diff --git a/src/llama-model.cpp b/src/llama-model.cpp
index 0573c5bce..d0cbe0467 100644
--- a/src/llama-model.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-model.cpp
@@ -5670,12 +5670,10 @@ struct llm_build_falcon : public llm_graph_context {
                 cur = build_lora_mm(model.layers[il].wqkv, cur);
                 cb(cur, "wqkv", il);
 
-                ggml_tensor * Qcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd,     n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
-                ggml_tensor * Kcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
+                ggml_tensor * Qcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
+                ggml_tensor * Kcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
                 ggml_tensor * Vcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd + n_embd_gqa)));
 
-                Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
-                Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
                 Vcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Vcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
 
                 // using mode = 2 for neox mode
@@ -5952,12 +5950,10 @@ struct llm_build_dbrx : public llm_graph_context {
                 cur = ggml_clamp(ctx0, cur, -hparams.f_clamp_kqv, hparams.f_clamp_kqv);
                 cb(cur, "wqkv_clamped", il);
 
-                Qcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd,     n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
-                Kcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
+                Qcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
+                Kcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
                 Vcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd + n_embd_gqa)));
 
-                Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
-                Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
                 Vcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Vcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
 
                 Qcur = ggml_rope_ext(
@@ -6468,12 +6464,10 @@ struct llm_build_neo_bert : public llm_graph_context {
                 cur = build_lora_mm(model.layers[il].wqkv, cur);
                 cb(cur, "wqkv", il);
 
-                Qcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd,     n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
-                Kcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
+                Qcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
+                Kcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
                 Vcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd + n_embd_gqa)));
 
-                Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
-                Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
                 Vcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Vcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
 
                 // RoPE
@@ -6703,8 +6697,8 @@ struct llm_build_mpt : public llm_graph_context {
                     cb(cur, "wqkv_clamped", il);
                 }
 
-                ggml_tensor * Qcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd,     n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
-                ggml_tensor * Kcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
+                ggml_tensor * Qcur = ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd,     n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
+                ggml_tensor * Kcur = ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
                 ggml_tensor * Vcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd + n_embd_gqa)));
 
                 cb(Qcur, "Qcur", il);
@@ -6724,6 +6718,12 @@ struct llm_build_mpt : public llm_graph_context {
                             model.layers[il].attn_k_norm_b,
                             LLM_NORM, il);
                     cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
+                } else {
+                    Qcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, Qcur);
+                    cb(Qcur, "Qcur", il);
+
+                    Kcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, Kcur);
+                    cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
                 }
 
                 Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
@@ -6978,12 +6978,10 @@ struct llm_build_qwen : public llm_graph_context {
                 cur = ggml_add(ctx0, cur, model.layers[il].bqkv);
                 cb(cur, "bqkv", il);
 
-                ggml_tensor * Qcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
-                ggml_tensor * Kcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
+                ggml_tensor * Qcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head,   n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
+                ggml_tensor * Kcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
                 ggml_tensor * Vcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 2*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
 
-                Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
-                Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
                 Vcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Vcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
 
                 // using mode = 2 for neox mode
@@ -7748,21 +7746,21 @@ struct llm_build_phi2 : public llm_graph_context {
                     cur = ggml_add(ctx0, cur, model.layers[il].bqkv);
                     cb(cur, "bqkv", il);
 
-                    Qcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd,     n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
-                    Kcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
+                    Qcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
+                    Kcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
                     Vcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd + n_embd_gqa)));
                 } else {
                     Qcur = ggml_add(ctx0, build_lora_mm(model.layers[il].wq, attn_norm_output), model.layers[il].bq);
                     Kcur = ggml_add(ctx0, build_lora_mm(model.layers[il].wk, attn_norm_output), model.layers[il].bk);
                     Vcur = ggml_add(ctx0, build_lora_mm(model.layers[il].wv, attn_norm_output), model.layers[il].bv);
+                    Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
+                    Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
                 }
 
                 cb(Qcur, "Qcur", il);
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
                 cb(Vcur, "Vcur", il);
 
-                Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
-                Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
                 Vcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Vcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
 
                 Qcur = ggml_rope_ext(
@@ -7886,21 +7884,21 @@ struct llm_build_phi3 : public llm_graph_context {
                     cur = build_lora_mm(model.layers[il].wqkv, attn_norm_output);
                     cb(cur, "wqkv", il);
 
-                    Qcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd,     n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 0 * sizeof(float) * (n_embd)));
-                    Kcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1 * sizeof(float) * (n_embd)));
+                    Qcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens, n_embd_head * sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 0 * sizeof(float) * (n_embd));
+                    Kcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens, n_embd_head * sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 1 * sizeof(float) * (n_embd));
                     Vcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1 * sizeof(float) * (n_embd + n_embd_gqa)));
                 } else {
                     Qcur = ggml_add(ctx0, build_lora_mm(model.layers[il].wq, attn_norm_output), model.layers[il].bq);
                     Kcur = ggml_add(ctx0, build_lora_mm(model.layers[il].wk, attn_norm_output), model.layers[il].bk);
                     Vcur = ggml_add(ctx0, build_lora_mm(model.layers[il].wv, attn_norm_output), model.layers[il].bv);
+                    Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
+                    Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
                 }
 
                 cb(Qcur, "Qcur", il);
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
                 cb(Vcur, "Vcur", il);
 
-                Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
-                Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
                 Vcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Vcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
 
                 Qcur = ggml_rope_ext(
@@ -8256,12 +8254,10 @@ struct llm_build_codeshell : public llm_graph_context {
                 cur = ggml_add(ctx0, cur, model.layers[il].bqkv);
                 cb(cur, "bqkv", il);
 
-                ggml_tensor * Qcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd,     n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
-                ggml_tensor * Kcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
+                ggml_tensor * Qcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
+                ggml_tensor * Kcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
                 ggml_tensor * Vcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd + n_embd_gqa)));
 
-                Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
-                Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
                 Vcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Vcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
 
                 Qcur = ggml_rope_ext(
@@ -8677,8 +8673,6 @@ struct llm_build_minicpm3 : public llm_graph_context {
                         ggml_row_size(kv_pe_compresseed->type, kv_lora_rank));
                 cb(k_pe, "k_pe", il);
 
-                // TODO: the CUDA backend used to not support non-cont. (RMS) norm, investigate removing ggml_cont
-                kv_compressed = ggml_cont(ctx0, kv_compressed);
                 kv_compressed = build_norm(kv_compressed,
                         model.layers[il].attn_kv_a_norm, NULL,
                         LLM_NORM_RMS, il);
@@ -8710,7 +8704,6 @@ struct llm_build_minicpm3 : public llm_graph_context {
                         0);
                 cb(v_states, "v_states", il);
 
-                q_pe = ggml_cont(ctx0, q_pe); // TODO: the CUDA backend used to not support non-cont. RoPE, investigate removing this
                 q_pe = ggml_rope_ext(
                         ctx0, q_pe, inp_pos, rope_factors,
                         n_rot, rope_type, n_ctx_orig, freq_base, freq_scale,
@@ -8719,7 +8712,6 @@ struct llm_build_minicpm3 : public llm_graph_context {
                 cb(q_pe, "q_pe", il);
 
                 // shared RoPE key
-                k_pe = ggml_cont(ctx0, k_pe); // TODO: the CUDA backend used to not support non-cont. RoPE, investigate removing this
                 k_pe = ggml_rope_ext(
                         ctx0, k_pe, inp_pos, rope_factors,
                         n_rot, rope_type, n_ctx_orig, freq_base, freq_scale,
@@ -10784,10 +10776,10 @@ struct llm_build_openelm : public llm_graph_context {
 
                 cur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head_k, n_head_qkv, n_tokens);
 
-                ggml_tensor * Qcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens, cur->nb[1], cur->nb[2], 0));
+                ggml_tensor * Qcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens, cur->nb[1], cur->nb[2], 0);
                 cb(Qcur, "Qcur", il);
 
-                ggml_tensor * Kcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], cur->nb[2], cur->nb[1]*n_head));
+                ggml_tensor * Kcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], cur->nb[2], cur->nb[1]*n_head);
                 cb(Kcur, "Kcur", il);
 
                 ggml_tensor * Vcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], cur->nb[2], cur->nb[1]*(n_head+n_head_kv)));
@@ -10909,12 +10901,10 @@ struct llm_build_gptneox : public llm_graph_context {
                 cur = ggml_add(ctx0, cur, model.layers[il].bqkv);
                 cb(cur, "bqkv", il);
 
-                ggml_tensor * Qcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd,     n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
-                ggml_tensor * Kcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
+                ggml_tensor * Qcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
+                ggml_tensor * Kcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
                 ggml_tensor * Vcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd + n_embd_gqa)));
 
-                Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
-                Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
                 Vcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Vcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
 
                 Qcur = ggml_rope_ext(
@@ -12159,6 +12149,8 @@ struct llm_build_chatglm : public llm_graph_context {
                     if (model.layers[il].bv) {
                         Vcur = ggml_add(ctx0, Vcur, model.layers[il].bv);
                     }
+                    Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
+                    Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
                 } else {
                     cur = build_lora_mm(model.layers[il].wqkv, cur);
                     cb(cur, "wqkv", il);
@@ -12166,13 +12158,11 @@ struct llm_build_chatglm : public llm_graph_context {
                         cur = ggml_add(ctx0, cur, model.layers[il].bqkv);
                         cb(cur, "bqkv", il);
                     }
-                    Qcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd,     n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
-                    Kcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
+                    Qcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
+                    Kcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
                     Vcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd + n_embd_gqa)));
                 }
 
-                Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
-                Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
                 Vcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Vcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
 
                 //printf("freq_base: %f freq_scale: %f ext_factor: %f attn_factor: %f\n", freq_base, freq_scale, ext_factor, attn_factor);
@@ -12293,6 +12283,8 @@ struct llm_build_glm4 : public llm_graph_context {
                     if (model.layers[il].bv) {
                         Vcur = ggml_add(ctx0, Vcur, model.layers[il].bv);
                     }
+                    Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
+                    Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
                 } else {
                     cur = build_lora_mm(model.layers[il].wqkv, cur);
                     cb(cur, "wqkv", il);
@@ -12300,13 +12292,11 @@ struct llm_build_glm4 : public llm_graph_context {
                         cur = ggml_add(ctx0, cur, model.layers[il].bqkv);
                         cb(cur, "bqkv", il);
                     }
-                    Qcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd,     n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
-                    Kcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd)));
+                    Qcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 0*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
+                    Kcur = ggml_view_3d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens, n_embd_head*sizeof(float), cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd));
                     Vcur = ggml_cont(ctx0, ggml_view_2d(ctx0, cur, n_embd_gqa, n_tokens, cur->nb[1], 1*sizeof(float)*(n_embd + n_embd_gqa)));
                 }
 
-                Qcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Qcur, n_embd_head, n_head,    n_tokens);
-                Kcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Kcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
                 Vcur = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx0, Vcur, n_embd_head, n_head_kv, n_tokens);
 
                 Qcur = ggml_rope_ext(