };
+    ggml_set_op_params(result, params, sizeof(params));
+
+    result->op   = GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT;
+    result->grad = is_node ? ggml_dup_tensor(ctx, result) : NULL;
+    result->src[0] = q;
+    result->src[1] = k;
+    result->src[2] = v;
+    result->src[3] = mask;
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+void ggml_flash_attn_ext_set_prec(
+        struct ggml_tensor * a,
+        enum ggml_prec       prec) {
+    GGML_ASSERT(a->op == GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT);
+
+    const int32_t prec_i32 = (int32_t) prec;
+
+    ggml_set_op_params_i32(a, 1, prec_i32); // scale is on first pos
+}
+
 // ggml_flash_ff
 
 struct ggml_tensor * ggml_flash_ff(
@@ -12256,7 +12379,7 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_soft_max_f32(
 
     GGML_TENSOR_UNARY_OP_LOCALS
 
-    const int64_t ne11 = src1 ? src1->ne[1] : 1;
+    //const int64_t ne11 = src1 ? src1->ne[1] : 1;
 
     // TODO: is this supposed to be ceil instead of floor?
     //       https://huggingface.co/mosaicml/mpt-7b/blob/main/attention.py#L370
@@ -12279,19 +12402,31 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_soft_max_f32(
     float * wp = (float *) params->wdata + (nc + CACHE_LINE_SIZE_F32) * ith;
 
     // when max_bias <= 0.0f, src2 is not used and we default it to src0 to avoid branching
-    float * pos = src2 ? (float *) src2->data : src0->data;
+    ggml_fp16_t * pos_f16 = src2 ? (ggml_fp16_t *) src2->data : src0->data;
+    float       * pos_f32 = src2 ? (float       *) src2->data : src0->data;
+
+    const bool use_f16 = (src1 && src1->type == GGML_TYPE_F16) || (src2 && src2->type == GGML_TYPE_F16);
 
     for (int i1 = ir0; i1 < ir1; i1++) {
         float * sp = (float *)((char *) src0->data + i1*src0->nb[1]);
         float * dp = (float *)((char *)  dst->data +  i1*dst->nb[1]);
 
         // broadcast the mask across rows
-        float * mp = src1 ? (float *)((char *) src1->data + (i1%ne11)*src1->nb[1]) : NULL;
+        ggml_fp16_t * mp_f16 = src1 ? (ggml_fp16_t *)((char *) src1->data) + (i1%ne01)*ne00 : NULL;
+        float       * mp_f32 = src1 ? (float       *)((char *) src1->data) + (i1%ne01)*ne00 : NULL;
 
         ggml_vec_cpy_f32  (nc, wp, sp);
         ggml_vec_scale_f32(nc, wp, scale);
-        if (mp) {
-            ggml_vec_acc_f32(nc, wp, mp);
+        if (mp_f32) {
+            if (use_f16) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < nc; ++i) {
+                    wp[i] += GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(mp_f16[i]);
+                }
+            } else {
+                for (int i = 0; i < nc; ++i) {
+                    wp[i] += mp_f32[i];
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         // ALiBi bias
@@ -12299,8 +12434,14 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_soft_max_f32(
             const uint32_t h  = (i1/ne01)%ne02; // head
             const float slope = h < n_head_log2 ? powf(m0, h + 1) : powf(m1, 2*(h - n_head_log2) + 1);
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < nc; i++) {
-                wp[i] = wp[i] + slope*pos[i];
+            if (use_f16) {
+                for (int i = 0; i < nc; ++i) {
+                    wp[i] += slope*GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(pos_f16[i]);
+                }
+            } else {
+                for (int i = 0; i < nc; ++i) {
+                    wp[i] += slope*pos_f32[i];
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -14570,6 +14711,198 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn(
     }
 }
 
+// ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn_ext
+
+static void ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn_ext_f16(
+        const struct ggml_compute_params * params,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * q,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * k,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * v,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * mask,
+        struct ggml_tensor * dst) {
+    int64_t t0 = ggml_perf_time_us();
+    UNUSED(t0);
+
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(int64_t, neq, q,   ne)
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(size_t,  nbq, q,   nb)
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(int64_t, nek, k,   ne)
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(size_t,  nbk, k,   nb)
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(int64_t, nev, v,   ne)
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(size_t,  nbv, v,   nb)
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(int64_t, ne,  dst, ne)
+    GGML_TENSOR_LOCALS(size_t,  nb,  dst, nb)
+
+    const int ith = params->ith;
+    const int nth = params->nth;
+
+    const int64_t D = neq0;
+    const int64_t N = neq1;
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(ne0 == D);
+    GGML_ASSERT(ne2 == N);
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(nbq0 == sizeof(float));
+    GGML_ASSERT(nbk0 == sizeof(ggml_fp16_t));
+    GGML_ASSERT(nbv0 == sizeof(ggml_fp16_t));
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(neq0 == D);
+    GGML_ASSERT(nek0 == D);
+    GGML_ASSERT(nev0 == D);
+
+    GGML_ASSERT(neq1 == N);
+    GGML_ASSERT(nev0 == D);
+
+    // dst cannot be transposed or permuted
+    GGML_ASSERT(nb0 == sizeof(float));
+    GGML_ASSERT(nb0 <= nb1);
+    GGML_ASSERT(nb1 <= nb2);
+    GGML_ASSERT(nb2 <= nb3);
+
+    // broadcast factors
+    const int64_t rk2 = neq2/nek2;
+    const int64_t rk3 = neq3/nek3;
+
+    const int64_t rv2 = neq2/nev2;
+    const int64_t rv3 = neq3/nev3;
+
+    if (params->type == GGML_TASK_TYPE_INIT) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (params->type == GGML_TASK_TYPE_FINALIZE) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // parallelize by q rows using ggml_vec_dot_f32
+
+    // total rows in q
+    const int nr = neq1*neq2*neq3;
+
+    // rows per thread
+    const int dr = (nr + nth - 1)/nth;
+
+    // row range for this thread
+    const int ir0 = dr*ith;
+    const int ir1 = MIN(ir0 + dr, nr);
+
+    float scale = 1.0f;
+    memcpy(&scale, (float *) dst->op_params + 0, sizeof(float));
+
+    // loop over n_batch and n_head
+    for (int ir = ir0; ir < ir1; ++ir) {
+        // q indices
+        const int iq3 = ir/(neq2*neq1);
+        const int iq2 = (ir - iq3*neq2*neq1)/neq1;
+        const int iq1 = (ir - iq3*neq2*neq1 - iq2*neq1);
+
+        float S = 0.0f;
+        float M = -INFINITY;
+
+        float       * V32 = (float       *) params->wdata + ith*(2*D + CACHE_LINE_SIZE_F32);
+        ggml_fp16_t * Q16 = (ggml_fp16_t *) (V32); // reuse memory
+        ggml_fp16_t * V16 = (ggml_fp16_t *) (V32 + D);
+
+        memset(V16, 0, D*sizeof(ggml_fp16_t));
+
+        const ggml_fp16_t * mp = mask ? (ggml_fp16_t *)((char *) mask->data + iq1*mask->nb[1]) : NULL;
+
+        // k indices
+        const int ik3 = iq3 / rk3;
+        const int ik2 = iq2 / rk2;
+
+        // v indices
+        const int iv3 = iq3 / rv3;
+        const int iv2 = iq2 / rv2;
+
+        // online softmax / attention
+        // loop over n_kv and n_head_kv
+        // ref: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2112.05682.pdf
+        for (int64_t ic = 0; ic < nek1; ++ic) {
+            const float mv = mp ? GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(mp[ic]) : 0.0f;
+            if (mv == -INFINITY) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            float s;
+
+            // convert Q to F16 in V32
+            {
+                const float * pq = (const float *) ((char *) q->data + (iq1*nbq1 + iq2*nbq2 + iq3*nbq3));
+
+                for (int64_t d = 0; d < D; ++d) {
+                    Q16[d] = GGML_FP32_TO_FP16(pq[d]);
+                }
+            }
+
+            ggml_vec_dot_f16(D,
+                    &s, 0,
+                    (ggml_fp16_t *) ((char *) k->data + ( ic*nbk1 + ik2*nbk2 + ik3*nbk3)), 0,
+                    Q16, 0, 1);
+
+            s = s*scale + mv;
+
+            const float Mold = M;
+
+            float ms = 1.0f;
+            float vs = 1.0f;
+
+            if (s > M) {
+                M = s;
+                ms = expf(Mold - M);
+
+                // V = V*expf(Mold - M)
+                ggml_vec_scale_f16(D, V16, ms);
+            } else {
+                vs = expf(s - M);
+            }
+
+            const ggml_fp16_t * v16 = (const ggml_fp16_t *) ((char *) v->data + (ic*nbv1 + iv2*nbv2 + iv3*nbv3));
+
+            // V += v*expf(s - M)
+            ggml_vec_mad_f16(D, V16, v16, vs);
+
+            S = S*ms + vs;
+        }
+
+        // V /= S
+        for (int64_t d = 0; d < D; ++d) {
+            V32[d] = GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(V16[d])/S;
+        }
+
+        // dst indices
+        const int i1 = iq1;
+        const int i2 = iq2;
+        const int i3 = iq3;
+
+        // original
+        //memcpy((char *) dst->data + (i1*nb1 + i2*nb2 + i3*nb3), V, nev0*sizeof(float));
+
+        // permute(0, 2, 1, 3)
+        memcpy((char *) dst->data + (i3*ne2*ne1 + i2 + i1*ne1)*nb1, V32, nb1);
+    }
+}
+
+static void ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn_ext(
+        const struct ggml_compute_params * params,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * q,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * k,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * v,
+        const struct ggml_tensor * mask,
+        struct ggml_tensor * dst) {
+    switch (dst->op_params[1]) {
+        case GGML_PREC_DEFAULT:
+        case GGML_PREC_F32:
+            {
+                // uses F32 accumulators
+                ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn_ext_f16(params, q, k, v, mask, dst);
+            } break;
+        default:
+            {
+                GGML_ASSERT(false);
+            } break;
+    }
+}
+
 // ggml_compute_forward_flash_ff
 
 static void ggml_compute_forward_flash_ff_f16(
@@ -16377,6 +16710,10 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward(struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggm
                 const bool masked = t != 0;
                 ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn(params, masked, tensor);
             } break;
+        case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
+            {
+                ggml_compute_forward_flash_attn_ext(params, tensor->src[0], tensor->src[1], tensor->src[2], tensor->src[3], tensor);
+            } break;
         case GGML_OP_FLASH_FF:
             {
                 ggml_compute_forward_flash_ff(params, tensor);
@@ -17389,6 +17726,7 @@ static void ggml_compute_backward(struct ggml_context * ctx, struct ggml_tensor
                 GGML_ASSERT(false); // TODO: not implemented
             } break;
         case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN:
+        case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
             {
                 struct ggml_tensor * flash_grad = NULL;
                 if (src0->grad || src1->grad || tensor->src[2]->grad) {
@@ -18161,6 +18499,7 @@ static int ggml_get_n_tasks(struct ggml_tensor * node, int n_threads, int n_cur_
                 n_tasks = n_threads;
             } break;
         case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN:
+        case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
             {
                 n_tasks = n_threads;
             } break;
@@ -18564,6 +18903,12 @@ struct ggml_cplan ggml_graph_plan(const struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, int n_threa
                         cur += sizeof(float)*ne11*n_tasks; // this is overestimated by x2
                     }
                 } break;
+            case GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT:
+                {
+                    const int64_t ne00 = node->src[0]->ne[0]; // D
+
+                    cur = 2*sizeof(float)*ne00*n_tasks; // 2x head size
+                } break;
             case GGML_OP_FLASH_FF:
                 {
                     if (node->src[1]->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
@@ -20629,7 +20974,7 @@ static void gguf_free_kv(struct gguf_kv * kv) {
 }
 
 struct gguf_context * gguf_init_empty(void) {
-    struct gguf_context * ctx = GGML_ALIGNED_MALLOC(sizeof(struct gguf_context));
+    struct gguf_context * ctx = GGML_CALLOC(1, sizeof(struct gguf_context));
 
     memcpy(ctx->header.magic, GGUF_MAGIC, sizeof(ctx->header.magic));
     ctx->header.version   = GGUF_VERSION;
@@ -20674,7 +21019,7 @@ struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file(const char * fname, struct gguf_init_p
 
     bool ok = true;
 
-    struct gguf_context * ctx = GGML_ALIGNED_MALLOC(sizeof(struct gguf_context));
+    struct gguf_context * ctx = GGML_CALLOC(1, sizeof(struct gguf_context));
 
     // read the header
     {
@@ -20727,9 +21072,13 @@ struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file(const char * fname, struct gguf_init_p
 
     // read the kv pairs
     {
-        ctx->kv = GGML_MALLOC(ctx->header.n_kv * sizeof(struct gguf_kv));
+        const uint64_t n_kv = ctx->header.n_kv;
 
-        for (uint64_t i = 0; i < ctx->header.n_kv; ++i) {
+        // header.n_kv will hold the actual value of pairs that were successfully read in the loop below
+        ctx->header.n_kv = 0;
+        ctx->kv = GGML_CALLOC(n_kv, sizeof(struct gguf_kv));
+
+        for (uint64_t i = 0; i < n_kv; ++i) {
             struct gguf_kv * kv = &ctx->kv[i];
 
             //fprintf(stderr, "%s: reading kv %d\n", __func__, i);
@@ -20786,7 +21135,7 @@ struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file(const char * fname, struct gguf_init_p
                                         return NULL;
                                     }
 
-                                    kv->value.arr.data = GGML_MALLOC(kv->value.arr.n * gguf_type_size(kv->value.arr.type));
+                                    kv->value.arr.data = GGML_CALLOC(kv->value.arr.n, gguf_type_size(kv->value.arr.type));
 
                                     ok = ok && gguf_fread_el(file, kv->value.arr.data, kv->value.arr.n * gguf_type_size(kv->value.arr.type), &offset);
                                 } break;
@@ -20800,7 +21149,7 @@ struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file(const char * fname, struct gguf_init_p
                                         return NULL;
                                     }
 
-                                    kv->value.arr.data = GGML_MALLOC(kv->value.arr.n * sizeof(struct gguf_str));
+                                    kv->value.arr.data = GGML_CALLOC(kv->value.arr.n, sizeof(struct gguf_str));
 
                                     for (uint64_t j = 0; j < kv->value.arr.n; ++j) {
                                         ok = ok && gguf_fread_str(file, &((struct gguf_str *) kv->value.arr.data)[j], &offset);
@@ -20816,6 +21165,8 @@ struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file(const char * fname, struct gguf_init_p
             if (!ok) {
                 break;
             }
+
+            ctx->header.n_kv++;
         }
 
         if (!ok) {
@@ -20828,7 +21179,7 @@ struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file(const char * fname, struct gguf_init_p
 
     // read the tensor infos
     {
-        ctx->infos = GGML_MALLOC(ctx->header.n_tensors * sizeof(struct gguf_tensor_info));
+        ctx->infos = GGML_CALLOC(ctx->header.n_tensors, sizeof(struct gguf_tensor_info));
 
         for (uint64_t i = 0; i < ctx->header.n_tensors; ++i) {
             struct gguf_tensor_info * info = &ctx->infos[i];
@@ -20855,8 +21206,17 @@ struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file(const char * fname, struct gguf_init_p
             ok = ok && gguf_fread_el (file, &info->type,   sizeof(info->type),    &offset);
             ok = ok && gguf_fread_el (file, &info->offset, sizeof(info->offset),  &offset);
 
+            // TODO: return an error instead of crashing with GGML_ASSERT
             gguf_tensor_info_sanitize(info);
 
+            // make sure there is no duplicated tensor names
+            for (uint64_t j = 0; j < i; ++j) {
+                if (strcmp(info->name.data, ctx->infos[j].name.data) == 0) {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "%s: duplicated tensor name %s\n", __func__, info->name.data);
+                    ok = false;
+                }
+            }
+
             if (!ok) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to read tensor info\n", __func__);
                 fclose(file);
@@ -21025,7 +21385,7 @@ void gguf_free(struct gguf_context * ctx) {
         GGML_FREE(ctx->infos);
     }
 
-    GGML_ALIGNED_FREE(ctx);
+    GGML_FREE(ctx);
 }
 
 const char * gguf_type_name(enum gguf_type type) {
@@ -21336,7 +21696,7 @@ void gguf_set_arr_data(struct gguf_context * ctx, const char * key, enum gguf_ty
     ctx->kv[idx].type           = GGUF_TYPE_ARRAY;
     ctx->kv[idx].value.arr.type = type;
     ctx->kv[idx].value.arr.n    = n;
-    ctx->kv[idx].value.arr.data = GGML_MALLOC(n*gguf_type_size(type));
+    ctx->kv[idx].value.arr.data = GGML_CALLOC(n, gguf_type_size(type));
     memcpy(ctx->kv[idx].value.arr.data, data, n*gguf_type_size(type));
 }
 
@@ -21346,7 +21706,7 @@ void gguf_set_arr_str(struct gguf_context * ctx, const char * key, const char **
     ctx->kv[idx].type           = GGUF_TYPE_ARRAY;
     ctx->kv[idx].value.arr.type = GGUF_TYPE_STRING;
     ctx->kv[idx].value.arr.n    = n;
-    ctx->kv[idx].value.arr.data = GGML_MALLOC(n*sizeof(struct gguf_str));
+    ctx->kv[idx].value.arr.data = GGML_CALLOC(n, sizeof(struct gguf_str));
     for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
         struct gguf_str * str = &((struct gguf_str *)ctx->kv[idx].value.arr.data)[i];
         str->n    = strlen(data[i]);
@@ -21373,7 +21733,7 @@ void gguf_set_kv(struct gguf_context * ctx, struct gguf_context * src) {
             case GGUF_TYPE_ARRAY:
                 {
                     if (src->kv[i].value.arr.type == GGUF_TYPE_STRING) {
-                        const char ** data = GGML_MALLOC(src->kv[i].value.arr.n*sizeof(char *));
+                        const char ** data = GGML_CALLOC(src->kv[i].value.arr.n, sizeof(char *));
                         for (uint32_t j = 0; j < src->kv[i].value.arr.n; j++) {
                             data[j] = ((struct gguf_str *)src->kv[i].value.arr.data)[j].data;
                         }
@@ -21393,6 +21753,10 @@ void gguf_set_kv(struct gguf_context * ctx, struct gguf_context * src) {
 void gguf_add_tensor(
              struct gguf_context * ctx,
         const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
+    if (gguf_find_tensor(ctx, tensor->name) != -1) {
+        GGML_ASSERT(false && "duplicated tensor name");
+    }
+
     const int idx = ctx->header.n_tensors;
     ctx->infos = realloc(ctx->infos, (idx + 1)*sizeof(struct gguf_tensor_info));
 
@@ -21461,7 +21825,7 @@ struct gguf_buf {
 
 static struct gguf_buf gguf_buf_init(size_t size) {
     struct gguf_buf buf = {
-        /*buf.data   =*/ size == 0 ? NULL : GGML_MALLOC(size),
+        /*buf.data   =*/ size == 0 ? NULL : GGML_CALLOC(1, size),
         /*buf.size   =*/ size,
         /*buf.offset =*/ 0,
     };
diff --git a/ggml.h b/ggml.h
index 2fe24d91a..1e4d1644f 100644
--- a/ggml.h
+++ b/ggml.h
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ extern "C" {
         GGML_OP_LEAKY_RELU,
 
         GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN,
+        GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_EXT,
         GGML_OP_FLASH_FF,
         GGML_OP_FLASH_ATTN_BACK,
         GGML_OP_SSM_CONV,
@@ -769,6 +770,8 @@ extern "C" {
     // use this to compute the memory overhead of a tensor
     GGML_API size_t ggml_tensor_overhead(void);
 
+    GGML_API bool ggml_validate_row_data(enum ggml_type type, const void * data, size_t nbytes);
+
     // main
 
     GGML_API struct ggml_context * ggml_init(struct ggml_init_params params);
@@ -1727,6 +1730,25 @@ extern "C" {
             struct ggml_tensor  * v,
             bool                  masked);
 
+#define GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD 32
+
+    // q:    [n_embd, n_batch,     n_head,    1]
+    // k:    [n_embd, n_kv,        n_head_kv, 1]
+    // v:    [n_embd, n_kv,        n_head_kv, 1] !! not transposed !!
+    // mask: [n_kv,   n_batch_pad, 1,         1] !! n_batch_pad = GGML_PAD(n_batch, GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD) !!
+    // res:  [n_embd, n_head,      n_batch,   1] !! permuted !!
+    GGML_API struct ggml_tensor * ggml_flash_attn_ext(
+            struct ggml_context * ctx,
+            struct ggml_tensor  * q,
+            struct ggml_tensor  * k,
+            struct ggml_tensor  * v,
+            struct ggml_tensor  * mask,
+            float                 scale);
+
+    GGML_API void ggml_flash_attn_ext_set_prec(
+            struct ggml_tensor * a,
+            enum ggml_prec       prec);
+
     GGML_API struct ggml_tensor * ggml_flash_attn_back(
            struct ggml_context * ctx,
            struct ggml_tensor  * q,
diff --git a/gguf-py/gguf/constants.py b/gguf-py/gguf/constants.py
index d2f1de198..6d597bfd9 100644
--- a/gguf-py/gguf/constants.py
+++ b/gguf-py/gguf/constants.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class Keys:
 
     class Tokenizer:
         MODEL            = "tokenizer.ggml.model"
+        PRE              = "tokenizer.ggml.pre"
         LIST             = "tokenizer.ggml.tokens"
         TOKEN_TYPE       = "tokenizer.ggml.token_type"
         TOKEN_TYPE_COUNT = "tokenizer.ggml.token_type_count"  # for BERT-style token types
@@ -940,6 +941,7 @@ KEY_SSM_TIME_STEP_RANK = Keys.SSM.TIME_STEP_RANK
 
 # tokenization
 KEY_TOKENIZER_MODEL      = Keys.Tokenizer.MODEL
+KEY_TOKENIZER_PRE        = Keys.Tokenizer.PRE
 KEY_TOKENIZER_LIST       = Keys.Tokenizer.LIST
 KEY_TOKENIZER_TOKEN_TYPE = Keys.Tokenizer.TOKEN_TYPE
 KEY_TOKENIZER_SCORES     = Keys.Tokenizer.SCORES
diff --git a/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_reader.py b/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_reader.py
index 33afac552..2bdb15525 100644
--- a/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_reader.py
+++ b/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_reader.py
@@ -139,8 +139,13 @@ class GGUFReader:
 
     def _push_field(self, field: ReaderField, skip_sum: bool = False) -> int:
         if field.name in self.fields:
-            raise KeyError(f'Duplicate {field.name} already in list at offset {field.offset}')
-        self.fields[field.name] = field
+            # TODO: add option to generate error on duplicate keys
+            # raise KeyError(f'Duplicate {field.name} already in list at offset {field.offset}')
+
+            print(f'Warning: Duplicate key {field.name} at offset {field.offset}')
+            self.fields[field.name + '_{}'.format(field.offset)] = field
+        else:
+            self.fields[field.name] = field
         return 0 if skip_sum else sum(int(part.nbytes) for part in field.parts)
 
     def _get_str(self, offset: int) -> tuple[npt.NDArray[np.uint64], npt.NDArray[np.uint8]]:
@@ -234,8 +239,14 @@ class GGUFReader:
 
     def _build_tensors(self, start_offs: int, fields: list[ReaderField]) -> None:
         tensors = []
+        tensor_names = set() # keep track of name to prevent duplicated tensors
         for field in fields:
             _name_len, name_data, _n_dims, dims, raw_dtype, offset_tensor = field.parts
+            # check if there's any tensor having same name already in the list
+            tensor_name = str(bytes(name_data), encoding = 'utf-8')
+            if tensor_name in tensor_names:
+                raise ValueError(f'Found duplicated tensor with name {tensor_name}')
+            tensor_names.add(tensor_name)
             ggml_type = GGMLQuantizationType(raw_dtype[0])
             n_elems = np.prod(dims)
             block_size, type_size = GGML_QUANT_SIZES[ggml_type]
@@ -267,7 +278,7 @@ class GGUFReader:
                 item_count = n_bytes
                 item_type = np.uint8
             tensors.append(ReaderTensor(
-                name = str(bytes(name_data), encoding = 'utf-8'),
+                name = tensor_name,
                 tensor_type = ggml_type,
                 shape = dims,
                 n_elements = n_elems,
diff --git a/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_writer.py b/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_writer.py
index e3dbca454..089aece87 100644
--- a/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_writer.py
+++ b/gguf-py/gguf/gguf_writer.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class GGUFWriter:
         self.kv_data_count = 0
         self.ti_data = bytearray()
         self.ti_data_count = 0
+        self.ti_names = set()
         self.use_temp_file = use_temp_file
         self.temp_file = None
         self.tensors = []
@@ -197,6 +198,10 @@ class GGUFWriter:
         if self.state is not WriterState.EMPTY:
             raise ValueError(f'Expected output file to be empty, got {self.state}')
 
+        if name in self.ti_names:
+            raise ValueError(f'Duplicated tensor name {name}')
+        self.ti_names.add(name)
+
         encoded_name = name.encode("utf8")
         self.ti_data += self._pack("Q", len(encoded_name))
         self.ti_data += encoded_name
@@ -422,6 +427,9 @@ class GGUFWriter:
     def add_tokenizer_model(self, model: str) -> None:
         self.add_string(Keys.Tokenizer.MODEL, model)
 
+    def add_tokenizer_pre(self, pre: str) -> None:
+        self.add_string(Keys.Tokenizer.PRE, pre)
+
     def add_token_list(self, tokens: Sequence[str] | Sequence[bytes] | Sequence[bytearray]) -> None:
         self.add_array(Keys.Tokenizer.LIST, tokens)
 
diff --git a/gpttype_adapter.cpp b/gpttype_adapter.cpp
index 3eeeec5dc..422abcb42 100644
--- a/gpttype_adapter.cpp
+++ b/gpttype_adapter.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static void TokenizeString(const std::string & str_to_tokenize, std::vector<int>
         }
         else
         {
-            output_tokens = ::llama_tokenize(llama_ctx_v4, str_to_tokenize, true, true);
+            output_tokens = ::llama_tokenize(llama_ctx_v4, str_to_tokenize, add_bos, true);
             if(add_bos)
             {
                 llama_token bostoadd = llama_token_bos(&(llama_ctx_v4->model));
@@ -256,6 +256,15 @@ static int GetEosID(FileFormat file_format, int32_t n_vocab)
     }
     return eosID;
 }
+static int GetEotID(FileFormat file_format)
+{
+    if(file_format == FileFormat::GGUF_GENERIC)
+    {
+        return llama_token_eot(&(llama_ctx_v4->model));
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
 static float LowestLogit(const std::vector<float> & logits)
 {
     int topid = std::min_element(logits.begin(), logits.end()) - logits.begin();
@@ -484,6 +493,7 @@ void sample_grammar(FileFormat file_format, int32_t n_vocab, llama_token_data_ar
     }
 
     const llama_token eos = GetEosID(file_format,n_vocab);
+    const llama_token eot = GetEotID(file_format);
 
     std::vector<std::pair<std::vector<uint32_t>, llama_partial_utf8>> candidates_decoded;
     std::vector<llama_grammar_candidate>                              candidates_grammar;
@@ -491,7 +501,7 @@ void sample_grammar(FileFormat file_format, int32_t n_vocab, llama_token_data_ar
     for (size_t i = 0; i < candidates->size; ++i) {
         const llama_token id    = candidates->data[i].id;
         const std::string piece = FileFormatTokenizeID(id,file_format);
-        if (id == eos) {
+        if (id == eos || (id==eot && id!=-1)) {
             if (!allow_eos) {
                 candidates->data[i].logit = -INFINITY;
             }
@@ -602,7 +612,7 @@ int mirostat, float mirostat_tau, float mirostat_eta, const std::vector<samplers
 
 static void grammar_accept_token(FileFormat file_format, int32_t n_vocab, struct llama_grammar * grammar, llama_token token)
 {
-    if (token == GetEosID(file_format,n_vocab)) {
+    if (token == GetEosID(file_format,n_vocab) || (token!=-1 && token == GetEotID(file_format))) {
         for (const auto & stack : grammar->stacks) {
             if (stack.empty()) {
                 return;
@@ -1601,12 +1611,16 @@ generation_outputs gpttype_generate(const generation_inputs inputs)
             //if it tokenizes to a single token, AND it's a single non-printable special token, use that
             std::vector<int> tmp;
             TokenizeString(stopper, tmp, file_format, false);
+            printf("\nPRINT TOK VEC:");
+            print_tok_vec_str(tmp);
             if(tmp.size()==1) //tokenizes to exactly 1 special token
             {
                 int specialid = tmp[0];
                 std::string tokenizedstr = FileFormatTokenizeID(specialid, file_format);
+                printf("\nTest %s",tokenizedstr.c_str());
                 if(tokenizedstr=="") //must NOT have a text representation
                 {
+                    printf("\nAdded %d",specialid);
                     special_stop_sequence.push_back(specialid);
                 }
             }
@@ -2167,6 +2181,7 @@ generation_outputs gpttype_generate(const generation_inputs inputs)
             }
 
             unsigned int eosID = GetEosID(file_format, n_vocab);
+            unsigned int eotID = GetEotID(file_format);
             float * logitsPtr;
             float lowestLogit = 0;
             int btsize = banned_token_ids.size();
@@ -2196,6 +2211,10 @@ generation_outputs gpttype_generate(const generation_inputs inputs)
             {
                 // set the logit of the eos token to very low to avoid sampling it
                 logitsPtr[eosID] = lowestLogit;
+                if(eotID!=-1)
+                {
+                    logitsPtr[eotID] = lowestLogit;
+                }
             }
             if(btsize>0)
             {
@@ -2257,7 +2276,7 @@ generation_outputs gpttype_generate(const generation_inputs inputs)
                 printf("]\n");
             }
 
-            if(inputs.allow_eos_token && id==eosID)
+            if(inputs.allow_eos_token && (id==eosID || (id==eotID && id!=-1)))
             {
                 stopper_unused_tokens = remaining_tokens;
                 if(allow_regular_prints)
diff --git a/klite.embd b/klite.embd
index e146ec7ba..573374ab0 100644
--- a/klite.embd
+++ b/klite.embd
@@ -8791,8 +8791,8 @@ Current version: 136
 				et = "<|END_OF_TURN_TOKEN|><|START_OF_TURN_TOKEN|><|CHATBOT_TOKEN|>";
 				break;
 			case "9": //llama 3 chat
-				st = "<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|>";
-				et = "<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>";
+				st = "<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|>\\n\\n";
+				et = "<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>\\n\\n";
 				break;
 			default:
 				break;
diff --git a/llama.cpp b/llama.cpp
index ce5d65072..861d969ae 100644
--- a/llama.cpp
+++ b/llama.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 #include <forward_list>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <functional>
+#include <future>
 #include <initializer_list>
 #include <locale>
 #include <map>
@@ -110,7 +111,6 @@
 #define LLAMA_MAX_NODES   8192
 #define LLAMA_MAX_EXPERTS 60
 
-
 //
 // logging
 //
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ enum llm_kv {
     LLM_KV_SSM_TIME_STEP_RANK,
 
     LLM_KV_TOKENIZER_MODEL,
+    LLM_KV_TOKENIZER_PRE,
     LLM_KV_TOKENIZER_LIST,
     LLM_KV_TOKENIZER_TOKEN_TYPE,
     LLM_KV_TOKENIZER_TOKEN_TYPE_COUNT,
@@ -414,6 +415,7 @@ static const std::map<llm_kv, const char *> LLM_KV_NAMES = {
     { LLM_KV_SSM_TIME_STEP_RANK,            "%s.ssm.time_step_rank" },
 
     { LLM_KV_TOKENIZER_MODEL,               "tokenizer.ggml.model"              },
+    { LLM_KV_TOKENIZER_PRE,                 "tokenizer.ggml.pre"                },
     { LLM_KV_TOKENIZER_LIST,                "tokenizer.ggml.tokens"             },
     { LLM_KV_TOKENIZER_TOKEN_TYPE,          "tokenizer.ggml.token_type"         },
     { LLM_KV_TOKENIZER_TOKEN_TYPE_COUNT,    "tokenizer.ggml.token_type_count"   },
@@ -1869,7 +1871,7 @@ struct llama_hparams {
     float f_logit_scale    = 0.0f;
 
     bool causal_attn = true;
-    bool need_kq_pos = false;
+    bool use_alibi   = false; // currently, we need KQ_pos data for ALiBi-based models
 
     enum llama_pooling_type      pooling_type            = LLAMA_POOLING_TYPE_NONE;
     enum llama_rope_type         rope_type               = LLAMA_ROPE_TYPE_NONE;
@@ -1959,6 +1961,7 @@ struct llama_cparams {
     bool embeddings;
     bool causal_attn;
     bool offload_kqv;
+    bool flash_attn;
 
     enum llama_pooling_type pooling_type;
 
@@ -2062,8 +2065,8 @@ struct llama_kv_cache {
     bool has_shift = false;
     bool do_defrag = false;
     bool do_copy   = false;
-    // with recurrent state models, a cell can hold the state for more than one past token
-    bool recurrent = false;
+    bool recurrent = false; // with recurrent state models, a cell can hold the state for more than one past token
+    bool v_trans   = true;  // the value tensor is transposed
 
     // Note: The value of head isn't only used to optimize searching
     // for a free KV slot. llama_decode_internal also uses it, so it
@@ -2140,7 +2143,8 @@ struct llama_vocab {
         ttype type;
     };
 
-    enum llama_vocab_type type = LLAMA_VOCAB_TYPE_SPM;
+    enum llama_vocab_type     type     = LLAMA_VOCAB_TYPE_SPM;
+    enum llama_vocab_pre_type type_pre = LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_DEFAULT;
 
     std::unordered_map<token, id> token_to_id;
     std::vector<token_data>       id_to_token;
@@ -2365,11 +2369,14 @@ struct llama_context {
 
 static bool llama_kv_cache_init(
              struct llama_kv_cache & cache,
-                 const llama_model & model,
+               const llama_context * ctx,
                          ggml_type   type_k,
                          ggml_type   type_v,
                           uint32_t   kv_size,
                               bool   offload) {
+    const llama_model & model = ctx->model;
+    const llama_cparams & cparams = ctx->cparams;
+
     const struct llama_hparams & hparams = model.hparams;
 
     const uint32_t n_embd_k_gqa = hparams.n_embd_k_gqa() + hparams.n_embd_k_s();
@@ -2380,6 +2387,7 @@ static bool llama_kv_cache_init(
 
     // TODO: find a nicer way to add other recurrent model architectures
     cache.recurrent = model.arch == LLM_ARCH_MAMBA;
+    cache.v_trans   = !cparams.flash_attn;
 
     // TODO: support mixed reccurent Transformer architectues
     // NOTE: (!a || b) is a logical implication (a -> b)
@@ -2592,6 +2600,10 @@ static void llama_kv_cache_clear(struct llama_kv_cache & cache) {
     }
     cache.head = 0;
     cache.used = 0;
+
+    for (auto & buf : cache.bufs) {
+        ggml_backend_buffer_clear(buf, 0);
+    }
 }
 
 static bool llama_kv_cache_seq_rm(
@@ -2912,6 +2924,7 @@ namespace GGUFMeta {
                 case LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_BOOL:  return "bool";
                 case LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_INT:   return "int";
                 case LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_FLOAT: return "float";
+                case LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_STR:   return "str";
             }
             return "unknown";
         }
@@ -2923,13 +2936,16 @@ namespace GGUFMeta {
                     __func__, override_type_to_str(ovrd->tag), ovrd->key);
                 switch (ovrd->tag) {
                     case LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_BOOL:  {
-                        LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s\n", ovrd->bool_value ? "true" : "false");
+                        LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s\n", ovrd->val_bool ? "true" : "false");
                     } break;
                     case LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_INT:   {
-                        LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%" PRId64 "\n", ovrd->int_value);
+                        LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%" PRId64 "\n", ovrd->val_i64);
                     } break;
                     case LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_FLOAT: {
-                        LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%.6f\n", ovrd->float_value);
+                        LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%.6f\n", ovrd->val_f64);
+                    } break;
+                    case LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_STR: {
+                        LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s\n", ovrd->val_str);
                     } break;
                     default:
                         // Shouldn't be possible to end up here, but just in case...
@@ -2948,7 +2964,7 @@ namespace GGUFMeta {
         static typename std::enable_if<std::is_same<OT, bool>::value, bool>::type
         try_override(OT & target, const struct llama_model_kv_override * ovrd) {
             if (validate_override(LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_BOOL, ovrd)) {
-                target = ovrd->bool_value;
+                target = ovrd->val_bool;
                 return true;
             }
             return false;
@@ -2958,7 +2974,7 @@ namespace GGUFMeta {
         static typename std::enable_if<!std::is_same<OT, bool>::value && std::is_integral<OT>::value, bool>::type
         try_override(OT & target, const struct llama_model_kv_override * ovrd) {
             if (validate_override(LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_INT, ovrd)) {
-                target = ovrd->int_value;
+                target = ovrd->val_i64;
                 return true;
             }
             return false;
@@ -2968,7 +2984,7 @@ namespace GGUFMeta {
         static typename std::enable_if<std::is_floating_point<OT>::value, bool>::type
         try_override(T & target, const struct llama_model_kv_override * ovrd) {
             if (validate_override(LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_FLOAT, ovrd)) {
-                target = ovrd->float_value;
+                target = ovrd->val_f64;
                 return true;
             }
             return false;
@@ -2977,12 +2993,11 @@ namespace GGUFMeta {
         template<typename OT>
         static typename std::enable_if<std::is_same<OT, std::string>::value, bool>::type
         try_override(T & target, const struct llama_model_kv_override * ovrd) {
-            (void)target;
-            (void)ovrd;
-            if (!ovrd) { return false; }
-            // Currently, we should never end up here so it would be a bug if we do.
-            throw std::runtime_error(format("Unsupported attempt to override string type for metadata key %s\n",
-                ovrd ? ovrd->key : "NULL"));
+            if (validate_override(LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_STR, ovrd)) {
+                target = ovrd->val_str;
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
         }
 
         static bool set(const gguf_context * ctx, const int k, T & target, const struct llama_model_kv_override * ovrd = nullptr) {
@@ -3015,6 +3030,7 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
     size_t  n_bytes    = 0;
 
     bool use_mmap = false;
+    bool check_tensors;
 
     llama_files files;
     llama_ftype ftype;
@@ -3048,7 +3064,7 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
     std::string arch_name;
     LLM_KV      llm_kv    = LLM_KV(LLM_ARCH_UNKNOWN);
 
-    llama_model_loader(const std::string & fname, bool use_mmap, const struct llama_model_kv_override * param_overrides_p) {
+    llama_model_loader(const std::string & fname, bool use_mmap, bool check_tensors, const struct llama_model_kv_override * param_overrides_p) {
         int trace = 0;
         if (getenv("LLAMA_TRACE")) {
             trace = atoi(getenv("LLAMA_TRACE"));
@@ -3145,9 +3161,17 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
 
         fver = (enum llama_fver) gguf_get_version(meta);
 
+        std::set<std::string> tensor_names;
         for (auto & w : weights) {
             n_elements += ggml_nelements(w.tensor);
             n_bytes    += ggml_nbytes(w.tensor);
+            // make sure there is no duplicated tensor names
+            const std::string name(w.tensor->name);
+            auto found = tensor_names.find(name);
+            if (found != tensor_names.end()) {
+                throw std::runtime_error(format("invalid model: tensor '%s' is duplicated", w.tensor->name));
+            }
+            tensor_names.insert(name);
         }
 
         LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: loaded meta data with %d key-value pairs and %d tensors from %s (version %s)\n",
@@ -3254,6 +3278,7 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
         }
 
         this->use_mmap = use_mmap;
+        this->check_tensors = check_tensors;
     }
 
     ~llama_model_loader() {
@@ -3512,6 +3537,10 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
             file->seek(w.offs, SEEK_SET);
             file->read_raw(cur->data, ggml_nbytes(cur));
         }
+
+        if (check_tensors && !ggml_validate_row_data(cur->type, cur->data, ggml_nbytes(cur))) {
+            throw std::runtime_error(format("tensor '%s' has invalid data", ggml_get_name(cur)));
+        }
     }
 
     size_t size_done = 0;
@@ -3528,6 +3557,8 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
         GGML_ASSERT(size_data != 0 && "call init_mappings() first");
 
         std::vector<no_init<uint8_t>> read_buf;
+        std::vector<std::future<std::pair<ggml_tensor *, bool>>> validation_result;
+
         for (struct ggml_tensor * cur = ggml_get_first_tensor(ctx); cur != NULL; cur = ggml_get_next_tensor(ctx, cur)) {
             const auto * weight = get_weight(ggml_get_name(cur));
             if (weight == nullptr) {
@@ -3549,31 +3580,47 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
                 if (bufs_mmap.count(weight->idx)) {
                     buf_mmap = bufs_mmap.at(weight->idx);
                 }
+                uint8_t * data = (uint8_t *) mapping->addr + weight->offs;
+
+                if (check_tensors) {
+                    validation_result.emplace_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [cur, data, n_size] {
+                        return std::make_pair(cur, ggml_validate_row_data(cur->type, data, n_size));
+                    }));
+                }
+
                 GGML_ASSERT(buf_mmap || cur->data); // either we have a buffer to allocate the tensor in, or it is already allocated
                 if (buf_mmap && cur->data == nullptr) {
-                    ggml_backend_tensor_alloc(buf_mmap, cur, (uint8_t *) mapping->addr + weight->offs);
+                    ggml_backend_tensor_alloc(buf_mmap, cur, data);
                     if (lmlocks) {
                         const auto & lmlock = lmlocks->at(weight->idx);
-                        lmlock->grow_to(weight->offs + ggml_nbytes(cur));
+                        lmlock->grow_to(weight->offs + n_size);
                     }
 
                     auto & mmap_used = mmaps_used[weight->idx];
                     mmap_used.first  = std::min(mmap_used.first,  weight->offs);
                     mmap_used.second = std::max(mmap_used.second, weight->offs + n_size);
                 } else {
-                    ggml_backend_tensor_set(cur, (uint8_t *) mapping->addr + weight->offs, 0, n_size);
+                    ggml_backend_tensor_set(cur, data, 0, n_size);
                 }
             } else {
                 GGML_ASSERT(weight->idx < files.size());
                 const auto & file = files.at(weight->idx);
                 if (ggml_backend_buffer_is_host(cur->buffer)) {
                     file->seek(weight->offs, SEEK_SET);
-                    file->read_raw(cur->data, ggml_nbytes(cur));
+                    file->read_raw(cur->data, n_size);
+                    if (check_tensors) {
+                        validation_result.emplace_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [cur, n_size] {
+                            return std::make_pair(cur, ggml_validate_row_data(cur->type, cur->data, n_size));
+                        }));
+                    }
                 } else {
-                    read_buf.resize(ggml_nbytes(cur));
+                    read_buf.resize(n_size);
                     file->seek(weight->offs, SEEK_SET);
-                    file->read_raw(read_buf.data(), ggml_nbytes(cur));
+                    file->read_raw(read_buf.data(), n_size);
                     ggml_backend_tensor_set(cur, read_buf.data(), 0, n_size);
+                    if (check_tensors && !ggml_validate_row_data(cur->type, read_buf.data(), n_size)) {
+                        throw std::runtime_error(format("tensor '%s' has invalid data", ggml_get_name(cur)));
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -3593,6 +3640,19 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
             size_done += n_size;
         }
 
+        // check validation results
+        bool validation_failed = false;
+        for (auto & future : validation_result) {
+            auto result = future.get();
+            if (!result.second) {
+                LLAMA_LOG_ERROR("%s: tensor '%s' has invalid data\n", __func__, ggml_get_name(result.first));
+                validation_failed = true;
+            }
+        }
+        if (validation_failed) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("found tensors with invalid data");
+        }
+
         // check if this is the last call and do final cleanup
         if (size_done >= size_data) {
             // unmap offloaded tensors and metadata
@@ -4186,7 +4246,7 @@ static void llm_load_hparams(
     model.ftype = ml.ftype;
 
     if (hparams.f_max_alibi_bias > 0.0f) {
-        hparams.need_kq_pos = true;
+        hparams.use_alibi = true;
     }
 
     hparams.rope_type = llama_rope_type(&model);
@@ -4210,11 +4270,13 @@ static void llm_load_vocab(
 
     // determine vocab type
     {
-        std::string tokenizer_name;
+        std::string tokenizer_model;
+        std::string tokenizer_pre;
 
-        ml.get_key(LLM_KV_TOKENIZER_MODEL, tokenizer_name);
+        ml.get_key(LLM_KV_TOKENIZER_MODEL, tokenizer_model);
+        ml.get_key(LLM_KV_TOKENIZER_PRE,   tokenizer_pre, false);
 
-        if (tokenizer_name == "no_vocab") {
+        if (tokenizer_model == "no_vocab") {
             vocab.type = LLAMA_VOCAB_TYPE_NONE;
 
             // default special tokens
@@ -4228,7 +4290,7 @@ static void llm_load_vocab(
             vocab.linefeed_id     = -1;
 
             return;
-        } else if (tokenizer_name == "llama") {
+        } else if (tokenizer_model == "llama") {
             vocab.type = LLAMA_VOCAB_TYPE_SPM;
 
             // default special tokens
@@ -4273,9 +4335,27 @@ static void llm_load_vocab(
             if (add_space_prefix_keyidx != -1) {
                 vocab.add_space_prefix = gguf_get_val_bool(ctx, add_space_prefix_keyidx);
             } // The default value of add_space_prefix is true.
-        } else if (tokenizer_name == "gpt2") {
-            vocab.type = LLAMA_VOCAB_TYPE_BPE;
+        } else if (tokenizer_model == "bert") {
+            vocab.type = LLAMA_VOCAB_TYPE_WPM;
 
+            // default special tokens
+            vocab.special_bos_id  = -1;
+            vocab.special_eos_id  = -1;
+            vocab.special_unk_id  = 100;
+            vocab.special_sep_id  = 102;
+            vocab.special_pad_id  = 0;
+            vocab.special_cls_id  = 101;
+            vocab.special_mask_id = 103;
+            vocab.add_space_prefix = false;
+        } else {
+            if (tokenizer_model == "gpt2") {
+                vocab.type = LLAMA_VOCAB_TYPE_BPE;
+            } else {
+                LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: unknown tokenizer: '%s'", __func__, tokenizer_model.c_str());
+                LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: using default tokenizer: 'llama'", __func__);
+                vocab.type = LLAMA_VOCAB_TYPE_SPM;
+                return;
+            }
             // read bpe merges and populate bpe ranks
             const int merges_keyidx = gguf_find_key(ctx, kv(LLM_KV_TOKENIZER_MERGES).c_str());
             if (merges_keyidx == -1) {
@@ -4318,23 +4398,50 @@ static void llm_load_vocab(
             vocab.special_pad_id  = -1;
             vocab.special_cls_id  = -1;
             vocab.special_mask_id = -1;
-        } else if (tokenizer_name == "bert") {
-            vocab.type = LLAMA_VOCAB_TYPE_WPM;
+        }
 
-            // default special tokens
-            vocab.special_bos_id  = -1;
-            vocab.special_eos_id  = -1;
-            vocab.special_unk_id  = 100;
-            vocab.special_sep_id  = 102;
-            vocab.special_pad_id  = 0;
-            vocab.special_cls_id  = 101;
-            vocab.special_mask_id = 103;
-            vocab.add_space_prefix = false;
+        // for now, only BPE models have pre-tokenizers
+        if (vocab.type == LLAMA_VOCAB_TYPE_BPE) {
+            if (tokenizer_pre.empty()) {
+                LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: missing pre-tokenizer type, using: 'default'\n", __func__);
+                LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s:                                             \n", __func__);
+                LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: ************************************        \n", __func__);
+                LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: GENERATION QUALITY WILL BE DEGRADED!        \n", __func__);
+                LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: CONSIDER REGENERATING THE MODEL             \n", __func__);
+                LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: ************************************        \n", __func__);
+                LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s:                                             \n", __func__);
+                vocab.type_pre = LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_DEFAULT;
+            } else if (
+                    tokenizer_pre == "default") {
+                vocab.type_pre = LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_DEFAULT;
+            } else if (
+                    tokenizer_pre == "llama3"   ||
+                    tokenizer_pre == "llama-v3" ||
+                    tokenizer_pre == "llama-bpe") {
+                vocab.type_pre = LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_LLAMA3;
+            } else if (
+                    tokenizer_pre == "deepseek-llm") {
+                vocab.type_pre = LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_DEEPSEEK_LLM;
+            } else if (
+                    tokenizer_pre == "deepseek-coder") {
+                vocab.type_pre = LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_DEEPSEEK_CODER;
+            } else if (
+                    tokenizer_pre == "falcon") {
+                vocab.type_pre = LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_FALCON;
+            } else if (
+                    tokenizer_pre == "mpt") {
+                vocab.type_pre = LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_MPT;
+            } else if (
+                    tokenizer_pre == "starcoder") {
+                vocab.type_pre = LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_STARCODER;
+            } else if (
+                    tokenizer_pre == "gpt-2") {
+                vocab.type_pre = LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_GPT2;
+            } else {
+                throw std::runtime_error(format("unknown pre-tokenizer type: '%s'", tokenizer_pre.c_str()));
+            }
         } else {
-            LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: unknown tokenizer: '%s'", __func__, tokenizer_name.c_str());
-            LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: using default tokenizer: 'llama'", __func__);
-
-            vocab.type = LLAMA_VOCAB_TYPE_SPM;
+            vocab.type_pre = LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_DEFAULT;
         }
     }
 
@@ -6045,7 +6152,7 @@ static bool llm_load_tensors(
 // Returns 0 on success, -1 on error, and -2 on cancellation via llama_progress_callback
 static int llama_model_load(const std::string & fname, llama_model & model, llama_model_params & params) {
     try {
-        llama_model_loader ml(fname, params.use_mmap, params.kv_overrides);
+        llama_model_loader ml(fname, params.use_mmap, params.check_tensors, params.kv_overrides);
 
         model.hparams.vocab_only = params.vocab_only;
 
@@ -6174,37 +6281,47 @@ static struct ggml_tensor * llm_build_inp_embd(
 static void llm_build_kv_store(
         struct ggml_context * ctx,
         const llama_hparams & hparams,
+        const llama_cparams & cparams,
        const llama_kv_cache & kv,
          struct ggml_cgraph * graph,
          struct ggml_tensor * k_cur,
          struct ggml_tensor * v_cur,
-                    int64_t   n_ctx,
                     int32_t   n_tokens,
                     int32_t   kv_head,
          const llm_build_cb & cb,
                     int64_t   il) {
+    const int64_t n_ctx = cparams.n_ctx;
+
     const int64_t n_embd_k_gqa = hparams.n_embd_k_gqa();
     const int64_t n_embd_v_gqa = hparams.n_embd_v_gqa();
 
     GGML_ASSERT(kv.size == n_ctx);
 
-    // compute the transposed [n_tokens, n_embd] V matrix
-    assert(v_cur->ne[0] == n_embd_v_gqa && v_cur->ne[1] == n_tokens);
-    struct ggml_tensor * v_cur_t = ggml_transpose(ctx, v_cur);
-    cb(v_cur_t, "v_cur_t", il);
-
     struct ggml_tensor * k_cache_view = ggml_view_1d(ctx, kv.k_l[il], n_tokens*n_embd_k_gqa,
             (ggml_row_size(kv.k_l[il]->type, n_embd_k_gqa))*kv_head);
     cb(k_cache_view, "k_cache_view", il);
 
-    struct ggml_tensor * v_cache_view = ggml_view_2d(ctx, kv.v_l[il], n_tokens, n_embd_v_gqa,
-            (  n_ctx)*ggml_element_size(kv.v_l[il]),
-            (kv_head)*ggml_element_size(kv.v_l[il]));
+    // note: storing RoPE-ed version of K in the KV cache
+    ggml_build_forward_expand(graph, ggml_cpy(ctx, k_cur, k_cache_view));
+
+    assert(v_cur->ne[0] == n_embd_v_gqa && v_cur->ne[1] == n_tokens);
+
+    struct ggml_tensor * v_cache_view = nullptr;
+
+    if (cparams.flash_attn) {
+        v_cache_view = ggml_view_1d(ctx, kv.v_l[il], n_tokens*n_embd_v_gqa,
+                (kv_head)*ggml_row_size(kv.v_l[il]->type, n_embd_v_gqa));
+    } else {
+        // note: the V cache is transposed when not using flash attention
+        v_cache_view = ggml_view_2d(ctx, kv.v_l[il], n_tokens, n_embd_v_gqa,
+                (  n_ctx)*ggml_element_size(kv.v_l[il]),
+                (kv_head)*ggml_element_size(kv.v_l[il]));
+
+        v_cur = ggml_transpose(ctx, v_cur);
+    }
     cb(v_cache_view, "v_cache_view", il);
 
-    // important: storing RoPE-ed version of K in the KV cache!
-    ggml_build_forward_expand(graph, ggml_cpy(ctx, k_cur,   k_cache_view));
-    ggml_build_forward_expand(graph, ggml_cpy(ctx, v_cur_t, v_cache_view));
+    ggml_build_forward_expand(graph, ggml_cpy(ctx, v_cur, v_cache_view));
 }
 
 static struct ggml_tensor * llm_build_norm(
@@ -6424,11 +6541,11 @@ static struct ggml_tensor * llm_build_moe_ffn(
     return moe_out;
 }
 
-// if max_alibi_bias > 0 then apply ALiBi
 static struct ggml_tensor * llm_build_kqv(
         struct ggml_context * ctx,
           const llama_model & model,
         const llama_hparams & hparams,
+        const llama_cparams & cparams,
        const llama_kv_cache & kv,
          struct ggml_cgraph * graph,
          struct ggml_tensor * wo,
@@ -6436,12 +6553,12 @@ static struct ggml_tensor * llm_build_kqv(
          struct ggml_tensor * q_cur,
          struct ggml_tensor * kq_mask,
          struct ggml_tensor * kq_pos,
-                    int64_t   n_ctx,
                     int32_t   n_tokens,
                     int32_t   n_kv,
                     float     kq_scale,
          const llm_build_cb & cb,
                     int       il) {
+    const int64_t n_ctx         = cparams.n_ctx;
     const int64_t n_head        = hparams.n_head;
     const int64_t n_head_kv     = hparams.n_head_kv;
     const int64_t n_embd_head_k = hparams.n_embd_head_k;
@@ -6459,72 +6576,100 @@ static struct ggml_tensor * llm_build_kqv(
                 0);
     cb(k, "k", il);
 
-    struct ggml_tensor * kq = ggml_mul_mat(ctx, k, q);
-    cb(kq, "kq", il);
+    struct ggml_tensor * cur;
 
-    if (model.arch == LLM_ARCH_PHI2 || model.arch == LLM_ARCH_PHI3) {
-        // for this arch, we need to perform the KQ multiplication with F32 precision, otherwise we get NaNs
-        // ref: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/4490#issuecomment-1859055847
-        ggml_mul_mat_set_prec(kq, GGML_PREC_F32);
-    }
+    if (cparams.flash_attn) {
+        GGML_UNUSED(model);
+        GGML_UNUSED(n_ctx);
 
-    if (model.arch == LLM_ARCH_GROK) {
-        // need to do the following:
-        // multiply by attn_output_multiplyer of 0.08838834764831845
-        // and then :
-        // kq = 30 * tanh(kq / 30)
-        // before the softmax below
+        // note: if this assert triggers, then some check has failed earlier
+        //       the idea is to detect during context creation that ALiBi would be used and disable Flash Attention
+        GGML_ASSERT(kq_pos == nullptr && "ALiBi is not yet supported with Flash Attention");
 
-        //try from phi2
-        //ggml_mul_mat_set_prec(kq, GGML_PREC_F32);
+        // split cached v into n_head heads (not transposed)
+        struct ggml_tensor * v =
+            ggml_view_3d(ctx, kv.v_l[il],
+                    n_embd_head_v, n_kv, n_head_kv,
+                    ggml_row_size(kv.v_l[il]->type, n_embd_k_gqa),
+                    ggml_row_size(kv.v_l[il]->type, n_embd_head_k),
+                    0);
+        cb(v, "v", il);
 
-        kq = ggml_tanh(ctx, ggml_scale(ctx, kq, 0.08838834764831845f/30.0f));
-        kq = ggml_scale(ctx, kq, 30);
-    }
+        cur = ggml_flash_attn_ext(ctx, q, k, v, kq_mask, kq_scale);
+
+        if (model.arch == LLM_ARCH_PHI2 || model.arch == LLM_ARCH_PHI3) {
+            ggml_flash_attn_ext_set_prec(cur, GGML_PREC_F32);
+        }
+
+        cur = ggml_reshape_2d(ctx, cur, n_embd_head_k*n_head, n_tokens);
+    } else {
+        struct ggml_tensor * kq = ggml_mul_mat(ctx, k, q);
+        cb(kq, "kq", il);
+
+        if (model.arch == LLM_ARCH_PHI2 || model.arch == LLM_ARCH_PHI3) {
+            // for this arch, we need to perform the KQ multiplication with F32 precision, otherwise we get NaNs
+            // ref: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/4490#issuecomment-1859055847
+            ggml_mul_mat_set_prec(kq, GGML_PREC_F32);
+        }
+
+        if (model.arch == LLM_ARCH_GROK) {
+            // need to do the following:
+            // multiply by attn_output_multiplyer of 0.08838834764831845
+            // and then :
+            // kq = 30 * tanh(kq / 30)
+            // before the softmax below
+
+            //try from phi2
+            //ggml_mul_mat_set_prec(kq, GGML_PREC_F32);
+
+            kq = ggml_tanh(ctx, ggml_scale(ctx, kq, 0.08838834764831845f/30.0f));
+            kq = ggml_scale(ctx, kq, 30);
+        }
 
 #if defined(GGML_USE_KOMPUTE)
 #pragma message("TODO: ALiBi support in ggml_soft_max_ext is not implemented for Kompute")
 #pragma message("      Falling back to ggml_alibi(). Will become an error in Mar 2024. But koboldcpp will deal with it.")
 #pragma message("ref:  https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/5488")
-    if (hparams.f_max_alibi_bias > 0.0f) {
-        kq = ggml_scale(ctx, kq, kq_scale);
-        cb(kq, "kq_scaled", il);
+        if (hparams.use_alibi) {
+            kq = ggml_scale(ctx, kq, kq_scale);
+            cb(kq, "kq_scaled", il);
 
-        kq = ggml_alibi(ctx, kq, /*n_past*/ 0, n_head, hparams.f_max_alibi_bias);
-        cb(kq, "kq_scaled_alibi", il);
+            kq = ggml_alibi(ctx, kq, /*n_past*/ 0, n_head, hparams.f_max_alibi_bias);
+            cb(kq, "kq_scaled_alibi", il);
 
-        kq = ggml_add(ctx, kq, kq_mask);
-        cb(kq, "kq_masked", il);
+            kq = ggml_add(ctx, kq, kq_mask);
+            cb(kq, "kq_masked", il);
 
-        kq = ggml_soft_max(ctx, kq);
-        cb(kq, "kq_soft_max", il);
-    } else
+            kq = ggml_soft_max(ctx, kq);
+            cb(kq, "kq_soft_max", il);
+        } else
 #endif
-    {
-        kq = ggml_soft_max_ext(ctx, kq, kq_mask, kq_pos, kq_scale, hparams.f_max_alibi_bias);
-        cb(kq, "kq_soft_max_ext", il);
+        {
+            kq = ggml_soft_max_ext(ctx, kq, kq_mask, kq_pos, kq_scale, hparams.f_max_alibi_bias);
+            cb(kq, "kq_soft_max_ext", il);
+        }
+
+        GGML_ASSERT(kv.size == n_ctx);
+
+        // split cached v into n_head heads
+        struct ggml_tensor * v =
+            ggml_view_3d(ctx, kv.v_l[il],
+                    n_kv, n_embd_head_v, n_head_kv,
+                    ggml_element_size(kv.v_l[il])*n_ctx,
+                    ggml_element_size(kv.v_l[il])*n_ctx*n_embd_head_v,
+                    0);
+        cb(v, "v", il);
+
+        struct ggml_tensor * kqv = ggml_mul_mat(ctx, v, kq);
+        cb(kqv, "kqv", il);
+
+        struct ggml_tensor * kqv_merged = ggml_permute(ctx, kqv, 0, 2, 1, 3);
+        cb(kqv_merged, "kqv_merged", il);
+
+        cur = ggml_cont_2d(ctx, kqv_merged, n_embd_head_k*n_head, n_tokens);
+        cb(cur, "kqv_merged_cont", il);
     }
 
-    GGML_ASSERT(kv.size == n_ctx);
-
-    // split cached v into n_head heads
-    struct ggml_tensor * v =
-        ggml_view_3d(ctx, kv.v_l[il],
-                n_kv, n_embd_head_v, n_head_kv,
-                ggml_element_size(kv.v_l[il])*n_ctx,
-                ggml_element_size(kv.v_l[il])*n_ctx*n_embd_head_v,
-                0);
-    cb(v, "v", il);
-
-    struct ggml_tensor * kqv = ggml_mul_mat(ctx, v, kq);
-    cb(kqv, "kqv", il);
-
-    struct ggml_tensor * kqv_merged = ggml_permute(ctx, kqv, 0, 2, 1, 3);
-    cb(kqv_merged, "kqv_merged", il);
-
-    struct ggml_tensor * cur = ggml_cont_2d(ctx, kqv_merged, n_embd_head_k*n_head, n_tokens);
-    cb(cur, "kqv_merged_cont", il);
-
     ggml_build_forward_expand(graph, cur);
 
     cur = ggml_mul_mat(ctx, wo, cur);
@@ -6543,6 +6688,7 @@ static struct ggml_tensor * llm_build_kv(
         struct ggml_context * ctx,
           const llama_model & model,
         const llama_hparams & hparams,
+        const llama_cparams & cparams,
        const llama_kv_cache & kv,
          struct ggml_cgraph * graph,
          struct ggml_tensor * wo,
@@ -6552,7 +6698,6 @@ static struct ggml_tensor * llm_build_kv(
          struct ggml_tensor * q_cur,
          struct ggml_tensor * kq_mask,
          struct ggml_tensor * kq_pos,
-                    int64_t   n_ctx,
                     int32_t   n_tokens,
                     int32_t   kv_head,
                     int32_t   n_kv,
@@ -6566,12 +6711,12 @@ static struct ggml_tensor * llm_build_kv(
     ggml_build_forward_expand(graph, k_cur);
     ggml_build_forward_expand(graph, v_cur);
 
-    llm_build_kv_store(ctx, hparams, kv, graph, k_cur, v_cur, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, cb, il);
+    llm_build_kv_store(ctx, hparams, cparams, kv, graph, k_cur, v_cur, n_tokens, kv_head, cb, il);
 
     struct ggml_tensor * cur;
 
-    cur  = llm_build_kqv(ctx, model, hparams, kv, graph, wo, wo_b,
-            q_cur, kq_mask, kq_pos, n_ctx, n_tokens, n_kv, kq_scale, cb, il);
+    cur  = llm_build_kqv(ctx, model, hparams, cparams, kv, graph, wo, wo_b,
+            q_cur, kq_mask, kq_pos, n_tokens, n_kv, kq_scale, cb, il);
     cb(cur, "kqv_out", il);
 
     return cur;
@@ -6613,6 +6758,8 @@ struct llm_build_context {
     const int32_t kv_head;  // index of where we store new KV data in the cache
     const int32_t n_orig_ctx;
 
+    const bool flash_attn;
+
     const enum llama_pooling_type pooling_type;
     const enum llama_rope_type    rope_type;
 
@@ -6659,6 +6806,7 @@ struct llm_build_context {
         n_outputs        (worst_case ? n_tokens : lctx.n_outputs),
         kv_head          (worst_case ? (kv_self.recurrent ? 0 : kv_self.size - n_tokens) : kv_self.head),
         n_orig_ctx       (cparams.n_yarn_orig_ctx),
+        flash_attn       (cparams.flash_attn),
         pooling_type     (cparams.pooling_type),
         rope_type        (hparams.rope_type),
         cb               (cb),
@@ -6773,15 +6921,31 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                         ggml_row_size(kv_self.k_l[il]->type, n_embd_k_gqa),
                         ggml_row_size(kv_self.k_l[il]->type, n_embd_k_gqa*id));
 
-                ggml_tensor * view_v_src = ggml_view_2d(ctx0, kv_self.v_l[il],
-                        nm, n_embd_v_gqa,
-                        ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, kv_self.size),
-                        ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, i));
+                ggml_tensor * view_v_src;
+                ggml_tensor * view_v_dst;
 
-                ggml_tensor * view_v_dst = ggml_view_2d(ctx0, kv_self.v_l[il],
-                        nm, n_embd_v_gqa,
-                        ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, kv_self.size),
-                        ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, id));
+                if (flash_attn) {
+                    // NOTE: the V cache is not transposed when using flash attention
+                    view_v_src = ggml_view_2d(ctx0, kv_self.v_l[il],
+                            n_embd_v_gqa, nm,
+                            ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, n_embd_v_gqa),
+                            ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, n_embd_v_gqa*i));
+
+                    view_v_dst = ggml_view_2d(ctx0, kv_self.v_l[il],
+                            n_embd_v_gqa, nm,
+                            ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, n_embd_v_gqa),
+                            ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, n_embd_v_gqa*id));
+                } else {
+                    view_v_src = ggml_view_2d(ctx0, kv_self.v_l[il],
+                            nm, n_embd_v_gqa,
+                            ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, kv_self.size),
+                            ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, i));
+
+                    view_v_dst = ggml_view_2d(ctx0, kv_self.v_l[il],
+                            nm, n_embd_v_gqa,
+                            ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, kv_self.size),
+                            ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, id));
+                }
 
                 ggml_build_forward_expand(gf, ggml_cpy(ctx0, view_k_src, view_k_dst));
                 ggml_build_forward_expand(gf, ggml_cpy(ctx0, view_v_src, view_v_dst));
@@ -6811,20 +6975,26 @@ struct llm_build_context {
 
     struct ggml_tensor * build_inp_KQ_mask(bool causal = true) {
         if (causal) {
-            lctx.inp_KQ_mask = ggml_new_tensor_2d(ctx0, GGML_TYPE_F32, n_kv, n_tokens);
+            lctx.inp_KQ_mask = ggml_new_tensor_2d(ctx0, GGML_TYPE_F32, n_kv,     GGML_PAD(n_tokens, GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD));
         } else {
-            lctx.inp_KQ_mask = ggml_new_tensor_2d(ctx0, GGML_TYPE_F32, n_tokens, n_tokens);
+            lctx.inp_KQ_mask = ggml_new_tensor_2d(ctx0, GGML_TYPE_F32, n_tokens, GGML_PAD(n_tokens, GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD));
         }
         cb(lctx.inp_KQ_mask, "KQ_mask", -1);
         ggml_set_input(lctx.inp_KQ_mask);
-        return lctx.inp_KQ_mask;
+        return flash_attn ? ggml_cast(ctx0, lctx.inp_KQ_mask, GGML_TYPE_F16) : lctx.inp_KQ_mask;
     }
 
-    struct ggml_tensor * build_inp_KQ_pos() {
-        lctx.inp_KQ_pos = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx0, GGML_TYPE_F32, n_kv);
+    struct ggml_tensor * build_inp_KQ_pos(bool causal = true) {
+        if (causal) {
+            lctx.inp_KQ_pos = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx0, GGML_TYPE_F32, n_kv);
+        } else {
+            // TODO: this will be needed for ALiBi-based BERT models
+            //       https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/6826
+            lctx.inp_KQ_pos = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx0, GGML_TYPE_F32, n_tokens);
+        }
         cb(lctx.inp_KQ_pos, "KQ_pos", -1);
         ggml_set_input(lctx.inp_KQ_pos);
-        return lctx.inp_KQ_pos;
+        return flash_attn ? ggml_cast(ctx0, lctx.inp_KQ_pos, GGML_TYPE_F16) : lctx.inp_KQ_pos;
     }
 
     struct ggml_tensor * build_inp_mean() {
@@ -6930,9 +7100,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -7070,9 +7240,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 cb(Qcur, "Qcur", il);
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, NULL,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, KQ_pos, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, KQ_pos, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -7177,9 +7347,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                     ext_factor, attn_factor, beta_fast, beta_slow
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, NULL,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, KQ_pos, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, KQ_pos, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -7297,9 +7467,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, NULL,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -7422,9 +7592,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f, cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f, cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -7574,9 +7744,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
-                                   model.layers[il].wo, NULL,
-                                   Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
+                        model.layers[il].wo, NULL,
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -7686,9 +7856,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
 
                 Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head, n_tokens);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -7890,9 +8060,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                         );
                 cb(Vcur, "Vcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Q, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Q, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -7986,9 +8156,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
                 cb(Qcur, "Qcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, NULL,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, KQ_pos, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, KQ_pos, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -8279,9 +8449,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
 
                 Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head, n_tokens);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, KQ_pos, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, KQ_pos, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -8410,14 +8580,15 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                     Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
                     Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
 
-                    cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
-                        model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                    cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
+                            model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
+                            Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
                 } else {
                     Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head, n_tokens);
-                    cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+
+                    cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                             model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                            Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, KQ_pos, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                            Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, KQ_pos, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -8559,9 +8730,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, NULL,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -8677,9 +8848,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, NULL,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -8790,9 +8961,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -8904,9 +9075,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -9059,9 +9230,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f, cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f, cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -9176,9 +9347,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
-                    model.layers[il].wo, NULL,
-                    Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f, cb, il);
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
+                        model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f, cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -9289,9 +9460,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                         ext_factor, attn_factor, beta_fast, beta_slow);
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, NULL,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
             struct ggml_tensor * sa_out = cur;
 
@@ -9392,9 +9563,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
 
                 Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head, n_tokens);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -9499,9 +9670,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -9615,9 +9786,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, NULL,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -9732,9 +9903,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -9862,9 +10033,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -9983,9 +10154,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                         ext_factor, attn_factor, beta_fast, beta_slow);
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, NULL,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f, cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f, cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -10102,9 +10273,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -10392,9 +10563,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, model.layers[il].bo,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -10523,9 +10694,9 @@ struct llm_build_context {
                 );
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
-                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, kv_self, gf,
+                cur = llm_build_kv(ctx0, model, hparams, cparams, kv_self, gf,
                         model.layers[il].wo, nullptr,
-                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_ctx, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
+                        Kcur, Vcur, Qcur, KQ_mask, nullptr, n_tokens, kv_head, n_kv, 1.0f/sqrtf(float(n_embd_head)), cb, il);
             }
 
             if (il == n_layer - 1) {
@@ -10952,7 +11123,9 @@ static void llama_set_inputs(llama_context & lctx, const llama_batch & batch) {
         }
     }
 
-    if (hparams.need_kq_pos) {
+    // ALiBi requires the KQ_pos tensor to provide the sequence position of each token in the batch
+    // this allows to process multiple sequences in parallel with ALiBi-based models
+    if (hparams.use_alibi) {
         const int64_t n_kv = kv_self.n;
 
         GGML_ASSERT(lctx.inp_KQ_pos);
@@ -11334,7 +11507,7 @@ static int llama_decode_internal(
                 // a heuristic, to avoid attending the full cache if it is not yet utilized
                 // after enough generations, the benefit from this heuristic disappears
                 // if we start defragmenting the cache, the benefit from this will be more important
-                kv_self.n = std::min(kv_self.size, std::max(32u, GGML_PAD(llama_kv_cache_cell_max(kv_self), 32)));
+                kv_self.n = std::min(kv_self.size, std::max(256u, GGML_PAD(llama_kv_cache_cell_max(kv_self), 256)));
                 //kv_self.n = llama_kv_cache_cell_max(kv_self);
             }
         }
@@ -11502,6 +11675,10 @@ static int llama_decode_internal(
         }
     }
 
+    // Reset state for the next token before backend sync, to allow the CPU activities in the reset to
+    // overlap with device computation.
+    ggml_backend_sched_reset(lctx.sched);
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -11527,7 +11704,9 @@ static void llama_kv_cache_defrag_internal(struct llama_context & lctx) {
     // each move requires 6*n_layer tensors (see build_defrag)
     //   - source view, destination view, copy operation
     //   - x2 for keys and values
-    const uint32_t max_moves = LLAMA_MAX_NODES/(6*n_layer);
+    //const uint32_t max_moves = LLAMA_MAX_NODES/(6*n_layer);
+    // TODO: tmp fix https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/issues/6685#issuecomment-2057579516
+    const uint32_t max_moves = (LLAMA_MAX_NODES - 2*n_layer)/(6*n_layer);
 
     // determine which KV cells to move where
     //
@@ -12294,7 +12473,79 @@ struct llm_tokenizer_bpe {
 
     void tokenize(const std::string & text, std::vector<llama_vocab::id> & output) {
         int final_prev_index = -1;
-        auto word_collection = bpe_gpt2_preprocess(text);
+
+        std::vector<std::string> word_collection;
+        switch (vocab.type) {
+            case LLAMA_VOCAB_TYPE_BPE:
+                switch (vocab.type_pre) {
+                    case LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_LLAMA3:
+                        word_collection = unicode_regex_split(text, {
+                            // original regex from tokenizer.json
+                            //"(?i:'s|'t|'re|'ve|'m|'ll|'d)|[^\\r\\n\\p{L}\\p{N}]?\\p{L}+|\\p{N}{1,3}| ?[^\\s\\p{L}\\p{N}]+[\\r\\n]*|\\s*[\\r\\n]+|\\s+(?!\\S)|\\s+",
+
+                            // adapted: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/6920#issuecomment-2080233989
+                            "(?:'[sS]|'[tT]|'[rR][eE]|'[vV][eE]|'[mM]|'[lL][lL]|'[dD])|[^\\r\\n\\p{L}\\p{N}]?\\p{L}+|\\p{N}{1,3}| ?[^\\s\\p{L}\\p{N}]+[\\r\\n]*|\\s*[\\r\\n]+|\\s+(?!\\S)|\\s+",
+                        });
+                        break;
+                    case LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_DEEPSEEK_LLM:
+                        word_collection = unicode_regex_split(text, {
+                            "[\r\n]",
+                            "\\s?[A-Za-zµÀ-ÖØ-öø-ƺƼ-ƿDŽ-ʓʕ-ʯͰ-ͳͶͷͻ-ͽͿΆΈ-ΊΌΎ-ΡΣ-ϵϷ-ҁҊ-ԯԱ-ՖႠ-ჅᎠ-Ᏽᏸ-ᏽᲐ-ᲺᲽ-Ჿᴀ-ᴫᵫ-ᵷᵹ-ᶚḀ-ἕἘ-Ἕἠ-ὅὈ-Ὅὐ-ὗὙὛὝὟ-ώᾀ-ᾴᾶ-ᾼιῂ-ῄῆ-ῌῐ-ΐῖ-Ίῠ-Ῥῲ-ῴῶ-ῼℂℇℊ-ℓℕℙ-ℝℤΩℨK-ℭℯ-ℴℹℼ-ℿⅅ-ⅉⅎↃↄⰀ-ⱻⱾ-ⳤⳫ-ⳮⳲⳳꙀ-ꙭꚀ-ꚛꜢ-ꝯꝱ-ꞇꞋ-ꞎꭰ-ꮿff-stﬓ-ﬗＡ-Ｚａ-ｚ𐐀-𐑏𐒰-𐓓𐓘-𐓻𐲀-𐲲𐳀-𐳲𑢠-𑣟𞤀-𞥃]+",
+                            "\\s?[!-/:-~！-／：-～‘-‟　-。]+",
+                            "\\s+$",
+                            "[一-龥ࠀ-一가-퟿]+",
+                            "\\p{N}+",
+                        });
+                        break;
+                    case LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_DEEPSEEK_CODER:
+                        word_collection = unicode_regex_split(text, {
+                            "[\r\n]",
+                            "\\s?\\p{L}+",
+                            "\\s?\\p{P}+",
+                            "[一-龥ࠀ-一가-퟿]+",
+                            "\\p{N}+",
+                        });
+                        break;
+                    case LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_FALCON:
+                        word_collection = unicode_regex_split(text, {
+                            "[\\p{P}\\$\\+<=>\\^~\\|]+",
+                            "'s|'t|'re|'ve|'m|'ll|'d| ?\\p{L}+| ?\\p{N}+| ?[^\\s\\p{L}\\p{N}]+|\\s+(?!\\S)",
+                            "\\p{N}+",
+                            "[0-9][0-9][0-9]",
+                        });
+                        break;
+                    case LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_MPT:
+                        // TODO: MPT pre-tokenization regexes are unknown
+                        //       the following are close, but not exact. run the following:
+                        //       ./bin/test-tokenizer-0 ../models/ggml-vocab-mpt.gguf
+                        GGML_ASSERT("MPT pre-tokenization regexes are unknown - fixes needed");
+                        word_collection = unicode_regex_split(text, {
+                            "\\s?\\p{L}+",
+                            "\\s?\\p{P}+",
+                            "'s|'t|'re|'ve|'m|'ll|'d| ?\\p{L}+| ?\\p{N}+| ?[^\\s\\p{L}\\p{N}]+|\\s+(?!\\S)",
+                        });
+                        break;
+                    case LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_STARCODER:
+                    case LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_GPT2:
+                        word_collection = unicode_regex_split(text, {
+                            "'s|'t|'re|'ve|'m|'ll|'d| ?\\p{L}+| ?\\p{N}+| ?[^\\s\\p{L}\\p{N}]+|\\s+(?!\\S)",
+                        });
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        // default regex for BPE tokenization pre-processing
+                        word_collection = unicode_regex_split(text, {
+                            "[\\p{P}\\$\\+<=>\\^~\\|]+",
+                            "'s|'t|'re|'ve|'m|'ll|'d| ?\\p{L}+| ?\\p{N}+| ?[^\\s\\p{L}\\p{N}]+|\\s+(?!\\S)",
+                            "\\p{N}+",
+                            "[0-9][0-9][0-9]",
+                        });
+                        break;
+                }
+                break;
+            default:
+                GGML_ASSERT(false);
+                break;
+        }
 
         symbols_final.clear();
 
@@ -12421,145 +12672,6 @@ private:
         work_queue.push(bigram);
     }
 
-    std::vector<std::string> bpe_gpt2_preprocess(const std::string & text) {
-        std::vector<std::string> bpe_words;
-        std::vector<std::string> bpe_encoded_words;
-
-        std::string token = "";
-        // GPT2 system regex:  's|'t|'re|'ve|'m|'ll|'d| ?\p{L}+| ?\p{N}+| ?[^\s\p{L}\p{N}]+|\s+(?!\S)|\s+
-        bool collecting_numeric = false;
-        bool collecting_letter = false;
-        bool collecting_special = false;
-        bool collecting_whitespace_lookahead = false;
-        bool collecting = false;
-
-        std::vector<std::string> text_utf;
-        text_utf.reserve(text.size());
-        bpe_words.reserve(text.size());
-        bpe_encoded_words.reserve(text.size());
-
-        const auto cpts = unicode_cpts_from_utf8(text);
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < cpts.size(); ++i)
-            text_utf.emplace_back(unicode_cpt_to_utf8(cpts[i]));
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < (int)text_utf.size(); i++) {
-            const std::string & utf_char = text_utf[i];
-            bool split_condition = false;
-            int bytes_remain = text_utf.size() - i;
-            // forward backward lookups
-            const std::string & utf_char_next = (i + 1 < (int)text_utf.size()) ? text_utf[i + 1] : "";
-            const std::string & utf_char_next_next = (i + 2 < (int)text_utf.size()) ? text_utf[i + 2] : "";
-
-            // handling contractions
-            if (!split_condition && bytes_remain >= 2) {
-                // 's|'t|'m|'d
-                if (utf_char == "\'" && (utf_char_next == "s" || utf_char_next == "t" || utf_char_next == "m" || utf_char_next == "d")) {
-                    split_condition = true;
-                }
-                if (split_condition) {
-                    if (token.size()) {
-                        bpe_words.emplace_back(token); // push previous content as token
-                    }
-                    token = utf_char + utf_char_next;
-                    bpe_words.emplace_back(token);
-                    token = "";
-                    i++;
-                    continue;
-                }
-            }
-            if (!split_condition && bytes_remain >= 3) {
-                // 're|'ve|'ll
-                if (utf_char == "\'" && (
-                    (utf_char_next == "r" && utf_char_next_next == "e") ||
-                    (utf_char_next == "v" && utf_char_next_next == "e") ||
-                    (utf_char_next == "l" && utf_char_next_next == "l"))
-                    ) {
-                    split_condition = true;
-                }
-                if (split_condition) {
-                    // current token + next token can be defined
-                    if (token.size()) {
-                        bpe_words.emplace_back(token); // push previous content as token
-                    }
-                    token = utf_char + utf_char_next + utf_char_next_next;
-                    bpe_words.emplace_back(token); // the contraction
-                    token = "";
-                    i += 2;
-                    continue;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (!split_condition && !collecting) {
-                if (unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER || (!token.size() && utf_char == " " && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER)) {
-                    collecting_letter = true;
-                    collecting = true;
-                }
-                else if (unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT || (!token.size() && utf_char == " " && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT)) {
-                    collecting_numeric = true;
-                    collecting = true;
-                }
-                else if (
-                    ((unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT) && (unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE)) ||
-                    (!token.size() && utf_char == " " && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE)
-                    ) {
-                    collecting_special = true;
-                    collecting = true;
-                }
-                else if (unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE) {
-                    collecting_whitespace_lookahead = true;
-                    collecting = true;
-                }
-                else if (unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE) {
-                    split_condition = true;
-                }
-            }
-            else if (!split_condition && collecting) {
-                if (collecting_letter && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER) {
-                    split_condition = true;
-                }
-                else if (collecting_numeric && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT) {
-                    split_condition = true;
-                }
-                else if (collecting_special && (unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER || unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT || unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE)) {
-                    split_condition = true;
-                }
-                else if (collecting_whitespace_lookahead && (unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER || unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT)) {
-                    split_condition = true;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (utf_char_next == "") {
-                split_condition = true; // final
-                token += utf_char;
-            }
-
-            if (split_condition) {
-                if (token.size()) {
-                    bpe_words.emplace_back(token);
-                }
-                token = utf_char;
-                collecting = false;
-                collecting_letter = false;
-                collecting_numeric = false;
-                collecting_special = false;
-                collecting_whitespace_lookahead = false;
-            }
-            else {
-                token += utf_char;
-            }
-        }
-
-        for (std::string & word : bpe_words) {
-            std::string encoded_token = "";
-            for (char & c : word) {
-                encoded_token += unicode_byte_to_utf8(c);
-            }
-            bpe_encoded_words.emplace_back(encoded_token);
-        }
-
-        return bpe_encoded_words;
-    }
-
     const llama_vocab & vocab;
 
     std::vector<llm_symbol> symbols;
@@ -12879,7 +12991,7 @@ static std::vector<llama_vocab::id> llama_tokenize_internal(const llama_vocab &
             } break;
         case LLAMA_VOCAB_TYPE_BPE:
             {
-                if (add_special && vocab.special_add_bos == 1) {
+                if (add_special && vocab.special_add_bos != 0) {
                     GGML_ASSERT(vocab.special_bos_id != -1);
                     output.push_back(vocab.special_bos_id);
                 }
@@ -14675,14 +14787,20 @@ static ggml_type llama_tensor_get_type(quantize_state_internal & qs, ggml_type n
 }
 
 static size_t llama_tensor_quantize_internal(enum ggml_type new_type, const float * f32_data, void * new_data, const int64_t chunk_size, int64_t nrows, int64_t n_per_row, const float * imatrix, std::vector<std::thread> & workers, const int nthread) {
+    if (nthread < 2) {
+        // single-thread
+        size_t new_size = ggml_quantize_chunk(new_type, f32_data, new_data, 0, nrows, n_per_row, imatrix);
+        if (!ggml_validate_row_data(new_type, new_data, new_size)) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("quantized data validation failed");
+        }
+        return new_size;
+    }
+
     std::mutex mutex;
     int64_t counter = 0;
     size_t new_size = 0;
-    if (nthread < 2) {
-        // single-thread
-        return ggml_quantize_chunk(new_type, f32_data, new_data, 0, nrows, n_per_row, imatrix);
-    }
-    auto compute = [&mutex, &counter, &new_size, new_type, f32_data, new_data, chunk_size,
+    bool valid = true;
+    auto compute = [&mutex, &counter, &new_size, &valid, new_type, f32_data, new_data, chunk_size,
             nrows, n_per_row, imatrix]() {
         const int64_t nrows_per_chunk = chunk_size / n_per_row;
         size_t local_size = 0;
@@ -14697,7 +14815,17 @@ static size_t llama_tensor_quantize_internal(enum ggml_type new_type, const floa
             }
             lock.unlock();
             const int64_t this_nrow = std::min(nrows - first_row, nrows_per_chunk);
-            local_size += ggml_quantize_chunk(new_type, f32_data, new_data, first_row * n_per_row, this_nrow, n_per_row, imatrix);
+            size_t this_size = ggml_quantize_chunk(new_type, f32_data, new_data, first_row * n_per_row, this_nrow, n_per_row, imatrix);
+            local_size += this_size;
+
+            // validate the quantized data
+            const size_t row_size  = ggml_row_size(new_type, n_per_row);
+            void * this_data = (char *) new_data + first_row * row_size;
+            if (!ggml_validate_row_data(new_type, this_data, this_size)) {
+                std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
+                valid = false;
+                break;
+            }
         }
     };
     for (int it = 0; it < nthread - 1; ++it) {
@@ -14706,6 +14834,9 @@ static size_t llama_tensor_quantize_internal(enum ggml_type new_type, const floa
     compute();
     for (auto & w : workers) { w.join(); }
     workers.clear();
+    if (!valid) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("quantized data validation failed");
+    }
     return new_size;
 }
 
@@ -14768,7 +14899,7 @@ static void llama_model_quantize_internal(const std::string & fname_inp, const s
         auto v = (std::vector<llama_model_kv_override>*)params->kv_overrides;
         kv_overrides = v->data();
     }
-    llama_model_loader ml(fname_inp, use_mmap, kv_overrides);
+    llama_model_loader ml(fname_inp, use_mmap, /*check_tensors*/ true, kv_overrides);
     ml.init_mappings(false); // no prefetching
 
     llama_model model;
@@ -14806,11 +14937,13 @@ static void llama_model_quantize_internal(const std::string & fname_inp, const s
         for (auto & o : overrides) {
             if (o.key[0] == 0) break;
             if (o.tag == LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_FLOAT) {
-                gguf_set_val_f32(ctx_out, o.key, o.float_value);
+                gguf_set_val_f32(ctx_out, o.key, o.val_f64);
             } else if (o.tag == LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_INT) {
-                gguf_set_val_i32(ctx_out, o.key, o.int_value);
+                gguf_set_val_i32(ctx_out, o.key, o.val_i64);
             } else if (o.tag == LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_BOOL) {
-                gguf_set_val_bool(ctx_out, o.key, o.bool_value);
+                gguf_set_val_bool(ctx_out, o.key, o.val_bool);
+            } else if (o.tag == LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_STR) {
+                gguf_set_val_str(ctx_out, o.key, o.val_str);
             } else {
                 LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: unknown KV override type for key %s\n", __func__, o.key);
             }
@@ -15129,7 +15262,7 @@ static int llama_apply_lora_from_file_internal(
     std::unique_ptr<llama_model_loader> ml;
     if (path_base_model) {
         LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: loading base model from '%s'\n", __func__, path_base_model);
-        ml.reset(new llama_model_loader(path_base_model, /*use_mmap*/ true, /*kv_overrides*/ nullptr));
+        ml.reset(new llama_model_loader(path_base_model, /*use_mmap*/ true, /*check_tensors*/ false, /*kv_overrides*/ nullptr));
         ml->init_mappings(/*prefetch*/ false); // no prefetching
     }
 
@@ -15388,6 +15521,7 @@ struct llama_model_params llama_model_default_params() {
         /*.vocab_only                  =*/ false,
         /*.use_mmap                    =*/ true,
         /*.use_mlock                   =*/ false,
+        /*.check_tensors               =*/ false,
     };
 
 #ifdef GGML_USE_METAL
@@ -15424,6 +15558,7 @@ struct llama_context_params llama_context_default_params() {
         /*.logits_all                  =*/ false,
         /*.embeddings                  =*/ false,
         /*.offload_kqv                 =*/ true,
+        /*.flash_attn                  =*/ false,
         /*.abort_callback              =*/ nullptr,
         /*.abort_callback_data         =*/ nullptr,
     };
@@ -15580,6 +15715,7 @@ struct llama_context * llama_new_context_with_model(
     cparams.defrag_thold     = params.defrag_thold;
     cparams.embeddings       = params.embeddings;
     cparams.offload_kqv      = params.offload_kqv;
+    cparams.flash_attn       = params.flash_attn;
     cparams.pooling_type     = params.pooling_type;
 
     cparams.n_ctx            = params.n_ctx           == 0    ? hparams.n_ctx_train           : params.n_ctx;
@@ -15587,12 +15723,20 @@ struct llama_context * llama_new_context_with_model(
     cparams.rope_freq_scale  = params.rope_freq_scale == 0.0f ? hparams.rope_freq_scale_train : params.rope_freq_scale;
 
     // this is necessary due to kv_self.n being padded later during inference
-    cparams.n_ctx = GGML_PAD(cparams.n_ctx, 32);
+    cparams.n_ctx            = GGML_PAD(cparams.n_ctx, 256);
 
     // with causal attention, the batch size is limited by the context size
     cparams.n_batch          = hparams.causal_attn ? std::min(cparams.n_ctx, params.n_batch) : params.n_batch;
-    cparams.n_ubatch         = std::min(cparams.n_batch, params.n_ubatch == 0 ? params.n_batch : params.n_ubatch);
 
+    // the batch has to be at least GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD because we will be padding the KQ_mask
+    // this is required by GPU kernels in order to avoid out-of-bounds accesses (e.g. ggml_flash_attn_ext)
+    // ref: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/5021
+    if (cparams.n_batch < GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD) {
+        LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: n_batch is less than GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD - increasing to %d\n", __func__, GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD);
+        cparams.n_batch = GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD;
+    }
+
+    cparams.n_ubatch         = std::min(cparams.n_batch, params.n_ubatch == 0 ? params.n_batch : params.n_ubatch);
 
     cparams.n_yarn_orig_ctx  = params.yarn_orig_ctx    != 0 ? params.yarn_orig_ctx    :
                                hparams.n_yarn_orig_ctx != 0 ? hparams.n_yarn_orig_ctx :
@@ -15624,6 +15768,23 @@ struct llama_context * llama_new_context_with_model(
         }
     }
 
+    if (cparams.flash_attn && hparams.use_alibi) {
+        LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: flash_attn is not yet compatible with ALiBi - forcing off\n", __func__);
+        cparams.flash_attn = false;
+    }
+
+    if (cparams.flash_attn && model->arch == LLM_ARCH_GROK) {
+        LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: flash_attn is not compatible with Grok - forcing off\n", __func__);
+        cparams.flash_attn = false;
+    }
+
+#ifdef GGML_USE_HIPBLAS
+    if (cparams.flash_attn) {
+        LLAMA_LOG_WARN("%s: flash_attn is not yet compatible with HIPBLAS builds - forcing off\n", __func__);
+        cparams.flash_attn = false;
+    }
+#endif
+
     if (params.seed == LLAMA_DEFAULT_SEED) {
         params.seed = time(NULL);
     }
@@ -15631,6 +15792,7 @@ struct llama_context * llama_new_context_with_model(
     LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: n_ctx      = %u\n",     __func__, cparams.n_ctx);
     LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: n_batch    = %u\n",     __func__, cparams.n_batch);
     LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: n_ubatch   = %u\n",     __func__, cparams.n_ubatch);
+    LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: flash_attn = %d\n",     __func__, cparams.flash_attn);
     LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: freq_base  = %.1f\n",   __func__, cparams.rope_freq_base);
     LLAMA_LOG_INFO("%s: freq_scale = %g\n",     __func__, cparams.rope_freq_scale);
 
@@ -15759,7 +15921,7 @@ struct llama_context * llama_new_context_with_model(
         }
         ctx->backends.push_back(ctx->backend_cpu);
 
-        if (!llama_kv_cache_init(ctx->kv_self, ctx->model, type_k, type_v, kv_size, cparams.offload_kqv)) {
+        if (!llama_kv_cache_init(ctx->kv_self, ctx, type_k, type_v, kv_size, cparams.offload_kqv)) {
             LLAMA_LOG_ERROR("%s: llama_kv_cache_init() failed for self-attention cache\n", __func__);
             llama_free(ctx);
             return nullptr;
@@ -16358,6 +16520,7 @@ size_t llama_state_get_size(const struct llama_context * ctx) {
     const size_t s_kv_head         = sizeof(uint32_t);
     const size_t s_kv_size         = sizeof(uint32_t);
     const size_t s_kv_used         = sizeof(uint32_t);
+    const size_t s_v_trans         = sizeof(uint32_t);
     const size_t s_kv              = ctx->kv_self.total_size();
     const size_t s_kv_cell         = sizeof(llama_pos) + sizeof(size_t) + cparams.n_seq_max*sizeof(llama_seq_id);
     const size_t s_kv_cells        = ctx->kv_self.size * s_kv_cell;
@@ -16375,10 +16538,14 @@ size_t llama_state_get_size(const struct llama_context * ctx) {
         + s_kv_head
         + s_kv_size
         + s_kv_used
+        + s_v_trans
         + s_kv
         + s_kv_cells
     );
 
+    // on session change it is very likely that the state size has changed - so we need to update this function
+    static_assert(LLAMA_SESSION_VERSION == 6, "So you just bumped the session version - good. But did you remember to update llama_state_get_size?");
+
     return s_total;
 }
 
@@ -16524,11 +16691,13 @@ static void llama_state_get_data_internal(struct llama_context * ctx, llama_data
         const uint32_t kv_size     = kv_self.size;
         const size_t   kv_buf_size = kv_self.total_size() / (kv_size ? kv_size : 1) * kv_head;
         const uint32_t kv_used     = kv_self.used;
+        const uint32_t v_trans     = kv_self.v_trans ? 1 : 0;
 
         data_ctx->write(&kv_buf_size, sizeof(kv_buf_size));
         data_ctx->write(&kv_head,     sizeof(kv_head));
         data_ctx->write(&kv_size,     sizeof(kv_size));
         data_ctx->write(&kv_used,     sizeof(kv_used));
+        data_ctx->write(&v_trans,     sizeof(v_trans));
 
         if (kv_buf_size) {
             const size_t pre_kv_buf_size = data_ctx->get_size_written();
@@ -16541,7 +16710,7 @@ static void llama_state_get_data_internal(struct llama_context * ctx, llama_data
                 ggml_backend_tensor_get(kv_self.k_l[il], tmp_buf.data(), 0, tmp_buf.size());
                 data_ctx->write(tmp_buf.data(), tmp_buf.size());
 
-                if (kv_self.recurrent) {
+                if (kv_self.recurrent || !kv_self.v_trans) {
                     // v is contiguous for recurrent models
                     // TODO: use other tensors for state models than k and v
                     const size_t v_size = ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, n_embd_v_gqa*kv_head);
@@ -16674,11 +16843,15 @@ size_t llama_state_set_data(struct llama_context * ctx, const uint8_t * src) {
         uint32_t kv_head;
         uint32_t kv_size;
         uint32_t kv_used;
+        uint32_t v_trans;
 
         memcpy(&kv_buf_size, inp, sizeof(kv_buf_size)); inp += sizeof(kv_buf_size);
         memcpy(&kv_head,     inp, sizeof(kv_head));     inp += sizeof(kv_head);
         memcpy(&kv_size,     inp, sizeof(kv_size));     inp += sizeof(kv_size);
         memcpy(&kv_used,     inp, sizeof(kv_used));     inp += sizeof(kv_used);
+        memcpy(&v_trans,     inp, sizeof(v_trans));     inp += sizeof(v_trans);
+
+        GGML_ASSERT(kv_self.v_trans == (bool) v_trans); // incompatible V transposition
 
         if (kv_self.size != kv_size) {
             // the KV cache needs to be big enough to load all the KV cells from the saved state
@@ -16688,6 +16861,8 @@ size_t llama_state_set_data(struct llama_context * ctx, const uint8_t * src) {
                 __func__, kv_head, kv_size, kv_self.size);
         }
 
+        llama_kv_cache_clear(ctx);
+
         if (kv_buf_size) {
             const size_t pre_kv_buf_size = inp - src;
 
@@ -16699,7 +16874,7 @@ size_t llama_state_set_data(struct llama_context * ctx, const uint8_t * src) {
                 ggml_backend_tensor_set(kv_self.k_l[il], inp, 0, k_size);
                 inp += k_size;
 
-                if (kv_self.recurrent) {
+                if (kv_self.recurrent || !kv_self.v_trans) {
                     // v is contiguous for recurrent models
                     // TODO: use other tensors for state models than k and v
                     const size_t v_size = ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, n_embd_v_gqa*kv_head);
@@ -16721,8 +16896,6 @@ size_t llama_state_set_data(struct llama_context * ctx, const uint8_t * src) {
             GGML_ASSERT(kv_buf_size == inp - src - pre_kv_buf_size);
         }
 
-        llama_kv_cache_clear(ctx);
-
         ctx->kv_self.head = kv_head;
         ctx->kv_self.used = kv_used;
 
@@ -16982,28 +17155,49 @@ static size_t llama_state_seq_get_data_internal(struct llama_context * ctx, llam
         }
     }
 
-    // For the values, they are transposed, so we also need the element size and get the element ranges from each row
-    const uint32_t kv_size = kv_self.size;
-    for (int il = 0; il < (int)n_layer; ++il) {
-        // Write value type
-        const int32_t v_type_i = (int32_t)kv_self.v_l[il]->type;
-        data_ctx.write(&v_type_i, sizeof(v_type_i));
+    // TODO: simplify, reduce copy-paste
+    if (!kv_self.v_trans) {
+        for (int il = 0; il < (int)n_layer; ++il) {
+            // Write value type
+            const int32_t v_type_i = (int32_t)kv_self.v_l[il]->type;
+            data_ctx.write(&v_type_i, sizeof(v_type_i));
 
-        // Write element size
-        const size_t v_size_el = ggml_type_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type);
-        data_ctx.write(&v_size_el, sizeof(v_size_el));
+            // Write row size of value
+            const size_t v_size_row = ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, n_embd_v_gqa);
+            data_ctx.write(&v_size_row, sizeof(v_size_row));
 
-        // For each row, we get the element values of each cell
-        for (uint32_t j = 0; j < n_embd_v_gqa; ++j) {
-            // Read each range of cells of v_size_el length each into tmp_buf and write out
+            // Read each range of cells of v_size length each into tmp_buf and write out
             for (const auto & range : cell_ranges) {
                 const size_t range_size = range.second - range.first;
-                const size_t src_offset = (range.first + j * kv_size) * v_size_el;
-                tmp_buf.resize(range_size * v_size_el);
-                ggml_backend_tensor_get(kv_self.v_l[il], tmp_buf.data(), src_offset, tmp_buf.size());
+                tmp_buf.resize(range_size * v_size_row);
+                ggml_backend_tensor_get(kv_self.v_l[il], tmp_buf.data(), range.first * v_size_row, range_size * v_size_row);
                 data_ctx.write(tmp_buf.data(), tmp_buf.size());
             }
         }
+    } else {
+        // For the values, they are transposed, so we also need the element size and get the element ranges from each row
+        const uint32_t kv_size = kv_self.size;
+        for (int il = 0; il < (int)n_layer; ++il) {
+            // Write value type
+            const int32_t v_type_i = (int32_t)kv_self.v_l[il]->type;
+            data_ctx.write(&v_type_i, sizeof(v_type_i));
+
+            // Write element size
+            const size_t v_size_el = ggml_type_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type);
+            data_ctx.write(&v_size_el, sizeof(v_size_el));
+
+            // For each row, we get the element values of each cell
+            for (uint32_t j = 0; j < n_embd_v_gqa; ++j) {
+                // Read each range of cells of v_size_el length each into tmp_buf and write out
+                for (const auto & range : cell_ranges) {
+                    const size_t range_size = range.second - range.first;
+                    const size_t src_offset = (range.first + j * kv_size) * v_size_el;
+                    tmp_buf.resize(range_size * v_size_el);
+                    ggml_backend_tensor_get(kv_self.v_l[il], tmp_buf.data(), src_offset, tmp_buf.size());
+                    data_ctx.write(tmp_buf.data(), tmp_buf.size());
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     return data_ctx.get_size_written();
@@ -17128,41 +17322,75 @@ size_t llama_state_seq_set_data(struct llama_context * ctx, const uint8_t * src,
         }
     }
 
-    // For each layer, read the values for each cell (transposed)
-    for (int il = 0; il < (int)n_layer; ++il) {
-        // Read type of value
-        int32_t v_type_i_ref;
-        memcpy(&v_type_i_ref, inp, sizeof(v_type_i_ref));
-        inp += sizeof(v_type_i_ref);
-        const int32_t v_type_i = (int32_t)kv_self.v_l[il]->type;
-        if (v_type_i != v_type_i_ref) {
-            llama_kv_cache_seq_rm(kv_self, dest_seq_id, -1, -1);
-            LLAMA_LOG_ERROR("%s: mismatched value type (%d != %d, layer %d)\n", __func__, v_type_i, v_type_i_ref, il);
-            return 0;
-        }
+    // TODO: simplify, reduce copy-paste
+    if (!kv_self.v_trans) {
+        for (int il = 0; il < (int)n_layer; ++il) {
+            // Read type of value
+            int32_t v_type_i_ref;
+            memcpy(&v_type_i_ref, inp, sizeof(v_type_i_ref));
+            inp += sizeof(v_type_i_ref);
+            const int32_t v_type_i = (int32_t)kv_self.v_l[il]->type;
+            if (v_type_i != v_type_i_ref) {
+                llama_kv_cache_seq_rm(kv_self, dest_seq_id, -1, -1);
+                LLAMA_LOG_ERROR("%s: mismatched value type (%d != %d, layer %d)\n", __func__, v_type_i, v_type_i_ref, il);
+                return 0;
+            }
 
-        // Read element size of value
-        size_t v_size_el_ref;
-        memcpy(&v_size_el_ref, inp, sizeof(v_size_el_ref));
-        inp += sizeof(v_size_el_ref);
-        const size_t v_size_el = ggml_type_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type);
-        if (v_size_el != v_size_el_ref) {
-            llama_kv_cache_seq_rm(kv_self, dest_seq_id, -1, -1);
-            LLAMA_LOG_ERROR("%s: mismatched value element size (%zu != %zu, layer %d)\n", __func__, v_size_el, v_size_el_ref, il);
-            return 0;
-        }
+            // Read row size of value
+            size_t v_size_row_ref;
+            memcpy(&v_size_row_ref, inp, sizeof(v_size_row_ref));
+            inp += sizeof(v_size_row_ref);
+            const size_t v_size_row = ggml_row_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type, n_embd_v_gqa);
+            if (v_size_row != v_size_row_ref) {
+                llama_kv_cache_seq_rm(kv_self, dest_seq_id, -1, -1);
+                LLAMA_LOG_ERROR("%s: mismatched value row size (%zu != %zu, layer %d)\n", __func__, v_size_row, v_size_row_ref, il);
+                return 0;
+            }
 
-        if (cell_count) {
-            // For each row in the transposed matrix, read the values for the whole cell range
-            for (uint32_t j = 0; j < n_embd_v_gqa; ++j) {
-                const size_t dst_offset = (kv_head + j * kv_size) * v_size_el;
-                ggml_backend_tensor_set(kv_self.v_l[il], inp, dst_offset, cell_count * v_size_el);
-                inp += cell_count * v_size_el;
+            if (cell_count) {
+                // Read and set the values for the whole cell range
+                ggml_backend_tensor_set(kv_self.v_l[il], inp, kv_head * v_size_row, cell_count * v_size_row);
+                inp += cell_count * v_size_row;
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        // For each layer, read the values for each cell (transposed)
+        for (int il = 0; il < (int)n_layer; ++il) {
+            // Read type of value
+            int32_t v_type_i_ref;
+            memcpy(&v_type_i_ref, inp, sizeof(v_type_i_ref));
+            inp += sizeof(v_type_i_ref);
+            const int32_t v_type_i = (int32_t)kv_self.v_l[il]->type;
+            if (v_type_i != v_type_i_ref) {
+                llama_kv_cache_seq_rm(kv_self, dest_seq_id, -1, -1);
+                LLAMA_LOG_ERROR("%s: mismatched value type (%d != %d, layer %d)\n", __func__, v_type_i, v_type_i_ref, il);
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            // Read element size of value
+            size_t v_size_el_ref;
+            memcpy(&v_size_el_ref, inp, sizeof(v_size_el_ref));
+            inp += sizeof(v_size_el_ref);
+            const size_t v_size_el = ggml_type_size(kv_self.v_l[il]->type);
+            if (v_size_el != v_size_el_ref) {
+                llama_kv_cache_seq_rm(kv_self, dest_seq_id, -1, -1);
+                LLAMA_LOG_ERROR("%s: mismatched value element size (%zu != %zu, layer %d)\n", __func__, v_size_el, v_size_el_ref, il);
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            if (cell_count) {
+                // For each row in the transposed matrix, read the values for the whole cell range
+                for (uint32_t j = 0; j < n_embd_v_gqa; ++j) {
+                    const size_t dst_offset = (kv_head + j * kv_size) * v_size_el;
+                    ggml_backend_tensor_set(kv_self.v_l[il], inp, dst_offset, cell_count * v_size_el);
+                    inp += cell_count * v_size_el;
+                }
             }
         }
     }
 
     const size_t nread = inp - src;
+
     return nread;
 }
 
@@ -17974,9 +18202,9 @@ const char * llama_print_system_info(void) {
     s += "VSX = "         + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_vsx())         + " | ";
     s += "MATMUL_INT8 = " + std::to_string(ggml_cpu_has_matmul_int8()) + " | ";
 #ifdef GGML_USE_LLAMAFILE
-    s += "LAMMAFILE = 1 | ";
+    s += "LLAMAFILE = 1 | ";
 #else
-    s += "LAMMAFILE = 0 | ";
+    s += "LLAMAFILE = 0 | ";
 #endif
 
     return s.c_str();
diff --git a/llama.h b/llama.h
index 678e5386d..5387c99c7 100644
--- a/llama.h
+++ b/llama.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #define LLAMA_FILE_MAGIC_GGSQ 0x67677371u // 'ggsq'
 
 #define LLAMA_SESSION_MAGIC   LLAMA_FILE_MAGIC_GGSN
-#define LLAMA_SESSION_VERSION 5
+#define LLAMA_SESSION_VERSION 6
 
 #define LLAMA_STATE_SEQ_MAGIC   LLAMA_FILE_MAGIC_GGSQ
 #define LLAMA_STATE_SEQ_VERSION 1
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ extern "C" {
         LLAMA_VOCAB_TYPE_WPM  = 3, // BERT tokenizer based on WordPiece
     };
 
+    // pre-tokenization types
+    enum llama_vocab_pre_type {
+        LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_DEFAULT        = 0,
+        LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_LLAMA3         = 1,
+        LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_DEEPSEEK_LLM   = 2,
+        LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_DEEPSEEK_CODER = 3,
+        LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_FALCON         = 4,
+        LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_MPT            = 5,
+        LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_STARCODER      = 6,
+        LLAMA_VOCAB_PRE_TYPE_GPT2           = 7,
+    };
+
     // note: these values should be synchronized with ggml_rope
     // TODO: maybe move this enum to ggml.h (ggml_rope_type)
     enum llama_rope_type {
@@ -195,15 +207,19 @@ extern "C" {
         LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_INT,
         LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_FLOAT,
         LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_BOOL,
+        LLAMA_KV_OVERRIDE_TYPE_STR,
     };
 
     struct llama_model_kv_override {
-        char key[128];
         enum llama_model_kv_override_type tag;
+
+        char key[128];
+
         union {
-            int64_t int_value;
-            double float_value;
-            bool bool_value;
+            int64_t val_i64;
+            double  val_f64;
+            bool    val_bool;
+            char    val_str[128];
         };
     };
 
@@ -232,9 +248,10 @@ extern "C" {
         const struct llama_model_kv_override * kv_overrides;
 
         // Keep the booleans together to avoid misalignment during copy-by-value.
-        bool vocab_only; // only load the vocabulary, no weights
-        bool use_mmap;   // use mmap if possible
-        bool use_mlock;  // force system to keep model in RAM
+        bool vocab_only;    // only load the vocabulary, no weights
+        bool use_mmap;      // use mmap if possible
+        bool use_mlock;     // force system to keep model in RAM
+        bool check_tensors; // validate model tensor data
     };
 
     struct llama_context_params {
@@ -270,6 +287,7 @@ extern "C" {
         bool logits_all;  // the llama_decode() call computes all logits, not just the last one (DEPRECATED - set llama_batch.logits instead)
         bool embeddings;  // if true, extract embeddings (together with logits)
         bool offload_kqv; // whether to offload the KQV ops (including the KV cache) to GPU
+        bool flash_attn;  // whether to use flash attention
 
         // Abort callback
         // if it returns true, execution of llama_decode() will be aborted
@@ -525,7 +543,7 @@ extern "C" {
     // Returns the number of used KV cells (i.e. have at least one sequence assigned to them)
     LLAMA_API int32_t llama_get_kv_cache_used_cells(const struct llama_context * ctx);
 
-    // Clear the KV cache
+    // Clear the KV cache - both cell info is erased and KV data is zeroed
     LLAMA_API void llama_kv_cache_clear(
             struct llama_context * ctx);
 
diff --git a/sgemm.cpp b/sgemm.cpp
index 531e12af3..4e0159804 100644
--- a/sgemm.cpp
+++ b/sgemm.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wignored-attributes"
 
 #include "sgemm.h"
-#include <algorithm>
 #include "ggml-impl.h"
 #include "ggml-quants.h"
 
@@ -243,23 +242,23 @@ template <> inline __m512 load(const ggml_fp16_t *p) {
 template <int KN, typename D, typename V, typename TA, typename TB, typename TC>
 class tinyBLAS {
   public:
-    tinyBLAS(int k,
-             const TA *A, int lda,
-             const TB *B, int ldb,
-             TC *C, int ldc,
+    tinyBLAS(int64_t k,
+             const TA *A, int64_t lda,
+             const TB *B, int64_t ldb,
+             TC *C, int64_t ldc,
              int ith, int nth)
         : A(A), B(B), C(C), k(k), lda(lda), ldb(ldb), ldc(ldc), ith(ith), nth(nth) {
     }
 
-    void matmul(int m, int n, int task) {
+    void matmul(int64_t m, int64_t n, int task) {
         if (task == GGML_TASK_TYPE_COMPUTE)
             mnpack(0, m, 0, n);
     }
 
   private:
-    NOINLINE void mnpack(int m0, int m, int n0, int n) {
-        int mc, nc, mp, np;
-        switch ((std::min(m - m0, 5) << 4) | std::min(n - n0, 5)) {
+    NOINLINE void mnpack(int64_t m0, int64_t m, int64_t n0, int64_t n) {
+        int64_t mc, nc, mp, np;
+        switch ((MIN(m - m0, 5) << 4) | MIN(n - n0, 5)) {
 #if VECTOR_REGISTERS == 32
         case 0x55:
             mc = 5;
@@ -409,27 +408,27 @@ class tinyBLAS {
     }
 
     template <int RM, int RN>
-    NOINLINE void gemm(int m0, int m, int n0, int n) {
-        int ytiles = (m - m0) / RM;
-        int xtiles = (n - n0) / RN;
-        int tiles = xtiles * ytiles;
-        int duty = (tiles + nth - 1) / nth;
-        int start = duty * ith;
-        int end = start + duty;
+    NOINLINE void gemm(int64_t m0, int64_t m, int64_t n0, int64_t n) {
+        int64_t ytiles = (m - m0) / RM;
+        int64_t xtiles = (n - n0) / RN;
+        int64_t tiles = xtiles * ytiles;
+        int64_t duty = (tiles + nth - 1) / nth;
+        int64_t start = duty * ith;
+        int64_t end = start + duty;
         if (end > tiles)
             end = tiles;
-        for (int job = start; job < end; ++job) {
-            int ii = m0 + job / xtiles * RM;
-            int jj = n0 + job % xtiles * RN;
+        for (int64_t job = start; job < end; ++job) {
+            int64_t ii = m0 + job / xtiles * RM;
+            int64_t jj = n0 + job % xtiles * RN;
             D Cv[RN][RM] = {};
-            for (int l = 0; l < k; l += KN)
-                for (int j = 0; j < RN; ++j)
-                    for (int i = 0; i < RM; ++i)
+            for (int64_t l = 0; l < k; l += KN)
+                for (int64_t j = 0; j < RN; ++j)
+                    for (int64_t i = 0; i < RM; ++i)
                         Cv[j][i] = madd(load<V>(A + lda * (ii + i) + l),
                                         load<V>(B + ldb * (jj + j) + l),
                                         Cv[j][i]);
-            for (int j = 0; j < RN; ++j)
-                for (int i = 0; i < RM; ++i)
+            for (int64_t j = 0; j < RN; ++j)
+                for (int64_t i = 0; i < RM; ++i)
                     C[ldc * (jj + j) + (ii + i)] = hsum(Cv[j][i]);
         }
     }
@@ -437,10 +436,10 @@ class tinyBLAS {
     const TA *const A;
     const TB *const B;
     TC *const C;
-    const int k;
-    const int lda;
-    const int ldb;
-    const int ldc;
+    const int64_t k;
+    const int64_t lda;
+    const int64_t ldb;
+    const int64_t ldc;
     const int ith;
     const int nth;
 };
@@ -452,23 +451,23 @@ class tinyBLAS {
 template <typename TA>
 class tinyBLAS_Q0_ARM {
   public:
-    tinyBLAS_Q0_ARM(int k,
-                    const TA *A, int lda,
-                    const block_q8_0 *B, int ldb,
-                    float *C, int ldc,
+    tinyBLAS_Q0_ARM(int64_t k,
+                    const TA *A, int64_t lda,
+                    const block_q8_0 *B, int64_t ldb,
+                    float *C, int64_t ldc,
                     int ith, int nth)
         : A(A), B(B), C(C), k(k), lda(lda), ldb(ldb), ldc(ldc), ith(ith), nth(nth) {
     }
 
-    void matmul(int m, int n, int task) {
+    void matmul(int64_t m, int64_t n, int task) {
         if (task == GGML_TASK_TYPE_COMPUTE)
             mnpack(0, m, 0, n);
     }
 
   private:
-    NOINLINE void mnpack(int m0, int m, int n0, int n) {
-        int mc, nc, mp, np;
-        switch ((std::min(m - m0, 3) << 4) | std::min(n - n0, 3)) {
+    NOINLINE void mnpack(int64_t m0, int64_t m, int64_t n0, int64_t n) {
+        int64_t mc, nc, mp, np;
+        switch ((MIN(m - m0, 3) << 4) | MIN(n - n0, 3ll)) {
         case 0x33:
             mc = 3;
             nc = 3;
@@ -524,22 +523,22 @@ class tinyBLAS_Q0_ARM {
     }
 
     template <int RM, int RN>
-    NOINLINE void gemm(int m0, int m, int n0, int n) {
-        int ytiles = (m - m0) / RM;
-        int xtiles = (n - n0) / RN;
-        int tiles = xtiles * ytiles;
-        int duty = (tiles + nth - 1) / nth;
-        int start = duty * ith;
-        int end = start + duty;
+    NOINLINE void gemm(int64_t m0, int64_t m, int64_t n0, int64_t n) {
+        int64_t ytiles = (m - m0) / RM;
+        int64_t xtiles = (n - n0) / RN;
+        int64_t tiles = xtiles * ytiles;
+        int64_t duty = (tiles + nth - 1) / nth;
+        int64_t start = duty * ith;
+        int64_t end = start + duty;
         if (end > tiles)
             end = tiles;
-        for (int job = start; job < end; ++job) {
-            int ii = m0 + job / xtiles * RM;
-            int jj = n0 + job % xtiles * RN;
+        for (int64_t job = start; job < end; ++job) {
+            int64_t ii = m0 + job / xtiles * RM;
+            int64_t jj = n0 + job % xtiles * RN;
             float32x4_t Cv[RN][RM] = {};
-            for (int l = 0; l < k; ++l)
-                for (int j = 0; j < RN; ++j)
-                    for (int i = 0; i < RM; ++i)
+            for (int64_t l = 0; l < k; ++l)
+                for (int64_t j = 0; j < RN; ++j)
+                    for (int64_t i = 0; i < RM; ++i)
                         Cv[j][i] = vmlaq_n_f32(Cv[j][i],
                                                vcvtq_f32_s32(vdotq_s32(
                                                    vdotq_s32(vdupq_n_s32(0),
@@ -549,8 +548,8 @@ class tinyBLAS_Q0_ARM {
                                                    load_hi(B + ldb * (jj + j) + l))),
                                                unhalf(A[lda * (ii + i) + l].d) *
                                                unhalf(B[ldb * (jj + j) + l].d));
-            for (int j = 0; j < RN; ++j)
-                for (int i = 0; i < RM; ++i)
+            for (int64_t j = 0; j < RN; ++j)
+                for (int64_t i = 0; i < RM; ++i)
                     C[ldc * (jj + j) + (ii + i)] = hsum(Cv[j][i]);
         }
     }
@@ -577,10 +576,10 @@ class tinyBLAS_Q0_ARM {
     const TA *const A;
     const block_q8_0 *const B;
     float *const C;
-    const int k;
-    const int lda;
-    const int ldb;
-    const int ldc;
+    const int64_t k;
+    const int64_t lda;
+    const int64_t ldb;
+    const int64_t ldc;
     const int ith;
     const int nth;
 };
@@ -590,23 +589,23 @@ class tinyBLAS_Q0_ARM {
 template <typename TA, typename TB, typename TC>
 class tinyBLAS_Q0_AVX2 {
   public:
-    tinyBLAS_Q0_AVX2(int k,
-                     const TA *A, int lda,
-                     const TB *B, int ldb,
-                     TC *C, int ldc,
+    tinyBLAS_Q0_AVX2(int64_t k,
+                     const TA *A, int64_t lda,
+                     const TB *B, int64_t ldb,
+                     TC *C, int64_t ldc,
                      int ith, int nth)
         : A(A), B(B), C(C), k(k), lda(lda), ldb(ldb), ldc(ldc), ith(ith), nth(nth) {
     }
 
-    void matmul(int m, int n, int task) {
+    void matmul(int64_t m, int64_t n, int task) {
         if (task == GGML_TASK_TYPE_COMPUTE)
             mnpack(0, m, 0, n);
     }
 
   private:
-    void mnpack(int m0, int m, int n0, int n) {
-        int mc, nc, mp, np;
-        switch ((std::min(m - m0, 4) << 4) | std::min(n - n0, 4)) {
+    void mnpack(int64_t m0, int64_t m, int64_t n0, int64_t n) {
+        int64_t mc, nc, mp, np;
+        switch ((MIN(m - m0, 4) << 4) | MIN(n - n0, 4)) {
 #if VECTOR_REGISTERS == 32
         case 0x44:
             mc = 4;
@@ -714,22 +713,22 @@ class tinyBLAS_Q0_AVX2 {
     }
 
     template <int RM, int RN>
-    NOINLINE void gemm(int m0, int m, int n0, int n) {
-        int ytiles = (m - m0) / RM;
-        int xtiles = (n - n0) / RN;
-        int tiles = xtiles * ytiles;
-        int duty = (tiles + nth - 1) / nth;
-        int start = duty * ith;
-        int end = start + duty;
+    NOINLINE void gemm(int64_t m0, int64_t m, int64_t n0, int64_t n) {
+        int64_t ytiles = (m - m0) / RM;
+        int64_t xtiles = (n - n0) / RN;
+        int64_t tiles = xtiles * ytiles;
+        int64_t duty = (tiles + nth - 1) / nth;
+        int64_t start = duty * ith;
+        int64_t end = start + duty;
         if (end > tiles)
             end = tiles;
-        for (int job = start; job < end; ++job) {
-            int ii = m0 + job / xtiles * RM;
-            int jj = n0 + job % xtiles * RN;
+        for (int64_t job = start; job < end; ++job) {
+            int64_t ii = m0 + job / xtiles * RM;
+            int64_t jj = n0 + job % xtiles * RN;
             __m256 Cv[RN][RM] = {};
-            for (int l = 0; l < k; ++l)
-                for (int j = 0; j < RN; ++j)
-                    for (int i = 0; i < RM; ++i)
+            for (int64_t l = 0; l < k; ++l)
+                for (int64_t j = 0; j < RN; ++j)
+                    for (int64_t i = 0; i < RM; ++i)
                         Cv[j][i] = madd(_mm256_set1_ps(unhalf(A[lda * (ii + i) + l].d) *
                                                        unhalf(B[ldb * (jj + j) + l].d)),
                                         updot(_mm256_sign_epi8(load(A + lda * (ii + i) + l),
@@ -737,8 +736,8 @@ class tinyBLAS_Q0_AVX2 {
                                               _mm256_sign_epi8(load(B + ldb * (jj + j) + l),
                                                                load(A + lda * (ii + i) + l))),
                                         Cv[j][i]);
-            for (int j = 0; j < RN; ++j)
-                for (int i = 0; i < RM; ++i)
+            for (int64_t j = 0; j < RN; ++j)
+                for (int64_t i = 0; i < RM; ++i)
                     C[ldc * (jj + j) + (ii + i)] = hsum(Cv[j][i]);
         }
     }
@@ -771,10 +770,10 @@ class tinyBLAS_Q0_AVX2 {
     const TA *const A;
     const TB *const B;
     TC *const C;
-    const int k;
-    const int lda;
-    const int ldb;
-    const int ldc;
+    const int64_t k;
+    const int64_t lda;
+    const int64_t ldb;
+    const int64_t ldc;
     const int ith;
     const int nth;
 };
@@ -813,8 +812,8 @@ class tinyBLAS_Q0_AVX2 {
  * @param Ctype is GGML data type of `C`
  * @return true if this function was able to service the matmul request
  */
-bool llamafile_sgemm(int m, int n, int k, const void *A, int lda, const void *B, int ldb, void *C,
-                     int ldc, int ith, int nth, int task, int Atype, int Btype, int Ctype) {
+bool llamafile_sgemm(int64_t m, int64_t n, int64_t k, const void *A, int64_t lda, const void *B, int64_t ldb, void *C,
+                     int64_t ldc, int ith, int nth, int task, int Atype, int Btype, int Ctype) {
 
     assert(m >= 0);
     assert(n >= 0);
@@ -824,9 +823,6 @@ bool llamafile_sgemm(int m, int n, int k, const void *A, int lda, const void *B,
     assert(ldc >= m);
     assert(nth > 0);
     assert(ith < nth);
-    assert(1ll * lda * m <= 0x7fffffff);
-    assert(1ll * ldb * n <= 0x7fffffff);
-    assert(1ll * ldc * n <= 0x7fffffff);
 
     if (Ctype != GGML_TYPE_F32)
         return false;
diff --git a/sgemm.h b/sgemm.h
index da23b209c..f29747d0a 100644
--- a/sgemm.h
+++ b/sgemm.h
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #pragma once
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-bool llamafile_sgemm(int, int, int, const void *, int, const void *, int,
-                     void *, int, int, int, int, int, int, int);
+bool llamafile_sgemm(int64_t, int64_t, int64_t, const void *, int64_t,
+                     const void *, int64_t, void *, int64_t, int, int,
+                     int, int, int, int);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/unicode-data.cpp b/unicode-data.cpp
index 22f8b0f0b..e6bafb3a9 100644
--- a/unicode-data.cpp
+++ b/unicode-data.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "unicode-data.h"
+#include "unicode-data.h"
 
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <map>
diff --git a/unicode-data.h b/unicode-data.h
index b99500b8f..cb9dd8aa5 100644
--- a/unicode-data.h
+++ b/unicode-data.h
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ extern const std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t>> unicode_ranges_accent_ma
 extern const std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t>> unicode_ranges_punctuation;
 extern const std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t>> unicode_ranges_symbol;
 extern const std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, uint32_t>> unicode_ranges_control;
-extern const std::multimap<uint32_t, uint32_t> unicode_map_nfd;
-extern const std::map<char32_t, char32_t> unicode_map_lowercase;
+extern const std::multimap<uint32_t, uint32_t>          unicode_map_nfd;
+extern const std::map<char32_t, char32_t>               unicode_map_lowercase;
diff --git a/unicode.cpp b/unicode.cpp
index df8c5f581..f2ccda05f 100644
--- a/unicode.cpp
+++ b/unicode.cpp
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <map>
+#include <regex>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
+#include <locale>
+#include <codecvt>
 
 static std::string unicode_cpts_to_utf8(const std::vector<uint32_t> & cps) {
     std::string result;
@@ -53,23 +56,22 @@ static uint32_t unicode_cpt_from_utf8(const std::string & utf8, size_t & offset)
         offset += 4;
         return result;
     }
-    throw std::invalid_argument("invalid string");
+    throw std::invalid_argument("failed to convert utf8 to codepoint");
 }
 
-static std::vector<uint16_t> unicode_cpt_to_utf16(uint32_t cp) {
-    std::vector<uint16_t> result;
-    if (/* 0x0000 <= cp && */ cp <= 0xffff) {
-        result.emplace_back(cp);
-    }
-    else if (0x10000 <= cp && cp <= 0x10ffff) {
-        result.emplace_back(0xd800 | ((cp - 0x10000) >> 10));
-        result.emplace_back(0xdc00 | ((cp - 0x10000) & 0x03ff));
-    }
-    else {
-        throw std::invalid_argument("invalid cpt");
-    }
-    return result;
-}
+//static std::vector<uint16_t> unicode_cpt_to_utf16(uint32_t cp) {
+//    std::vector<uint16_t> result;
+//    if (/* 0x0000 <= cp && */ cp <= 0xffff) {
+//        result.emplace_back(cp);
+//        return result;
+//    }
+//    if (0x10000 <= cp && cp <= 0x10ffff) {
+//        result.emplace_back(0xd800 | ((cp - 0x10000) >> 10));
+//        result.emplace_back(0xdc00 | ((cp - 0x10000) & 0x03ff));
+//        return result;
+//    }
+//    throw std::invalid_argument("failed to convert codepoint to utf16");
+//}
 
 //static std::vector<uint16_t> unicode_cpts_to_utf16(const std::vector<uint32_t> & cps) {
 //    std::vector<uint16_t> result;
@@ -80,28 +82,28 @@ static std::vector<uint16_t> unicode_cpt_to_utf16(uint32_t cp) {
 //    return result;
 //}
 
-static uint32_t cpt_from_utf16(const std::vector<uint16_t> & utf16, size_t & offset) {
-    assert(offset < utf16.size());
-    if (((utf16[0] >> 10) << 10) != 0xd800) {
-        auto result = utf16[offset + 0];
-        offset += 1;
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    if (offset + 1 >= utf16.size() || !((utf16[1] & 0xdc00) == 0xdc00)) {
-        throw std::invalid_argument("invalid character");
-    }
-
-    auto result = 0x10000 + (((utf16[0] & 0x03ff) << 10) | (utf16[1] & 0x03ff));
-    offset += 2;
-    return result;
-}
+//static uint32_t unicode_cpt_from_utf16(const std::vector<uint16_t> & utf16, size_t & offset) {
+//    assert(offset < utf16.size());
+//    if (((utf16[0] >> 10) << 10) != 0xd800) {
+//        auto result = utf16[offset + 0];
+//        offset += 1;
+//        return result;
+//    }
+//
+//    if (offset + 1 >= utf16.size() || !((utf16[1] & 0xdc00) == 0xdc00)) {
+//        throw std::invalid_argument("invalid character");
+//    }
+//
+//    auto result = 0x10000 + (((utf16[0] & 0x03ff) << 10) | (utf16[1] & 0x03ff));
+//    offset += 2;
+//    return result;
+//}
 
 //static std::vector<uint32_t> unicode_cpts_from_utf16(const std::vector<uint16_t> & utf16) {
 //    std::vector<uint32_t> result;
 //    size_t offset = 0;
 //    while (offset < utf16.size()) {
-//        result.push_back(cpt_from_utf16(utf16, offset));
+//        result.push_back(unicode_cpt_from_utf16(utf16, offset));
 //    }
 //    return result;
 //}
@@ -194,34 +196,277 @@ static std::unordered_map<std::string, uint8_t> unicode_utf8_to_byte_map() {
     return map;
 }
 
+static inline std::wstring unicode_wstring_from_utf8(const std::string & s) {
+    std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>> conv;
+    return conv.from_bytes(s);
+}
+
+static std::vector<std::string> unicode_byte_encoding_process(const std::vector<std::string> & bpe_words) {
+    std::vector<std::string> bpe_encoded_words;
+    for (const auto & word : bpe_words) {
+        std::string text_utf;
+        auto utf_word =  unicode_cpts_from_utf8(word);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < utf_word.size(); ++i) {
+            text_utf += unicode_cpt_to_utf8(utf_word[i]);
+        }
+
+        std::string encoded_token;
+        for (char & c : text_utf) {
+            encoded_token += unicode_byte_to_utf8(c);
+        }
+        bpe_encoded_words.emplace_back(encoded_token);
+    }
+    return bpe_encoded_words;
+}
+
+// GPT2 system regex:  's|'t|'re|'ve|'m|'ll|'d| ?\p{L}+| ?\p{N}+| ?[^\s\p{L}\p{N}]+|\s+(?!\S)|\s+
+static std::vector<size_t> unicode_regex_split_custom_gpt2(const std::string & text, const std::vector<size_t> & offsets) {
+    std::vector<size_t> bpe_offsets; // store the offset of each word
+    bpe_offsets.reserve(offsets.size()); // Reserve memory for the approximate size
+
+    size_t start = 0;
+
+    const auto cpts = unicode_cpts_from_utf8(text);
+
+    for (auto offset : offsets) {
+        std::string token;
+
+        bool collecting_numeric = false;
+        bool collecting_letter = false;
+        bool collecting_special = false;
+        bool collecting_whitespace_lookahead = false;
+        bool collecting = false;
+
+        std::vector<std::string> text_utf;
+        text_utf.reserve(offset);
+
+        for (size_t i = start; i < start + offset; ++i) {
+            text_utf.emplace_back(unicode_cpt_to_utf8(cpts[i]));
+        }
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < (int)text_utf.size(); i++) {
+            const std::string & utf_char = text_utf[i];
+            bool split_condition = false;
+            int bytes_remain = text_utf.size() - i;
+
+            // forward backward lookups
+            const std::string & utf_char_next      = (i + 1 < (int)text_utf.size()) ? text_utf[i + 1] : "";
+            const std::string & utf_char_next_next = (i + 2 < (int)text_utf.size()) ? text_utf[i + 2] : "";
+
+            // handling contractions
+            if (!split_condition && bytes_remain >= 2) {
+                // 's|'t|'m|'d
+                if (utf_char == "\'" && (utf_char_next == "s" || utf_char_next == "t" || utf_char_next == "m" || utf_char_next == "d")) {
+                    split_condition = true;
+                }
+                if (split_condition) {
+                    if (token.size()) {
+                        bpe_offsets.emplace_back(unicode_cpts_from_utf8(token).size());
+                    }
+                    token = utf_char + utf_char_next;
+                    bpe_offsets.emplace_back(unicode_cpts_from_utf8(token).size());
+                    token = "";
+                    i++;
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            if (!split_condition && bytes_remain >= 3) {
+                // 're|'ve|'ll
+                if (utf_char == "\'" && (
+                    (utf_char_next == "r" && utf_char_next_next == "e") ||
+                    (utf_char_next == "v" && utf_char_next_next == "e") ||
+                    (utf_char_next == "l" && utf_char_next_next == "l"))
+                    ) {
+                    split_condition = true;
+                }
+                if (split_condition) {
+                    // current token + next token can be defined
+                    if (token.size()) {
+                        bpe_offsets.emplace_back(unicode_cpts_from_utf8(token).size());
+                    }
+                    token =  utf_char;
+                    token += utf_char_next;
+                    token += utf_char_next_next;
+
+                    bpe_offsets.emplace_back(unicode_cpts_from_utf8(token).size());
+                    token = "";
+                    i += 2;
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!split_condition && !collecting) {
+                if (unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER || (token.empty() && utf_char == " " && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER)) {
+                    collecting_letter = true;
+                    collecting = true;
+                }
+                else if (unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT || (token.empty() && utf_char == " " && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT)) {
+                    collecting_numeric = true;
+                    collecting = true;
+                }
+                else if (
+                    ((unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT) && (unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE)) ||
+                    (token.empty() && utf_char == " " && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE)
+                    ) {
+                    collecting_special = true;
+                    collecting = true;
+                }
+                else if (unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE) {
+                    collecting_whitespace_lookahead = true;
+                    collecting = true;
+                }
+                else if (unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE) {
+                    split_condition = true;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (!split_condition && collecting) {
+                if (collecting_letter && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER) {
+                    split_condition = true;
+                }
+                else if (collecting_numeric && unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) != CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT) {
+                    split_condition = true;
+                }
+                else if (collecting_special && (unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER || unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT || unicode_cpt_type(utf_char) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE)) {
+                    split_condition = true;
+                }
+                else if (collecting_whitespace_lookahead && (unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER || unicode_cpt_type(utf_char_next) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT)) {
+                    split_condition = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (utf_char_next == "") {
+                split_condition = true; // final
+                token += utf_char;
+            }
+
+            if (split_condition) {
+                if (token.size()) {
+                    bpe_offsets.emplace_back(unicode_cpts_from_utf8(token).size());
+                }
+                token = utf_char;
+                collecting = false;
+                collecting_letter = false;
+                collecting_numeric = false;
+                collecting_special = false;
+                collecting_whitespace_lookahead = false;
+            }
+            else {
+                token += utf_char;
+            }
+        }
+
+        start += offset;
+    }
+
+    return bpe_offsets;
+}
+
+// use std::wregex to split the text
+static std::vector<size_t> unicode_regex_split_stl(const std::wstring & wtext, const std::wstring & regex_expr, const std::vector<size_t> & offsets) {
+    std::wregex expr(regex_expr);
+    std::vector<size_t> bpe_offsets; // store the offset of each word
+    bpe_offsets.reserve(offsets.size()); // Reserve memory for the approximate size
+    size_t start = 0;
+    for (auto offset : offsets) {
+        std::wcregex_iterator it(wtext.data() + start, wtext.data() + start + offset, expr);
+        std::wcregex_iterator end;
+
+        int64_t start_idx = 0;
+        while (it != end) {
+            std::wcmatch match = *it;
+            if (match.position() > start_idx) {
+                bpe_offsets.emplace_back(match.position() - start_idx);
+            }
+            bpe_offsets.emplace_back(match.length());
+            start_idx = match.position() + match.length();
+            ++it;
+        }
+
+        if (start_idx < (int64_t) offset) {
+            bpe_offsets.emplace_back(offset - start_idx);
+        }
+        start += offset;
+    }
+
+    return bpe_offsets;
+}
+
+// use std::regex to split the text
+static std::vector<size_t> unicode_regex_split_stl(const std::string & text, const std::string & regex_expr, const std::vector<size_t> & offsets) {
+    std::regex expr(regex_expr);
+    std::vector<size_t> bpe_offsets; // store the offset of each word
+    bpe_offsets.reserve(offsets.size()); // Reserve memory for the approximate size
+    size_t start = 0;
+    for (auto offset : offsets) {
+        std::cregex_iterator it(text.data() + start, text.data() + start + offset, expr);
+        std::cregex_iterator end;
+
+        int64_t start_idx = 0;
+        while (it != end) {
+            std::cmatch match = *it;
+            if (match.position() > start_idx) {
+                bpe_offsets.emplace_back(match.position() - start_idx);
+            }
+            bpe_offsets.emplace_back(match.length());
+            start_idx = match.position() + match.length();
+            ++it;
+        }
+
+        if (start_idx < (int64_t) offset) {
+            bpe_offsets.emplace_back(offset - start_idx);
+        }
+        start += offset;
+    }
+
+    return bpe_offsets;
+}
+
+static std::vector<size_t> unicode_regex_split_custom(const std::string & text, const std::string & regex_expr, const std::vector<size_t> & offsets) {
+    std::vector<size_t> bpe_offsets;
+
+    (void)(text);
+    (void)(regex_expr);
+    (void)(offsets);
+    // TODO: this implementation is actually wrong, uncomment and run:
+    //       make -j && ./bin/test-tokenizer-0 ../models/ggml-vocab-gpt-2.gguf
+    //if (regex_expr == "'s|'t|'re|'ve|'m|'ll|'d| ?\\p{L}+| ?\\p{N}+| ?[^\\s\\p{L}\\p{N}]+|\\s+(?!\\S)") {
+    //    bpe_offsets = unicode_regex_split_custom_gpt2(text, offsets);
+    //}
+
+    return bpe_offsets;
+}
+
 //
 // interface
 //
 
 std::string unicode_cpt_to_utf8(uint32_t cp) {
     std::string result;
+
     if (/* 0x00 <= cp && */ cp <= 0x7f) {
         result.push_back(cp);
+        return result;
     }
-    else if (0x80 <= cp && cp <= 0x7ff) {
+    if (0x80 <= cp && cp <= 0x7ff) {
         result.push_back(0xc0 | ((cp >> 6) & 0x1f));
         result.push_back(0x80 | (cp & 0x3f));
+        return result;
     }
-    else if (0x800 <= cp && cp <= 0xffff) {
+    if (0x800 <= cp && cp <= 0xffff) {
         result.push_back(0xe0 | ((cp >> 12) & 0x0f));
         result.push_back(0x80 | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3f));
         result.push_back(0x80 | (cp & 0x3f));
+        return result;
     }
-    else if (0x10000 <= cp && cp <= 0x10ffff) {
+    if (0x10000 <= cp && cp <= 0x10ffff) {
         result.push_back(0xf0 | ((cp >> 18) & 0x07));
         result.push_back(0x80 | ((cp >> 12) & 0x3f));
         result.push_back(0x80 | ((cp >> 6) & 0x3f));
         result.push_back(0x80 | (cp & 0x3f));
+        return result;
     }
-    else {
-        throw std::invalid_argument("invalid codepoint");
-    }
-    return result;
+
+    throw std::invalid_argument("invalid codepoint");
 }
 
 std::vector<uint32_t> unicode_cpts_normalize_nfd(const std::vector<uint32_t> & cpts) {
@@ -275,3 +520,167 @@ char32_t unicode_tolower(char32_t cp) {
     auto it = unicode_map_lowercase.find(cp);
     return it == unicode_map_lowercase.end() ? cp : it->second;
 }
+
+std::vector<std::string> unicode_regex_split(const std::string & text, const std::vector<std::string> & regex_exprs) {
+    // unicode categories
+    static const std::map<std::string, int> k_ucat_enum = {
+        { "\\p{N}", CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT },
+        { "\\p{L}", CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER },
+        { "\\p{P}", CODEPOINT_TYPE_PUNCTUATION },
+    };
+
+    static const std::map<int, int> k_ucat_cpt = {
+        { CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT,         0xD1 },
+        { CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER,        0xD2 },
+        { CODEPOINT_TYPE_PUNCTUATION,   0xD3 },
+    };
+
+    static const std::map<int, std::string> k_ucat_map = {
+        { CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT,         "\x30-\x39" }, // 0-9
+        { CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER,        "\x41-\x5A\x61-\x7A" }, // A-Za-z
+        { CODEPOINT_TYPE_PUNCTUATION,   "\x21-\x23\x25-\x2A\x2C-\x2F\x3A-\x3B\x3F-\x40\\\x5B-\\\x5D\x5F\\\x7B\\\x7D" }, // !-#%-*,-/:-;?-@\[-\]_\{\}
+    };
+
+    // compute collapsed codepoints only if needed by at least one regex
+    bool need_collapse = false;
+    for (auto & regex_expr : regex_exprs) {
+        // search for unicode categories
+        for (const auto & ucat : k_ucat_enum) {
+            if (std::string::npos != regex_expr.find(ucat.first)) {
+                need_collapse = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    const auto cpts = unicode_cpts_from_utf8(text);
+
+    // generate a "collapsed" representation of the text, where all codepoints are replaced by a single byte
+    // ref: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/6920#issuecomment-2081479935
+    std::string text_collapsed;
+    if (need_collapse) {
+        // collapse all unicode categories
+        text_collapsed.resize(cpts.size());
+
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < cpts.size(); ++i) {
+            // keep single-byte codepoints as is
+            if (cpts[i] < 128) {
+                text_collapsed[i] = cpts[i];
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            const int cpt_type = unicode_cpt_type(cpts[i]);
+
+            if (k_ucat_cpt.find(cpt_type) != k_ucat_cpt.end()) {
+                text_collapsed[i] = k_ucat_cpt.at(cpt_type);
+            } else {
+                text_collapsed[i] = (char) 0xD0; // fallback
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::vector<size_t> bpe_offsets = { cpts.size() };
+
+    for (auto & regex_expr : regex_exprs) {
+        // first, see if we have an efficient custom regex implementation
+        auto tmp = unicode_regex_split_custom(text, regex_expr, bpe_offsets);
+
+        if (!tmp.empty()) {
+            bpe_offsets = std::move(tmp);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // fallback to general-purpose std::regex / std::wregex
+        try {
+            // if a unicode category is used in the regex, we use the collapsed text and replace the unicode category
+            // with the corresponding collapsed representation
+            bool use_collapsed = false;
+            for (auto & ucat : k_ucat_enum) {
+                if (std::string::npos != regex_expr.find(ucat.first)) {
+                    use_collapsed = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (use_collapsed) {
+                // sanity-check that the original regex does not contain any non-ASCII characters
+                const auto cpts_regex = unicode_cpts_from_utf8(regex_expr);
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < cpts_regex.size(); ++i) {
+                    if (cpts_regex[i] >= 128) {
+                        throw std::runtime_error("Regex includes both unicode categories and non-ASCII characters - not supported");
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // generate a collapsed representation of the regex
+                std::string regex_expr_collapsed;
+
+                // track if we are inside [], because nested [] are not allowed
+                bool inside = false;
+                for (size_t i = 0; i < regex_expr.size(); ++i) {
+                    if (regex_expr[i] == '[' && (i == 0 || regex_expr[i - 1] != '\\')) {
+                        regex_expr_collapsed += '[';
+                        inside = true;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    if (inside && regex_expr[i] == ']' && regex_expr[i - 1] != '\\') {
+                        regex_expr_collapsed += ']';
+                        inside = false;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    if (regex_expr[i + 0] == '\\' && i + 4 < regex_expr.size() &&
+                        regex_expr[i + 1] == 'p' &&
+                        regex_expr[i + 2] == '{' &&
+                        regex_expr[i + 4] == '}') {
+                        const std::string pat = regex_expr.substr(i, 5);
+                        if (k_ucat_enum.find(pat) != k_ucat_enum.end()) {
+                            if (!inside) {
+                                regex_expr_collapsed += '[';
+                            }
+                            regex_expr_collapsed += k_ucat_cpt.at(k_ucat_enum.at(pat));
+                            regex_expr_collapsed += k_ucat_map.at(k_ucat_enum.at(pat));
+                            if (!inside) {
+                                regex_expr_collapsed += ']';
+                            }
+                            i += 4;
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    regex_expr_collapsed += regex_expr[i];
+                }
+
+                //printf("text_collapsed: %s\n", text_collapsed.c_str());
+                //printf("regex_expr_collapsed: %s\n", regex_expr_collapsed.c_str());
+                bpe_offsets = unicode_regex_split_stl(text_collapsed, regex_expr_collapsed, bpe_offsets);
+            } else {
+                // no unicode category used, we can use std::wregex directly
+                const std::wstring wtext       = unicode_wstring_from_utf8(text);
+                const std::wstring wregex_expr = unicode_wstring_from_utf8(regex_expr);
+
+                //printf("text: %s\n", text.c_str());
+                //printf("regex_expr: %s\n", regex_expr.c_str());
+                bpe_offsets = unicode_regex_split_stl(wtext, wregex_expr, bpe_offsets);
+            }
+        } catch (std::regex_error & e) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Failed to process regex: '%s'\n", regex_expr.c_str());
+            fprintf(stderr, "Regex error: %s\n", e.what());
+            throw std::runtime_error("Failed to process regex");
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::vector<std::string> bpe_words;
+    bpe_words.reserve(bpe_offsets.size()); // reserve memory for the approximate size
+
+    size_t start = 0;
+    for (size_t & offset : bpe_offsets) {
+        bpe_words.emplace_back();
+        for (size_t i = start; i < start + offset; ++i) {
+            bpe_words.back() += unicode_cpt_to_utf8(cpts[i]);
+        }
+        start += offset;
+    }
+
+    return unicode_byte_encoding_process(bpe_words);
+}
diff --git a/unicode.h b/unicode.h
index 6a0be393a..ce2bcef5a 100644
--- a/unicode.h
+++ b/unicode.h
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ int unicode_cpt_type(const std::string & utf8);
 std::string unicode_byte_to_utf8(uint8_t byte);
 uint8_t unicode_utf8_to_byte(const std::string & utf8);
 
-// simple tolower that only implements one-to-one mapping, not one-to-many
 char32_t unicode_tolower(char32_t cp);
+
+std::vector<std::string> unicode_regex_split(const std::string & text, const std::vector<std::string> & regex_exprs);