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Co-authored-by: Awni Hannun <awni@apple.com>

.circleci/config.yml

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-version: 2.1
-
-orbs:
-  apple: ml-explore/pr-approval@0.1.0
-
-parameters:
-  nightly_build:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  weekly_build:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  test_release:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  linux_release:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-
-jobs:
-  build_documentation:
-    parameters:
-      upload-docs:
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-    macos:
-      xcode: "16.2.0"
-    resource_class: m2pro.medium
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run:
-          name: Install
-          command: |
-            brew install python@3.9
-            brew install doxygen
-            python3.9 -m venv env
-            source env/bin/activate
-            pip install --upgrade pip
-            pip install --upgrade cmake
-            pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
-            CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=`sysctl -n hw.ncpu` pip install . -v
-      - when:
-          condition:
-            not: << parameters.upload-docs >>
-          steps:
-            - run:
-               name: Build documentation
-               command: |
-                 source env/bin/activate
-                 cd docs && doxygen && make html O=-W
-      - when:
-          condition: << parameters.upload-docs >>
-          steps:
-            - add_ssh_keys:
-                fingerprints:
-                  - "SHA256:OhcVVMovbT0pkgMeiVRyxMnjV9R2t+hKBsNcuxq9h+0"
-            - run:
-               name: Upload documentation
-               command: |
-                 source env/bin/activate
-                 git config user.email "mlx@group.apple.com"
-                 git config user.name "CircleCI Docs"
-                 git checkout gh-pages
-                 git rebase main
-                 cd docs
-                 git rm -rf build/html
-                 doxygen && make html O=-W
-                 git add -f build/html
-                 git commit -m "rebase"
-                 git push -f origin gh-pages
-
-  linux_build_and_test:
-    docker:
-      - image: cimg/python:3.9
-
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run:
-          name: Run style checks
-          command: |
-            pip install pre-commit
-            pre-commit run --all
-            if ! git diff --quiet; then echo 'Style checks failed, please install pre-commit and run pre-commit run --all and push the change'; exit 1; fi
-      - run:
-          name: Install dependencies
-          command: |
-            pip install --upgrade cmake
-            pip install nanobind==2.4.0
-            pip install numpy
-            sudo apt-get update
-            sudo apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev
-            sudo apt-get install openmpi-bin openmpi-common libopenmpi-dev
-      - run:
-          name: Install Python package
-          command: |
-            CMAKE_ARGS="-DMLX_BUILD_METAL=OFF" \
-              CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=`nproc` \
-              python3 setup.py build_ext --inplace
-            CMAKE_ARGS="-DMLX_BUILD_METAL=OFF" \
-              CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=`nproc` \
-              python3 setup.py develop
-      - run:
-          name: Generate package stubs
-          command: |
-            echo "stubs"
-            pip install typing_extensions
-            python setup.py generate_stubs 
-      - run:
-          name: Run Python tests
-          command: |
-            python3 -m unittest discover python/tests -v
-            mpirun --bind-to none -host localhost:8 -np 8 python python/tests/mpi_test_distributed.py
-            mlx.launch --verbose -n 8 python/tests/ring_test_distributed.py
-      - run:
-          name: Build CPP only
-          command: |
-            mkdir -p build && cd build 
-            cmake .. -DMLX_BUILD_METAL=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG
-            make -j `nproc`
-      - run:
-          name: Run CPP tests
-          command: ./build/tests/tests
-
-  mac_build_and_test:
-    parameters:
-      xcode_version:
-        type: string
-        default: "16.2.0"
-      macosx_deployment_target:
-        type: string
-        default: ""
-    macos:
-      xcode: << parameters.xcode_version >>
-    environment:
-      MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: << parameters.macosx_deployment_target >>
-    resource_class: m2pro.medium
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run:
-          name: Install dependencies
-          command: |
-            brew install python@3.9
-            brew install openmpi
-            python3.9 -m venv env
-            source env/bin/activate
-            pip install --upgrade pip
-            pip install --upgrade cmake
-            pip install nanobind==2.4.0
-            pip install numpy
-            pip install torch
-            pip install tensorflow
-            pip install unittest-xml-reporting
-      - run:
-          name: Install Python package
-          command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
-            DEBUG=1 CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=`sysctl -n hw.ncpu` \
-            CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON" \
-              pip install -e . -v
-      - run:
-          name: Generate package stubs
-          command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
-            pip install typing_extensions
-            python setup.py generate_stubs 
-      - run:
-          name: Run Python tests
-          command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
-            LOW_MEMORY=1 DEVICE=cpu python -m xmlrunner discover -v python/tests -o test-results/cpu
-            LOW_MEMORY=1 DEVICE=gpu METAL_DEVICE_WRAPPER_TYPE=1 METAL_DEBUG_ERROR_MODE=0 python -m xmlrunner discover -v python/tests -o test-results/gpu
-            mpirun --bind-to none -host localhost:8 -np 8 -x DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/homebrew/lib/ python python/tests/mpi_test_distributed.py
-            mlx.launch --verbose -n 8 python/tests/ring_test_distributed.py
-      - run:
-          name: Build example extension
-          command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
-            cd examples/extensions
-            pip install -r requirements.txt
-            python setup.py build_ext -j8
-      - store_test_results:
-          path: test-results
-      - run:
-          name: Build CPP only
-          command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
-            mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. && make -j `sysctl -n hw.ncpu`
-      - run:
-          name: Run CPP tests
-          command: |
-            DEVICE=gpu METAL_DEVICE_WRAPPER_TYPE=1 METAL_DEBUG_ERROR_MODE=0 ./build/tests/tests
-      - run:
-          name: Build small binary
-          command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
-            cd build/
-            cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel \
-              -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-              -DMLX_BUILD_CPU=OFF \
-              -DMLX_BUILD_SAFETENSORS=OFF \
-              -DMLX_BUILD_GGUF=OFF \
-              -DMLX_METAL_JIT=ON
-            make -j `sysctl -n hw.ncpu`
-      - run:
-          name: Run Python tests with JIT
-          command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
-            CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=`sysctl -n hw.ncpu` \
-              CMAKE_ARGS="-DMLX_METAL_JIT=ON" \
-              pip install -e . -v
-            LOW_MEMORY=1 DEVICE=gpu METAL_DEVICE_WRAPPER_TYPE=1 \
-              METAL_DEBUG_ERROR_MODE=0 \
-              python -m xmlrunner discover -v python/tests -o test-results/gpu_jit
-
-  build_release:
-    parameters:
-      python_version:
-        type: string
-        default: "3.9"
-      xcode_version:
-        type: string
-        default: "16.2.0"
-      build_env:
-        type: string
-        default: ""
-      macosx_deployment_target:
-        type: string
-        default: ""
-    macos:
-      xcode: << parameters.xcode_version >>
-    resource_class: m2pro.medium
-    environment:
-      MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: << parameters.macosx_deployment_target >>
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run:
-          name: Install dependencies
-          command: |
-            brew install python@<< parameters.python_version >>
-            brew install openmpi
-            python<< parameters.python_version >> -m venv env
-            source env/bin/activate
-            pip install --upgrade pip
-            pip install --upgrade cmake
-            pip install nanobind==2.4.0
-            pip install --upgrade setuptools
-            pip install numpy
-            pip install twine
-            pip install build
-      - run:
-          name: Install Python package
-          command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
-            env -u MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET DEV_RELEASE=1 \
-              CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=`sysctl -n hw.ncpu` \
-              pip install . -v
-      - run:
-          name: Generate package stubs
-          command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
-            pip install typing_extensions
-            python setup.py generate_stubs 
-      - run:
-          name: Build Python package
-          command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
-            << parameters.build_env >> \
-              CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=`sysctl -n hw.ncpu` \
-              python -m build -w
-      - when:
-          condition: << parameters.build_env >>
-          steps:
-            - run:
-                name: Upload package
-                command: |
-                  source env/bin/activate
-                  twine upload dist/*
-      - store_artifacts:
-          path: dist/
-
-  build_linux_release:
-    parameters:
-      python_version:
-        type: string
-        default: "3.9"
-      extra_env:
-        type: string
-        default: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-    docker:
-      - image: ubuntu:20.04
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run:
-          name: Build wheel
-          command: |
-            PYTHON=python<< parameters.python_version >>
-            apt-get update
-            apt-get upgrade -y
-            DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=Etc/UTC apt-get -y install tzdata
-            apt-get install -y apt-utils
-            apt-get install -y software-properties-common
-            add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
-            apt-get install -y $PYTHON $PYTHON-dev $PYTHON-full
-            apt-get install -y libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev
-            apt-get install -y build-essential git
-            $PYTHON -m venv env
-            source env/bin/activate
-            pip install --upgrade pip
-            pip install --upgrade cmake
-            pip install nanobind==2.4.0
-            pip install --upgrade setuptools
-            pip install numpy
-            pip install auditwheel
-            pip install patchelf
-            pip install build
-            pip install twine
-            << parameters.extra_env >> \
-              CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=`nproc` \
-              pip install . -v
-            pip install typing_extensions
-            python setup.py generate_stubs 
-            << parameters.extra_env >> \
-              CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=`nproc` \
-              python -m build --wheel
-            auditwheel show dist/*
-            auditwheel repair dist/* --plat manylinux_2_31_x86_64
-      - run:
-          name: Upload package
-          command: |
-            source env/bin/activate
-            twine upload wheelhouse/*
-      - store_artifacts:
-          path: wheelhouse/
-
-workflows:
-  build_and_test:
-    when:
-      and:
-        - matches:
-            pattern: "^(?!pull/)[-\\w]+$"
-            value: << pipeline.git.branch >>
-        - not: << pipeline.parameters.nightly_build >>
-        - not: << pipeline.parameters.weekly_build >>
-        - not: << pipeline.parameters.test_release >>
-    jobs:
-      - mac_build_and_test:
-          matrix:
-            parameters:
-              macosx_deployment_target: ["13.5", "14.0"]
-      - linux_build_and_test
-      - build_documentation 
-
-  build_pypi_release:
-    when:
-      and:
-        - not: << pipeline.parameters.nightly_build >>
-        - not: << pipeline.parameters.weekly_build >>
-        - not: << pipeline.parameters.test_release >>
-    jobs:
-      - build_release:
-          filters:
-            tags:
-              only: /^v.*/
-            branches:
-              ignore: /.*/
-          matrix:
-            parameters:
-              python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
-              macosx_deployment_target: ["13.5", "14.0", "15.0"]
-              build_env: ["PYPI_RELEASE=1"]
-              xcode_version: ["16.2.0", "15.0.0"]
-            exclude:
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.9"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.10"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.11"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.12"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.13"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.9"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.10"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.11"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.12"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.13"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.9"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.10"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.11"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.12"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.13"
-                build_env: "PYPI_RELEASE=1"
-      - build_documentation:
-          filters:
-            tags:
-              only: /^v.*/
-            branches:
-              ignore: /.*/
-          upload-docs: true
-
-  prb:
-    when:
-      matches:
-        pattern: "^pull/\\d+(/head)?$"
-        value: << pipeline.git.branch >>
-    jobs:
-      - hold:
-          type: approval
-      - apple/authenticate:
-          context: pr-approval
-      - mac_build_and_test:
-          requires: [ hold ]
-          matrix:
-            parameters:
-              macosx_deployment_target: ["13.5", "14.0"]
-      - linux_build_and_test:
-          requires: [ hold ]
-  nightly_build:
-    when:
-      and:
-        - equal: [ main, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
-        - << pipeline.parameters.nightly_build >>
-    jobs:
-      - build_release:
-          matrix:
-            parameters:
-              python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
-              macosx_deployment_target: ["13.5", "14.0", "15.0"]
-              xcode_version: ["16.2.0", "15.0.0"]
-            exclude:
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.9"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.10"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.11"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.12"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.13"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.9"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.10"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.11"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.12"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.13"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.9"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.10"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.11"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.12"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.13"
-  weekly_build:
-    when:
-      and:
-        - equal: [ main, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
-        - << pipeline.parameters.weekly_build >>
-    jobs:
-      - build_release:
-          matrix:
-            parameters:
-              python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
-              macosx_deployment_target: ["13.5", "14.0", "15.0"]
-              build_env: ["DEV_RELEASE=1"]
-              xcode_version: ["16.2.0", "15.0.0"]
-            exclude:
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.9"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.10"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.11"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.12"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "13.5"
-                xcode_version: "16.2.0"
-                python_version: "3.13"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.9"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.10"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.11"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.12"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "14.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.13"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.9"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.10"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.11"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.12"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-              - macosx_deployment_target: "15.0"
-                xcode_version: "15.0.0"
-                python_version: "3.13"
-                build_env: "DEV_RELEASE=1"
-  linux_test_release:
-    when:
-      and:
-        - equal: [ main, << pipeline.git.branch >> ]
-        - << pipeline.parameters.linux_release >>
-    jobs:
-      - build_linux_release:
-          matrix:
-            parameters:
-              python_version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
-              extra_env: ["PYPI_RELEASE=1"]

.github/actions/build-cuda-release/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: 'Build CUDA wheel'
+description: 'Build CUDA wheel'
+
+inputs:
+  arch:
+    description: 'Platform architecture tag'
+    required: true
+    type: choice
+    options:
+      - x86_64
+      - aarch64
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Build package
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        CMAKE_ARGS: -DMLX_BUILD_CUDA=ON
+      run: |
+        pip install auditwheel build patchelf setuptools
+        python setup.py clean --all
+        MLX_BUILD_STAGE=2 python -m build -w
+
+        auditwheel repair dist/mlx_cuda*.whl \
+          --plat manylinux_2_35_${{ inputs.arch }} \
+          --exclude libcublas* \
+          --exclude libcuda* \
+          --exclude libcudnn* \
+          --exclude libnccl* \
+          --exclude libnvrtc*

.github/actions/build-docs/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: 'Build Documentation'
+description: 'Build documentation'
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Setup machine
+      uses: ./.github/actions/setup-linux
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get install -y doxygen
+        source .venv/bin/activate
+        pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
+        pip install . -v
+  
+    - name: Build documentation
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        source .venv/bin/activate
+        cd docs
+        doxygen
+        make html O=-W
+    
+    - name: Create artifact tar
+      shell: bash
+      run: tar -cf artifact.tar -C docs --dereference build/html index.html
+
+    # Do it manually because upload-pages-artifact requires gtar
+    - name: Upload artifact
+      id: upload-artifact
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
+      with:
+        name: github-pages
+        path: artifact.tar
+        retention-days: 1
+        if-no-files-found: error

.github/actions/build-linux-release/action.yml

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+name: 'Build Linux wheel'
+description: 'Build Linux wheel'
+
+inputs:
+  build-backend:
+    description: 'Build the backend mlx-cpu package'
+    type: boolean
+    required: false
+    default: false
+  arch:
+    description: 'Platform architecture tag'
+    required: true
+    type: choice
+    options:
+      - x86_64
+      - aarch64
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Build MLX
+      shell: bash
+      run: pip install -e . -v
+
+    - name: Build Python package
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        pip install auditwheel patchelf build
+        python setup.py clean --all
+        MLX_BUILD_STAGE=1 python -m build -w
+        auditwheel repair dist/mlx-*.whl \
+          --plat manylinux_2_35_${{ inputs.arch }} \
+          --exclude libmlx.so* \
+          --only-plat
+
+    - name: Build backend package
+      if: ${{ inputs.build-backend }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        python setup.py clean --all
+        MLX_BUILD_STAGE=2 python -m build -w
+        auditwheel repair dist/mlx_cpu*.whl --plat manylinux_2_35_${{ inputs.arch }}

.github/actions/build-linux/action.yml

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+name: 'Build and Test on Linux'
+
+inputs:
+  toolkit:
+    description: 'The toolkit to build with'
+    required: false
+    default: 'cpu'
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Install Python package
+      id: python_build
+      shell: sh
+      env:
+        DEBUG: 1
+        CMAKE_ARGS: >-
+          -DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON
+          -DMLX_BUILD_CUDA=${{ startsWith(inputs.toolkit, 'cuda') && 'ON' || 'OFF' }}
+      run: |
+        if ${{ startsWith(inputs.toolkit, 'cuda') && runner.arch == 'arm64' }} ; then
+          # There is no GPU in arm64 runner, use a common arch.
+          CMAKE_ARGS="$CMAKE_ARGS -DMLX_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=90a"
+          # Can not build tests and stubs when the built executables can not run.
+          CMAKE_ARGS="$CMAKE_ARGS -DMLX_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DMLX_BUILD_PYTHON_STUBS=OFF"
+        fi
+        pip install --no-build-isolation -e ".[dev]" -v
+        # Pass the CMAKE_ARGS to following steps.
+        echo CMAKE_ARGS="$CMAKE_ARGS" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - name: Build CPP only
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        cmake . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ${{ steps.python_build.outputs.CMAKE_ARGS }}
+        cmake --build build -j $(nproc)

.github/actions/build-macos-release/action.yml

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+name: 'Build macOS release'
+description: 'Build MLX releases macOS'
+
+inputs:
+  macos-target:
+    description: 'macOS build target'
+    required: false
+    default: '15.0'
+  build-backend:
+    description: 'Build the backend mlx-metal package'
+    type: boolean
+    required: false
+    default: false
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Build Python package
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      env:
+        MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: ${{ inputs.macos-target }}
+      run: |
+        pip install build
+        python setup.py clean --all
+        MLX_BUILD_STAGE=1 python -m build -w
+
+    - name: Build backend package
+      if: ${{ inputs.build-backend }}
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      env:
+        MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: ${{ inputs.macos-target }}
+      run: |
+        python setup.py clean --all
+        MLX_BUILD_STAGE=2 python -m build -w

.github/actions/build-macos/action.yml

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+name: 'Build and Test on macOS'
+description: 'Build and test MLX on macOS'
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Build
+      env:
+        DEBUG: 1
+        CMAKE_ARGS: "-DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON"
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        pip install -e . -v
+
+    - name: Install tests dependencies
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        pip install numpy torch tensorflow unittest-xml-reporting
+
+    - name: Run Python tests
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      env:
+        LOW_MEMORY: 1
+      run: |
+        DEVICE=cpu python -m xmlrunner discover -v python/tests -o test-results/cpu
+        DEVICE=gpu METAL_DEVICE_WRAPPER_TYPE=1 METAL_DEBUG_ERROR_MODE=0 python -m xmlrunner discover -v python/tests -o test-results/gpu
+        mpirun --bind-to none -host localhost:8 -np 8 -x DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/homebrew/lib/ python python/tests/mpi_test_distributed.py
+        mlx.launch --verbose -n 8 python/tests/ring_test_distributed.py -v 2> >(tee -a stderr.log >&2)
+        if $(grep "\[WARN\]" stderr.log); then echo "Distributed ring test failed"; exit 1; fi
+    
+    - name: Build example extension
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        cd examples/extensions
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
+        python setup.py build_ext --inplace
+        python test.py
+    
+    - name: Build CPP only
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p build
+        cd build
+        cmake ..
+        make -j $(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
+    
+    - name: Run CPP tests
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      env:
+        DEVICE: gpu
+        METAL_DEVICE_WRAPPER_TYPE: 1
+        METAL_DEBUG_ERROR_MODE: 0
+      run: ./build/tests/tests
+    
+    - name: Build small binary with JIT
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p build
+        cd build
+        cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel \
+          -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+          -DMLX_BUILD_CPU=OFF \
+          -DMLX_BUILD_SAFETENSORS=OFF \
+          -DMLX_BUILD_GGUF=OFF \
+          -DMLX_METAL_JIT=ON
+        make -j $(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
+    
+    - name: Run Python tests with JIT
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      env:
+        LOW_MEMORY: 1
+        DEVICE: gpu
+        METAL_DEVICE_WRAPPER_TYPE: 1
+        METAL_DEBUG_ERROR_MODE: 0
+      run: |
+        CMAKE_ARGS="-DMLX_METAL_JIT=ON" \
+          pip install -e . -v
+        python -m xmlrunner discover \
+            -v python/tests \
+            -o test-results/gpu_jit

.github/actions/setup-linux/action.yml

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+name: 'Setup Linux Environment'
+description: 'Install dependencies for Linux builds'
+
+inputs:
+  toolkit:
+    description: 'Which toolkit to install'
+    required: false
+    default: 'cpu'
+  python-version:
+    description: 'Version of python to set up'
+    required: false
+    default: '3.14'
+  use-ccache:
+    description: 'Whether to enable ccache'
+    required: false
+    default: 'true'
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Install common dependencies
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "::group::Install common dependencies"
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+            zip \
+            libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev \
+            openmpi-bin openmpi-common libopenmpi-dev
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+
+    - name: Use ccache
+      if: ${{ inputs.use-ccache == 'true' }}
+      uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
+      with:
+        key: ccache-${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ inputs.toolkit }}
+        max-size: 1GB
+        # ccache-action bug: running "apt-get update" fails on large arm runner.
+        update-package-index: false
+
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+
+    - name: Setup Python venv
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "::group::Setup Python venv"
+        python -m venv .venv
+        source .venv/bin/activate
+        pip install setuptools cmake typing_extensions
+        echo PATH=$PATH >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        # Search python packages in .venv
+        echo PYTHONPATH=`python -c 'import sys; print(sys.path[-1])'` >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+
+    - name: Install CUDA toolkit
+      if: ${{ startsWith(inputs.toolkit, 'cuda') }}
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        # Note: the CI machine does not meet CUDA 13's driver requirement.
+        # Compatibility matrix:
+        # https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/cudnn/backend/latest/reference/support-matrix.html
+        PACKAGES: |
+          {
+            "cuda-12.6": "libcudnn9-dev-cuda-12 cuda-compiler-12-6 cuda-libraries-dev-12-6",
+            "cuda-12.9": "libcudnn9-dev-cuda-12 cuda-compiler-12-9 cuda-libraries-dev-12-9",
+            "cuda-13.0": "libcudnn9-dev-cuda-13 cuda-compiler-13-0 cuda-libraries-dev-13-0"
+          }
+      run: |
+        echo "::group::Install CUDA toolkit"
+        # The CUDA binaries are hosted in the "sbsa" repo, the "arm64" repo is
+        # Jetson specific. SBSA means Arm Server Base System Architecture.
+        ARCH=${{ runner.arch == 'arm64' && 'sbsa' || 'x86_64' }}
+        wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/$ARCH/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
+        sudo dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+            libnccl2 libnccl-dev \
+            ${{ fromJson(env.PACKAGES)[inputs.toolkit] }}
+        echo "/usr/local/${{ inputs.toolkit }}/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+
+    - name: CUDA packages and driver report
+      if: ${{ startsWith(inputs.toolkit, 'cuda') }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "::group::Installed NVIDIA and CUDA packages"
+        dpkg -l | egrep "cuda|nvidia" -i
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+        echo "::group::NVIDIA-SMI Status"
+        nvidia-smi || true
+        echo "::endgroup::"

.github/actions/setup-macos/action.yml

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+name: 'Setup macOS Environment'
+description: 'Install dependencies for macOS builds'
+
+inputs:
+  python-version:
+    description: 'Python version to use'
+    required: false
+    default: '3.10'
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Install Homebrew packages
+      shell: sh
+      run: /opt/homebrew/bin/brew install openmpi
+    
+    - name: Verify MetalToolchain installed
+      shell: bash
+      run: xcodebuild -showComponent MetalToolchain
+
+    - name: Install Python
+      shell: sh
+      run: |
+        curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
+        $HOME/.local/bin/uv venv --python ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+        source .venv/bin/activate
+        echo PATH=$PATH >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        # Search python packages in .venv
+        echo PYTHONPATH=`python -c 'import sys; print(sys.path[-1])'` >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Install build dependencies
+      shell: sh
+      run: |
+        pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install cmake setuptools typing_extensions

.github/actions/test-linux/action.yml

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+name: 'Run Linux tests'
+
+inputs:
+  has-gpu:
+    description: 'Run GPU tests'
+    required: false
+    default: false
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Run MPI tests
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "::group::MPI tests"
+        mpirun --bind-to none --allow-run-as-root -host localhost:8 -np 8 python python/tests/mpi_test_distributed.py
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+
+    - name: Run distributed tests
+      if: ${{ inputs.has-gpu == 'false' }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "::group::Distributed tests"
+        mlx.launch --verbose -n 8 python/tests/ring_test_distributed.py -v 2> >(tee -a stderr.log >&2)
+        if grep -Fq '[WARN]' stderr.log ; then
+          grep -F '[WARN]' stderr.log
+          echo "Distributed ring test failed";
+          exit 1;
+        fi
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+
+    - name: Run Python tests - CPU
+      if: ${{ inputs.has-gpu == 'false' }}
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        DEVICE: cpu
+      run: |
+        echo "::group::Python tests - CPU"
+        python -m unittest discover python/tests -v
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+
+    - name: Run Python tests - GPU
+      if: ${{ inputs.has-gpu == 'true' }}
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        DEVICE: gpu
+      run: |
+        echo "::group::Python tests - GPU"
+        python -m tests discover python/tests -v
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+
+    - name: Run CPP tests - CPU
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        DEVICE: cpu
+      run: |
+        echo "::group::CPP tests - CPU"
+        ./build/tests/tests
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+
+    - name: Run CPP tests - GPU
+      if: ${{ inputs.has-gpu == 'true' }}
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        DEVICE: gpu
+      run: |
+        echo "::group::CPP tests - GPU"
+        ./build/tests/tests -sfe="*fft_tests.cpp,*linalg_tests.cpp"
+        echo "::endgroup::"

.github/dependabot.yml

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+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"

.github/scripts/build-sanitizer-tests.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
+export CMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang
+export CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang++
+BASE_CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON"
+if [[ "$(uname -s)" != "Darwin" ]]; then
+  BASE_CMAKE_ARGS+=" -DMLX_BUILD_METAL=OFF"
+fi
+
+run_test() {
+  local sanitizer_name=$1
+  local cmake_sanitizer_flag="-DUSE_${sanitizer_name}=ON"
+  echo "  Running tests with: ${sanitizer_name}"
+
+  case "$sanitizer_name" in
+    ASAN)
+      export ASAN_OPTIONS="detect_leaks=0"
+      ;;
+    UBSAN)
+      export UBSAN_OPTIONS="halt_on_error=0:print_stacktrace=1"
+      ;;
+    TSAN)
+      export TSAN_OPTIONS=""
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  rm -rf build
+  mkdir -p build
+  pushd build > /dev/null
+
+  cmake .. ${BASE_CMAKE_ARGS} ${cmake_sanitizer_flag}
+  make -j $(nproc)
+  ./tests/tests
+
+  popd > /dev/null
+  unset ${sanitizer_name}_OPTIONS
+}
+
+sanitizer_arg=$(echo "$1" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
+
+if [[ "$sanitizer_arg" == "ASAN" || "$sanitizer_arg" == "UBSAN" || "$sanitizer_arg" == "TSAN" ]]; then
+  run_test "$sanitizer_arg"
+  echo "  ${sanitizer_arg} test run completed successfully."
+else
+  echo "Error: Invalid sanitizer '$1'. Please use one of: ASAN, UBSAN, TSAN."
+  exit 1
+fi

.github/scripts/setup+build-cpp-linux-fedora-container.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
+# [Setup] Install dependencies inside the container.
+dnf update -y
+dnf install -y \
+  blas-devel \
+  lapack-devel \
+  openblas-devel \
+  make \
+  cmake \
+  clang \
+  git
+dnf clean all
+
+# [C++] CI Build Sanity Check: Verifies code compilation, not for release.
+export CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON"
+export DEBUG=1
+export CMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang
+export CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang++
+
+mkdir -p build
+pushd build
+cmake .. -DMLX_BUILD_METAL=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG
+make -j $(nproc)
+./tests/tests
+popd

.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml

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+name: Build and Test
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      # For testing CI without starting a pull request:
+      - test/*
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
+
+jobs:
+  check_lint:
+    name: Check Lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
+
+  linux_build_and_test:
+    name: Linux (cpu, ${{ matrix.arch }})
+    needs: check_lint
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        arch: ['x86_64', 'aarch64']
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.arch == 'x86_64' && 'ubuntu-22.04' || 'ubuntu-22.04-arm' }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-linux
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/build-linux
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/test-linux
+
+  cuda_build_and_test:
+    name: Linux (${{ matrix.toolkit }}, ${{ matrix.arch }})
+    if: github.repository == 'ml-explore/mlx'
+    needs: check_lint
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        arch: ['x86_64', 'aarch64']
+        toolkit: ['cuda-12.6', 'cuda-12.9']
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.arch == 'x86_64' && 'gpu-t4-4-core' || 'ubuntu-22.04-arm' }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-linux
+        with:
+          toolkit: ${{ matrix.toolkit }}
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/build-linux
+        with:
+          toolkit: ${{ matrix.toolkit }}
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/test-linux
+        if: matrix.arch == 'x86_64'
+        with:
+          has-gpu: true
+
+  mac_build_and_test:
+    name: macOS (${{ matrix.macos-target }})
+    if: github.repository == 'ml-explore/mlx'
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        macos-target: ["14.0", "15.0", "26.0"]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, macos]
+    env:
+      MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: ${{ matrix.macos-target }}
+    needs: check_lint
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-macos
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/build-macos
+
+  build_documentation:
+    name: Build Documentation
+    if: github.repository == 'ml-explore/mlx'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs: check_lint
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/build-docs
+
+  linux_sanitizer_build_and_test:
+    name: Linux Sanitizer Tests (${{ matrix.sanitizer }})
+    needs: check_lint
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        sanitizer: [ASAN, UBSAN]
+        # todo 12/16/2025: enable TSAN later + consider enabling ASAN for GPU backend tests.
+        # sanitizer: [ASAN, UBSAN, TSAN]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-arm
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: |
+          export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+          sudo apt-get update -y
+          sudo apt-get install -y \
+            build-essential \
+            libblas-dev \
+            liblapacke-dev \
+            libopenblas-dev \
+            cmake \
+            clang \
+            git
+          sudo apt-get clean
+          sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+      - name: Linux Build and Test with ${{ matrix.sanitizer }}
+        run: |
+          bash .github/scripts/build-sanitizer-tests.sh ${{ matrix.sanitizer }}
+
+  linux_fedora_build_cpp:
+    name: Linux Fedora (${{ matrix.arch }})
+    needs: check_lint
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - host: ubuntu-22.04
+            arch: x86_64
+          - host: ubuntu-22.04-arm
+            arch: aarch64
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.host }}
+    container:
+      image: fedora:42
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: CPP Build Test - No Release
+        run: |
+          bash ./.github/scripts/setup+build-cpp-linux-fedora-container.sh

.github/workflows/documentation.yml

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+name: Documentation
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/build-docs
+      
+  deploy:
+    needs: build
+    permissions:
+      pages: write
+      id-token: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4

.github/workflows/nightly.yml

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+name: Nightly Build
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: 33 6 * * 1-5
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build_linux_release:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python_version: ["3.10", "3.14"]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-linux
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/build-linux-release
+        with:
+          build-backend: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.10' }}
+          arch: "x86_64"
+      - name: Upload mlx artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          name: linux-wheels-${{ matrix.python_version }}
+          path: wheelhouse/mlx-*.whl
+          retention-days: 7
+      - name: Upload mlx-cpu artifacts
+        if: matrix.python_version == '3.10'
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          name: mlx-cpu
+          path: wheelhouse/mlx_cpu-*.whl
+          retention-days: 7
+
+  build_linux_with_tests:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python_version: ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+        runner:
+          - ubuntu-22.04
+          - ubuntu-22.04-arm
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-linux
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/build-linux
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/test-linux
+
+  build_mac_release:
+    if: github.repository == 'ml-explore/mlx'
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.13"]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, macos]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-macos
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/build-macos
+      - name: Build macOS 26 package
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-macos-release
+        with:
+          macos-target: 26.0
+          build-backend: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.10' }}
+      - name: Build macOS 15 package
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-macos-release
+        with:
+          macos-target: 15.0
+          build-backend: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.10' }}
+      - name: Build macOS 14 package
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-macos-release
+        with:
+          macos-target: 14.0
+          build-backend: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.10' }}
+
+  build_cuda_release:
+    if: github.repository == 'ml-explore/mlx'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22-large
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-linux
+        with:
+          toolkit: 'cuda-12.9'
+      - name: Build Python package
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-cuda-release
+        with:
+          toolkit: 'cuda-12.9'
+          arch: 'x86_64'
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          name: mlx-cuda
+          path: wheelhouse/mlx_cuda_*.whl
+          retention-days: 7

.github/workflows/pull_request.yml

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  check_lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.8
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install pre-commit black isort clang-format
-      - name: Run lint
-        run: |
-          pre-commit run --all-files

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+name: PyPI Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      publish:
+        description: 'Publish to PyPI (uncheck for dry run)'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      dev_release:
+        description: 'Development release (DEV_RELEASE=1)'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build_documentation:
+    if: github.repository == 'ml-explore/mlx'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/build-docs
+
+  deploy_documentation:
+    if: inputs.publish
+    needs: build_documentation
+    permissions:
+      pages: write
+      id-token: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: github-pages
+      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
+        id: deployment
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
+
+  build_linux_release:
+    if: github.repository == 'ml-explore/mlx'
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python_version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+        arch: ['x86_64', 'aarch64']
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.arch == 'x86_64' && 'ubuntu-22.04' || 'ubuntu-22.04-arm' }}
+    env:
+      PYPI_RELEASE: 1
+      DEV_RELEASE: ${{ inputs.dev_release && 1 || 0 }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-linux
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
+          use-ccache: false
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/build-linux-release
+        with:
+          build-backend: ${{ matrix.python_version == '3.10' }}
+          arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+      - name: Upload MLX artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          overwrite: true
+          name: linux-wheels-${{ matrix.python_version }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: wheelhouse/mlx-*.whl
+          if-no-files-found: error
+      - name: Upload CPU artifacts
+        if: matrix.python_version == '3.10'
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          overwrite: true
+          name: mlx-cpu-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: wheelhouse/mlx_cpu-*.whl
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  build_mac_release:
+    if: github.repository == 'ml-explore/mlx'
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, macos]
+    env:
+      PYPI_RELEASE: 1
+      DEV_RELEASE: ${{ inputs.dev_release && 1 || 0 }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-macos
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: |
+          pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install cmake setuptools typing_extensions
+          pip install -e . -v
+      - name: Build macOS 14 package
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-macos-release
+        with:
+          macos-target: 14.0
+          build-backend: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.10' }}
+      - name: Build macOS 15 package
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-macos-release
+        with:
+          macos-target: 15.0
+          build-backend: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.10' }}
+      - name: Upload MLX artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          overwrite: true
+          name: mac-wheels-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          path: dist/mlx-*.whl
+          if-no-files-found: error
+      - name: Upload Metal artifacts
+        if: matrix.python-version == '3.10'
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          overwrite: true
+          name: mlx-metal
+          path: dist/mlx_metal-*.whl
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  build_cuda_release:
+    if: github.repository == 'ml-explore/mlx'
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch: ['x86_64', 'aarch64']
+        toolkit: ['cuda-12.9', 'cuda-13.0']
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.arch == 'x86_64' && 'ubuntu-22-large' || 'ubuntu-22-large-arm' }}
+    env:
+      PYPI_RELEASE: 1
+      DEV_RELEASE: ${{ inputs.dev_release && 1 || 0 }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-linux
+        with:
+          toolkit: ${{ matrix.toolkit }}
+          use-ccache: false
+      - name: Build Python package
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-cuda-release
+        with:
+          arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          overwrite: true
+          name: mlx-${{ matrix.toolkit }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: wheelhouse/mlx_cuda_*.whl
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  pypi-publish:
+    name: Upload release to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build_linux_release, build_mac_release]
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    environment:
+      name: ${{ inputs.publish && 'pypi' || '' }}
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/mlx
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          pattern: linux-wheels-*
+          merge-multiple: true
+          path: dist
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          pattern: mac-wheels-*
+          merge-multiple: true
+          path: dist
+      - name: Display structure of downloaded files
+        run: du -ah dist
+      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
+        if: inputs.publish
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          repository-url: https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
+
+  pypi-publish-cuda:
+    name: Upload CUDA release to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build_cuda_release]
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    environment:
+      name: ${{ inputs.publish && 'pypi' || '' }}
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/mlx-cuda
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          pattern: mlx-cuda-*
+          merge-multiple: true
+          path: dist
+      - name: Display structure of downloaded files
+        run: du -ah dist
+      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
+        if: inputs.publish
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          repository-url: https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
+
+  pypi-publish-cpu:
+    name: Upload CPU release to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build_linux_release]
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    environment:
+      name: ${{ inputs.publish && 'pypi' || '' }}
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/mlx-cpu
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          pattern: mlx-cpu-*
+          merge-multiple: true
+          path: dist
+      - name: Display structure of downloaded files
+        run: du -ah dist
+      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
+        if: inputs.publish
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          repository-url: https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
+
+  pypi-publish-metal:
+    name: Upload Metal release to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build_mac_release]
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    environment:
+      name: ${{ inputs.publish && 'pypi' || '' }}
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/mlx-metal
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: mlx-metal
+          path: dist
+      - name: Display structure of downloaded files
+        run: du -ah dist
+      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
+        if: inputs.publish
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          repository-url: https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/

.gitignore

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ share/python-wheels/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
 MANIFEST
+uv.lock
 
 # vim
 *.swp

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v6.0.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: check-yaml
+    # -   id: end-of-file-fixer
+    # -   id: trailing-whitespace
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-clang-format
     rev: v19.1.7
     hooks:

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.md

@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@ MLX was developed with contributions from the following individuals:
 - Gleb Pobudzey: Added the `where` primitive, and groups in 1D and 2D convolutions.
 - Paul Paczuski: Improved stability of BCE loss calculation
 - Max-Heinrich Laves: Added `conv_transpose1d`, `conv_transpose2d`, and `conv_transpose3d` ops.
+- Gökdeniz Gülmez: Added the `Muon (MomentUm Orthogonalized by Newton-schulz)` optimizer, and the `ReLU²` activation function.
 
 <a href="https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx/graphs/contributors">
   <img class="dark-light" src="https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=ml-explore/mlx&anon=0&columns=20&max=100&r=true" />
 </a>
 
+# Organizations
+
+MLX has received contributions from the following companies:
+- NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates
+
 # Third-Party Software
 
 MLX leverages several third-party software, listed here together with

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE NEVER)
+set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
 # ----------------------------- Configuration -----------------------------
 option(MLX_BUILD_TESTS "Build tests for mlx" ON)
@@ -34,13 +35,20 @@ option(MLX_BUILD_BENCHMARKS "Build benchmarks for mlx" OFF)
 option(MLX_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS "Build python bindings for mlx" OFF)
 option(MLX_BUILD_METAL "Build metal backend" ON)
 option(MLX_BUILD_CPU "Build cpu backend" ON)
+option(MLX_BUILD_CUDA "Build cuda backend" OFF)
 option(MLX_METAL_DEBUG "Enhance metal debug workflow" OFF)
 option(MLX_ENABLE_X64_MAC "Enable building for x64 macOS" OFF)
 option(MLX_BUILD_GGUF "Include support for GGUF format" ON)
 option(MLX_BUILD_SAFETENSORS "Include support for safetensors format" ON)
 option(MLX_BUILD_BLAS_FROM_SOURCE "Build OpenBLAS from source code" OFF)
+option(MLX_BUILD_PYTHON_STUBS "Build stub files for python bindings" ON)
 option(MLX_METAL_JIT "Use JIT compilation for Metal kernels" OFF)
+option(MLX_USE_CCACHE "Use CCache for compilation cache when available" ON)
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build mlx as a shared library" OFF)
+option(USE_SYSTEM_FMT "Use system's provided fmt library" OFF)
+option(USE_ASAN "Enable AddressSanitizer (ASan)" OFF)
+option(USE_UBSAN "Enable UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer (UBSan)" OFF)
+option(USE_TSAN "Enable ThreadSanitizer (TSan)" OFF)
 
 # --------------------- Processor tests -------------------------
 message(
@@ -63,10 +71,75 @@ if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
       message(WARNING "Building for x86_64 arch is not officially supported.")
     endif()
   endif()
-
 else()
   set(MLX_BUILD_METAL OFF)
-  message(WARNING "MLX is prioritised for Apple silicon systems using macOS.")
+endif()
+
+if(MLX_USE_CCACHE)
+  find_program(CCACHE_PROGRAM ccache)
+  if(CCACHE_PROGRAM)
+    message(STATUS "Found CCache: ${CCACHE_PROGRAM}")
+    set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER "${CCACHE_PROGRAM}")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER "${CCACHE_PROGRAM}")
+    set(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LAUNCHER "${CCACHE_PROGRAM}")
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+if(USE_ASAN AND USE_TSAN)
+  message(
+    FATAL_ERROR
+      "AddressSanitizer (ASan) and ThreadSanitizer (TSan) are mutually exclusive and cannot be enabled at the same time."
+  )
+endif()
+
+set(SANITIZER_COMPILE_FLAGS "")
+set(SANITIZER_LINK_FLAGS "")
+
+if(USE_ASAN)
+  if(WIN32 AND MSVC)
+    list(APPEND SANITIZER_COMPILE_FLAGS /fsanitize=address)
+    list(APPEND SANITIZER_LINK_FLAGS /fsanitize=address)
+  else()
+    list(APPEND SANITIZER_COMPILE_FLAGS -fsanitize=address)
+    list(APPEND SANITIZER_LINK_FLAGS -fsanitize=address)
+    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+      list(APPEND SANITIZER_LINK_FLAGS -lpthread)
+    endif()
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+if(USE_UBSAN)
+  if(WIN32 AND MSVC)
+    if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
+      list(APPEND SANITIZER_COMPILE_FLAGS -fsanitize=undefined)
+      list(APPEND SANITIZER_LINK_FLAGS -fsanitize=undefined)
+    else()
+      message(
+        WARNING
+          "UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer (UBSan) is not directly supported via a simple flag in MSVC."
+      )
+    endif()
+  else()
+    list(APPEND SANITIZER_COMPILE_FLAGS -fsanitize=undefined)
+    list(APPEND SANITIZER_LINK_FLAGS -fsanitize=undefined)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+if(USE_TSAN)
+  if(WIN32 AND MSVC)
+    message(
+      FATAL_ERROR
+        "ThreadSanitizer (TSan) is not supported by the MSVC compiler. Please use Clang or GCC."
+    )
+  elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "ThreadSanitizer (TSan) is not supported on macOS.")
+  else()
+    list(APPEND SANITIZER_COMPILE_FLAGS -fsanitize=thread)
+    list(APPEND SANITIZER_LINK_FLAGS -fsanitize=thread)
+    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+      list(APPEND SANITIZER_LINK_FLAGS -lpthread)
+    endif()
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 # ----------------------------- Lib -----------------------------
@@ -77,18 +150,28 @@ cmake_policy(SET CMP0135 NEW)
 
 add_library(mlx)
 
-if(MLX_BUILD_METAL)
-  set(METAL_LIB "-framework Metal")
-  set(FOUNDATION_LIB "-framework Foundation")
-  set(QUARTZ_LIB "-framework QuartzCore")
+# Supress warnings: note: parameter passing for argument of type
+# ‘std::pair<float, float>’ when C++17 is enabled changed to match C++14 in GCC
+# 10.1
+target_compile_options(mlx PRIVATE -Wno-psabi)
+target_compile_options(mlx PUBLIC ${SANITIZER_COMPILE_FLAGS})
+target_link_options(mlx PUBLIC ${SANITIZER_LINK_FLAGS})
+
+if(MLX_BUILD_CUDA)
+  enable_language(CUDA)
 endif()
 
-if(MLX_BUILD_METAL AND NOT METAL_LIB)
-  message(STATUS "Metal not found. Unable to build GPU")
-  set(MLX_BUILD_METAL OFF)
-  set(MLX_METAL_DEBUG OFF)
-elseif(MLX_BUILD_METAL)
-  message(STATUS "Building METAL sources")
+if(MLX_BUILD_METAL)
+  find_library(METAL_LIB Metal)
+  find_library(FOUNDATION_LIB Foundation)
+  find_library(QUARTZ_LIB QuartzCore)
+  if(METAL_LIB)
+    message(STATUS "Metal found ${METAL_LIB}")
+  else()
+    message(
+      FATAL_ERROR
+        "Metal not found. Set MLX_BUILD_METAL=OFF to build without GPU")
+  endif()
 
   if(MLX_METAL_DEBUG)
     add_compile_definitions(MLX_METAL_DEBUG)
@@ -97,7 +180,8 @@ elseif(MLX_BUILD_METAL)
   # Throw an error if xcrun not found
   execute_process(
     COMMAND zsh "-c" "/usr/bin/xcrun -sdk macosx --show-sdk-version"
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE MACOS_SDK_VERSION COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY)
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE MACOS_SDK_VERSION
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY)
 
   if(${MACOS_SDK_VERSION} LESS 14.0)
     message(
@@ -107,9 +191,12 @@ elseif(MLX_BUILD_METAL)
   message(STATUS "Building with macOS SDK version ${MACOS_SDK_VERSION}")
 
   set(METAL_CPP_URL
-      https://developer.apple.com/metal/cpp/files/metal-cpp_macOS15_iOS18.zip)
+      https://developer.apple.com/metal/cpp/files/metal-cpp_26.zip)
 
   if(NOT CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET STREQUAL "")
+    if(${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET} LESS 14.0)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "MLX requires macOS >= 14.0")
+    endif()
     set(XCRUN_FLAGS "-mmacosx-version-min=${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}")
   endif()
   execute_process(
@@ -118,7 +205,6 @@ elseif(MLX_BUILD_METAL)
       "echo \"__METAL_VERSION__\" | xcrun -sdk macosx metal ${XCRUN_FLAGS} -E -x metal -P - | tail -1 | tr -d '\n'"
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE MLX_METAL_VERSION COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY)
   FetchContent_Declare(metal_cpp URL ${METAL_CPP_URL})
-
   FetchContent_MakeAvailable(metal_cpp)
   target_include_directories(
     mlx PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${metal_cpp_SOURCE_DIR}>
@@ -126,6 +212,12 @@ elseif(MLX_BUILD_METAL)
   target_link_libraries(mlx PUBLIC ${METAL_LIB} ${FOUNDATION_LIB} ${QUARTZ_LIB})
 endif()
 
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+  # With newer clang/gcc versions following libs are implicitly linked, but when
+  # building on old distributions they need to be explicitly listed.
+  target_link_libraries(mlx PRIVATE dl pthread)
+endif()
+
 if(WIN32)
   if(MSVC)
     # GGUF does not build with MSVC.
@@ -153,7 +245,7 @@ if(MLX_BUILD_CPU)
     message(STATUS "Accelerate found ${ACCELERATE_LIBRARY}")
     set(MLX_BUILD_ACCELERATE ON)
   else()
-    message(STATUS "Accelerate or arm neon not found, using default backend.")
+    message(STATUS "Accelerate not found, using default backend.")
     set(MLX_BUILD_ACCELERATE OFF)
   endif()
 
@@ -226,25 +318,34 @@ target_include_directories(
   mlx PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}>
              $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)
 
-FetchContent_Declare(
-  fmt
-  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt.git
-  GIT_TAG 10.2.1
-  EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-FetchContent_MakeAvailable(fmt)
+# Do not add mlx_EXPORTS define for shared library.
+set_target_properties(mlx PROPERTIES DEFINE_SYMBOL "")
+
+if(USE_SYSTEM_FMT)
+  find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
+else()
+  FetchContent_Declare(
+    fmt
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt.git
+    GIT_TAG 10.2.1
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(fmt)
+endif()
 target_link_libraries(mlx PRIVATE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:fmt::fmt-header-only>)
 
 if(MLX_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS)
   message(STATUS "Building Python bindings.")
   find_package(
-    Python 3.8
+    Python 3.10
     COMPONENTS Interpreter Development.Module
     REQUIRED)
-  execute_process(
-    COMMAND "${Python_EXECUTABLE}" -m nanobind --cmake_dir
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE nanobind_ROOT)
-  find_package(nanobind CONFIG REQUIRED)
+  FetchContent_Declare(
+    nanobind
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind.git
+    GIT_TAG v2.10.2
+    GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(nanobind)
   add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/python/src)
 endif()
 

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 include CMakeLists.txt
+include mlx.pc.in
 recursive-include mlx/ *
+include cmake/*
 include python/src/*
 include python/mlx/py.typed # support type hinting as in PEP-561

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [**Quickstart**](#quickstart) | [**Installation**](#installation) |
 [**Documentation**](https://ml-explore.github.io/mlx/build/html/index.html) |
-[**Examples**](#examples) 
+[**Examples**](#examples)
 
 [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/ml-explore/mlx.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/ml-explore/mlx)
 
@@ -11,37 +11,37 @@ brought to you by Apple machine learning research.
 
 Some key features of MLX include:
 
- - **Familiar APIs**: MLX has a Python API that closely follows NumPy.  MLX
+- **Familiar APIs**: MLX has a Python API that closely follows NumPy. MLX
    also has fully featured C++, [C](https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-c), and
    [Swift](https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-swift/) APIs, which closely mirror
-   the Python API.  MLX has higher-level packages like `mlx.nn` and
+   the Python API. MLX has higher-level packages like `mlx.nn` and
    `mlx.optimizers` with APIs that closely follow PyTorch to simplify building
    more complex models.
 
- - **Composable function transformations**: MLX supports composable function
-   transformations for automatic differentiation, automatic vectorization,
-   and computation graph optimization.
+- **Composable function transformations**: MLX supports composable function
+  transformations for automatic differentiation, automatic vectorization,
+  and computation graph optimization.
 
- - **Lazy computation**: Computations in MLX are lazy. Arrays are only
-   materialized when needed.
+- **Lazy computation**: Computations in MLX are lazy. Arrays are only
+  materialized when needed.
 
- - **Dynamic graph construction**: Computation graphs in MLX are constructed
-   dynamically. Changing the shapes of function arguments does not trigger
-   slow compilations, and debugging is simple and intuitive.
+- **Dynamic graph construction**: Computation graphs in MLX are constructed
+  dynamically. Changing the shapes of function arguments does not trigger
+  slow compilations, and debugging is simple and intuitive.
 
- - **Multi-device**: Operations can run on any of the supported devices
-   (currently the CPU and the GPU).
+- **Multi-device**: Operations can run on any of the supported devices
+  (currently the CPU and the GPU).
 
- - **Unified memory**: A notable difference from MLX and other frameworks
-   is the *unified memory model*. Arrays in MLX live in shared memory.
-   Operations on MLX arrays can be performed on any of the supported
-   device types without transferring data.
+- **Unified memory**: A notable difference from MLX and other frameworks
+  is the *unified memory model*. Arrays in MLX live in shared memory.
+  Operations on MLX arrays can be performed on any of the supported
+  device types without transferring data.
 
 MLX is designed by machine learning researchers for machine learning
 researchers. The framework is intended to be user-friendly, but still efficient
 to train and deploy models. The design of the framework itself is also
 conceptually simple. We intend to make it easy for researchers to extend and
-improve MLX with the goal of quickly exploring new ideas. 
+improve MLX with the goal of quickly exploring new ideas.
 
 The design of MLX is inspired by frameworks like
 [NumPy](https://numpy.org/doc/stable/index.html),
@@ -68,25 +68,30 @@ in the documentation.
 
 ## Installation
 
-MLX is available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mlx/). To install the Python API, run:
+MLX is available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mlx/). To install MLX on
+macOS, run:
 
-**With `pip`**:
-
-```
+```bash
 pip install mlx
 ```
 
-**With `conda`**:
+To install the CUDA backend on Linux, run:
 
+```bash
+pip install mlx[cuda]
 ```
-conda install -c conda-forge mlx
+
+To install a CPU-only Linux package, run:
+
+```bash
+pip install mlx[cpu]
 ```
 
 Checkout the
 [documentation](https://ml-explore.github.io/mlx/build/html/install.html#)
 for more information on building the C++ and Python APIs from source.
 
-## Contributing 
+## Contributing
 
 Check out the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx/tree/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information
 on contributing to MLX. See the
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ Hannun, Jagrit Digani, Angelos Katharopoulos, and Ronan Collobert. If you find
 MLX useful in your research and wish to cite it, please use the following
 BibTex entry:
 
-```
+```text
 @software{mlx2023,
   author = {Awni Hannun and Jagrit Digani and Angelos Katharopoulos and Ronan Collobert},
   title = {{MLX}: Efficient and flexible machine learning on Apple silicon},

benchmarks/cpp/irregular_strides.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright © 2023 Apple Inc.
 
+#include <cstring>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
 
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ void time_irregular_binary_ops_3D() {
 
 void time_irregular_binary_ops_4D() {
   auto device = mx::default_device();
-  std::vector<int> shape = {8, 8, 512, 512};
+  mx::Shape shape = {8, 8, 512, 512};
   auto a = mx::random::uniform(shape);
   auto b = mx::random::uniform(shape);
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ void time_irregular_binary_ops_4D() {
 
 void time_irregular_reshape() {
   auto device = mx::default_device();
-  std::vector<int> shape;
+  mx::Shape shape;
   auto reshape_fn = [&shape, device](const mx::array& a) {
     return mx::reshape(a, shape, device);
   };
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ void time_irregular_astype_1D() {
 void time_irregular_astype_2D() {
   auto device = mx::default_device();
   int size = 2048;
-  std::vector<int> shape = {size, size};
+  mx::Shape shape = {size, size};
 
   auto a = mx::random::uniform(shape);
   TIMEM("2D regular", mx::astype, a, mx::int32, device);

benchmarks/cpp/single_ops.cpp

@@ -192,6 +192,22 @@ void time_reductions() {
 
   auto argmin_along_1 = [&a]() { return mx::argmin(a, 1, false); };
   TIME(argmin_along_1);
+
+  auto indices = mx::array({1});
+  auto updates = mx::reshape(mx::array({NAN}), {1, 1, 1});
+  std::vector<int> axes{0};
+  auto b = scatter(a, {indices}, updates, axes);
+  mx::eval(b);
+
+  auto max_along_0 = [&b]() { return mx::max(b, 0, false); };
+  TIME(max_along_0);
+  auto max_along_1 = [&b]() { return mx::max(b, 1, false); };
+  TIME(max_along_1);
+
+  auto min_along_0 = [&b]() { return mx::min(b, 0, false); };
+  TIME(min_along_0);
+  auto min_along_1 = [&b]() { return mx::min(b, 1, false); };
+  TIME(min_along_1);
 }
 
 void time_gather_scatter() {

benchmarks/python/blas/bench_gemm.py

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

benchmarks/python/blas/bench_gemv.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright © 2023 Apple Inc.
 
-import argparse
 import os
 import subprocess
 import time
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ def bench_with_out_len(ax, out_vec_len, in_vector_lens, dtype, transpose):
 
 
 for transpose in (False, True):
-    for dtype in ("float32", "float16"):
+    for dtype in ("float32", "float16", "complex64"):
         fig, axs = plt.subplots(
             len(in_vec_sizes), 2, figsize=(8.5, 11), layout="constrained"
         )
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ for transpose in (False, True):
         fig.suptitle(f"{device_name}: {dtype} {op_name}")
         fig.savefig(
             os.path.join(
-                results_dir, f'{device_name.replace(" ", "_")}_{dtype}_{op_name}.pdf'
+                results_dir, f"{device_name.replace(' ', '_')}_{dtype}_{op_name}.pdf"
             )
         )
         plt.close(fig)

benchmarks/python/comparative/bench_mlx.py

@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ def bench(f, *args):
     for i in range(10):
         f(*args)
 
-    s = time.time()
+    s = time.perf_counter()
     for i in range(100):
         f(*args)
-    e = time.time()
+    e = time.perf_counter()
     return e - s
 
 

benchmarks/python/comparative/bench_torch.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import os
 import time
 
 import torch
+import torch.cuda
 import torch.mps
 
 
@@ -36,16 +37,18 @@ def bench(f, *args):
     for i in range(10):
         f(*args)
 
-    s = time.time()
+    s = time.perf_counter()
     for i in range(100):
         f(*args)
-    e = time.time()
+    e = time.perf_counter()
     return e - s
 
 
 def sync_if_needed(x):
-    if x.device != torch.device("cpu"):
+    if x.device == torch.device("mps"):
         torch.mps.synchronize()
+    elif x.device == torch.device("cuda"):
+        torch.cuda.synchronize()
 
 
 @torch.no_grad()
@@ -99,6 +102,14 @@ def reduction(op, axis, x):
     sync_if_needed(x)
 
 
+@torch.no_grad()
+def sum_and_add(axis, x, y):
+    z = x.sum(axis=axis, keepdims=True)
+    for i in range(50):
+        z = (z + y).sum(axis=axis, keepdims=True)
+    sync_if_needed(x)
+
+
 @torch.no_grad()
 def softmax(axis, x):
     ys = []
@@ -340,7 +351,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         args.axis.pop(0)
 
     torch.set_num_threads(1)
-    device = "cpu" if args.cpu else "mps"
+    device = "mps"
+    if torch.cuda.is_available():
+        device = "cuda"
+    if args.cpu:
+        device = "cpu"
 
     types = args.dtype
     if not types:
@@ -460,5 +475,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     elif args.benchmark == "selu":
         print(bench(selu, x))
 
+    elif args.benchmark == "sum_and_add":
+        print(bench(sum_and_add, axis, *xs))
+
     else:
         raise ValueError(f"Unknown benchmark `{args.benchmark}`.")

benchmarks/python/conv_unaligned_bench.py

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import math
+import time
+
+import mlx.core as mx
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+
+N_warmup = 10
+N_iter_bench = 100
+N_iter_func = 5
+
+
+def bench(f, a, b):
+    for i in range(N_warmup):
+        f(a, b)
+    torch.mps.synchronize()
+
+    s = time.perf_counter_ns()
+    for i in range(N_iter_bench):
+        f(a, b)
+    e = time.perf_counter_ns()
+    return (e - s) * 1e-9
+
+
+def make_mx_conv_2D(strides=(1, 1), padding=(0, 0), groups=1):
+    def mx_conv_2D(a, b):
+        ys = []
+        for i in range(N_iter_func):
+            y = mx.conv2d(a, b, stride=strides, padding=padding, groups=groups)
+            ys.append(y)
+        mx.eval(ys)
+        return ys
+
+    return mx_conv_2D
+
+
+def make_pt_conv_2D(strides=(1, 1), padding=(0, 0), groups=1):
+    @torch.no_grad()
+    def pt_conv_2D(a, b):
+        ys = []
+        for i in range(N_iter_func):
+            y = torch.conv2d(a, b, stride=strides, padding=padding, groups=groups)
+            ys.append(y)
+        torch.mps.synchronize()
+        return ys
+
+    return pt_conv_2D
+
+
+def bench_shape(N, H, W, C, kH, kW, O, strides, padding, groups, np_dtype):
+    scale = 1.0 / math.sqrt(kH * kH * C)
+    a_np = np.random.uniform(0, 0.5, (N, H, W, C)).astype(np_dtype)
+    b_np = np.random.uniform(-scale, scale, (O, kH, kW, int(C / groups))).astype(
+        np_dtype
+    )
+
+    a_mx = mx.array(a_np)
+    b_mx = mx.array(b_np)
+
+    a_pt = torch.from_numpy(a_np.transpose((0, 3, 1, 2))).to("mps")
+    b_pt = torch.from_numpy(b_np.transpose((0, 3, 1, 2))).to("mps")
+
+    torch.mps.synchronize()
+
+    f_mx = make_mx_conv_2D(strides, padding, groups)
+    f_pt = make_pt_conv_2D(strides, padding, groups)
+
+    time_torch = bench(f_pt, a_pt, b_pt)
+    time_mlx = bench(f_mx, a_mx, b_mx)
+
+    out_mx = mx.conv2d(a_mx, b_mx, stride=strides, padding=padding, groups=groups)
+    out_pt = torch.conv2d(
+        a_pt.to("cpu"), b_pt.to("cpu"), stride=strides, padding=padding, groups=groups
+    )
+    out_pt = torch.permute(out_pt, (0, 2, 3, 1))
+    out_pt = out_pt.numpy(force=True)
+
+    atol = 2e-5 if np_dtype == np.float32 else 1e-4
+
+    if not np.allclose(out_pt, out_mx, atol=atol):
+        print(
+            f"Failed at {(N, H, W, C)}, {(O, kH, kW, C)} [strides = {strides}, padding = {padding}, groups = {groups}] with max(|a - b|) = {np.max(np.abs(out_pt - out_mx))}"
+        )
+
+    return time_mlx, time_torch
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    dtype = "float32"
+    shapes = (
+        (4, 32, 32, 21, 3, 3, 128),
+        (4, 32, 32, 21, 3, 3, 37),
+        (4, 32, 32, 370, 3, 3, 370),
+        (4, 32, 32, 370, 7, 7, 128),
+        (2, 320, 640, 21, 7, 7, 21),
+    )
+    for N, H, W, C, kh, kw, O in shapes:
+        time_mlx, time_torch = bench_shape(
+            N, H, W, C, kh, kw, O, (1, 1), (0, 0), 1, dtype
+        )
+        diff = time_torch / time_mlx - 1.0
+
+        print(
+            f"({N}, {H:3d}, {W:3d}, {C:3d}), ({O:3d}, {kh:2d}, {kw:2d}, {C:3d}), {dtype}, {100. * diff:+5.2f}%"
+        )
+        if time_mlx >= 2.0 * time_torch:
+            print("ATTENTION ^^^^^^^")

benchmarks/python/layer_norm_bench.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright © 2023-2024 Apple Inc.
 
+from functools import partial
+
 import mlx.core as mx
 import mlx.nn as nn
 from time_utils import time_fn
@@ -18,51 +20,63 @@ def layer_norm(x, w, b, eps):
     return y
 
 
-def time_layer_norm():
+def time_layer_norm(N, dt):
+    L = 1024
     f1 = lambda x, w, b, y: (layer_norm(x, w, b, 1e-5) * y).sum()
     f2 = lambda x, w, b, y: (mx.fast.layer_norm(x, w, b, 1e-5) * y).sum()
     g1 = mx.grad(f1, argnums=(0, 1, 2))
     g2 = mx.grad(f2, argnums=(0, 1, 2))
 
-    x = mx.random.uniform(shape=(8, 1024, 4096)).astype(mx.float16)
-    w = mx.random.uniform(shape=(4096,)).astype(mx.float16)
-    b = mx.random.uniform(shape=(4096,)).astype(mx.float16)
-    y = mx.random.uniform(shape=(8, 1024, 4096)).astype(mx.float16)
+    x = mx.random.uniform(shape=(8, L, N)).astype(dt)
+    w = mx.random.uniform(shape=(N,)).astype(dt)
+    b = mx.random.uniform(shape=(N,)).astype(dt)
+    y = mx.random.uniform(shape=(8, L, N)).astype(dt)
     mx.eval(x, w, b, y)
 
-    def layer_norm_loop(g, x, w, b):
+    def layer_norm_loop(f, x, w, b):
+        for _ in range(32):
+            x = f(x, w, b)
+        return x
+
+    time_fn(layer_norm_loop, partial(layer_norm, eps=1e-5), x, w, b)
+    time_fn(layer_norm_loop, partial(mx.fast.layer_norm, eps=1e-5), x, w, b)
+
+    def layer_norm_grad_loop(g, x, w, b):
         gx, gw, gb = x, w, b
         for _ in range(32):
             gx, gw, gb = g(gx, gw, gb, y)
         return gx, gw, gb
 
-    time_fn(layer_norm_loop, g1, x, w, b)
-    time_fn(layer_norm_loop, g2, x, w, b)
-    time_fn(layer_norm_loop, mx.compile(g1), x, w, b)
-    time_fn(layer_norm_loop, mx.compile(g2), x, w, b)
+    time_fn(layer_norm_grad_loop, g1, x, w, b)
+    time_fn(layer_norm_grad_loop, g2, x, w, b)
+    time_fn(layer_norm_grad_loop, mx.compile(g1), x, w, b)
+    time_fn(layer_norm_grad_loop, mx.compile(g2), x, w, b)
 
     f1 = lambda x, y: (layer_norm(x, None, None, 1e-5) * y).sum()
     f2 = lambda x, y: (mx.fast.layer_norm(x, None, None, 1e-5) * y).sum()
     g1 = mx.grad(f1, argnums=(0,))
     g2 = mx.grad(f2, argnums=(0,))
 
-    x = mx.random.uniform(shape=(8, 1024, 4096)).astype(mx.float16)
-    w = mx.random.uniform(shape=(4096,)).astype(mx.float16)
-    b = mx.random.uniform(shape=(4096,)).astype(mx.float16)
-    y = mx.random.uniform(shape=(8, 1024, 4096)).astype(mx.float16)
+    x = mx.random.uniform(shape=(8, L, N)).astype(dt)
+    w = mx.random.uniform(shape=(N,)).astype(dt)
+    b = mx.random.uniform(shape=(N,)).astype(dt)
+    y = mx.random.uniform(shape=(8, L, N)).astype(dt)
     mx.eval(x, w, b, y)
 
-    def layer_norm_loop(g, x):
+    def layer_norm_grad_x_loop(g, x):
         gx = x
         for _ in range(32):
             gx = g(gx, y)
         return gx
 
-    time_fn(layer_norm_loop, g1, x)
-    time_fn(layer_norm_loop, g2, x)
-    time_fn(layer_norm_loop, mx.compile(g1), x)
-    time_fn(layer_norm_loop, mx.compile(g2), x)
+    time_fn(layer_norm_grad_x_loop, g1, x)
+    time_fn(layer_norm_grad_x_loop, g2, x)
+    time_fn(layer_norm_grad_x_loop, mx.compile(g1), x)
+    time_fn(layer_norm_grad_x_loop, mx.compile(g2), x)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    time_layer_norm()
+    for dt in [mx.float32, mx.float16, mx.bfloat16]:
+        for n in [1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 8192 + 1024]:
+            print(dt, n)
+            time_layer_norm(n, dt)

benchmarks/python/masked_scatter.py

@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+import math
+import os
+import subprocess
+import time
+from copy import copy
+from functools import partial
+
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import mlx.core as mx
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+from matplotlib.ticker import FuncFormatter
+
+RESULTS_DIR = "./results"
+
+
+if not os.path.isdir(RESULTS_DIR):
+    os.mkdir(RESULTS_DIR)
+
+DEVICE_NAME = subprocess.check_output(["sysctl", "-n", "machdep.cpu.brand_string"])
+DEVICE_NAME = DEVICE_NAME.decode("utf-8").strip("\n")
+
+TORCH_DEVICE = torch.device(
+    "mps"
+    if torch.backends.mps.is_available()
+    else ("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
+)
+
+
+N_WARMUP = 5
+N_ITER_BENCH = 50
+N_ITER_FUNC = 20
+
+VECTOR_LENGTHS = [4096 * (2**i) for i in range(10)]
+MASK_DENSITIES = [0.01, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5]
+D_TYPES = ("float32", "float16")
+
+
+def _power_of_two_formatter(value, _position):
+    if value <= 0:
+        return ""
+    exponent = int(round(math.log2(value)))
+    if abs(value - (1 << exponent)) / value > 1e-6:
+        return f"{value:g}"
+    return f"$2^{{{exponent}}}$"
+
+
+def torch_sync():
+    if TORCH_DEVICE.type == "cuda":
+        torch.cuda.synchronize()
+    elif TORCH_DEVICE.type == "mps":
+        torch.mps.synchronize()
+
+
+def masked_scatter_mlx(self_arr, mask_arr, src_arr):
+    outs = []
+    for _ in range(N_ITER_FUNC):
+        out = copy(self_arr)
+        out[mask_arr] = src_arr
+        outs.append(out)
+    mx.eval(outs)
+    return outs
+
+
+@torch.no_grad()
+def masked_scatter_torch(self_tensor, mask_tensor, src_tensor):
+    outs = []
+    for _ in range(N_ITER_FUNC):
+        out = self_tensor.clone()
+        out.masked_scatter_(mask_tensor, src_tensor)
+        outs.append(out)
+    torch_sync()
+    return outs
+
+
+def measure(fn):
+    for _ in range(N_WARMUP):
+        fn()
+    start = time.perf_counter_ns()
+    for _ in range(N_ITER_BENCH):
+        fn()
+    end = time.perf_counter_ns()
+    return (end - start) * 1e-9
+
+
+def bytes_touched(length, true_count, item_size):
+    mask_bytes = length
+    self_bytes = length * item_size * 2  # read + write
+    src_bytes = true_count * item_size
+    return (mask_bytes + self_bytes + src_bytes) * N_ITER_FUNC * N_ITER_BENCH
+
+
+def build_case(length, density, np_dtype, torch_dtype):
+    true_count = max(1, int(round(length * density)))
+
+    rng = np.random.default_rng()
+    self_np = rng.normal(0.0, 1.0, length).astype(np_dtype)
+    mask_np = np.zeros(length, dtype=bool)
+    mask_np[:true_count] = True
+    rng.shuffle(mask_np)
+    src_np = rng.normal(0.0, 1.0, true_count).astype(np_dtype)
+
+    self_mlx = mx.array(self_np)
+    mask_mlx = mx.array(mask_np)
+    src_mlx = mx.array(src_np)
+
+    self_torch = torch.from_numpy(self_np).to(device=TORCH_DEVICE, dtype=torch_dtype)
+    mask_torch = torch.from_numpy(mask_np).to(device=TORCH_DEVICE)
+    src_torch = torch.from_numpy(src_np).to(device=TORCH_DEVICE, dtype=torch_dtype)
+
+    # Correctness check once per configuration
+    mx_out = mx.array(self_np)
+    mx_out[mask_mlx] = src_mlx
+    mx.eval(mx_out)
+    torch_out = self_torch.clone()
+    torch_out.masked_scatter_(mask_torch, src_torch)
+
+    atol = 5e-3 if np_dtype == np.float16 else 1e-5
+    if not np.allclose(np.array(mx_out), torch_out.cpu().numpy(), atol=atol):
+        raise AssertionError("masked_scatter results diverged between MLX and Torch")
+
+    return (self_mlx, mask_mlx, src_mlx, self_torch, mask_torch, src_torch, true_count)
+
+
+def bench_case(length, density, dtype):
+    np_dtype = getattr(np, dtype)
+    torch_dtype = getattr(torch, dtype)
+    (
+        self_mlx,
+        mask_mlx,
+        src_mlx,
+        self_torch,
+        mask_torch,
+        src_torch,
+        true_count,
+    ) = build_case(length, density, np_dtype, torch_dtype)
+
+    time_mlx = measure(partial(masked_scatter_mlx, self_mlx, mask_mlx, src_mlx))
+    time_torch = measure(
+        partial(masked_scatter_torch, self_torch, mask_torch, src_torch)
+    )
+
+    total_bytes = bytes_touched(length, true_count, np_dtype().itemsize)
+    bytes_per_gb = float(1024**3)
+    mlx_gbps = (total_bytes / bytes_per_gb) / time_mlx
+    torch_gbps = (total_bytes / bytes_per_gb) / time_torch
+
+    return time_mlx, time_torch, mlx_gbps, torch_gbps
+
+
+def plot_density(ax_perf, ax_speedup, density, dtype):
+    mlx_gbps = []
+    torch_gbps = []
+    mlx_times = []
+    torch_times = []
+
+    for length in VECTOR_LENGTHS:
+        t_mlx, t_torch, gbps_mlx, gbps_torch = bench_case(length, density, dtype)
+        mlx_gbps.append(gbps_mlx)
+        torch_gbps.append(gbps_torch)
+        mlx_times.append(t_mlx)
+        torch_times.append(t_torch)
+
+    ax_perf.plot(VECTOR_LENGTHS, mlx_gbps, "tab:blue", label="MLX")
+    ax_perf.plot(VECTOR_LENGTHS, torch_gbps, "tab:red", label="Torch")
+    ax_perf.set_xscale("log", base=2)
+    ax_perf.set_xticks(VECTOR_LENGTHS)
+    formatter = FuncFormatter(_power_of_two_formatter)
+    ax_perf.xaxis.set_major_formatter(formatter)
+    ax_perf.set_title(f"density={density:.2f}")
+    ax_perf.set_ylabel("GB/s")
+    ax_perf.grid(True, which="both", linestyle=":", alpha=0.4)
+    ax_perf.legend()
+
+    speedup = np.array(torch_times) / np.array(mlx_times)
+    ax_speedup.plot(VECTOR_LENGTHS, speedup, "tab:green")
+    ax_speedup.axhline(1.0, color="tab:gray", linestyle="--")
+    ax_speedup.set_xscale("log", base=2)
+    ax_speedup.set_xticks(VECTOR_LENGTHS)
+    ax_speedup.xaxis.set_major_formatter(formatter)
+    ax_speedup.set_ylabel("Speedup (Torch_t / MLX_t)")
+    ax_speedup.grid(True, which="both", linestyle=":", alpha=0.4)
+
+
+def main():
+    for dtype in D_TYPES:
+        fig, axs = plt.subplots(
+            len(MASK_DENSITIES),
+            2,
+            figsize=(10, 12),
+            layout="constrained",
+            sharex=True,
+        )
+
+        for i, density in enumerate(MASK_DENSITIES):
+            plot_density(axs[i][0], axs[i][1], density, dtype)
+            axs[i][0].set_xlabel("vector length")
+            axs[i][1].set_xlabel("vector length")
+
+        fig.suptitle(
+            f"{DEVICE_NAME.replace('Apple ', '')} ({TORCH_DEVICE.type}) | dtype={dtype}"
+        )
+        output_path = os.path.join(
+            RESULTS_DIR,
+            f"{DEVICE_NAME.replace(' ', '_')}_masked_scatter_{dtype}.pdf",
+        )
+        fig.savefig(output_path)
+        plt.close(fig)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

benchmarks/python/single_ops.py

@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ def time_maximum():
     time_fn(mx.maximum, a, b)
 
 
+def time_max():
+    a = mx.random.uniform(shape=(32, 1024, 1024))
+    a[1, 1] = mx.nan
+    mx.eval(a)
+    time_fn(mx.max, a, 0)
+
+
+def time_min():
+    a = mx.random.uniform(shape=(32, 1024, 1024))
+    a[1, 1] = mx.nan
+    mx.eval(a)
+    time_fn(mx.min, a, 0)
+
+
 def time_negative():
     a = mx.random.uniform(shape=(10000, 1000))
     mx.eval(a)
@@ -108,6 +122,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     time_add()
     time_matmul()
+    time_min()
+    time_max()
     time_maximum()
     time_exp()
     time_negative()

benchmarks/python/time_utils.py

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ def measure_runtime(fn, **kwargs):
     for _ in range(5):
         fn(**kwargs)
 
-    tic = time.time()
+    tic = time.perf_counter()
     iters = 100
     for _ in range(iters):
         fn(**kwargs)
-    return (time.time() - tic) * 1000 / iters
+    return (time.perf_counter() - tic) * 1000 / iters

cmake/FindNCCL.cmake

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

cmake/Findnvpl.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# This file does nothing but to suppress the cmake warning: "By not providing
+# Findnvpl.cmake in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH...", which is caused by the
+# find_package(nvpl) from cmake's builtin FindLAPACK.cmake module.

cmake/extension.cmake

@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ include(CMakeParseArguments)
 # Args: TARGET: Custom target to be added for the metal library TITLE: Name of
 # the .metallib OUTPUT_DIRECTORY: Where to place ${TITLE}.metallib SOURCES: List
 # of source files INCLUDE_DIRS: List of include dirs DEPS: List of dependency
-# files (like headers)
+# files (like headers) DEBUG: Boolean, if true, enables debug compile options
+# for this specific library. If not provided, uses global MLX_METAL_DEBUG.
 #
 # clang format on
 
 macro(mlx_build_metallib)
   # Parse args
-  set(oneValueArgs TARGET TITLE OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
+  set(oneValueArgs TARGET TITLE OUTPUT_DIRECTORY DEBUG)
   set(multiValueArgs SOURCES INCLUDE_DIRS DEPS)
   cmake_parse_arguments(MTLLIB "" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
 
@@ -26,6 +27,10 @@ macro(mlx_build_metallib)
 
   # Collect compile options
   set(MTLLIB_COMPILE_OPTIONS -Wall -Wextra -fno-fast-math -Wno-c++17-extensions)
+  if(MLX_METAL_DEBUG OR MTLLIB_DEBUG)
+    set(MTLLIB_COMPILE_OPTIONS ${MTLLIB_COMPILE_OPTIONS} -gline-tables-only
+                               -frecord-sources)
+  endif()
 
   # Prepare metallib build command
   add_custom_command(

docs/requirements.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 sphinx
 breathe
 sphinx-book-theme
+sphinx-copybutton
 mlx

docs/src/conf.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import mlx.core as mx
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
 project = "MLX"
-copyright = "2023, MLX Contributors"
+copyright = "2023, Apple"
 author = "MLX Contributors"
 version = ".".join(mx.__version__.split(".")[:3])
 release = version
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ release = version
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
 extensions = [
+    "sphinx_copybutton",
     "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
     "sphinx.ext.autosummary",
     "sphinx.ext.intersphinx",

docs/src/dev/custom_metal_kernels.rst

@@ -8,23 +8,26 @@ MLX supports writing custom Metal kernels through the Python and C++ APIs.
 Simple Example
 --------------
 
+.. currentmodule:: mlx.core
+
 Let's write a custom kernel that computes ``exp`` elementwise:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-  def exp_elementwise(a: mx.array):
-      source = """
-          uint elem = thread_position_in_grid.x;
-          T tmp = inp[elem];
-          out[elem] = metal::exp(tmp);
-      """
+  source = """
+      uint elem = thread_position_in_grid.x;
+      T tmp = inp[elem];
+      out[elem] = metal::exp(tmp);
+  """
 
-      kernel = mx.fast.metal_kernel(
-          name="myexp",
-          input_names=["inp"],
-          output_names=["out"],
-          source=source,
-      )
+  kernel = mx.fast.metal_kernel(
+      name="myexp",
+      input_names=["inp"],
+      output_names=["out"],
+      source=source,
+  )
+
+  def exp_elementwise(a: mx.array):
       outputs = kernel(
           inputs=[a],
           template=[("T", mx.float32)],
@@ -39,8 +42,13 @@ Let's write a custom kernel that computes ``exp`` elementwise:
   b = exp_elementwise(a)
   assert mx.allclose(b, mx.exp(a))
 
+Every time you make a kernel, a new Metal library is created and possibly
+JIT compiled. To reduce the overhead from that, build the kernel once with
+:func:`fast.metal_kernel` and then use it many times.
+
 .. note::
-    We are only required to pass the body of the Metal kernel in ``source``.
+   Only pass the body of the Metal kernel in ``source``. The function
+   signature is generated automatically.
 
 The full function signature will be generated using:
 
@@ -78,44 +86,52 @@ Putting this all together, the generated function signature for ``myexp`` is as
 
   template [[host_name("custom_kernel_myexp_float")]] [[kernel]] decltype(custom_kernel_myexp_float<float>) custom_kernel_myexp_float<float>;
 
-Note: ``grid`` and ``threadgroup`` are parameters to the Metal `dispatchThreads <https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/mtlcomputecommandencoder/2866532-dispatchthreads>`_ function.
-This means we will launch ``mx.prod(grid)`` threads, subdivided into ``threadgroup`` size threadgroups.
-For optimal performance, each thread group dimension should be less than or equal to the corresponding grid dimension.
+Note: ``grid`` and ``threadgroup`` are parameters to the Metal `dispatchThreads
+<https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/mtlcomputecommandencoder/2866532-dispatchthreads>`_
+function. This means we will launch ``mx.prod(grid)`` threads, subdivided into
+``threadgroup`` size threadgroups.  For optimal performance, each thread group
+dimension should be less than or equal to the corresponding grid dimension.
 
-Passing ``verbose=True`` to ``mx.fast.metal_kernel.__call__`` will print the generated code for debugging purposes.
+Passing ``verbose=True`` to :func:`ast.metal_kernel.__call__` will print the
+generated code for debugging purposes.
 
 Using Shape/Strides
 -------------------
 
-``mx.fast.metal_kernel`` supports an argument ``ensure_row_contiguous`` which is ``True`` by default.
-This will copy the ``mx.array`` inputs if needed before the kernel is launched to ensure that the memory layout is row contiguous.
-Generally this makes writing the kernel easier, since we don't have to worry about gaps or the ordering of the dims
-when indexing.
+:func:`fast.metal_kernel` supports an argument ``ensure_row_contiguous`` which
+is ``True`` by default. This will copy the array inputs if needed
+before the kernel is launched to ensure that the memory layout is row
+contiguous.  Generally this makes writing the kernel easier, since we don't
+have to worry about gaps or the ordering of the dims when indexing.
 
-If we want to avoid this copy, ``metal_kernel`` automatically passes ``a_shape``, ``a_strides`` and ``a_ndim`` for each
-input array ``a`` if any are present in ``source``.
-We can then use MLX's built in indexing utils to fetch the right elements for each thread.
+If we want to avoid this copy, :func:`fast.metal_kernel` automatically passes
+``a_shape``, ``a_strides`` and ``a_ndim`` for each input array ``a`` if any are
+present in ``source``. We can then use MLX's built in indexing utils to fetch
+the right elements for each thread.
 
-Let's convert ``myexp`` above to support arbitrarily strided arrays without relying on a copy from ``ensure_row_contiguous``:
+Let's convert ``myexp`` above to support arbitrarily strided arrays without
+relying on a copy from ``ensure_row_contiguous``:
 
 .. code-block:: python
+   
+  source = """
+      uint elem = thread_position_in_grid.x;
+      // Utils from `mlx/backend/metal/kernels/utils.h` are automatically included
+      uint loc = elem_to_loc(elem, inp_shape, inp_strides, inp_ndim);
+      T tmp = inp[loc];
+      // Output arrays are always row contiguous
+      out[elem] = metal::exp(tmp);
+  """
+
+  kernel = mx.fast.metal_kernel(
+      name="myexp_strided",
+      input_names=["inp"],
+      output_names=["out"],
+      source=source,
+      ensure_row_contiguous=False,
+  )
 
   def exp_elementwise(a: mx.array):
-      source = """
-          uint elem = thread_position_in_grid.x;
-          // Utils from `mlx/backend/metal/kernels/utils.h` are automatically included
-          uint loc = elem_to_loc(elem, inp_shape, inp_strides, inp_ndim);
-          T tmp = inp[loc];
-          // Output arrays are always row contiguous
-          out[elem] = metal::exp(tmp);
-      """
-
-      kernel = mx.fast.metal_kernel(
-          name="myexp_strided",
-          input_names=["inp"],
-          output_names=["out"],
-          source=source
-      )
       outputs = kernel(
           inputs=[a],
           template=[("T", mx.float32)],
@@ -123,7 +139,6 @@ Let's convert ``myexp`` above to support arbitrarily strided arrays without rely
           threadgroup=(256, 1, 1),
           output_shapes=[a.shape],
           output_dtypes=[a.dtype],
-          ensure_row_contiguous=False,
       )
       return outputs[0]
 
@@ -142,137 +157,139 @@ We'll start with the following MLX implementation using standard ops:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    def grid_sample_ref(x, grid):
-        N, H_in, W_in, _ = x.shape
-        ix = ((grid[..., 0] + 1) * W_in - 1) / 2
-        iy = ((grid[..., 1] + 1) * H_in - 1) / 2
+  def grid_sample_ref(x, grid):
+      N, H_in, W_in, _ = x.shape
+      ix = ((grid[..., 0] + 1) * W_in - 1) / 2
+      iy = ((grid[..., 1] + 1) * H_in - 1) / 2
 
-        ix_nw = mx.floor(ix).astype(mx.int32)
-        iy_nw = mx.floor(iy).astype(mx.int32)
+      ix_nw = mx.floor(ix).astype(mx.int32)
+      iy_nw = mx.floor(iy).astype(mx.int32)
 
-        ix_ne = ix_nw + 1
-        iy_ne = iy_nw
+      ix_ne = ix_nw + 1
+      iy_ne = iy_nw
 
-        ix_sw = ix_nw
-        iy_sw = iy_nw + 1
+      ix_sw = ix_nw
+      iy_sw = iy_nw + 1
 
-        ix_se = ix_nw + 1
-        iy_se = iy_nw + 1
+      ix_se = ix_nw + 1
+      iy_se = iy_nw + 1
 
-        nw = (ix_se - ix)    * (iy_se - iy)
-        ne = (ix    - ix_sw) * (iy_sw - iy)
-        sw = (ix_ne - ix)    * (iy    - iy_ne)
-        se = (ix    - ix_nw) * (iy    - iy_nw)
+      nw = (ix_se - ix)    * (iy_se - iy)
+      ne = (ix    - ix_sw) * (iy_sw - iy)
+      sw = (ix_ne - ix)    * (iy    - iy_ne)
+      se = (ix    - ix_nw) * (iy    - iy_nw)
 
-        I_nw = x[mx.arange(N)[:, None, None], iy_nw, ix_nw, :]
-        I_ne = x[mx.arange(N)[:, None, None], iy_ne, ix_ne, :]
-        I_sw = x[mx.arange(N)[:, None, None], iy_sw, ix_sw, :]
-        I_se = x[mx.arange(N)[:, None, None], iy_se, ix_se, :]
+      I_nw = x[mx.arange(N)[:, None, None], iy_nw, ix_nw, :]
+      I_ne = x[mx.arange(N)[:, None, None], iy_ne, ix_ne, :]
+      I_sw = x[mx.arange(N)[:, None, None], iy_sw, ix_sw, :]
+      I_se = x[mx.arange(N)[:, None, None], iy_se, ix_se, :]
 
-        mask_nw = (iy_nw >= 0) & (iy_nw <= H_in - 1) & (ix_nw >= 0) & (ix_nw <= W_in - 1)
-        mask_ne = (iy_ne >= 0) & (iy_ne <= H_in - 1) & (ix_ne >= 0) & (ix_ne <= W_in - 1)
-        mask_sw = (iy_sw >= 0) & (iy_sw <= H_in - 1) & (ix_sw >= 0) & (ix_sw <= W_in - 1)
-        mask_se = (iy_se >= 0) & (iy_se <= H_in - 1) & (ix_se >= 0) & (ix_se <= W_in - 1)
+      mask_nw = (iy_nw >= 0) & (iy_nw <= H_in - 1) & (ix_nw >= 0) & (ix_nw <= W_in - 1)
+      mask_ne = (iy_ne >= 0) & (iy_ne <= H_in - 1) & (ix_ne >= 0) & (ix_ne <= W_in - 1)
+      mask_sw = (iy_sw >= 0) & (iy_sw <= H_in - 1) & (ix_sw >= 0) & (ix_sw <= W_in - 1)
+      mask_se = (iy_se >= 0) & (iy_se <= H_in - 1) & (ix_se >= 0) & (ix_se <= W_in - 1)
 
-        I_nw *= mask_nw[..., None]
-        I_ne *= mask_ne[..., None]
-        I_sw *= mask_sw[..., None]
-        I_se *= mask_se[..., None]
+      I_nw *= mask_nw[..., None]
+      I_ne *= mask_ne[..., None]
+      I_sw *= mask_sw[..., None]
+      I_se *= mask_se[..., None]
 
-        output = nw[..., None] * I_nw + ne[..., None] * I_ne + sw[..., None] * I_sw + se[..., None] * I_se
+      output = nw[..., None] * I_nw + ne[..., None] * I_ne + sw[..., None] * I_sw + se[..., None] * I_se
 
-        return output
+      return output
 
-Now let's use ``mx.custom_function`` together with ``mx.fast.metal_kernel``
+Now let's use :func:`custom_function` together with :func:`fast.metal_kernel`
 to write a fast GPU kernel for both the forward and backward passes.
 
 First we'll implement the forward pass as a fused kernel:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    @mx.custom_function
-    def grid_sample(x, grid):
+  source = """
+      uint elem = thread_position_in_grid.x;
+      int H = x_shape[1];
+      int W = x_shape[2];
+      int C = x_shape[3];
+      int gH = grid_shape[1];
+      int gW = grid_shape[2];
 
-        assert x.ndim == 4, "`x` must be 4D."
-        assert grid.ndim == 4, "`grid` must be 4D."
+      int w_stride = C;
+      int h_stride = W * w_stride;
+      int b_stride = H * h_stride;
 
-        B, _, _, C = x.shape
-        _, gN, gM, D = grid.shape
-        out_shape = (B, gN, gM, C)
+      uint grid_idx = elem / C * 2;
+      float ix = ((grid[grid_idx] + 1) * W - 1) / 2;
+      float iy = ((grid[grid_idx + 1] + 1) * H - 1) / 2;
 
-        assert D == 2, "Last dim of `grid` must be size 2."
+      int ix_nw = floor(ix);
+      int iy_nw = floor(iy);
 
-        source = """
-            uint elem = thread_position_in_grid.x;
-            int H = x_shape[1];
-            int W = x_shape[2];
-            int C = x_shape[3];
-            int gH = grid_shape[1];
-            int gW = grid_shape[2];
+      int ix_ne = ix_nw + 1;
+      int iy_ne = iy_nw;
 
-            int w_stride = C;
-            int h_stride = W * w_stride;
-            int b_stride = H * h_stride;
+      int ix_sw = ix_nw;
+      int iy_sw = iy_nw + 1;
 
-            uint grid_idx = elem / C * 2;
-            float ix = ((grid[grid_idx] + 1) * W - 1) / 2;
-            float iy = ((grid[grid_idx + 1] + 1) * H - 1) / 2;
+      int ix_se = ix_nw + 1;
+      int iy_se = iy_nw + 1;
 
-            int ix_nw = floor(ix);
-            int iy_nw = floor(iy);
+      T nw = (ix_se - ix)    * (iy_se - iy);
+      T ne = (ix    - ix_sw) * (iy_sw - iy);
+      T sw = (ix_ne - ix)    * (iy    - iy_ne);
+      T se = (ix    - ix_nw) * (iy    - iy_nw);
 
-            int ix_ne = ix_nw + 1;
-            int iy_ne = iy_nw;
+      int batch_idx = elem / C / gH / gW * b_stride;
+      int channel_idx = elem % C;
+      int base_idx = batch_idx + channel_idx;
 
-            int ix_sw = ix_nw;
-            int iy_sw = iy_nw + 1;
+      T I_nw = x[base_idx + iy_nw * h_stride + ix_nw * w_stride];
+      T I_ne = x[base_idx + iy_ne * h_stride + ix_ne * w_stride];
+      T I_sw = x[base_idx + iy_sw * h_stride + ix_sw * w_stride];
+      T I_se = x[base_idx + iy_se * h_stride + ix_se * w_stride];
 
-            int ix_se = ix_nw + 1;
-            int iy_se = iy_nw + 1;
+      I_nw = iy_nw >= 0 && iy_nw <= H - 1 && ix_nw >= 0 && ix_nw <= W - 1 ? I_nw : 0;
+      I_ne = iy_ne >= 0 && iy_ne <= H - 1 && ix_ne >= 0 && ix_ne <= W - 1 ? I_ne : 0;
+      I_sw = iy_sw >= 0 && iy_sw <= H - 1 && ix_sw >= 0 && ix_sw <= W - 1 ? I_sw : 0;
+      I_se = iy_se >= 0 && iy_se <= H - 1 && ix_se >= 0 && ix_se <= W - 1 ? I_se : 0;
 
-            T nw = (ix_se - ix)    * (iy_se - iy);
-            T ne = (ix    - ix_sw) * (iy_sw - iy);
-            T sw = (ix_ne - ix)    * (iy    - iy_ne);
-            T se = (ix    - ix_nw) * (iy    - iy_nw);
+      out[elem] = nw * I_nw + ne * I_ne + sw * I_sw + se * I_se;
+  """
 
-            int batch_idx = elem / C / gH / gW * b_stride;
-            int channel_idx = elem % C;
-            int base_idx = batch_idx + channel_idx;
+  kernel = mx.fast.metal_kernel(
+      name="grid_sample",
+      input_names=["x", "grid"],
+      output_names=["out"],
+      source=source,
+  )
 
-            T I_nw = x[base_idx + iy_nw * h_stride + ix_nw * w_stride];
-            T I_ne = x[base_idx + iy_ne * h_stride + ix_ne * w_stride];
-            T I_sw = x[base_idx + iy_sw * h_stride + ix_sw * w_stride];
-            T I_se = x[base_idx + iy_se * h_stride + ix_se * w_stride];
+  @mx.custom_function
+  def grid_sample(x, grid):
 
-            I_nw = iy_nw >= 0 && iy_nw <= H - 1 && ix_nw >= 0 && ix_nw <= W - 1 ? I_nw : 0;
-            I_ne = iy_ne >= 0 && iy_ne <= H - 1 && ix_ne >= 0 && ix_ne <= W - 1 ? I_ne : 0;
-            I_sw = iy_sw >= 0 && iy_sw <= H - 1 && ix_sw >= 0 && ix_sw <= W - 1 ? I_sw : 0;
-            I_se = iy_se >= 0 && iy_se <= H - 1 && ix_se >= 0 && ix_se <= W - 1 ? I_se : 0;
+      assert x.ndim == 4, "`x` must be 4D."
+      assert grid.ndim == 4, "`grid` must be 4D."
 
-            out[elem] = nw * I_nw + ne * I_ne + sw * I_sw + se * I_se;
-        """
-        kernel = mx.fast.metal_kernel(
-            name="grid_sample",
-            input_names=["x", "grid"],
-            output_names=["out"],
-            source=source,
-        )
-        outputs = kernel(
-            inputs=[x, grid],
-            template=[("T", x.dtype)],
-            output_shapes=[out_shape],
-            output_dtypes=[x.dtype],
-            grid=(np.prod(out_shape), 1, 1),
-            threadgroup=(256, 1, 1),
-        )
-        return outputs[0]
+      B, _, _, C = x.shape
+      _, gN, gM, D = grid.shape
+      out_shape = (B, gN, gM, C)
+
+      assert D == 2, "Last dim of `grid` must be size 2."
+
+      outputs = kernel(
+          inputs=[x, grid],
+          template=[("T", x.dtype)],
+          output_shapes=[out_shape],
+          output_dtypes=[x.dtype],
+          grid=(np.prod(out_shape), 1, 1),
+          threadgroup=(256, 1, 1),
+      )
+      return outputs[0]
 
 For a reasonably sized input such as:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    x.shape = (8, 1024, 1024, 64)
-    grid.shape = (8, 256, 256, 2)
+  x.shape = (8, 1024, 1024, 64)
+  grid.shape = (8, 256, 256, 2)
 
 On an M1 Max, we see a big performance improvement:
 
@@ -281,11 +298,11 @@ On an M1 Max, we see a big performance improvement:
 Grid Sample VJP
 ---------------
 
-Since we decorated ``grid_sample`` with ``mx.custom_function``, we can now define
-its custom vjp transform so MLX can differentiate it.
+Since we decorated ``grid_sample`` with :func:`custom_function`, we can now
+define its custom vjp transform so MLX can differentiate it.
 
 The backwards pass requires atomically updating ``x_grad``/``grid_grad`` and so
-requires a few extra ``mx.fast.metal_kernel`` features:
+requires a few extra :func:`fast.metal_kernel` features:
 
 * ``init_value=0``
     Initialize all of the kernel's outputs to this value before it runs. This allows us to update only part of the output arrays with the kernel.
@@ -299,128 +316,129 @@ We can then implement the backwards pass as follows:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    @grid_sample.vjp
-    def grid_sample_vjp(primals, cotangent, _):
-        x, grid = primals
-        B, _, _, C = x.shape
-        _, gN, gM, D = grid.shape
+  source = """
+      uint elem = thread_position_in_grid.x;
+      int H = x_shape[1];
+      int W = x_shape[2];
+      int C = x_shape[3];
+      // Pad C to the nearest larger simdgroup size multiple
+      int C_padded = ceildiv(C, threads_per_simdgroup) * threads_per_simdgroup;
 
-        assert D == 2, "Last dim of `grid` must be size 2."
+      int gH = grid_shape[1];
+      int gW = grid_shape[2];
 
-        source = """
-            uint elem = thread_position_in_grid.x;
-            int H = x_shape[1];
-            int W = x_shape[2];
-            int C = x_shape[3];
-            // Pad C to the nearest larger simdgroup size multiple
-            int C_padded = ceildiv(C, threads_per_simdgroup) * threads_per_simdgroup;
+      int w_stride = C;
+      int h_stride = W * w_stride;
+      int b_stride = H * h_stride;
 
-            int gH = grid_shape[1];
-            int gW = grid_shape[2];
+      uint grid_idx = elem / C_padded * 2;
+      float ix = ((grid[grid_idx] + 1) * W - 1) / 2;
+      float iy = ((grid[grid_idx + 1] + 1) * H - 1) / 2;
 
-            int w_stride = C;
-            int h_stride = W * w_stride;
-            int b_stride = H * h_stride;
+      int ix_nw = floor(ix);
+      int iy_nw = floor(iy);
 
-            uint grid_idx = elem / C_padded * 2;
-            float ix = ((grid[grid_idx] + 1) * W - 1) / 2;
-            float iy = ((grid[grid_idx + 1] + 1) * H - 1) / 2;
+      int ix_ne = ix_nw + 1;
+      int iy_ne = iy_nw;
 
-            int ix_nw = floor(ix);
-            int iy_nw = floor(iy);
+      int ix_sw = ix_nw;
+      int iy_sw = iy_nw + 1;
 
-            int ix_ne = ix_nw + 1;
-            int iy_ne = iy_nw;
+      int ix_se = ix_nw + 1;
+      int iy_se = iy_nw + 1;
 
-            int ix_sw = ix_nw;
-            int iy_sw = iy_nw + 1;
+      T nw = (ix_se - ix)    * (iy_se - iy);
+      T ne = (ix    - ix_sw) * (iy_sw - iy);
+      T sw = (ix_ne - ix)    * (iy    - iy_ne);
+      T se = (ix    - ix_nw) * (iy    - iy_nw);
 
-            int ix_se = ix_nw + 1;
-            int iy_se = iy_nw + 1;
+      int batch_idx = elem / C_padded / gH / gW * b_stride;
+      int channel_idx = elem % C_padded;
+      int base_idx = batch_idx + channel_idx;
 
-            T nw = (ix_se - ix)    * (iy_se - iy);
-            T ne = (ix    - ix_sw) * (iy_sw - iy);
-            T sw = (ix_ne - ix)    * (iy    - iy_ne);
-            T se = (ix    - ix_nw) * (iy    - iy_nw);
+      T gix = T(0);
+      T giy = T(0);
+      if (channel_idx < C) {
+          int cot_index = elem / C_padded * C + channel_idx;
+          T cot = cotangent[cot_index];
+          if (iy_nw >= 0 && iy_nw <= H - 1 && ix_nw >= 0 && ix_nw <= W - 1) {
+              int offset = base_idx + iy_nw * h_stride + ix_nw * w_stride;
+              atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&x_grad[offset], nw * cot, memory_order_relaxed);
 
-            int batch_idx = elem / C_padded / gH / gW * b_stride;
-            int channel_idx = elem % C_padded;
-            int base_idx = batch_idx + channel_idx;
+              T I_nw = x[offset];
+              gix -= I_nw * (iy_se - iy) * cot;
+              giy -= I_nw * (ix_se - ix) * cot;
+          }
+          if (iy_ne >= 0 && iy_ne <= H - 1 && ix_ne >= 0 && ix_ne <= W - 1) {
+              int offset = base_idx + iy_ne * h_stride + ix_ne * w_stride;
+              atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&x_grad[offset], ne * cot, memory_order_relaxed);
 
-            T gix = T(0);
-            T giy = T(0);
-            if (channel_idx < C) {
-                int cot_index = elem / C_padded * C + channel_idx;
-                T cot = cotangent[cot_index];
-                if (iy_nw >= 0 && iy_nw <= H - 1 && ix_nw >= 0 && ix_nw <= W - 1) {
-                    int offset = base_idx + iy_nw * h_stride + ix_nw * w_stride;
-                    atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&x_grad[offset], nw * cot, memory_order_relaxed);
+              T I_ne = x[offset];
+              gix += I_ne * (iy_sw - iy) * cot;
+              giy -= I_ne * (ix - ix_sw) * cot;
+          }
+          if (iy_sw >= 0 && iy_sw <= H - 1 && ix_sw >= 0 && ix_sw <= W - 1) {
+              int offset = base_idx + iy_sw * h_stride + ix_sw * w_stride;
+              atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&x_grad[offset], sw * cot, memory_order_relaxed);
 
-                    T I_nw = x[offset];
-                    gix -= I_nw * (iy_se - iy) * cot;
-                    giy -= I_nw * (ix_se - ix) * cot;
-                }
-                if (iy_ne >= 0 && iy_ne <= H - 1 && ix_ne >= 0 && ix_ne <= W - 1) {
-                    int offset = base_idx + iy_ne * h_stride + ix_ne * w_stride;
-                    atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&x_grad[offset], ne * cot, memory_order_relaxed);
+              T I_sw = x[offset];
+              gix -= I_sw * (iy - iy_ne) * cot;
+              giy += I_sw * (ix_ne - ix) * cot;
+          }
+          if (iy_se >= 0 && iy_se <= H - 1 && ix_se >= 0 && ix_se <= W - 1) {
+              int offset = base_idx + iy_se * h_stride + ix_se * w_stride;
+              atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&x_grad[offset], se * cot, memory_order_relaxed);
 
-                    T I_ne = x[offset];
-                    gix += I_ne * (iy_sw - iy) * cot;
-                    giy -= I_ne * (ix - ix_sw) * cot;
-                }
-                if (iy_sw >= 0 && iy_sw <= H - 1 && ix_sw >= 0 && ix_sw <= W - 1) {
-                    int offset = base_idx + iy_sw * h_stride + ix_sw * w_stride;
-                    atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&x_grad[offset], sw * cot, memory_order_relaxed);
+              T I_se = x[offset];
+              gix += I_se * (iy - iy_nw) * cot;
+              giy += I_se * (ix - ix_nw) * cot;
+          }
+      }
 
-                    T I_sw = x[offset];
-                    gix -= I_sw * (iy - iy_ne) * cot;
-                    giy += I_sw * (ix_ne - ix) * cot;
-                }
-                if (iy_se >= 0 && iy_se <= H - 1 && ix_se >= 0 && ix_se <= W - 1) {
-                    int offset = base_idx + iy_se * h_stride + ix_se * w_stride;
-                    atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&x_grad[offset], se * cot, memory_order_relaxed);
+      T gix_mult = W / 2;
+      T giy_mult = H / 2;
 
-                    T I_se = x[offset];
-                    gix += I_se * (iy - iy_nw) * cot;
-                    giy += I_se * (ix - ix_nw) * cot;
-                }
-            }
+      // Reduce across each simdgroup first.
+      // This is much faster than relying purely on atomics.
+      gix = simd_sum(gix);
+      giy = simd_sum(giy);
 
-            T gix_mult = W / 2;
-            T giy_mult = H / 2;
+      if (thread_index_in_simdgroup == 0) {
+          atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&grid_grad[grid_idx], gix * gix_mult, memory_order_relaxed);
+          atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&grid_grad[grid_idx + 1], giy * giy_mult, memory_order_relaxed);
+      }
+  """
+  kernel = mx.fast.metal_kernel(
+      name="grid_sample_grad",
+      input_names=["x", "grid", "cotangent"],
+      output_names=["x_grad", "grid_grad"],
+      source=source,
+      atomic_outputs=True,
+  )
 
-            // Reduce across each simdgroup first.
-            // This is much faster than relying purely on atomics.
-            gix = simd_sum(gix);
-            giy = simd_sum(giy);
+  @grid_sample.vjp
+  def grid_sample_vjp(primals, cotangent, _):
+      x, grid = primals
+      B, _, _, C = x.shape
+      _, gN, gM, D = grid.shape
 
-            if (thread_index_in_simdgroup == 0) {
-                atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&grid_grad[grid_idx], gix * gix_mult, memory_order_relaxed);
-                atomic_fetch_add_explicit(&grid_grad[grid_idx + 1], giy * giy_mult, memory_order_relaxed);
-            }
-        """
-        kernel = mx.fast.metal_kernel(
-            name="grid_sample_grad",
-            input_names=["x", "grid", "cotangent"],
-            output_names=["x_grad", "grid_grad"],
-            source=source,
-            atomic_outputs=True,
-        )
-        # pad the output channels to simd group size
-        # so that our `simd_sum`s don't overlap.
-        simdgroup_size = 32
-        C_padded = (C + simdgroup_size - 1) // simdgroup_size * simdgroup_size
-        grid_size = B * gN * gM * C_padded
-        outputs = kernel(
-            inputs=[x, grid, cotangent],
-            template=[("T", x.dtype)],
-            output_shapes=[x.shape, grid.shape],
-            output_dtypes=[x.dtype, x.dtype],
-            grid=(grid_size, 1, 1),
-            threadgroup=(256, 1, 1),
-            init_value=0,
-        )
-        return outputs[0], outputs[1]
+      assert D == 2, "Last dim of `grid` must be size 2."
+
+      # pad the output channels to simd group size
+      # so that our `simd_sum`s don't overlap.
+      simdgroup_size = 32
+      C_padded = (C + simdgroup_size - 1) // simdgroup_size * simdgroup_size
+      grid_size = B * gN * gM * C_padded
+      outputs = kernel(
+          inputs=[x, grid, cotangent],
+          template=[("T", x.dtype)],
+          output_shapes=[x.shape, grid.shape],
+          output_dtypes=[x.dtype, x.dtype],
+          grid=(grid_size, 1, 1),
+          threadgroup=(256, 1, 1),
+          init_value=0,
+      )
+      return outputs[0], outputs[1]
 
 There's an even larger speed up for the vjp:
 

docs/src/dev/extensions.rst

@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ more concrete:
         * representing the vectorized computation and the axis which
         * corresponds to the output vectorized dimension.
         */
-        virtual std::pair<std::vector<array>, std::vector<int>> vmap(
+        std::pair<std::vector<array>, std::vector<int>> vmap(
             const std::vector<array>& inputs,
             const std::vector<int>& axes) override;
 
-        /** Print the primitive. */
-        void print(std::ostream& os) override {
-            os << "Axpby";
+        /** The name of primitive. */
+        const char* name() const override {
+          return "Axpby";
         }
 
         /** Equivalence check **/
@@ -394,14 +394,14 @@ below.
         out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
 
         // Resolve name of kernel
-        std::ostringstream kname;
-        kname << "axpby_" << "general_" << type_to_name(out);
+        std::stream kname;
+        kname = "axpby_general_" + type_to_name(out);
 
-        // Make sure the metal library is available
-        d.register_library("mlx_ext");
+        // Load the metal library
+        auto lib = d.get_library("mlx_ext", current_binary_dir());
 
         // Make a kernel from this metal library
-        auto kernel = d.get_kernel(kname.str(), "mlx_ext");
+        auto kernel = d.get_kernel(kname, lib);
 
         // Prepare to encode kernel
         auto& compute_encoder = d.get_command_encoder(s.index);
@@ -777,11 +777,11 @@ with the naive :meth:`simple_axpby` we first defined.
             mx.eval(z)
 
         # Timed run
-        s = time.time()
+        s = time.perf_counter()
         for i in range(100):
             z = f(x, y, alpha, beta)
             mx.eval(z)
-        e = time.time()
+        e = time.perf_counter()
         return 1000 * (e - s) / 100
 
     simple_time = bench(simple_axpby)

docs/src/dev/metal_logging.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+Metal Logging
+=============
+
+In debug builds, MLX compiles Metal kernels with ``os_log`` enabled so shader
+warnings and debug messages are visible during development.
+
+.. note::
+    Metal logging is only available with Metal 3.2 or higher (macOS 15 and up,
+    iOS 18 and up).
+
+To enable logging from kernels, first make sure to build in debug mode:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    DEBUG=1 python -m pip install -e .
+
+Then, in the kernel source code include MLX's logging shim and use
+``mlx::os_log``:
+
+.. code-block::
+
+    #include "mlx/backend/metal/kernels/logging.h"
+
+    constant mlx::os_log logger("mlx", "my_kernel");
+
+    kernel void my_kernel(/* ... */) {
+    // ...
+      logger.log_debug("unexpected state: idx=%u", idx);
+    }
+
+When you run the program, set the Metal log level to your desired level and
+forward logs to ``stderr``:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    MTL_LOG_LEVEL=MTLLogLevelDebug MTL_LOG_TO_STDERR=1 python script.py
+
+See the `Metal logging guide`_ for more details.
+
+.. _`Metal logging guide`: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/logging-shader-debug-messages

docs/src/index.rst

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ are the CPU and GPU.
    python/fft
    python/linalg
    python/metal
+   python/cuda
    python/memory_management
    python/nn
    python/optimizers
@@ -88,5 +89,6 @@ are the CPU and GPU.
 
    dev/extensions
    dev/metal_debugger
+   dev/metal_logging
    dev/custom_metal_kernels
    dev/mlx_in_cpp

docs/src/install.rst

@@ -13,22 +13,51 @@ silicon computer is
 
     pip install mlx
 
-To install from PyPI you must meet the following requirements:
+To install from PyPI your system must meet the following requirements:
 
 - Using an M series chip (Apple silicon)
-- Using a native Python >= 3.9
-- macOS >= 13.5
+- Using a native Python >= 3.10
+- macOS >= 14.0
 
 .. note::
-    MLX is only available on devices running macOS >= 13.5
-    It is highly recommended to use macOS 14 (Sonoma)
+    MLX is only available on devices running macOS >= 14.0 and higher.
 
+CUDA
+^^^^
 
-MLX is also available on conda-forge. To install MLX with conda do:
+MLX has a CUDA backend which you can install with:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-   conda install conda-forge::mlx
+    pip install mlx[cuda12]
+
+
+To install the CUDA package from PyPi your system must meet the following
+requirements:
+
+- Nvidia architecture >= SM 7.5
+- Nvidia driver >= 550.54.14
+- CUDA toolkit >= 12.0
+- Linux distribution with glibc >= 2.35
+- Python >= 3.10
+
+For CUDA 13 use ``pip install mlx[cuda13]``. The CUDA 13 package requires
+an Nvidia driver >= 580 or an appropriate CUDA compatibility package.
+
+CPU-only (Linux)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+For a CPU-only version of MLX that runs on Linux use:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+    pip install mlx[cpu]
+
+To install the CPU-only package from PyPi your system must meet the following
+requirements:
+
+- Linux distribution with glibc >= 2.35
+- Python >= 3.10
 
 
 Troubleshooting
@@ -65,6 +94,8 @@ Build Requirements
 Python API
 ^^^^^^^^^^
 
+.. _python install:
+
 To build and install the MLX python library from source, first, clone MLX from
 `its GitHub repo <https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx>`_:
 
@@ -76,20 +107,20 @@ Then simply build and install MLX using pip:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-  CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=8 pip install .
+  pip install .
 
 For developing, install the package with development dependencies, and use an
 editable install:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-  CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=8 pip install -e ".[dev]"
+  pip install -e ".[dev]"
 
 Once the development dependencies are installed, you can build faster with:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
- CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=8 python setup.py build_ext --inplace
+ python setup.py build_ext --inplace
 
 Run the tests with:
 
@@ -97,16 +128,11 @@ Run the tests with:
 
   python -m unittest discover python/tests
 
-Optional: Install stubs to enable auto completions and type checking from your
-IDE:
-
-.. code-block:: shell
-
-  python setup.py generate_stubs
-
 C++ API
 ^^^^^^^
 
+.. _cpp install:
+
 Currently, MLX must be built and installed from source.
 
 Similarly to the python library, to build and install the MLX C++ library start
@@ -185,6 +211,7 @@ should point to the path to the built metal library.
 
       xcrun -sdk macosx --show-sdk-version
 
+
 Binary Size Minimization
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -213,6 +240,50 @@ be anwywhere from a few hundred millisecond to a few seconds depending on the
 application. Once a kernel is compiled, it will be cached by the system. The
 Metal kernel cache persists across reboots.
 
+Linux
+^^^^^
+
+To build from source on Linux (CPU only), install the BLAS and LAPACK headers.
+For example on Ubuntu, run the following:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+   apt-get update -y
+   apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev -y
+
+From here follow the instructions to install either the :ref:`Python <python
+install>` or :ref:`C++ <cpp install>` APIs.
+
+CUDA
+^^^^
+
+To build from source on Linux with CUDA, install the BLAS and LAPACK headers
+and the CUDA toolkit. For example on Ubuntu, run the following:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+   wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
+   dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
+   apt-get update -y
+   apt-get -y install cuda-toolkit-12-9
+   apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev libcudnn9-dev-cuda-12 -y
+
+
+When building either the Python or C++ APIs make sure to pass the cmake flag
+``MLX_BUILD_CUDA=ON``. For example, to build the Python API run:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  CMAKE_ARGS="-DMLX_BUILD_CUDA=ON" pip install -e ".[dev]"
+
+To build the C++ package run:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+   mkdir -p build && cd build
+   cmake .. -DMLX_BUILD_CUDA=ON && make -j
+
+
 Troubleshooting
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

docs/src/python/array.rst

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Array
     array.ndim
     array.shape
     array.size
+    array.real
+    array.imag
     array.abs
     array.all
     array.any

docs/src/python/cuda.rst

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

docs/src/python/data_types.rst

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The default floating point type is ``float32`` and the default integer type is
      - 4 
      - 32-bit float
    * - ``float64``
-     - 4 
+     - 8
      - 64-bit double
    * - ``complex64``
      - 8 

docs/src/python/fast.rst

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

docs/src/python/fft.rst

@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ FFT
   irfft2
   rfftn
   irfftn
+  fftshift
+  ifftshift

docs/src/python/linalg.rst

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Linear Algebra
     cross
     qr
     svd
+    eigvals
+    eig
     eigvalsh
     eigh
     lu

docs/src/python/nn/functions.rst

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

docs/src/python/nn/layers.rst

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

docs/src/python/ops.rst

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

docs/src/python/optimizers.rst

@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ the saved state. Here's a simple example:
    optimizer.update(model, grads)
 
    # Save the state
-   state = tree_flatten(optimizer.state)
-   mx.save_safetensors("optimizer.safetensors", dict(state))
+   state = tree_flatten(optimizer.state, destination={})
+   mx.save_safetensors("optimizer.safetensors", state)
 
    # Later on, for example when loading from a checkpoint,
    # recreate the optimizer and load the state
    optimizer = optim.Adam(learning_rate=1e-2)
 
-   state = tree_unflatten(list(mx.load("optimizer.safetensors").items()))
+   state = tree_unflatten(mx.load("optimizer.safetensors"))
    optimizer.state = state
 
 Note, not every optimizer configuation parameter is saved in the state. For

docs/src/python/optimizers/common_optimizers.rst

@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Common Optimizers
    Adamax
    Lion
    MultiOptimizer
+   Muon

docs/src/usage/compile.rst

@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ Now make an array, and benchmark both functions:
 .. code-block:: python
 
   x = mx.random.uniform(shape=(32, 1000, 4096))
-  timeit(nn.gelu, x)
-  timeit(mx.compile(nn.gelu), x)
+  timeit(gelu, x)
+  timeit(mx.compile(gelu), x)
 
 On an M1 Max the times are 15.5 and 3.1 milliseconds. The compiled ``gelu`` is
 five times faster.
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ In some cases returning updated state can be pretty inconvenient. Hence,
   def fun(x, y):
       z = x + y
       state.append(z)
-      return mx.exp(z), state
+      return mx.exp(z)
 
   fun(mx.array(1.0), mx.array(2.0))
   # Prints [array(3, dtype=float32)]
@@ -257,7 +257,26 @@ constants. For example:
 
 In order to have the change of state reflected in the outputs of ``fun`` you
 again have two options. The first option is to simply pass ``state`` as input
-to the function. In some cases this can be pretty inconvenient. Hence,
+to the function.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  state = [mx.array(1.0)]
+
+  @mx.compile
+  def fun(x, state):
+      return x + state[0]
+
+  # Prints array(2, dtype=float32)
+  print(fun(mx.array(1.0), state))
+
+  # Update state
+  state[0] = mx.array(5.0)
+
+  # Prints array(6, dtype=float32)
+  print(fun(mx.array(1.0), state))
+
+In some cases this can be pretty inconvenient. Hence,
 :func:`compile` also has a parameter to capture implicit inputs:
 
 .. code-block:: python

docs/src/usage/distributed.rst

@@ -7,21 +7,29 @@ Distributed Communication
 
 MLX supports distributed communication operations that allow the computational cost
 of training or inference to be shared across many physical machines. At the
-moment we support two different communication backends:
+moment we support several different communication backends introduced below.
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 20 80
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Backend
+     - Description
+   * - :ref:`MPI <mpi_section>`
+     - A full featured and mature distributed communications library.
+   * - :ref:`RING <ring_section>`
+     - Ring all reduce and all gather over TCP sockets. Always available and
+       usually faster than MPI.
+   * - :ref:`JACCL <jaccl_section>`
+     - Low latency communication with RDMA over thunderbolt. Necessary for
+       things like tensor parallelism.
+   * - :ref:`NCCL <nccl_section>`
+     - The backend of choice for CUDA environments.
 
-* `MPI <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_Passing_Interface>`_ a
-  full-featured and mature distributed communications library
-* A **ring** backend of our own that uses native TCP sockets and should be
-  faster for thunderbolt connections.
 
 The list of all currently supported operations and their documentation can be
 seen in the :ref:`API docs<distributed>`.
 
-.. note::
-   Some operations may not be supported or not as fast as they should be.
-   We are adding more and tuning the ones we have as we are figuring out the
-   best way to do distributed computing on Macs using MLX.
-
 Getting Started
 ---------------
 
@@ -84,9 +92,8 @@ Selecting Backend
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 You can select the backend you want to use when calling :func:`init` by passing
-one of ``{'any', 'ring', 'mpi'}``. When passing ``any``, MLX will try to
-initialize the ``ring`` backend and if it fails the ``mpi`` backend. If they
-both fail then a singleton group is created.
+one of ``{'any', 'ring', 'jaccl', 'mpi', 'nccl'}``. When passing ``any``, MLX will try all
+available backends. If they all fail then a singleton group is created.
 
 .. note::
    After a distributed backend is successfully initialized :func:`init` will
@@ -110,6 +117,8 @@ The following examples aim to clarify the backend initialization logic in MLX:
     world_ring = mx.distributed.init(backend="ring")
     world_any = mx.distributed.init()  # same as MPI because it was initialized first!
 
+.. _training_example:
+
 Training Example
 ----------------
 
@@ -184,7 +193,7 @@ almost identical to the example above:
 
     def step(model, x, y):
         loss, grads = loss_grad_fn(model, x, y)
-        grads = mlx.nn.average_gradients(grads) # <---- This line was added
+        grads = mx.nn.average_gradients(grads)  # <---- This line was added
         optimizer.update(model, grads)
         return loss
 
@@ -192,80 +201,7 @@ almost identical to the example above:
         loss = step(model, x, y)
         mx.eval(loss, model.parameters())
 
-
-Getting Started with MPI
-------------------------
-
-MLX already comes with the ability to "talk" to MPI if it is installed on the
-machine. Launching distributed MLX programs that use MPI can be done with
-``mpirun`` as expected. However, in the following examples we will be using
-``mlx.launch --backend mpi`` which takes care of some nuisances such as setting
-absolute paths for the ``mpirun`` executable and the ``libmpi.dyld`` shared
-library.
-
-The simplest possible usage is the following which, assuming the minimal
-example in the beginning of this page, should result in:
-
-.. code:: shell
-
-    $ mlx.launch --backend mpi -n 2 test.py
-    1 array([2, 2, 2, ..., 2, 2, 2], dtype=float32)
-    0 array([2, 2, 2, ..., 2, 2, 2], dtype=float32)
-
-The above launches two processes on the same (local) machine and we can see
-both standard output streams. The processes send the array of 1s to each other
-and compute the sum which is printed. Launching with ``mlx.launch -n 4 ...`` would
-print 4 etc.
-
-Installing MPI
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-MPI can be installed with Homebrew, using the Anaconda package manager or
-compiled from source. Most of our testing is done using ``openmpi`` installed
-with the Anaconda package manager as follows:
-
-.. code:: shell
-
-    $ conda install conda-forge::openmpi
-
-Installing with Homebrew may require specifying the location of ``libmpi.dyld``
-so that MLX can find it and load it at runtime. This can simply be achieved by
-passing the ``DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH`` environment variable to ``mpirun`` and it is
-done automatically by ``mlx.launch``.
-
-.. code:: shell
-
-    $ mpirun -np 2 -x DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/homebrew/lib/ python test.py
-    $ # or simply
-    $ mlx.launch -n 2 test.py
-
-Setting up Remote Hosts
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-MPI can automatically connect to remote hosts and set up the communication over
-the network if the remote hosts can be accessed via ssh. A good checklist to
-debug connectivity issues is the following:
-
-* ``ssh hostname`` works from all machines to all machines without asking for
-  password or host confirmation
-* ``mpirun`` is accessible on all machines.
-* Ensure that the ``hostname`` used by MPI is the one that you have configured
-  in the ``.ssh/config`` files on all machines.
-
-Tuning MPI All Reduce
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-.. note::
-
-    For faster all reduce consider using the ring backend either with Thunderbolt
-    connections or over Ethernet.
-
-Configure MPI to use N tcp connections between each host to improve bandwidth
-by passing ``--mca btl_tcp_links N``.
-
-Force MPI to use the most performant network interface by setting ``--mca
-btl_tcp_if_include <iface>`` where ``<iface>`` should be the interface you want
-to use.
+.. _ring_section:
 
 Getting Started with Ring
 -------------------------
@@ -275,7 +211,7 @@ available. It uses TCP sockets so the nodes need to be reachable via a network.
 As the name suggests the nodes are connected in a ring which means that rank 1
 can only communicate with rank 0 and rank 2, rank 2 only with rank 1 and rank 3
 and so on and so forth. As a result :func:`send` and :func:`recv` with
-arbitrary sender and receiver is not supported in the ring backend.
+arbitrary sender and receiver are not supported in the ring backend.
 
 Defining a Ring
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -316,22 +252,13 @@ utility as follows:
 
 .. code:: shell
 
-   mlx.distributed_config --verbose --hosts host1,host2,host3,host4
+   mlx.distributed_config --verbose --hosts host1,host2,host3,host4 --backend ring
 
 By default the script will attempt to discover the thunderbolt ring and provide
 you with the commands to configure each node as well as the ``hostfile.json``
 to use with ``mlx.launch``. If password-less ``sudo`` is available on the nodes
 then ``--auto-setup`` can be used to configure them automatically.
 
-To validate your connection without configuring anything
-``mlx.distributed_config`` can also plot the ring using DOT format.
-
-.. code:: shell
-
-   mlx.distributed_config --verbose --hosts host1,host2,host3,host4 --dot >ring.dot
-   dot -Tpng ring.dot >ring.png
-   open ring.png
-
 If you want to go through the process manually, the steps are as follows:
 
 * Disable the thunderbolt bridge interface
@@ -342,3 +269,382 @@ If you want to go through the process manually, the steps are as follows:
   and ``en2`` also on node ``i + 1`` then we may assign IPs ``192.168.0.1`` and
   ``192.168.0.2`` respectively to the two nodes. For more details you can see
   the commands prepared by the utility script.
+
+.. _jaccl_section:
+
+Getting Started with JACCL
+--------------------------
+
+Starting from macOS 26.2, RDMA over thunderbolt is available and
+enables low-latency communication between Macs with thunderbolt 5. MLX provides
+the JACCL backend that uses this functionality to achieve communication latency
+an order of magnitude lower than the ring backend.
+
+.. note::
+
+   The name JACCL (pronounced Jackal) stands for *Jack and Angelos' Collective
+   Communication Library* and it is an obvious pun to Nvidia's NCCL but also
+   tribute to *Jack Beasley* who led the development of RDMA over Thunderbolt
+   at Apple.
+
+Enabling RDMA
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Until the feature matures, enabling RDMA over thunderbolt is slightly more
+involved and **cannot** be done remotely even with sudo. In fact, it has to be
+done in macOS recovery:
+
+1. `Start your computer in recovery <https://support.apple.com/en-us/102518>`_.
+2. Open the Terminal by going to Utilities -> Terminal.
+3. Run ``rdma_ctl enable``.
+4. Reboot.
+
+To verify that you have successfully enabled Thunderbolt RDMA you can run
+``ibv_devices`` which should produce something like the following for an M3 Ultra.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    ~ % ibv_devices
+    device          	   node GUID
+    ------          	----------------
+    rdma_en2        	8096a9d9edbaac05
+    rdma_en3        	8196a9d9edbaac05
+    rdma_en5        	8396a9d9edbaac05
+    rdma_en4        	8296a9d9edbaac05
+    rdma_en6        	8496a9d9edbaac05
+    rdma_en7        	8596a9d9edbaac05
+
+Defining a Mesh
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The JACCL backend supports only fully connected topologies. Namely, there needs
+to be a thunderbolt cable connecting all pairs of Macs directly. For example, in
+the following topology visualizations, the left one is valid because there is a
+connection from any node to any other node, while for the one on the right M3
+Ultra 1 is not connected to M3 Ultra 2.
+
+.. raw:: html
+
+   <div style="display: flex; text-align: center; align-items: end; font-size: 80%;">
+     <div>
+       <img src="../_static/distributed/m3-ultra-mesh.png" alt="M3 Ultra thunderbolt mesh" style="width: 55%">
+       <p>Fully connected mesh of four M3 Ultra.</p>
+     </div>
+     <div>
+       <img src="../_static/distributed/m3-ultra-mesh-broken.png" alt="M3 Ultra broken thunderbolt mesh" style="width: 55%">
+       <p>Not a valid mesh (M3 Ultra 1 is not connected to M3 Ultra 2).</p>
+     </div>
+   </div>
+
+Similar to the ring backend, the easiest way to use JACCL with MLX is to write
+a JSON hostfile that will be used by ``mlx.launch``. The hostfile needs to contain
+
+- Hostnames to use for launching scripts via ssh
+- An IP for rank 0 that is reachable by all nodes
+- A list of rdma devices that connect each node to each other node
+
+The following JSON defines the valid 4-node mesh from the image above.
+
+.. code-block:: json
+
+    [
+        {
+            "ssh": "m3-ultra-1",
+            "ips": ["123.123.123.1"],
+            "rdma": [null, "rdma_en5", "rdma_en4", "rdma_en3"]
+        },
+        {
+            "ssh": "m3-ultra-2",
+            "ips": [],
+            "rdma": ["rdma_en5", null, "rdma_en3", "rdma_en4"]
+        },
+        {
+            "ssh": "m3-ultra-3",
+            "ips": [],
+            "rdma": ["rdma_en4", "rdma_en3", null, "rdma_en5"]
+        },
+        {
+            "ssh": "m3-ultra-4",
+            "ips": [],
+            "rdma": ["rdma_en3", "rdma_en4", "rdma_en5", null]
+        }
+    ]
+
+Even though TCP/IP is not used when communicating with Thunderbolt RDMA,
+disabling the thunderbolt bridge is still required as well as setting up
+isolated local networks for each thunderbolt connection.
+
+All of the above can be done instead via ``mlx.distributed_config``. This helper
+script will
+
+- ssh into each node
+- extract the thunderbolt connectivity
+- check for a valid mesh
+- provide the commands to configure each node (or run them if sudo is available)
+- generate the hostfile to be used with ``mlx.launch``
+
+Putting It All Together
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+For example launching a distributed MLX script that uses JACCL is fairly simple
+if the nodes are reachable via ssh and have password-less sudo.
+
+First, connect all the thunderbolt cables. Then we can verify the connections
+by using the ``mlx.distributed_config`` script to visualize them.
+
+.. code-block::
+
+   mlx.distributed_config --verbose \
+        --hosts m3-ultra-1,m3-ultra-2,m3-ultra-3,m3-ultra-4 \
+        --over thunderbolt --dot | dot -Tpng | open -f -a Preview
+
+After making sure that everything looks right we can auto-configure the nodes
+and save the hostfile to ``m3-ultra-jaccl.json`` by running:
+
+.. code-block::
+
+   mlx.distributed_config --verbose \
+        --hosts m3-ultra-1,m3-ultra-2,m3-ultra-3,m3-ultra-4 \
+        --over thunderbolt --backend jaccl \
+        --auto-setup --output m3-ultra-jaccl.json
+
+And now we are ready to run a distributed MLX script such as distributed inference
+of a gigantic model using MLX LM.
+
+.. code-block::
+
+   mlx.launch --verbose --backend jaccl --hostfile m3-ultra-jaccl.json \
+        --env MLX_METAL_FAST_SYNCH=1 -- \  # <--- important
+        /path/to/remote/python -m mlx_lm chat --model mlx-community/DeepSeek-R1-0528-4bit
+
+.. note::
+
+   Defining the environment variable ``MLX_METAL_FAST_SYNCH=1`` enables a
+   different, faster way of synchronizing between the GPU and the CPU. It is
+   not specific to the JACCL backend and can be used in all cases where the CPU
+   and GPU need to collaborate for some computation and is pretty critical for
+   low-latency communication since the communication is done by the CPU.
+
+.. _nccl_section:
+
+Getting Started with NCCL
+-------------------------
+
+MLX on CUDA environments ships with the ability to talk to `NCCL
+<https://developer.nvidia.com/nccl>`_ which is a high-performance collective
+communication library that supports both multi-gpu and multi-node setups.
+
+For CUDA environments, NCCL is the default backend for ``mlx.launch`` and all
+it takes to run a distributed job is
+
+.. code-block::
+
+   mlx.launch -n 8 test.py
+
+   # perfect for interactive scripts
+   mlx.launch -n 8 python -m mlx_lm chat --model my-model
+
+You can also use ``mlx.launch`` to ssh to a remote node and launch a script
+with the same ease
+
+.. code-block::
+
+   mlx.launch --hosts my-cuda-node -n 8 test.py
+
+In many cases you may not want to use ``mlx.launch`` with the NCCL backend
+because the cluster scheduler will be the one launching the processes. You can
+:ref:`see which environment variables need to be defined <no_mlx_launch>` in
+order for the MLX NCCL backend to be initialized correctly.
+
+.. _mpi_section:
+
+Getting Started with MPI
+------------------------
+
+MLX already comes with the ability to "talk" to `MPI
+<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_Passing_Interface>`_ if it is installed
+on the machine. Launching distributed MLX programs that use MPI can be done
+with ``mpirun`` as expected. However, in the following examples we will be
+using ``mlx.launch --backend mpi`` which takes care of some nuisances such as
+setting absolute paths for the ``mpirun`` executable and the ``libmpi.dyld``
+shared library.
+
+The simplest possible usage is the following which, assuming the minimal
+example in the beginning of this page, should result in:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+    $ mlx.launch --backend mpi -n 2 test.py
+    1 array([2, 2, 2, ..., 2, 2, 2], dtype=float32)
+    0 array([2, 2, 2, ..., 2, 2, 2], dtype=float32)
+
+The above launches two processes on the same (local) machine and we can see
+both standard output streams. The processes send the array of 1s to each other
+and compute the sum which is printed. Launching with ``mlx.launch -n 4 ...`` would
+print 4 etc.
+
+Installing MPI
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+MPI can be installed with Homebrew, pip, using the Anaconda package manager, or
+compiled from source. Most of our testing is done using ``openmpi`` installed
+with the Anaconda package manager as follows:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+    $ conda install conda-forge::openmpi
+
+Installing with Homebrew or pip requires specifying the location of ``libmpi.dyld``
+so that MLX can find it and load it at runtime. This can simply be achieved by
+passing the ``DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH`` environment variable to ``mpirun`` and it is
+done automatically by ``mlx.launch``. Some environments use a non-standard
+library filename that can be specified using the ``MPI_LIBNAME`` environment
+variable. This is automatically taken care of by ``mlx.launch`` as well.
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+    $ mpirun -np 2 -x DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/homebrew/lib/ -x MPI_LIBNAME=libmpi.40.dylib python test.py
+    $ # or simply
+    $ mlx.launch -n 2 test.py
+
+Setting up Remote Hosts
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+MPI can automatically connect to remote hosts and set up the communication over
+the network if the remote hosts can be accessed via ssh. A good checklist to
+debug connectivity issues is the following:
+
+* ``ssh hostname`` works from all machines to all machines without asking for
+  password or host confirmation
+* ``mpirun`` is accessible on all machines.
+* Ensure that the ``hostname`` used by MPI is the one that you have configured
+  in the ``.ssh/config`` files on all machines.
+
+Tuning MPI All Reduce
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. note::
+
+    For faster all reduce consider using the ring backend either with Thunderbolt
+    connections or over Ethernet.
+
+Configure MPI to use N tcp connections between each host to improve bandwidth
+by passing ``--mca btl_tcp_links N``.
+
+Force MPI to use the most performant network interface by setting ``--mca
+btl_tcp_if_include <iface>`` where ``<iface>`` should be the interface you want
+to use.
+
+.. _no_mlx_launch:
+
+Distributed Without ``mlx.launch``
+----------------------------------
+
+None of the implementations of the distributed backends require launching with
+``mlx.launch``. The script simply connects to each host. Starts a process per
+rank and sets up the necessary environment variables before delegating to your
+MLX script. See the :doc:`dedicated documentation page <launching_distributed>`
+for more details.
+
+For many use-cases this will be the easiest way to perform distributed
+computations in MLX. However, there may be reasons that you cannot or should
+not use ``mlx.launch``. A common such case is the use of a scheduler that
+starts all the processes for you on machines undetermined at the time of
+scheduling the job.
+
+Below we list the environment variables required to use each backend.
+
+Ring
+^^^^^^
+
+**MLX_RANK** should contain a single 0-based integer that defines the rank of
+the process.
+
+**MLX_HOSTFILE** should contain the path to a json file that contains IPs and
+ports for each rank to listen to, something like the following:
+
+.. code-block:: json
+
+   [
+     ["123.123.1.1:5000", "123.123.1.2:5000"],
+     ["123.123.2.1:5000", "123.123.2.2:5000"],
+     ["123.123.3.1:5000", "123.123.3.2:5000"],
+     ["123.123.4.1:5000", "123.123.4.2:5000"]
+   ]
+
+**MLX_RING_VERBOSE** is optional and if set to 1 it enables some more logging
+from the distributed backend.
+
+JACCL
+^^^^^
+
+**MLX_RANK** should contain a single 0-based integer that defines the rank of
+the process.
+
+**MLX_JACCL_COORDINATOR** should contain the IP and port that rank 0 can listen
+to all the other ranks connect to in order to establish the RDMA connections.
+
+**MLX_IBV_DEVICES** should contain the path to a json file that contains the
+ibverbs device names that connect each node to each other node, something like
+the following:
+
+.. code-block:: json
+
+   [
+      [null, "rdma_en5", "rdma_en4", "rdma_en3"],
+      ["rdma_en5", null, "rdma_en3", "rdma_en4"],
+      ["rdma_en4", "rdma_en3", null, "rdma_en5"],
+      ["rdma_en3", "rdma_en4", "rdma_en5", null]
+   ]
+
+
+NCCL
+^^^^^
+
+**MLX_RANK** should contain a single 0-based integer that defines the rank of
+the process.
+
+**MLX_WORLD_SIZE** should contain the total number of processes that will be
+launched.
+
+**NCCL_HOST_IP** and **NCCL_PORT** should contain the IP and port that all
+hosts can connect to to establish the NCCL communication.
+
+**CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES** should contain the local index of the gpu that
+corresponds to this process.
+
+Of course any `other environment variable
+<https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/nccl/user-guide/docs/env.html>`_ that is
+used by NCCL can be set.
+
+.. _tips_and_tricks:
+
+Tips and Tricks
+----------------
+
+This is a small collection of tips to help you utilize better the distributed
+communication capabilities of MLX.
+
+- *Test locally first.*
+
+  You can use the pattern ``mlx.launch -n2 -- my_script.py`` to run a small
+  scale test on a single node first.
+
+- *Batch your communication.*
+
+  As described in the :ref:`training example <training_example>`, performing a
+  lot of small communications can hurt performance. Copy the approach of
+  :func:`mlx.nn.average_gradients` to gather many small communications in a
+  single large one.
+
+- *Visualize the connectivity.*
+
+  Use ``mlx.distributed_config --hosts h1,h2,h3 --over thunderbolt --dot`` to
+  visualize the connnections and make sure that the cables are connected
+  correctly. See the :ref:`JACCL section <jaccl_section>` for examples.
+
+- *Use the debugger.*
+
+  ``mlx.launch`` is meant for interactive use. It broadcasts stdin to all
+  processes and gathers stdout from all processes. This makes using ``pdb`` a
+  breeze.

docs/src/usage/export.rst

@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ Exporting Functions
 
 MLX has an API to export and import functions to and from a file. This lets you
 run computations written in one MLX front-end (e.g. Python) in another MLX
-front-end (e.g. C++). 
+front-end (e.g. C++).
 
 This guide walks through the basics of the MLX export API with some examples.
 To see the full list of functions check-out the :ref:`API documentation
 <export>`.
 
-Basics of Exporting 
+Basics of Exporting
 -------------------
 
 Let's start with a simple example:
- 
+
 .. code-block:: python
 
   def fun(x, y):
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ specified as variable positional arguments or as a tuple of arrays:
 
   x = mx.array(1.0)
   y = mx.array(1.0)
-   
+
   # Both arguments to fun are positional
   mx.export_function("add.mlxfn", fun, x, y)
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ parameters are also saved to the ``model.mlxfn`` file.
    For enclosed arrays inside an exported function, be extra careful to ensure
    they are evaluated. The computation graph that gets exported will include
    the computation that produces enclosed inputs.
-  
+
    If the above example was missing ``mx.eval(model.parameters()``, the
    exported function would include the random initialization of the
    :obj:`mlx.nn.Module` parameters.
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ parameters, pass them as inputs to the ``call`` wrapper:
      # Set the model's parameters to the input parameters
      model.update(tree_unflatten(list(params.items())))
      return model(x)
- 
-   params = dict(tree_flatten(model.parameters()))
+
+   params = tree_flatten(model.parameters(), destination={})
    mx.export_function("model.mlxfn", call, (mx.zeros(4),), params)
 
 
@@ -164,13 +164,13 @@ to export a function which can be used for inputs with variable shapes:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-  mx.export_function("fun.mlxfn", mx.abs, mx.array(0.0), shapeless=True)
+  mx.export_function("fun.mlxfn", mx.abs, mx.array([0.0]), shapeless=True)
   imported_abs = mx.import_function("fun.mlxfn")
 
   # Ok
-  out, = imported_abs(mx.array(-1.0))
-  
-  # Also ok 
+  out, = imported_abs(mx.array([-1.0]))
+
+  # Also ok
   out, = imported_abs(mx.array([-1.0, -2.0]))
 
 With ``shapeless=False`` (which is the default), the second call to
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ a single file by creating an exporting context manager with :func:`exporter`:
   def fun(x, y=None):
       constant = mx.array(3.0)
       if y is not None:
-        x += y 
+        x += y
       return x + constant
 
   with mx.exporter("fun.mlxfn", fun) as exporter:
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ a single file by creating an exporting context manager with :func:`exporter`:
   print(out)
 
 In the above example the function constant data, (i.e. ``constant``), is only
-saved once. 
+saved once.
 
 Transformations with Imported Functions
 ---------------------------------------
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ on imported functions just like regular Python functions:
   # Prints: array(1, dtype=float32)
   print(dfdx(x))
 
-  # Compile the imported function 
+  # Compile the imported function
   mx.compile(imported_fun)
   # Prints: array(0, dtype=float32)
   print(compiled_fun(x)[0])
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ Import and run the function in C++ with only a few lines of code:
   // Prints: array(2, dtype=float32)
   std::cout << outputs[0] << std::endl;
 
-Imported functions can be transformed in C++ just like in Python. Use 
+Imported functions can be transformed in C++ just like in Python. Use
 ``std::vector<mx::array>`` for positional arguments and ``std::map<std::string,
 mx::array>`` for keyword arguments when calling imported functions in C++.
 

docs/src/usage/indexing.rst

@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ Differences from NumPy
 
   * Indexing does not perform bounds checking. Indexing out of bounds is
     undefined behavior.
-  * Boolean mask based indexing is not yet supported.
+  * Boolean mask based indexing is supported for assignment only (see
+    :ref:`boolean-mask-assignment`).
 
 The reason for the lack of bounds checking is that exceptions cannot propagate
 from the GPU. Performing bounds checking for array indices before launching the
@@ -107,6 +108,28 @@ same array:
   >>> a
   array([1, 2, 0], dtype=int32)
 
+Note that unlike NumPy, slicing an array creates a copy, not a view. So
+mutating it does not mutate the original array:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  >>> a = mx.array([1, 2, 3])
+  >>> b = a[:]
+  >>> b[2] = 0
+  >>> b
+  array([1, 2, 0], dtype=int32)
+  >>> a
+  array([1, 2, 3], dtype=int32)
+
+Also unlike NumPy, updates to the same location are nondeterministic:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  >>> a = mx.array([1, 2, 3])
+  >>> a[[0, 0]] = mx.array([4, 5])
+
+The first element of ``a`` could be ``4`` or ``5``.
+
 Transformations of functions which use in-place updates are allowed and work as
 expected. For example:
 
@@ -121,3 +144,51 @@ expected. For example:
 
 In the above ``dfdx`` will have the correct gradient, namely zeros at ``idx``
 and ones elsewhere.
+
+.. _boolean-mask-assignment:
+
+Boolean Mask Assignment
+-----------------------
+
+MLX supports boolean indices using NumPy syntax. A mask must already be
+a :class:`bool_` MLX :class:`array` or a NumPy ``ndarray`` with ``dtype=bool``.
+Other index types are routed through the standard scatter code.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+   >>> a = mx.array([1.0, 2.0, 3.0])
+   >>> mask = mx.array([True, False, True])
+   >>> updates = mx.array([5.0, 6.0])
+   >>> a[mask] = updates
+   >>> a
+   array([5.0, 2.0, 6.0], dtype=float32)
+
+Scalar assignments broadcast to every ``True`` entry in ``mask``. For non-scalar
+assignments, ``updates`` must provide at least as many elements as there are
+``True`` entries in ``mask``.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+   >>> a = mx.zeros((2, 3))
+   >>> mask = mx.array([[True, False, True],
+                        [False, False, True]])
+   >>> a[mask] = 1.0
+   >>> a
+   array([[1.0, 0.0, 1.0],
+          [0.0, 0.0, 1.0]], dtype=float32)
+
+Boolean masks follow NumPy semantics:
+
+- The mask shape must match the shape of the axes it indexes exactly. The only
+  exception is a scalar boolean mask, which broadcasts to the full array.
+- Any axes not covered by the mask are taken in full.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+   >>> a = mx.arange(1000).reshape(10, 10, 10)
+   >>> a[mx.random.normal((10, 10)) > 0.0] = 0  # valid: mask covers axes 0 and 1
+
+The mask of shape ``(10, 10)`` applies to the first two axes, so ``a[mask]``
+selects the 1-D slices ``a[i, j, :]`` where ``mask[i, j]`` is ``True``.
+Shapes such as ``(1, 10, 10)`` or ``(10, 10, 1)`` do not match the indexed
+axes and therefore raise errors.

docs/src/usage/launching_distributed.rst

@@ -7,13 +7,106 @@ Launching Distributed Programs
 
 .. currentmodule:: mlx.core.distributed
 
-Installing the MLX python package provides a helper script ``mlx.launch`` that
-can be used to run python scripts distributed on several nodes. It allows
-launching using either the MPI backend or the ring backend. See the
-:doc:`distributed docs <distributed>` for the different backends.
+The MLX python package provides two utilities to help you configure
+your Macs for distributed computation and also launch distributed programs on
+multiple nodes or with many processes in a single node. These utilities are aptly named
 
-Usage
------
+- ``mlx.launch``
+- ``mlx.distributed_config``
+
+See the :doc:`distributed docs <distributed>` for an introduction and
+getting-started guides to the various backends.
+
+``mlx.distributed_config`` 
+---------------------------
+
+Unless you are launching distributed jobs locally for development or multi-gpu
+CUDA environments, then you have several Macs that you need to configure for
+distributed communication with MLX.
+
+``mlx.distributed_config`` aims to automate the process of configuring the
+network interfaces (especially for communication over thunderbolt) and also
+creating the hostfile to be used with ``mlx.launch``.
+
+We will analyse 3 cases of using ``mlx.distributed_config``
+
+1. RDMA over thunderbolt using JACCL
+2. TCP/IP over thunderbolt using the ring backend
+3. TCP/IP over ethernet using the ring backend
+
+JACCL
+^^^^^^^
+
+After following :ref:`the steps to enable RDMA <jaccl_section>` you can run the
+following command to configure the nodes and create the hostfile.
+
+.. code-block::
+
+   mlx.distributed_config --verbose --backend jaccl \
+        --hosts m3-ultra-1,m3-ultra-2,m3-ultra-3,m3-ultra-4 --over thunderbolt \
+        --auto-setup --output m3-ultra-jaccl.json
+
+Let's walk through the steps that the script takes to configure the nodes.
+
+1. ssh to all nodes to verify that they are reachable
+2. Extract the thunderbolt connectivity. Namely run commands on each node to
+   calculate which node is connected to which other node.
+3. Verify that we have a valid fully connected mesh
+4. Check that RDMA is enabled
+5. Extract the ethernet IP from interface en0
+6. Disable the thunderbolt bridge and set up peer to peer networks for each
+   thunderbolt cable
+7. Write the hostfile
+
+Knowing the above steps allows you to manually configure the nodes but also
+debug any configuration issue. For instance changing the Ethernet IP to a
+different interface directly in the config is possible (as long as it is
+reachable from all nodes).
+
+The ``--auto-setup`` argument requires password-less sudo on each node. If it
+isn't available then the configuration script will print commands to be run on
+each node.
+
+Ring over thunderbolt
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Setting up a ring backend over thunderbolt only requires changing the
+``--backend`` from ``jaccl`` to ``ring``.
+
+The steps are very similar with the main difference being that instead of
+verifying that the nodes are fully connected, the script attempts to identify a
+ring topology (or multiple rings).
+
+Ring over Ethernet
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Configuring the ring backend over ethernet doesn't require setting up network
+interface and as such it simply extracts the ``en0`` IP from each node and
+writes the hostfile.
+
+Debugging cable connections
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+``mlx.distributed_config`` can help you debug the connectivity of your nodes
+over thunderbolt by exporting a graph of the connections.
+
+Running
+
+.. code-block::
+
+   mlx.distributed_config --verbose \
+        --hosts host1,host2,host3,host4 \
+        --over thunderbolt --dot
+
+will export a `GraphViz <https://graphviz.org>`_ representation of the
+connections between the nodes which makes it very easy to figure out which
+cable is not connected correctly.
+
+See :ref:`the JACCL section <jaccl_section>` for an example.
+
+
+``mlx.launch``
+--------------
 
 The minimal usage example of ``mlx.launch`` is simply
 
@@ -33,6 +126,10 @@ the rest if one of them fails unexpectedly or if ``mlx.launch`` is terminated.
 It also takes care of forwarding the output of each remote process to stdout
 and stderr respectively.
 
+Importantly, it also broadcasts stdin to each process which enables interactive
+programs to work in distributed mode as well as debugging using the interactive
+debugger.
+
 Providing Hosts
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -63,10 +160,62 @@ host and on the same path. A good checklist to debug errors is the following:
   ``mlx.launch --print-python`` to see what that path is.
 * the script you want to run is available on all hosts at the same path
 
+If you are launching from a node with a completely different setup than the
+nodes that the program will run on, you can specify ``--no-verify-script`` so
+that ``mlx.launch`` does not attempt to verify that the executable and script
+exist locally before launching the distributed job.
+
+.. _ring_specifics:
+
+Ring Specifics
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The :ref:`ring <ring_section>` backend, which is also the default
+backend, can be explicitly selected with the argument ``--backend ring``. The
+ring backend has some specific requirements and arguments that are different to
+other backends:
+
+* The argument ``--hosts`` only accepts IPs and not hostnames. If we need to
+  ssh to a hostname that does not correspond to the IP we want to bind to we
+  have to provide a hostfile.
+* ``--starting-port`` defines the port to bind to on the remote hosts.
+  Specifically rank 0 for the first IP will use this port and each subsequent
+  IP or rank will add 1 to this port.
+* ``--connections-per-ip`` allows us to increase the number of connections
+  between neighboring nodes. This corresponds to ``--mca btl_tcp_links 2`` for
+  ``mpirun``.
+
+.. _jaccl_specifics:
+
+JACCL Specifics
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The :ref:`JACCL <jaccl_section>` backend can be selected with the argument
+``--backend jaccl``. A hostfile is necessary to launch with this backend
+because it needs to contain the RDMA devices connecting each node to each other
+node.
+
+NCCL Specifics
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The :ref:`NCCL <nccl_section>` backend is the default backend for CUDA
+environments. When launching from a Mac to a Linux machine with CUDA then the
+backend should be selected using ``--backend nccl``.
+
+The ``--repeat-hosts, -n`` argument should be used to launch multi-node and
+multi-gpu jobs. For instance
+
+.. code-block::
+
+   mlx.launch --backend nccl --hosts linux-1,linux-2 -n 8 --no-verify-script -- ./my-job.sh
+
+will attempt to launch 16 processes, 8 on each node that will all run
+``my-job.sh``.
+
 .. _mpi_specifics:
 
 MPI Specifics
--------------
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 One can use MPI by passing ``--backend mpi`` to ``mlx.launch``. In that case,
 ``mlx.launch`` is a thin wrapper over ``mpirun``. Moreover,
@@ -83,23 +232,3 @@ to choose a specific interface for the byte-transfer-layer of MPI we can call
 .. code:: shell
 
     mlx.launch --backend mpi --mpi-arg '--mca btl_tcp_if_include en0' --hostfile hosts.json my_script.py
-
-
-.. _ring_specifics:
-
-Ring Specifics
---------------
-
-The ring backend, which is also the default backend, can be explicitly selected
-with the argument ``--backend ring``. The ring backend has some specific
-requirements and arguments that are different to MPI:
-
-* The argument ``--hosts`` only accepts IPs and not hostnames. If we need to
-  ssh to a hostname that does not correspond to the IP we want to bind to we
-  have to provide a hostfile.
-* ``--starting-port`` defines the port to bind to on the remote hosts.
-  Specifically rank 0 for the first IP will use this port and each subsequent
-  IP or rank will add 1 to this port.
-* ``--connections-per-ip`` allows us to increase the number of connections
-  between neighboring nodes. This corresponds to ``--mca btl_tcp_links 2`` for
-  ``mpirun``.

examples/extensions/axpby/axpby.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright © 2023-2025 Apple Inc.
 
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
 
@@ -16,6 +17,19 @@
 
 namespace my_ext {
 
+// A helper function to find the location of the current binary on disk.
+// The Metal library ("mlx_ext.mtllib"), should be in the same directory.
+std::string current_binary_dir() {
+  static std::string binary_dir = []() {
+    Dl_info info;
+    if (!dladdr(reinterpret_cast<void*>(&current_binary_dir), &info)) {
+      throw std::runtime_error("Unable to get current binary dir.");
+    }
+    return std::filesystem::path(info.dli_fname).parent_path().string();
+  }();
+  return binary_dir;
+}
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Operation Implementation
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -167,16 +181,15 @@ void Axpby::eval_gpu(
   }
 
   // Resolve name of kernel (corresponds to axpby.metal)
-  std::ostringstream kname;
-  kname << "axpby_";
-  kname << (contiguous_kernel ? "contiguous_" : "general_");
-  kname << type_to_name(out);
+  std::string kname = "axpby_";
+  kname += (contiguous_kernel ? "contiguous_" : "general_");
+  kname += type_to_name(out);
 
-  // Make sure the metal library is available
-  d.register_library("mlx_ext");
+  // Load the metal library
+  auto lib = d.get_library("mlx_ext", current_binary_dir());
 
   // Make a kernel from this metal library
-  auto kernel = d.get_kernel(kname.str(), "mlx_ext");
+  auto kernel = d.get_kernel(kname, lib);
 
   // Prepare to encode kernel
   auto& compute_encoder = d.get_command_encoder(s.index);

examples/extensions/axpby/axpby.h

@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ class Axpby : public mx::Primitive {
       const std::vector<mx::array>& inputs,
       const std::vector<int>& axes) override;
 
-  /** Print the primitive. */
-  void print(std::ostream& os) override {
-    os << "Axpby";
+  /** The name of primitive. */
+  const char* name() const override {
+    return "Axpby";
   }
 
   /** Equivalence check **/

examples/extensions/pyproject.toml

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ requires = [
   "setuptools>=42",
   "cmake>=3.25",
   "mlx>=0.18.0",
-  "nanobind==2.4.0",
+  "nanobind==2.10.2",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"

examples/extensions/requirements.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 setuptools>=42
 cmake>=3.25
 mlx>=0.21.0
-nanobind==2.2.0
+nanobind==2.10.2

examples/extensions/test.py

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ from mlx_sample_extensions import axpby
 
 a = mx.ones((3, 4))
 b = mx.ones((3, 4))
-c = axpby(a, b, 4.0, 2.0, stream=mx.cpu)
+c_cpu = axpby(a, b, 4.0, 2.0, stream=mx.cpu)
+c_gpu = axpby(a, b, 4.0, 2.0, stream=mx.gpu)
 
-print(f"c shape: {c.shape}")
-print(f"c dtype: {c.dtype}")
-print(f"c correct: {mx.all(c == 6.0).item()}")
+print(f"c shape: {c_cpu.shape}")
+print(f"c dtype: {c_cpu.dtype}")
+print(f"c_cpu correct: {mx.all(c_cpu == 6.0).item()}")
+print(f"c_gpu correct: {mx.all(c_gpu == 6.0).item()}")

examples/python/linear_regression.py

@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ def loss_fn(w):
 
 grad_fn = mx.grad(loss_fn)
 
-tic = time.time()
+tic = time.perf_counter()
 for _ in range(num_iters):
     grad = grad_fn(w)
     w = w - lr * grad
     mx.eval(w)
-toc = time.time()
+toc = time.perf_counter()
 
 loss = loss_fn(w)
 error_norm = mx.sum(mx.square(w - w_star)).item() ** 0.5

examples/python/logistic_regression.py

@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ def loss_fn(w):
 
 grad_fn = mx.grad(loss_fn)
 
-tic = time.time()
+tic = time.perf_counter()
 for _ in range(num_iters):
     grad = grad_fn(w)
     w = w - lr * grad
     mx.eval(w)
 
-toc = time.time()
+toc = time.perf_counter()
 
 loss = loss_fn(w)
 final_preds = (X @ w) > 0

examples/python/qqmm.py

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+from itertools import product
+
+import mlx.core as mx
+
+
+# In mxfp8 mode, the results do not match exactly:
+# fewer than 1% of output elements differ.
+# This does not appear to be a systematic error.
+# The error can exceed 1 ULP for very small values,
+# and is always below 1 ULP for larger values.
+# For nvfp4, the results match exactly.
+# therefore I suspect that the discrepancy comes from
+# the mxfp8 matmul implementation in cuBLASLt..
+def ulp_bf16_at(x):
+    ax = mx.abs(x)
+    min_normal = mx.array(2.0**-126)
+    ax = mx.where(ax < min_normal, min_normal, ax)
+    e = mx.floor(mx.log2(ax))
+    return mx.power(2.0, e - 7.0)
+
+
+def test_qqmm():
+    key = mx.random.key(0)
+    k1, k2 = mx.random.split(key)
+    dtypes = [mx.bfloat16, mx.float32, mx.float16]
+
+    tests = (
+        (16, "nvfp4", 4),
+        (32, "mxfp8", 8),
+    )
+    shapes = (
+        [64, 65, 33, 128, 256, 1024, 1024 * 8],  # M
+        [64, 128, 256, 1024, 1024 * 8],  # N
+        [64, 128, 256, 1024, 1024 * 8],  # K
+    )
+    for group_size, mode, bits in tests:
+        for M, N, K in product(*shapes):
+            for dtype in dtypes:
+                x = mx.random.normal(shape=(M, K), key=k1, dtype=dtype)
+                w = mx.random.normal(shape=(N, K), key=k2, dtype=dtype)
+                w_q, scales_w = mx.quantize(w, group_size, bits, mode=mode)
+                w_dq = mx.dequantize(
+                    w_q,
+                    scales_w,
+                    group_size=group_size,
+                    bits=bits,
+                    mode=mode,
+                    dtype=dtype,
+                )
+                y_q = mx.qqmm(
+                    x,
+                    w_q,
+                    scales_w,
+                    group_size=group_size,
+                    bits=bits,
+                    mode=mode,
+                )
+                x_q, scales_x = mx.quantize(
+                    x, group_size=group_size, bits=bits, mode=mode
+                )
+                x_dq = mx.dequantize(
+                    x_q,
+                    scales_x,
+                    group_size=group_size,
+                    bits=bits,
+                    mode=mode,
+                    dtype=dtype,
+                )
+                y_hat = mx.matmul(x_dq, mx.transpose(w_dq))
+                ulp = ulp_bf16_at(y_hat)
+                error = (y_q - y_hat).abs()
+                if not (mx.logical_or(error < 1e-3, error <= ulp).all()):
+                    raise AssertionError(
+                        f"qqmm test failed for shape {(M, N, K)}, "
+                        f"group_size={group_size}, bits={bits}, "
+                        f"mode={mode}, dtype={dtype}"
+                    )
+
+
+def test_qqmm_vjp():
+    key = mx.random.key(0)
+    k1, k2 = mx.random.split(key)
+    M = 64
+    N = 1024
+    K = 512
+    tests = (
+        (16, "nvfp4", 4),
+        (32, "mxfp8", 8),
+    )
+    x = mx.random.normal(shape=(M, K), key=k1)
+    c = mx.ones(shape=(M, N))
+
+    for group_size, mode, bits in tests:
+        w = mx.random.normal(shape=(N, K), key=k2)
+
+        def fn(x):
+            return mx.qqmm(x, w, group_size=group_size, bits=bits, mode=mode)
+
+        _, vjp_out = mx.vjp(fn, primals=(x,), cotangents=(c,))
+        w_tq, scales_wt = mx.quantize(
+            mx.transpose(w), group_size=group_size, bits=bits, mode=mode
+        )
+        expected_out = mx.qqmm(
+            c, w_tq, scales_wt, group_size=group_size, bits=bits, mode=mode
+        )
+        ulp = ulp_bf16_at(expected_out)
+        error = (vjp_out[0] - expected_out).abs()
+        if not (mx.logical_or(error < 1e-3, error <= ulp).all()):
+            raise AssertionError(
+                f"qqmm vjp test failed for shape {(M, N, K)}, "
+                f"group_size={group_size}, bits={bits}, mode={mode}"
+            )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_qqmm()
+    test_qqmm_vjp()

mlx/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 target_sources(
   mlx
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/allocator.cpp
-          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/array.cpp
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/array.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compile.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/device.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/dtype.cpp
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/dtype_utils.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/export.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/einsum.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/fast.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ target_sources(
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/backend/metal/metal.h)
 
 # Define MLX_VERSION only in the version.cpp file.
-add_library(mlx_version STATIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/version.cpp)
+add_library(mlx_version OBJECT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/version.cpp)
 target_compile_definitions(mlx_version PRIVATE MLX_VERSION="${MLX_VERSION}")
 target_link_libraries(mlx PRIVATE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:mlx_version>)
 
@@ -48,5 +48,19 @@ add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/io)
 if(MLX_BUILD_METAL)
   add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/backend/metal)
 else()
-  add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/backend/no_metal)
+  target_sources(mlx
+                 PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/backend/metal/no_metal.cpp)
+endif()
+
+if(MLX_BUILD_CUDA)
+  add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/backend/cuda)
+else()
+  target_sources(mlx
+                 PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/backend/cuda/no_cuda.cpp)
+endif()
+
+if(MLX_BUILD_METAL OR MLX_BUILD_CUDA)
+  add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/backend/gpu)
+else()
+  add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/backend/no_gpu)
 endif()

mlx/allocator.cpp

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2023 Apple Inc.
-
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <sstream>
-
-#include "mlx/allocator.h"
-
-namespace mlx::core::allocator {
-
-Buffer malloc(size_t size) {
-  auto buffer = allocator().malloc(size);
-  if (size && !buffer.ptr()) {
-    std::ostringstream msg;
-    msg << "[malloc] Unable to allocate " << size << " bytes.";
-    throw std::runtime_error(msg.str());
-  }
-  return buffer;
-}
-
-void free(Buffer buffer) {
-  allocator().free(buffer);
-}
-
-} // namespace mlx::core::allocator

mlx/allocator.h

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Buffer {
   void* ptr_;
 
  public:
-  Buffer(void* ptr) : ptr_(ptr) {};
+  explicit Buffer(void* ptr) : ptr_(ptr) {};
 
   // Get the raw data pointer from the buffer
   void* raw_ptr();
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ class Buffer {
   };
 };
 
-Buffer malloc(size_t size);
-
-void free(Buffer buffer);
-
 class Allocator {
   /** Abstract base class for a memory allocator. */
  public:
   virtual Buffer malloc(size_t size) = 0;
   virtual void free(Buffer buffer) = 0;
   virtual size_t size(Buffer buffer) const = 0;
+  virtual Buffer make_buffer(void* ptr, size_t size) {
+    return Buffer{nullptr};
+  };
+  virtual void release(Buffer buffer) {}
 
   Allocator() = default;
   Allocator(const Allocator& other) = delete;
@@ -49,4 +49,25 @@ class Allocator {
 
 Allocator& allocator();
 
+inline Buffer malloc(size_t size) {
+  return allocator().malloc(size);
+}
+
+inline void free(Buffer buffer) {
+  allocator().free(buffer);
+}
+
+// Make a Buffer from a raw pointer of the given size without a copy.  If a
+// no-copy conversion is not possible then the returned buffer.ptr() will be
+// nullptr. Any buffer created with this function must be released with
+// release(buffer)
+inline Buffer make_buffer(void* ptr, size_t size) {
+  return allocator().make_buffer(ptr, size);
+};
+
+// Release a buffer from the allocator made with make_buffer
+inline void release(Buffer buffer) {
+  allocator().release(buffer);
+}
+
 } // namespace mlx::core::allocator

mlx/array.cpp

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ array array::unsafe_weak_copy(const array& other) {
       other.strides(),
       other.flags(),
       [](auto) {});
-  cpy.array_desc_->data_ptr = other.array_desc_->data_ptr;
+  cpy.array_desc_->offset = other.array_desc_->offset;
   return cpy;
 }
 
@@ -82,6 +82,28 @@ array::array(std::initializer_list<int> data, Dtype dtype)
   init(data.begin());
 }
 
+array::array(
+    void* data,
+    Shape shape,
+    Dtype dtype,
+    const std::function<void(void*)>& deleter)
+    : array_desc_(std::make_shared<ArrayDesc>(std::move(shape), dtype)) {
+  auto buffer = allocator::make_buffer(data, nbytes());
+  if (buffer.ptr() == nullptr) {
+    set_data(allocator::malloc(nbytes()));
+    auto ptr = static_cast<char*>(data);
+    std::copy(ptr, ptr + nbytes(), this->data<char>());
+    deleter(data);
+  } else {
+    auto wrapped_deleter = [deleter](allocator::Buffer buffer) {
+      auto ptr = buffer.raw_ptr();
+      allocator::release(buffer);
+      return deleter(ptr);
+    };
+    set_data(buffer, std::move(wrapped_deleter));
+  }
+}
+
 /* Build an array from a shared buffer */
 array::array(allocator::Buffer data, Shape shape, Dtype dtype, Deleter deleter)
     : array_desc_(std::make_shared<ArrayDesc>(std::move(shape), dtype)) {
@@ -141,7 +163,7 @@ bool array::is_tracer() const {
 
 void array::set_data(allocator::Buffer buffer, Deleter d) {
   array_desc_->data = std::make_shared<Data>(buffer, d);
-  array_desc_->data_ptr = buffer.raw_ptr();
+  array_desc_->offset = 0;
   array_desc_->data_size = size();
   array_desc_->flags.contiguous = true;
   array_desc_->flags.row_contiguous = true;
@@ -156,7 +178,7 @@ void array::set_data(
     Flags flags,
     Deleter d) {
   array_desc_->data = std::make_shared<Data>(buffer, d);
-  array_desc_->data_ptr = buffer.raw_ptr();
+  array_desc_->offset = 0;
   array_desc_->data_size = data_size;
   array_desc_->strides = std::move(strides);
   array_desc_->flags = flags;
@@ -167,14 +189,13 @@ void array::copy_shared_buffer(
     const Strides& strides,
     Flags flags,
     size_t data_size,
-    size_t offset /* = 0 */) {
+    int64_t offset /* = 0 */) {
   array_desc_->data = other.array_desc_->data;
   array_desc_->strides = strides;
   array_desc_->flags = flags;
   array_desc_->data_size = data_size;
-  auto char_offset = sizeof(char) * itemsize() * offset;
-  array_desc_->data_ptr = static_cast<void*>(
-      static_cast<char*>(other.array_desc_->data_ptr) + char_offset);
+  array_desc_->offset =
+      sizeof(char) * itemsize() * offset + other.array_desc_->offset;
 }
 
 void array::copy_shared_buffer(const array& other) {
@@ -241,8 +262,8 @@ array::ArrayDesc::ArrayDesc(
     std::vector<array> inputs)
     : shape(std::move(shape)),
       dtype(dtype),
-      status(Status::unscheduled),
       primitive(std::move(primitive)),
+      status(Status::unscheduled),
       inputs(std::move(inputs)) {
   init();
 }

mlx/array.h

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "mlx/allocator.h"
 #include "mlx/dtype.h"
 #include "mlx/event.h"
+#include "mlx/small_vector.h"
 
 namespace mlx::core {
 
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ class Primitive;
 
 using Deleter = std::function<void(allocator::Buffer)>;
 using ShapeElem = int32_t;
-using Shape = std::vector<ShapeElem>;
-using Strides = std::vector<int64_t>;
+using Shape = SmallVector<ShapeElem>;
+using Strides = SmallVector<int64_t>;
 
 class array {
   /* An array is really a node in a graph. It contains a shared ArrayDesc
@@ -56,6 +57,16 @@ class array {
       Shape shape,
       Dtype dtype = TypeToDtype<T>());
 
+  /* Build an array from a raw pointer. The constructor will attempt to use the
+   * input data without a copy. The deleter will be called when the array no
+   * longer needs the underlying memory - after the array is destroyed in the
+   * no-copy case and after the copy otherwise. */
+  explicit array(
+      void* data,
+      Shape shape,
+      Dtype dtype,
+      const std::function<void(void*)>& deleter);
+
   /* Build an array from a buffer */
   explicit array(
       allocator::Buffer data,
@@ -224,6 +235,10 @@ class array {
     // Not copyable
     Data(const Data& d) = delete;
     Data& operator=(const Data& d) = delete;
+    Data(Data&& o) : buffer(o.buffer), d(o.d) {
+      o.buffer = allocator::Buffer(nullptr);
+      o.d = [](allocator::Buffer) {};
+    }
     ~Data() {
       d(buffer);
     }
@@ -289,6 +304,11 @@ class array {
     return array_desc_->siblings;
   }
 
+  /** The array's position in the sibling list. */
+  int sibling_position() const {
+    return array_desc_->position;
+  }
+
   void set_siblings(std::vector<array> siblings, uint16_t position) {
     array_desc_->siblings = std::move(siblings);
     array_desc_->position = position;
@@ -339,24 +359,32 @@ class array {
     return allocator::allocator().size(buffer());
   }
 
-  // Return a copy of the shared pointer
-  // to the array::Data struct
-  std::shared_ptr<Data> data_shared_ptr() const {
+  // Return the shared pointer to the array::Data struct
+  const std::shared_ptr<Data>& data_shared_ptr() const {
     return array_desc_->data;
   }
-  // Return a raw pointer to the arrays data
+
+  // Return a raw pointer to the arrays data. This function may do a copy if
+  // the underlying buffer is not accessible on the CPU. When accessing the
+  // data for GPU kernels, be sure to use the correct method / function for the
+  // given backend to access the GPU pointer.
   template <typename T>
   T* data() {
-    return static_cast<T*>(array_desc_->data_ptr);
+    return reinterpret_cast<T*>(
+        (static_cast<char*>(buffer().raw_ptr()) + array_desc_->offset));
   }
 
   template <typename T>
   const T* data() const {
-    return static_cast<T*>(array_desc_->data_ptr);
+    return const_cast<array&>(*this).data<T>();
+  }
+
+  int64_t offset() const {
+    return array_desc_->offset;
   }
 
   enum Status {
-    // The ouptut of a computation which has not been scheduled.
+    // The output of a computation which has not been scheduled.
     // For example, the status of `x` in `auto x = a + b`.
     unscheduled,
 
@@ -421,7 +449,7 @@ class array {
       const Strides& strides,
       Flags flags,
       size_t data_size,
-      size_t offset = 0);
+      int64_t offset = 0);
 
   void copy_shared_buffer(const array& other);
 
@@ -456,8 +484,8 @@ class array {
     // can share the underlying data buffer.
     std::shared_ptr<Data> data;
 
-    // Properly offset data pointer
-    void* data_ptr{nullptr};
+    // Offset from beginning of data pointer
+    int64_t offset{0};
 
     // The size in elements of the data buffer the array accesses
     size_t data_size;

mlx/backend/common/binary.h

@@ -38,20 +38,20 @@ inline void set_binary_op_output_data(
     const array& a,
     const array& b,
     array& out,
-    BinaryOpType bopt) {
+    BinaryOpType bopt,
+    std::function<allocator::Buffer(size_t)> mallocfn = allocator::malloc) {
   bool b_donatable = is_donatable(b, out);
   bool a_donatable = is_donatable(a, out);
   switch (bopt) {
     case BinaryOpType::ScalarScalar:
-      out.set_data(
-          allocator::malloc(out.itemsize()), 1, a.strides(), a.flags());
+      out.set_data(mallocfn(out.itemsize()), 1, a.strides(), a.flags());
       break;
     case BinaryOpType::ScalarVector:
       if (b_donatable) {
         out.copy_shared_buffer(b);
       } else {
         out.set_data(
-            allocator::malloc(b.data_size() * out.itemsize()),
+            mallocfn(b.data_size() * out.itemsize()),
             b.data_size(),
             b.strides(),
             b.flags());
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ inline void set_binary_op_output_data(
         out.copy_shared_buffer(a);
       } else {
         out.set_data(
-            allocator::malloc(a.data_size() * out.itemsize()),
+            mallocfn(a.data_size() * out.itemsize()),
             a.data_size(),
             a.strides(),
             a.flags());
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ inline void set_binary_op_output_data(
         out.copy_shared_buffer(b);
       } else {
         out.set_data(
-            allocator::malloc(a.data_size() * out.itemsize()),
+            mallocfn(a.data_size() * out.itemsize()),
             a.data_size(),
             a.strides(),
             a.flags());
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ inline void set_binary_op_output_data(
           b_donatable && b.flags().row_contiguous && b.size() == out.size()) {
         out.copy_shared_buffer(b);
       } else {
-        out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
+        out.set_data(mallocfn(out.nbytes()));
       }
       break;
   }

mlx/backend/common/broadcasting.cpp

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace mlx::core {
 
 void broadcast(const array& in, array& out) {
   if (out.size() == 0) {
-    out.set_data(nullptr);
+    out.set_data(allocator::malloc(0));
     return;
   }
   Strides strides(out.ndim(), 0);

mlx/backend/common/buffer_cache.h

@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <functional>
+#include <map>
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+
+template <typename T>
+class BufferCache {
+ public:
+  BufferCache(
+      size_t page_size,
+      std::function<size_t(T*)> get_size,
+      std::function<void(T*)> free)
+      : page_size_(page_size),
+        get_size_(std::move(get_size)),
+        free_(std::move(free)) {}
+
+  ~BufferCache() {
+    clear();
+  }
+
+  BufferCache(const BufferCache&) = delete;
+  BufferCache& operator=(const BufferCache&) = delete;
+
+  T* reuse_from_cache(size_t size) {
+    // Find the closest buffer in pool.
+    auto it = buffer_pool_.lower_bound(size);
+    if (it == buffer_pool_.end() ||
+        it->first >= std::min(2 * size, size + 2 * page_size_)) {
+      return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    // Collect from the cache.
+    T* buf = it->second->buf;
+    pool_size_ -= it->first;
+
+    // Remove from record.
+    remove_from_list(it->second);
+    buffer_pool_.erase(it);
+    return buf;
+  }
+
+  void recycle_to_cache(T* buf) {
+    assert(buf);
+    // Add to cache.
+    BufferHolder* bh = new BufferHolder(buf);
+    add_at_head(bh);
+    size_t size = get_size_(buf);
+    pool_size_ += size;
+    buffer_pool_.emplace(size, bh);
+  }
+
+  int release_cached_buffers(size_t min_bytes_to_free) {
+    if (min_bytes_to_free >= 0.9 * pool_size_) {
+      return clear();
+    } else {
+      int n_release = 0;
+      size_t total_bytes_freed = 0;
+
+      while (tail_ && (total_bytes_freed < min_bytes_to_free)) {
+        // Release buffer.
+        size_t size = get_size_(tail_->buf);
+        total_bytes_freed += size;
+        free_(tail_->buf);
+        n_release++;
+
+        // Remove from record.
+        auto its = buffer_pool_.equal_range(size);
+        auto it = std::find_if(its.first, its.second, [this](const auto& el) {
+          return el.second == tail_;
+        });
+        assert(it != buffer_pool_.end());
+        buffer_pool_.erase(it);
+        remove_from_list(tail_);
+      }
+
+      pool_size_ -= total_bytes_freed;
+      return n_release;
+    }
+  }
+
+  int clear() {
+    int n_release = 0;
+    for (auto& [size, holder] : buffer_pool_) {
+      free_(holder->buf);
+      n_release++;
+      delete holder;
+    }
+    buffer_pool_.clear();
+    pool_size_ = 0;
+    head_ = nullptr;
+    tail_ = nullptr;
+    return n_release;
+  }
+
+  size_t cache_size() const {
+    return pool_size_;
+  }
+
+  size_t page_size() const {
+    return page_size_;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  struct BufferHolder {
+   public:
+    explicit BufferHolder(T* buf_) : buf(buf_) {}
+
+    BufferHolder* prev{nullptr};
+    BufferHolder* next{nullptr};
+    T* buf;
+  };
+
+  void add_at_head(BufferHolder* to_add) {
+    if (!head_) {
+      head_ = to_add;
+      tail_ = to_add;
+    } else {
+      head_->prev = to_add;
+      to_add->next = head_;
+      head_ = to_add;
+    }
+  }
+
+  void remove_from_list(BufferHolder* to_remove) {
+    if (to_remove->prev && to_remove->next) { // if middle
+      to_remove->prev->next = to_remove->next;
+      to_remove->next->prev = to_remove->prev;
+    } else if (to_remove->prev && to_remove == tail_) { // if tail
+      tail_ = to_remove->prev;
+      tail_->next = nullptr;
+    } else if (to_remove == head_ && to_remove->next) { // if head
+      head_ = to_remove->next;
+      head_->prev = nullptr;
+    } else if (to_remove == head_ && to_remove == tail_) { // if only element
+      head_ = nullptr;
+      tail_ = nullptr;
+    }
+
+    delete to_remove;
+  }
+
+  std::multimap<size_t, BufferHolder*> buffer_pool_;
+  BufferHolder* head_{nullptr};
+  BufferHolder* tail_{nullptr};
+  size_t pool_size_{0};
+
+  const size_t page_size_;
+  std::function<size_t(T*)> get_size_;
+  std::function<void(T*)> free_;
+};
+
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/common/compiled.cpp

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright © 2023-2024 Apple Inc.
 
 #include "mlx/backend/common/compiled.h"
-#include "mlx/graph_utils.h"
-#include "mlx/primitives.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/common/utils.h"
 #include "mlx/utils.h"
 
 namespace mlx::core {
@@ -15,6 +14,8 @@ void print_constant(std::ostream& os, const array& x) {
       return print_float_constant<float16_t>(os, x);
     case bfloat16:
       return print_float_constant<bfloat16_t>(os, x);
+    case float64:
+      return print_float_constant<double>(os, x);
     case complex64:
       return print_complex_constant<complex64_t>(os, x);
     case int8:
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ std::string get_type_string(Dtype d) {
       return "float16_t";
     case bfloat16:
       return "bfloat16_t";
+    case float64:
+      return "double";
     case complex64:
       return "complex64_t";
     case bool_:
@@ -79,55 +82,6 @@ std::string get_type_string(Dtype d) {
   }
 }
 
-std::string build_lib_name(
-    const std::vector<array>& inputs,
-    const std::vector<array>& outputs,
-    const std::vector<array>& tape,
-    const std::unordered_set<uintptr_t>& constant_ids) {
-  NodeNamer namer;
-  std::ostringstream os;
-  std::ostringstream constant_hasher;
-
-  // Fill the input names. This is not really necessary, I just like having A,
-  // B, C, ... as the inputs.
-  for (auto& x : inputs) {
-    namer.get_name(x);
-  }
-
-  // The primitives describing the tape. For unary and binary primitives this
-  // must be enough to describe the full computation.
-  for (auto& a : tape) {
-    // name and type of output
-    os << namer.get_name(a) << kindof(a.dtype()) << a.itemsize();
-    // computation performed
-    a.primitive().print(os);
-    // name of inputs to the function
-    for (auto& inp : a.inputs()) {
-      os << namer.get_name(inp);
-    }
-  }
-  os << "_";
-
-  for (auto& x : inputs) {
-    if (constant_ids.find(x.id()) != constant_ids.end()) {
-      os << "C";
-      print_constant(constant_hasher, x);
-    } else {
-      os << (is_scalar(x) ? "S" : "V");
-    }
-  }
-  os << "_";
-  for (auto& x : inputs) {
-    if (constant_ids.find(x.id()) != constant_ids.end()) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    os << kindof(x.dtype()) << x.itemsize();
-  }
-  os << "_" << std::hash<std::string>{}(constant_hasher.str());
-
-  return os.str();
-}
-
 bool compiled_check_contiguity(
     const std::vector<array>& inputs,
     const Shape& shape) {
@@ -159,9 +113,10 @@ bool compiled_check_contiguity(
 void compiled_allocate_outputs(
     const std::vector<array>& inputs,
     std::vector<array>& outputs,
-    const std::vector<array>& inputs_,
-    const std::unordered_set<uintptr_t>& constant_ids_,
-    bool contiguous) {
+    const std::function<bool(size_t)>& is_constant,
+    bool contiguous,
+    const std::function<allocator::Buffer(size_t)>&
+        mallocfn /* = allocator::malloc */) {
   if (contiguous) {
     int o = 0;
     Strides strides;
@@ -175,8 +130,7 @@ void compiled_allocate_outputs(
       // - Donatable
       // - Not a constant
       if (in.itemsize() == outputs[o].itemsize() && !is_scalar(in) &&
-          in.is_donatable() &&
-          constant_ids_.find(inputs_[i].id()) == constant_ids_.end()) {
+          in.is_donatable() && !is_constant(i)) {
         outputs[o++].copy_shared_buffer(in);
       }
       // Get representative input flags to properly set non-donated outputs
@@ -188,7 +142,7 @@ void compiled_allocate_outputs(
     }
     for (; o < outputs.size(); ++o) {
       outputs[o].set_data(
-          allocator::malloc(data_size * outputs[o].itemsize()),
+          mallocfn(data_size * outputs[o].itemsize()),
           data_size,
           strides,
           flags);
@@ -204,16 +158,86 @@ void compiled_allocate_outputs(
       // - Not a constant
       if (in.flags().row_contiguous && in.size() == outputs[o].size() &&
           in.itemsize() == outputs[o].itemsize() && in.is_donatable() &&
-          constant_ids_.find(inputs_[i].id()) == constant_ids_.end()) {
+          !is_constant(i)) {
         outputs[o].copy_shared_buffer(
             in, outputs[o].strides(), in.flags(), in.data_size());
         o++;
       }
     }
     for (; o < outputs.size(); ++o) {
-      outputs[o].set_data(allocator::malloc(outputs[o].nbytes()));
+      outputs[o].set_data(mallocfn(outputs[o].nbytes()));
     }
   }
 }
 
+std::tuple<bool, Shape, std::vector<Strides>> compiled_collapse_contiguous_dims(
+    const std::vector<array>& inputs,
+    const array& out,
+    const std::function<bool(size_t)>& is_constant) {
+  const Shape& shape = out.shape();
+  bool contiguous = compiled_check_contiguity(inputs, shape);
+  if (contiguous) {
+    return {true, shape, {}};
+  }
+
+  std::vector<Strides> strides_vec{out.strides()};
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
+    // Skip constants.
+    if (is_constant(i)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Skip scalar inputs.
+    const auto& x = inputs[i];
+    if (is_scalar(x)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Broadcast the inputs to the output shape.
+    Strides xstrides;
+    size_t j = 0;
+    for (; j < shape.size() - x.ndim(); ++j) {
+      if (shape[j] == 1) {
+        xstrides.push_back(out.strides()[j]);
+      } else {
+        xstrides.push_back(0);
+      }
+    }
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < x.ndim(); ++i, ++j) {
+      if (x.shape(i) == 1) {
+        if (shape[j] == 1) {
+          xstrides.push_back(out.strides()[j]);
+        } else {
+          xstrides.push_back(0);
+        }
+      } else {
+        xstrides.push_back(x.strides()[i]);
+      }
+    }
+    strides_vec.push_back(std::move(xstrides));
+  }
+
+  auto tup = collapse_contiguous_dims(shape, strides_vec, INT32_MAX);
+  return {false, std::move(std::get<0>(tup)), std::move(std::get<1>(tup))};
+}
+
+bool compiled_use_large_index(
+    const std::vector<array>& inputs,
+    const std::vector<array>& outputs,
+    bool contiguous) {
+  if (contiguous) {
+    size_t max_size = 0;
+    for (const auto& in : inputs) {
+      max_size = std::max(max_size, in.data_size());
+    }
+    return max_size > UINT32_MAX;
+  } else {
+    size_t max_size = 0;
+    for (const auto& o : outputs) {
+      max_size = std::max(max_size, o.size());
+    }
+    return max_size > UINT32_MAX;
+  }
+}
+
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/common/compiled.h

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright © 2023-2024 Apple Inc.
 #pragma once
 
+#include <functional>
 #include <iomanip>
-#include <sstream>
-#include <unordered_set>
 
 #include "mlx/array.h"
 #include "mlx/primitives.h"
@@ -14,19 +13,17 @@ inline bool is_static_cast(const Primitive& p) {
   return (typeid(p) == typeid(Broadcast) || typeid(p) == typeid(AsType));
 }
 
-std::string build_lib_name(
-    const std::vector<array>& inputs,
-    const std::vector<array>& outputs,
-    const std::vector<array>& tape,
-    const std::unordered_set<uintptr_t>& constant_ids);
-
 std::string get_type_string(Dtype d);
 
 template <typename T>
 void print_float_constant(std::ostream& os, const array& x) {
   auto old_precision = os.precision();
-  os << std::setprecision(std::numeric_limits<float>::digits10 + 1)
-     << x.item<T>() << std::setprecision(old_precision);
+  if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, double>) {
+    os << std::setprecision(std::numeric_limits<double>::digits10 + 1);
+  } else {
+    os << std::setprecision(std::numeric_limits<float>::digits10 + 1);
+  }
+  os << x.item<T>() << std::setprecision(old_precision);
 }
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -60,8 +57,21 @@ bool compiled_check_contiguity(
 void compiled_allocate_outputs(
     const std::vector<array>& inputs,
     std::vector<array>& outputs,
-    const std::vector<array>& inputs_,
-    const std::unordered_set<uintptr_t>& constant_ids_,
+    const std::function<bool(size_t)>& is_constant,
+    bool contiguous,
+    const std::function<allocator::Buffer(size_t)>& mallocfn =
+        allocator::malloc);
+
+// Collapse contiguous dims ignoring scalars and constants.
+std::tuple<bool, Shape, std::vector<Strides>> compiled_collapse_contiguous_dims(
+    const std::vector<array>& inputs,
+    const array& out,
+    const std::function<bool(size_t)>& is_constant);
+
+// Return whether the kernel should use large index.
+bool compiled_use_large_index(
+    const std::vector<array>& inputs,
+    const std::vector<array>& outputs,
     bool contiguous);
 
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/common/copy.h

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "mlx/array.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/common/utils.h"
 
 namespace mlx::core {
 
@@ -22,23 +22,27 @@ enum class CopyType {
   GeneralGeneral
 };
 
-inline bool set_copy_output_data(const array& in, array& out, CopyType ctype) {
+inline bool set_copy_output_data(
+    const array& in,
+    array& out,
+    CopyType ctype,
+    std::function<allocator::Buffer(size_t)> mallocfn = allocator::malloc) {
   if (ctype == CopyType::Vector) {
     // If the input is donateable, we are doing a vector copy and the types
     // have the same size, then the input buffer can hold the output.
-    if (in.is_donatable() && in.itemsize() == out.itemsize()) {
+    if (is_donatable(in, out)) {
       out.copy_shared_buffer(in);
       return true;
     } else {
       out.set_data(
-          allocator::malloc(in.data_size() * out.itemsize()),
+          mallocfn(in.data_size() * out.itemsize()),
           in.data_size(),
           in.strides(),
           in.flags());
       return false;
     }
   } else {
-    out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
+    out.set_data(mallocfn(out.nbytes()));
     return false;
   }
 }

mlx/backend/common/hadamard.h

@@ -99,7 +99,11 @@ inline std::pair<int, int> decompose_hadamard(int n) {
           "[hadamard] Only supports n = m*2^k where m in (1, 12, 20, 28).");
     }
   }
+  if (n > (1 << 26)) {
+    throw std::invalid_argument(
+        "[hadamard] Only supports n = m*2^k where k <= 26");
+  }
   return {n, m};
 }
 
-} // namespace mlx::core
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/common/matmul.h

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "mlx/backend/common/utils.h"
+#include "mlx/utils.h"
+
+#include <sstream>
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+
+inline std::tuple<Shape, Strides, Strides> collapse_batches(
+    const array& a,
+    const array& b) {
+  if (a.ndim() == 2) {
+    return {Shape{1}, Strides{0}, Strides{0}};
+  }
+
+  Shape A_bshape{a.shape().begin(), a.shape().end() - 2};
+  Strides A_bstride{a.strides().begin(), a.strides().end() - 2};
+  Strides B_bstride{b.strides().begin(), b.strides().end() - 2};
+
+  auto [batch_shape, batch_strides] =
+      collapse_contiguous_dims(A_bshape, std::vector{A_bstride, B_bstride});
+
+  auto a_batch_strides = batch_strides[0];
+  auto b_batch_strides = batch_strides[1];
+
+  if (batch_shape.empty()) {
+    batch_shape.push_back(1);
+    a_batch_strides.push_back(0);
+    b_batch_strides.push_back(0);
+  }
+
+  return std::make_tuple(batch_shape, a_batch_strides, b_batch_strides);
+}
+
+inline std::tuple<Shape, Strides, Strides, Strides>
+collapse_batches(const array& a, const array& b, const array& c) {
+  if (a.ndim() == 2) {
+    return {Shape{1}, Strides{0}, Strides{0}, Strides{0}};
+  }
+
+  Shape A_bshape{a.shape().begin(), a.shape().end() - 2};
+  Strides A_bstride{a.strides().begin(), a.strides().end() - 2};
+  Strides B_bstride{b.strides().begin(), b.strides().end() - 2};
+  Strides C_bstride{c.strides().begin(), c.strides().end() - 2};
+
+  auto [batch_shape, batch_strides] = collapse_contiguous_dims(
+      A_bshape, std::vector{A_bstride, B_bstride, C_bstride});
+
+  auto A_batch_stride = batch_strides[0];
+  auto B_batch_stride = batch_strides[1];
+  auto C_batch_stride = batch_strides[2];
+
+  if (batch_shape.empty()) {
+    batch_shape.push_back(1);
+    A_batch_stride.push_back(0);
+    B_batch_stride.push_back(0);
+    C_batch_stride.push_back(0);
+  }
+
+  return std::make_tuple(
+      batch_shape, A_batch_stride, B_batch_stride, C_batch_stride);
+}
+
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/common/reduce.cpp

@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@
 namespace mlx::core {
 
 std::pair<Shape, Strides> shapes_without_reduction_axes(
-    const array& x,
+    Shape shape,
+    Strides strides,
     const std::vector<int>& axes) {
-  auto shape = x.shape();
-  auto strides = x.strides();
-
   for (int i = axes.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
     int a = axes[i];
     shape.erase(shape.begin() + a);
@@ -19,6 +17,15 @@ std::pair<Shape, Strides> shapes_without_reduction_axes(
   return std::make_pair(shape, strides);
 }
 
+std::pair<Shape, Strides> shapes_without_reduction_axes(
+    const array& x,
+    const std::vector<int>& axes) {
+  auto shape = x.shape();
+  auto strides = x.strides();
+  return shapes_without_reduction_axes(
+      std::move(shape), std::move(strides), axes);
+}
+
 ReductionPlan get_reduction_plan(const array& x, const std::vector<int>& axes) {
   // The data is all there and we are reducing over everything
   if (x.size() == x.data_size() && axes.size() == x.ndim() &&

mlx/backend/common/reduce.h

@@ -51,5 +51,9 @@ ReductionPlan get_reduction_plan(const array& x, const std::vector<int>& axes);
 std::pair<Shape, Strides> shapes_without_reduction_axes(
     const array& x,
     const std::vector<int>& axes);
+std::pair<Shape, Strides> shapes_without_reduction_axes(
+    Shape shape,
+    Strides strides,
+    const std::vector<int>& axes);
 
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/common/slicing.cpp

@@ -14,17 +14,13 @@ std::tuple<int64_t, Strides> prepare_slice(
     data_offset += start_indices[i] * in.strides()[i];
     inp_strides[i] = in.strides()[i] * strides[i];
   }
-  // Normalize the offset
-  if (data_offset < 0) {
-    data_offset += in.data_size();
-  }
   return std::make_tuple(data_offset, inp_strides);
 }
 
 void shared_buffer_slice(
     const array& in,
     const Strides& out_strides,
-    size_t data_offset,
+    int64_t data_offset,
     size_t data_size,
     array& out) {
   // Compute row/col contiguity
@@ -45,23 +41,30 @@ void slice(
     const Shape& start_indices,
     const Shape& strides) {
   if (out.size() == 0) {
-    out.set_data(nullptr);
+    out.set_data(allocator::malloc(0));
     return;
   }
 
   // Calculate out strides, initial offset
   auto [data_offset, inp_strides] = prepare_slice(in, start_indices, strides);
-  int64_t data_end = 1;
-  for (int i = 0; i < start_indices.size(); ++i) {
-    if (in.shape()[i] > 1) {
-      auto end_idx = start_indices[i] + out.shape()[i] * strides[i] - 1;
-      data_end += end_idx * in.strides()[i];
+
+  // Get the location of the end based on the inp strides and out.shape()
+  int64_t low_idx = 0;
+  int64_t high_idx = 0;
+  for (int i = 0; i < inp_strides.size(); ++i) {
+    auto delta = inp_strides[i] * (out.shape()[i] - 1);
+    if (inp_strides[i] > 0) {
+      high_idx += delta;
+    } else {
+      low_idx += delta;
     }
   }
-  if (data_end < 0) {
-    data_end += in.data_size();
+  int64_t data_size = (high_idx - low_idx) + 1;
+  if (data_size < 0) {
+    std::ostringstream msg;
+    msg << "[slice] Computed invalid data size: " << data_size << ".";
+    throw std::runtime_error(msg.str());
   }
-  size_t data_size = (data_end - data_offset);
   shared_buffer_slice(in, inp_strides, data_offset, data_size, out);
 }
 

mlx/backend/common/ternary.h

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ namespace mlx::core {
 enum class TernaryOpType {
   ScalarScalarScalar,
   VectorVectorVector,
+  VectorVectorScalar,
+  VectorScalarVector,
   General,
 };
 
@@ -25,6 +27,14 @@ get_ternary_op_type(const array& a, const array& b, const array& c) {
       (a.flags().col_contiguous && b.flags().col_contiguous &&
        c.flags().col_contiguous)) {
     topt = TernaryOpType::VectorVectorVector;
+  } else if (
+      b.data_size() == 1 && a.flags().row_contiguous &&
+      c.flags().row_contiguous) {
+    topt = TernaryOpType::VectorScalarVector;
+  } else if (
+      c.data_size() == 1 && a.flags().row_contiguous &&
+      b.flags().row_contiguous) {
+    topt = TernaryOpType::VectorVectorScalar;
   } else {
     topt = TernaryOpType::General;
   }
@@ -36,7 +46,8 @@ inline void set_ternary_op_output_data(
     const array& b,
     const array& c,
     array& out,
-    TernaryOpType topt) {
+    TernaryOpType topt,
+    std::function<allocator::Buffer(size_t)> mallocfn = allocator::malloc) {
   auto maybe_donate = [&out](const array& x) {
     if (is_donatable(x, out)) {
       out.copy_shared_buffer(x);
@@ -47,24 +58,25 @@ inline void set_ternary_op_output_data(
 
   switch (topt) {
     case TernaryOpType::ScalarScalarScalar:
-      out.set_data(
-          allocator::malloc(out.itemsize()), 1, b.strides(), b.flags());
+      out.set_data(mallocfn(out.itemsize()), 1, b.strides(), b.flags());
       break;
     case TernaryOpType::VectorVectorVector:
       if (!(maybe_donate(a) || maybe_donate(b) || maybe_donate(c))) {
         out.set_data(
-            allocator::malloc(out.itemsize() * b.data_size()),
+            mallocfn(out.itemsize() * b.data_size()),
             b.data_size(),
             b.strides(),
             b.flags());
       }
       break;
+    case TernaryOpType::VectorVectorScalar:
+    case TernaryOpType::VectorScalarVector:
     case TernaryOpType::General:
       // Try to donate an input which is row_contiguous
       if (!((a.flags().row_contiguous && maybe_donate(a)) ||
             (b.flags().row_contiguous && maybe_donate(b)) ||
             (c.flags().row_contiguous && maybe_donate(c)))) {
-        out.set_data(allocator::malloc(out.nbytes()));
+        out.set_data(mallocfn(out.nbytes()));
       }
       break;
   }

mlx/backend/common/unary.h

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "mlx/allocator.h"
+#include "mlx/backend/common/utils.h"
+
+namespace mlx::core {
+
+inline void set_unary_output_data(
+    const array& in,
+    array& out,
+    std::function<allocator::Buffer(size_t)> mallocfn = allocator::malloc) {
+  if (in.flags().contiguous) {
+    if (is_donatable(in, out)) {
+      out.copy_shared_buffer(in);
+    } else {
+      out.set_data(
+          mallocfn(in.data_size() * out.itemsize()),
+          in.data_size(),
+          in.strides(),
+          in.flags());
+    }
+  } else {
+    out.set_data(mallocfn(out.nbytes()));
+  }
+}
+
+} // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/common/utils.cpp

@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
 // Copyright © 2023-2024 Apple Inc.
 
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+
 #include "mlx/backend/common/utils.h"
 
 namespace mlx::core {
 
+std::filesystem::path current_binary_dir() {
+  static std::filesystem::path binary_dir = []() {
+    Dl_info info;
+    if (!dladdr(reinterpret_cast<void*>(&current_binary_dir), &info)) {
+      throw std::runtime_error("Unable to get current binary dir.");
+    }
+    return std::filesystem::path(info.dli_fname).parent_path();
+  }();
+  return binary_dir;
+}
+
 std::tuple<Shape, std::vector<Strides>> collapse_contiguous_dims(
     const Shape& shape,
     const std::vector<Strides>& strides,
@@ -101,4 +114,118 @@ std::pair<Shape, Strides> collapse_contiguous_dims(
   return collapse_contiguous_dims(a.shape(), a.strides(), size_cap);
 }
 
+Dims get_block_dims_common(int dim0, int dim1, int dim2, int pow2 /* = 10 */) {
+  int pows[3] = {0, 0, 0};
+  int sum = 0;
+  while (true) {
+    int presum = sum;
+    // Check all the pows
+    if (dim0 >= (1 << (pows[0] + 1))) {
+      pows[0]++;
+      sum++;
+    }
+    if (sum == 10) {
+      break;
+    }
+    if (dim1 >= (1 << (pows[1] + 1))) {
+      pows[1]++;
+      sum++;
+    }
+    if (sum == 10) {
+      break;
+    }
+    if (dim2 >= (1 << (pows[2] + 1))) {
+      pows[2]++;
+      sum++;
+    }
+    if (sum == presum || sum == pow2) {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return std::make_tuple(1ul << pows[0], 1ul << pows[1], 1ul << pows[2]);
+}
+
+Dims get_2d_grid_dims_common(const Shape& shape, const Strides& strides) {
+  // Dims with strides of 0 are ignored as they
+  // correspond to broadcasted dimensions
+  size_t grid_x = 1;
+  size_t grid_y = 1;
+  for (int i = 0; i < shape.size(); ++i) {
+    if (strides[i] == 0) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (grid_x * shape[i] < UINT32_MAX) {
+      grid_x *= shape[i];
+    } else {
+      grid_y *= shape[i];
+    }
+  }
+  if (grid_y > UINT32_MAX || grid_x > UINT32_MAX) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("Unable to safely factor shape.");
+  }
+  if (grid_y > grid_x) {
+    std::swap(grid_x, grid_y);
+  }
+  return std::make_tuple(
+      static_cast<uint32_t>(grid_x), static_cast<uint32_t>(grid_y), 1);
+}
+
+Dims get_2d_grid_dims_common(
+    const Shape& shape,
+    const Strides& strides,
+    size_t divisor) {
+  // Compute the 2d grid dimensions such that the total size of the grid is
+  // divided by divisor.
+  size_t grid_x = 1;
+  size_t grid_y = 1;
+  for (int i = 0; i < shape.size(); ++i) {
+    if (strides[i] == 0) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // No need to add this shape we can just remove it from the divisor.
+    if (divisor % shape[i] == 0) {
+      divisor /= shape[i];
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (grid_x * shape[i] < UINT32_MAX) {
+      grid_x *= shape[i];
+    } else {
+      grid_y *= shape[i];
+    }
+
+    if (divisor > 1) {
+      if (grid_x % divisor == 0) {
+        grid_x /= divisor;
+        divisor = 1;
+      } else if (grid_y % divisor == 0) {
+        grid_y /= divisor;
+        divisor = 1;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (grid_y > UINT32_MAX || grid_x > UINT32_MAX) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("Unable to safely factor shape.");
+  }
+  if (grid_y > grid_x) {
+    std::swap(grid_x, grid_y);
+  }
+  if (divisor > 1) {
+    grid_x = ((grid_x + divisor - 1) / divisor) * divisor;
+  }
+  return std::make_tuple(
+      static_cast<uint32_t>(grid_x), static_cast<uint32_t>(grid_y), 1);
+}
+
+std::pair<Dims, Dims> get_grid_and_block_common(int dim0, int dim1, int dim2) {
+  auto [bx, by, bz] = get_block_dims_common(dim0, dim1, dim2);
+  auto gx = (dim0 + bx - 1) / bx;
+  auto gy = (dim1 + by - 1) / by;
+  auto gz = (dim2 + bz - 1) / bz;
+
+  return std::make_pair(
+      std::make_tuple(gx, gy, gz), std::make_tuple(bx, by, bz));
+}
+
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/common/utils.h

@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <tuple>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "mlx/array.h"
 
 namespace mlx::core {
 
+// Return the directory that contains current shared library.
+std::filesystem::path current_binary_dir();
+
 inline int64_t
 elem_to_loc(int elem, const Shape& shape, const Strides& strides) {
   int64_t loc = 0;
@@ -70,6 +75,31 @@ std::pair<Shape, Strides> collapse_contiguous_dims(
     const array& a,
     int64_t size_cap = std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max());
 
+// Compute the thread block dimensions which fit the given
+// input dimensions.
+// - The thread block dimensions will be powers of two
+// - The thread block size will be less than 2^pow2
+using Dims = std::tuple<uint32_t, uint32_t, uint32_t>;
+Dims get_block_dims_common(int dim0, int dim1, int dim2, int pow2 = 10);
+
+// Computes a 2D grid where each element is < UINT_MAX
+// Assumes:
+// - overall size (product of non-broadcasted dimensions) is < UINT_MAX^2
+// - shape and strides correspond to a contiguous (no holes) but
+//   possibly broadcasted array
+Dims get_2d_grid_dims_common(const Shape& shape, const Strides& strides);
+
+// Same as above but we do an implicit division with divisor.
+// Basically, equivalent to factorizing
+//    Prod(s \forall s in shape if strides[s] > 0) / divisor.
+Dims get_2d_grid_dims_common(
+    const Shape& shape,
+    const Strides& strides,
+    size_t divisor);
+
+// Get both the block and a grid of blocks that covers dim0, dim1 and dim2.
+std::pair<Dims, Dims> get_grid_and_block_common(int dim0, int dim1, int dim2);
+
 struct ContiguousIterator {
   inline void step() {
     int dims = shape_.size();
@@ -165,4 +195,11 @@ void shared_buffer_reshape(
     const array& in,
     const Strides& out_strides,
     array& out);
+
+template <typename T>
+inline SmallVector<T> remove_index(SmallVector<T> vec, size_t index) {
+  vec.erase(std::next(vec.begin(), index));
+  return vec;
+}
+
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cpu/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ add_dependencies(mlx cpu_compiled_preamble)
 
 target_sources(
   mlx
-  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/arg_reduce.cpp
+  PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/available.cpp
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/arg_reduce.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/binary.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conv.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/copy.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/distributed.cpp
+          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/eig.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/eigh.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/encoder.cpp
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/fft.cpp

mlx/backend/cpu/arg_reduce.cpp

@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ template <typename InT, typename OpT>
 void arg_reduce(const array& in, array& out, const OpT& op, int axis) {
   auto axis_size = in.shape()[axis];
   auto axis_stride = in.strides()[axis];
-  Strides strides = in.strides();
-  Shape shape = in.shape();
-  strides.erase(strides.begin() + axis);
-  shape.erase(shape.begin() + axis);
+  Strides strides = remove_index(in.strides(), axis);
+  Shape shape = remove_index(in.shape(), axis);
   auto in_ptr = in.data<InT>();
   auto out_ptr = out.data<uint32_t>();
 

mlx/backend/cpu/available.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#include "mlx/backend/cpu/available.h"
+
+namespace mlx::core::cpu {
+
+bool is_available() {
+  return true;
+}
+
+} // namespace mlx::core::cpu

mlx/backend/cpu/available.h

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc.
+
+#pragma once
+
+namespace mlx::core::cpu {
+
+bool is_available();
+
+} // namespace mlx::core::cpu

mlx/backend/cpu/binary.cpp

@@ -14,230 +14,11 @@
 
 namespace mlx::core {
 
-namespace {
-
-template <typename Op>
-void binary(const array& a, const array& b, array& out, Op op, Stream stream) {
-  auto bopt = get_binary_op_type(a, b);
-  set_binary_op_output_data(a, b, out, bopt);
-
-  auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream);
-  encoder.set_input_array(a);
-  encoder.set_input_array(b);
-  encoder.set_output_array(out);
-  encoder.dispatch([a = array::unsafe_weak_copy(a),
-                    b = array::unsafe_weak_copy(b),
-                    out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
-                    bopt]() mutable {
-    switch (out.dtype()) {
-      case bool_:
-        binary_op<bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case uint8:
-        binary_op<uint8_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case uint16:
-        binary_op<uint16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case uint32:
-        binary_op<uint32_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case uint64:
-        binary_op<uint64_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case int8:
-        binary_op<int8_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case int16:
-        binary_op<int16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case int32:
-        binary_op<int32_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case int64:
-        binary_op<int64_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case float16:
-        binary_op<float16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case float32:
-        binary_op<float, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case float64:
-        binary_op<double, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case bfloat16:
-        binary_op<bfloat16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case complex64:
-        binary_op<complex64_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-    }
-  });
-}
-
-template <typename Op>
-void comparison_op(
-    const array& a,
-    const array& b,
-    array& out,
-    Op op,
-    Stream stream) {
-  auto bopt = get_binary_op_type(a, b);
-  set_binary_op_output_data(a, b, out, bopt);
-
-  auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream);
-  encoder.set_input_array(a);
-  encoder.set_input_array(b);
-  encoder.set_output_array(out);
-  encoder.dispatch([a = array::unsafe_weak_copy(a),
-                    b = array::unsafe_weak_copy(b),
-                    out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
-                    bopt]() mutable {
-    switch (a.dtype()) {
-      case bool_:
-        binary_op<bool, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case uint8:
-        binary_op<uint8_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case uint16:
-        binary_op<uint16_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case uint32:
-        binary_op<uint32_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case uint64:
-        binary_op<uint64_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case int8:
-        binary_op<int8_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case int16:
-        binary_op<int16_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case int32:
-        binary_op<int32_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case int64:
-        binary_op<int64_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case float16:
-        binary_op<float16_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case float32:
-        binary_op<float, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case float64:
-        binary_op<double, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case bfloat16:
-        binary_op<bfloat16_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case complex64:
-        binary_op<complex64_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-    }
-  });
-}
-
-template <typename Op>
-void binary_float(
-    const array& a,
-    const array& b,
-    array& out,
-    Op op,
-    Stream stream) {
-  auto bopt = get_binary_op_type(a, b);
-  set_binary_op_output_data(a, b, out, bopt);
-
-  auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream);
-  encoder.set_input_array(a);
-  encoder.set_input_array(b);
-  encoder.set_output_array(out);
-  encoder.dispatch([a = array::unsafe_weak_copy(a),
-                    b = array::unsafe_weak_copy(b),
-                    out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
-                    bopt]() mutable {
-    switch (out.dtype()) {
-      case float16:
-        binary_op<float16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case float32:
-        binary_op<float, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case float64:
-        binary_op<double, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case bfloat16:
-        binary_op<bfloat16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      default:
-        throw std::runtime_error(
-            "[binary_float] Only supports non-complex floating point types.");
-    }
-  });
-}
-
-template <typename Op>
-void binary_int(
-    const array& a,
-    const array& b,
-    array& out,
-    Op op,
-    Stream stream) {
-  auto bopt = get_binary_op_type(a, b);
-  set_binary_op_output_data(a, b, out, bopt);
-
-  auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream);
-  encoder.set_input_array(a);
-  encoder.set_input_array(b);
-  encoder.set_output_array(out);
-  encoder.dispatch([a = array::unsafe_weak_copy(a),
-                    b = array::unsafe_weak_copy(b),
-                    out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
-                    bopt]() mutable {
-    switch (out.dtype()) {
-      case bool_:
-        binary_op<bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-      case uint8:
-        binary_op<uint8_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case uint16:
-        binary_op<uint16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case uint32:
-        binary_op<uint32_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case uint64:
-        binary_op<uint64_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case int8:
-        binary_op<int8_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case int16:
-        binary_op<int16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case int32:
-        binary_op<int32_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      case int64:
-        binary_op<int64_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
-        break;
-      default:
-        throw std::runtime_error("[binary_int] Type not supported");
-        break;
-    }
-  });
-}
-
-} // namespace
-
 void Add::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
   auto& a = inputs[0];
   auto& b = inputs[1];
-  binary(a, b, out, detail::Add(), stream());
+  binary_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::Add(), stream());
 }
 
 void DivMod::eval_cpu(
@@ -321,14 +102,14 @@ void Divide::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
   auto& a = inputs[0];
   auto& b = inputs[1];
-  binary(a, b, out, detail::Divide(), stream());
+  binary_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::Divide(), stream());
 }
 
 void Remainder::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
   auto& a = inputs[0];
   auto& b = inputs[1];
-  binary(a, b, out, detail::Remainder(), stream());
+  binary_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::Remainder(), stream());
 }
 
 void Equal::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
@@ -369,89 +150,90 @@ void Equal::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
       }
     });
   } else {
-    comparison_op(a, b, out, detail::Equal(), stream());
+    comparison_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::Equal(), stream());
   }
 }
 
 void Greater::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
-  comparison_op(inputs[0], inputs[1], out, detail::Greater(), stream());
+  comparison_op_cpu(inputs[0], inputs[1], out, detail::Greater(), stream());
 }
 
 void GreaterEqual::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
-  comparison_op(inputs[0], inputs[1], out, detail::GreaterEqual(), stream());
+  comparison_op_cpu(
+      inputs[0], inputs[1], out, detail::GreaterEqual(), stream());
 }
 
 void Less::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
-  comparison_op(inputs[0], inputs[1], out, detail::Less(), stream());
+  comparison_op_cpu(inputs[0], inputs[1], out, detail::Less(), stream());
 }
 
 void LessEqual::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
-  comparison_op(inputs[0], inputs[1], out, detail::LessEqual(), stream());
+  comparison_op_cpu(inputs[0], inputs[1], out, detail::LessEqual(), stream());
 }
 
 void LogAddExp::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
   auto& a = inputs[0];
   auto& b = inputs[1];
-  binary_float(a, b, out, detail::LogAddExp(), stream());
+  binary_float_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::LogAddExp(), stream());
 }
 
 void LogicalAnd::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2); // LogicalAnd requires two input arrays
   auto& in1 = inputs[0];
   auto& in2 = inputs[1];
-  binary(in1, in2, out, detail::LogicalAnd(), stream());
+  binary_op_cpu(in1, in2, out, detail::LogicalAnd(), stream());
 }
 
 void LogicalOr::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2); // LogicalOr requires two input arrays
   auto& in1 = inputs[0];
   auto& in2 = inputs[1];
-  binary(in1, in2, out, detail::LogicalOr(), stream());
+  binary_op_cpu(in1, in2, out, detail::LogicalOr(), stream());
 }
 
 void Maximum::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
   auto& a = inputs[0];
   auto& b = inputs[1];
-  binary(a, b, out, detail::Maximum(), stream());
+  binary_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::Maximum(), stream());
 }
 
 void Minimum::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
   auto& a = inputs[0];
   auto& b = inputs[1];
-  binary(a, b, out, detail::Minimum(), stream());
+  binary_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::Minimum(), stream());
 }
 
 void Multiply::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
   auto& a = inputs[0];
   auto& b = inputs[1];
-  binary(a, b, out, detail::Multiply(), stream());
+  binary_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::Multiply(), stream());
 }
 
 void NotEqual::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
-  comparison_op(inputs[0], inputs[1], out, detail::NotEqual(), stream());
+  comparison_op_cpu(inputs[0], inputs[1], out, detail::NotEqual(), stream());
 }
 
 void Power::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
   auto& a = inputs[0];
   auto& b = inputs[1];
-  binary(a, b, out, detail::Power(), stream());
+  binary_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::Power(), stream());
 }
 
 void Subtract::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
   auto& a = inputs[0];
   auto& b = inputs[1];
-  binary(a, b, out, detail::Subtract(), stream());
+  binary_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::Subtract(), stream());
 }
 
 void BitwiseBinary::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
@@ -460,19 +242,19 @@ void BitwiseBinary::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   auto& b = inputs[1];
   switch (op_) {
     case BitwiseBinary::And:
-      binary_int(a, b, out, detail::BitwiseAnd(), stream());
+      binary_int_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::BitwiseAnd(), stream());
       break;
     case BitwiseBinary::Or:
-      binary_int(a, b, out, detail::BitwiseOr(), stream());
+      binary_int_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::BitwiseOr(), stream());
       break;
     case BitwiseBinary::Xor:
-      binary_int(a, b, out, detail::BitwiseXor(), stream());
+      binary_int_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::BitwiseXor(), stream());
       break;
     case BitwiseBinary::LeftShift:
-      binary_int(a, b, out, detail::LeftShift(), stream());
+      binary_int_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::LeftShift(), stream());
       break;
     case BitwiseBinary::RightShift:
-      binary_int(a, b, out, detail::RightShift(), stream());
+      binary_int_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::RightShift(), stream());
       break;
   }
 }
@@ -481,7 +263,7 @@ void ArcTan2::eval_cpu(const std::vector<array>& inputs, array& out) {
   assert(inputs.size() == 2);
   const auto& a = inputs[0];
   const auto& b = inputs[1];
-  binary_float(a, b, out, detail::ArcTan2(), stream());
+  binary_float_op_cpu(a, b, out, detail::ArcTan2(), stream());
 }
 
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cpu/binary.h

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "mlx/backend/common/binary.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/common/utils.h"
 
+#include "mlx/backend/cpu/encoder.h"
 #include "mlx/backend/cpu/simd/simd.h"
 
 namespace mlx::core {
@@ -290,4 +291,227 @@ void binary_op(const array& a, const array& b, array& out, BinaryOpType bopt) {
   binary_op<T, T, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
 }
 
+template <typename Op>
+void binary_op_cpu(
+    const array& a,
+    const array& b,
+    array& out,
+    Op op,
+    Stream stream) {
+  auto bopt = get_binary_op_type(a, b);
+  set_binary_op_output_data(a, b, out, bopt);
+
+  auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream);
+  encoder.set_input_array(a);
+  encoder.set_input_array(b);
+  encoder.set_output_array(out);
+  encoder.dispatch([a = array::unsafe_weak_copy(a),
+                    b = array::unsafe_weak_copy(b),
+                    out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
+                    bopt]() mutable {
+    switch (out.dtype()) {
+      case bool_:
+        binary_op<bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case uint8:
+        binary_op<uint8_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case uint16:
+        binary_op<uint16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case uint32:
+        binary_op<uint32_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case uint64:
+        binary_op<uint64_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case int8:
+        binary_op<int8_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case int16:
+        binary_op<int16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case int32:
+        binary_op<int32_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case int64:
+        binary_op<int64_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case float16:
+        binary_op<float16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case float32:
+        binary_op<float, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case float64:
+        binary_op<double, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case bfloat16:
+        binary_op<bfloat16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case complex64:
+        binary_op<complex64_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+template <typename Op>
+void comparison_op_cpu(
+    const array& a,
+    const array& b,
+    array& out,
+    Op op,
+    Stream stream) {
+  auto bopt = get_binary_op_type(a, b);
+  set_binary_op_output_data(a, b, out, bopt);
+
+  auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream);
+  encoder.set_input_array(a);
+  encoder.set_input_array(b);
+  encoder.set_output_array(out);
+  encoder.dispatch([a = array::unsafe_weak_copy(a),
+                    b = array::unsafe_weak_copy(b),
+                    out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
+                    bopt]() mutable {
+    switch (a.dtype()) {
+      case bool_:
+        binary_op<bool, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case uint8:
+        binary_op<uint8_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case uint16:
+        binary_op<uint16_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case uint32:
+        binary_op<uint32_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case uint64:
+        binary_op<uint64_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case int8:
+        binary_op<int8_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case int16:
+        binary_op<int16_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case int32:
+        binary_op<int32_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case int64:
+        binary_op<int64_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case float16:
+        binary_op<float16_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case float32:
+        binary_op<float, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case float64:
+        binary_op<double, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case bfloat16:
+        binary_op<bfloat16_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case complex64:
+        binary_op<complex64_t, bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+template <typename Op>
+void binary_float_op_cpu(
+    const array& a,
+    const array& b,
+    array& out,
+    Op op,
+    Stream stream) {
+  auto bopt = get_binary_op_type(a, b);
+  set_binary_op_output_data(a, b, out, bopt);
+
+  auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream);
+  encoder.set_input_array(a);
+  encoder.set_input_array(b);
+  encoder.set_output_array(out);
+  encoder.dispatch([a = array::unsafe_weak_copy(a),
+                    b = array::unsafe_weak_copy(b),
+                    out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
+                    bopt]() mutable {
+    switch (out.dtype()) {
+      case float16:
+        binary_op<float16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case float32:
+        binary_op<float, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case float64:
+        binary_op<double, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case bfloat16:
+        binary_op<bfloat16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case complex64:
+        binary_op<complex64_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      default:
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+            "[binary_float] Only supports floating point types.");
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+template <typename Op>
+void binary_int_op_cpu(
+    const array& a,
+    const array& b,
+    array& out,
+    Op op,
+    Stream stream) {
+  auto bopt = get_binary_op_type(a, b);
+  set_binary_op_output_data(a, b, out, bopt);
+
+  auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream);
+  encoder.set_input_array(a);
+  encoder.set_input_array(b);
+  encoder.set_output_array(out);
+  encoder.dispatch([a = array::unsafe_weak_copy(a),
+                    b = array::unsafe_weak_copy(b),
+                    out = array::unsafe_weak_copy(out),
+                    bopt]() mutable {
+    switch (out.dtype()) {
+      case bool_:
+        binary_op<bool, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+      case uint8:
+        binary_op<uint8_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case uint16:
+        binary_op<uint16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case uint32:
+        binary_op<uint32_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case uint64:
+        binary_op<uint64_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case int8:
+        binary_op<int8_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case int16:
+        binary_op<int16_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case int32:
+        binary_op<int32_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      case int64:
+        binary_op<int64_t, Op>(a, b, out, bopt);
+        break;
+      default:
+        throw std::runtime_error("[binary_int] Type not supported");
+        break;
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 } // namespace mlx::core

mlx/backend/cpu/cholesky.cpp

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void cholesky_impl(const array& a, array& factor, bool upper, Stream stream) {
 
   // The decomposition is computed in place, so just copy the input to the
   // output.
-  copy(
+  copy_cpu(
       a,
       factor,
       a.flags().row_contiguous ? CopyType::Vector : CopyType::General,

mlx/backend/cpu/compiled.cpp

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "mlx/backend/cpu/jit_compiler.h"
 #include "mlx/device.h"
 #include "mlx/graph_utils.h"
+#include "mlx/version.h"
 
 namespace mlx::core {
 
@@ -40,7 +41,10 @@ struct CompilerCache {
   std::shared_mutex mtx;
 };
 
-static CompilerCache cache{};
+static CompilerCache& cache() {
+  static CompilerCache cache_;
+  return cache_;
+};
 
 // GPU compile is always available if the GPU is available and since we are in
 // this file CPU compile is also available.
@@ -56,14 +60,16 @@ void* compile(
     const std::string& kernel_name,
     const std::function<std::string(void)>& source_builder) {
   {
-    std::shared_lock lock(cache.mtx);
-    if (auto it = cache.kernels.find(kernel_name); it != cache.kernels.end()) {
+    std::shared_lock lock(cache().mtx);
+    if (auto it = cache().kernels.find(kernel_name);
+        it != cache().kernels.end()) {
       return it->second;
     }
   }
 
-  std::unique_lock lock(cache.mtx);
-  if (auto it = cache.kernels.find(kernel_name); it != cache.kernels.end()) {
+  std::unique_lock lock(cache().mtx);
+  if (auto it = cache().kernels.find(kernel_name);
+      it != cache().kernels.end()) {
     return it->second;
   }
   std::string source_code = source_builder();
@@ -89,7 +95,11 @@ void* compile(
     kernel_file_name = kernel_name;
   }
 
-  auto output_dir = std::filesystem::temp_directory_path();
+  auto output_dir =
+      std::filesystem::temp_directory_path() / "mlx" / version() / "cpu";
+  if (!std::filesystem::exists(output_dir)) {
+    std::filesystem::create_directories(output_dir);
+  }
 
   std::string shared_lib_name = "lib" + kernel_file_name + ".so";
   auto shared_lib_path = (output_dir / shared_lib_name).string();
@@ -120,10 +130,10 @@ void* compile(
   }
 
   // load library
-  cache.libs.emplace_back(shared_lib_path);
+  cache().libs.emplace_back(shared_lib_path);
 
   // Load function
-  void* fun = dlsym(cache.libs.back().lib, kernel_name.c_str());
+  void* fun = dlsym(cache().libs.back().lib, kernel_name.c_str());
   if (!fun) {
     std::ostringstream msg;
     msg << "[Compile::eval_cpu] Failed to load compiled function "
@@ -131,7 +141,7 @@ void* compile(
         << dlerror();
     throw std::runtime_error(msg.str());
   }
-  cache.kernels.insert({kernel_name, fun});
+  cache().kernels.insert({kernel_name, fun});
   return fun;
 }
 
@@ -141,18 +151,9 @@ inline void build_kernel(
     const std::vector<array>& inputs,
     const std::vector<array>& outputs,
     const std::vector<array>& tape,
-    const std::unordered_set<uintptr_t>& constant_ids,
+    const std::function<bool(size_t)>& is_constant,
     bool contiguous,
     int ndim) {
-  // All outputs should have the exact same shape and will be row contiguous
-  auto output_shape = outputs[0].shape();
-  auto output_strides = outputs[0].strides();
-
-  // Constants are scalars that are captured by value and cannot change
-  auto is_constant = [&constant_ids](const array& x) {
-    return constant_ids.find(x.id()) != constant_ids.end();
-  };
-
   NodeNamer namer;
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
@@ -161,25 +162,28 @@ inline void build_kernel(
 #endif
 
   // Start the kernel
-  os << "void " << kernel_name << "(void** args) {" << std::endl;
+  os << "void " << kernel_name
+     << "(int* shape, int64_t** strides, void** args) {" << std::endl;
 
   // Add the input arguments
   int cnt = 0;
-  for (auto& x : inputs) {
-    auto& xname = namer.get_name(x);
-
+  int strides_index = 1;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
     // Skip constants from the input list
-    if (is_constant(x)) {
+    if (is_constant(i)) {
       continue;
     }
 
+    const auto& x = inputs[i];
+    auto& xname = namer.get_name(x);
+
     auto tstr = get_type_string(x.dtype());
     os << "  " << tstr << "* " << xname << " = (" << tstr << "*)args[" << cnt++
        << "];" << std::endl;
     // Scalars and contiguous need no strides
     if (!is_scalar(x) && !contiguous) {
-      os << "  const size_t* " << xname << "_strides = (size_t*)args[" << cnt++
-         << "];" << std::endl;
+      os << "  const int64_t* " << xname << "_strides = strides["
+         << strides_index++ << "];" << std::endl;
     }
   }
 
@@ -189,10 +193,8 @@ inline void build_kernel(
     os << "  " << tstr << "* " << namer.get_name(x) << " = (" << tstr
        << "*)args[" << cnt++ << "];" << std::endl;
   }
-  // Add output strides and shape to extract the indices.
-  if (!contiguous) {
-    os << "  const int* shape = (int*)args[" << cnt++ << "];" << std::endl;
-  } else {
+  // Add output size
+  if (contiguous) {
     os << "  const size_t size = (size_t)args[" << cnt++ << "];" << std::endl;
   }
 
@@ -206,10 +208,11 @@ inline void build_kernel(
   }
 
   // Read the inputs in tmps
-  for (auto& x : inputs) {
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
+    const auto& x = inputs[i];
     auto& xname = namer.get_name(x);
 
-    if (is_constant(x)) {
+    if (is_constant(i)) {
       os << "  " << get_type_string(x.dtype()) << " tmp_" << xname << " = ";
       print_constant(os, x);
       os << ";" << std::endl;
@@ -233,7 +236,7 @@ inline void build_kernel(
       os << "static_cast<" << get_type_string(x.dtype()) << ">(tmp_"
          << namer.get_name(x.inputs()[0]) << ");" << std::endl;
     } else {
-      x.primitive().print(os);
+      os << x.primitive().name();
       os << "()(";
       for (int i = 0; i < x.inputs().size() - 1; i++) {
         os << "tmp_" << namer.get_name(x.inputs()[i]) << ", ";
@@ -259,8 +262,9 @@ inline void build_kernel(
   } else {
     for (int d = ndim - 1; d >= 0; --d) {
       // Update pointers
-      for (auto& x : inputs) {
-        if (is_constant(x) || is_scalar(x)) {
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
+        const auto& x = inputs[i];
+        if (is_constant(i) || is_scalar(x)) {
           continue;
         }
         auto& xname = namer.get_name(x);
@@ -282,65 +286,33 @@ inline void build_kernel(
 void Compiled::eval_cpu(
     const std::vector<array>& inputs,
     std::vector<array>& outputs) {
-  if (kernel_lib_.empty()) {
-    kernel_lib_ = build_lib_name(inputs_, outputs_, tape_, constant_ids_);
-  }
-
-  // Figure out which kernel we are using
-  auto& shape = outputs[0].shape();
-  auto contiguous = compiled_check_contiguity(inputs, shape);
   auto& encoder = cpu::get_command_encoder(stream());
 
-  // Handle all broadcasting and collect function input arguments
+  // Collapse contiguous dims to route to a faster kernel if possible. Also
+  // handle all broadcasting.
+  auto [contiguous, shape, strides] =
+      compiled_collapse_contiguous_dims(inputs, outputs[0], is_constant_);
+
+  // Collect function input arguments.
   std::vector<void*> args;
-  std::vector<std::vector<size_t>> strides;
-  for (int i = 0; i < inputs.size(); i++) {
-    // Skip constants.
-    if (constant_ids_.find(inputs_[i].id()) != constant_ids_.end()) {
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); ++i) {
+    if (is_constant_(i)) {
       continue;
     }
-    auto& x = inputs[i];
+    const auto& x = inputs[i];
     encoder.set_input_array(x);
     args.push_back((void*)x.data<void>());
-
-    if (contiguous || is_scalar(x)) {
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    // Broadcast the input to the output shape.
-    std::vector<size_t> xstrides;
-    int j = 0;
-    for (; j < shape.size() - x.ndim(); j++) {
-      if (shape[j] == 1) {
-        xstrides.push_back(outputs[0].strides()[j]);
-      } else {
-        xstrides.push_back(0);
-      }
-    }
-    for (int i = 0; i < x.ndim(); i++, j++) {
-      if (x.shape(i) == 1) {
-        if (shape[j] == 1) {
-          xstrides.push_back(outputs[0].strides()[j]);
-        } else {
-          xstrides.push_back(0);
-        }
-      } else {
-        xstrides.push_back(x.strides()[i]);
-      }
-    }
-    strides.push_back(std::move(xstrides));
-    args.push_back(strides.back().data());
   }
 
   // Get the kernel name from the lib
   int ndim = shape.size();
   auto kernel_name = kernel_lib_ + (contiguous ? "_contiguous" : "_strided_");
   if (!contiguous) {
-    kernel_name += std::to_string(shape.size());
+    kernel_name += std::to_string(ndim);
   }
 
   // Get the function
-  auto fn_ptr = compile(kernel_name, [&]() {
+  auto fn_ptr = compile(kernel_name, [&, contiguous = contiguous]() {
     std::ostringstream kernel;
     kernel << get_kernel_preamble() << std::endl;
     kernel << "extern \"C\"  {" << std::endl;
@@ -350,7 +322,7 @@ void Compiled::eval_cpu(
         inputs_,
         outputs_,
         tape_,
-        constant_ids_,
+        is_constant_,
         contiguous,
         ndim);
     // Close extern "C"
@@ -358,26 +330,26 @@ void Compiled::eval_cpu(
     return kernel.str();
   });
 
-  compiled_allocate_outputs(
-      inputs, outputs, inputs_, constant_ids_, contiguous);
+  compiled_allocate_outputs(inputs, outputs, is_constant_, contiguous);
 
   for (auto& x : outputs) {
     args.push_back(x.data<void>());
     encoder.set_output_array(x);
   }
-  Shape out_shape;
-  if (!contiguous) {
-    out_shape = outputs[0].shape();
-    args.push_back((void*)out_shape.data());
-  } else {
+  if (contiguous) {
     args.push_back((void*)outputs[0].data_size());
   }
-  auto fun = (void (*)(void**))fn_ptr;
-  encoder.dispatch(
-      [fun,
-       args = std::move(args),
-       strides = std::move(strides),
-       out_shape = std::move(out_shape)]() mutable { fun(args.data()); });
+  auto fun = reinterpret_cast<void (*)(int*, int64_t**, void**)>(fn_ptr);
+  encoder.dispatch([fun,
+                    args = std::move(args),
+                    strides = std::move(strides),
+                    shape = std::move(shape)]() mutable {
+    SmallVector<int64_t*> strides_ptrs;
+    for (auto& s : strides) {
+      strides_ptrs.push_back(s.data());
+    }
+    fun(shape.data(), strides_ptrs.data(), args.data());
+  });
 }
 
 } // namespace mlx::core