Initial commit: E4B-MarkBase model integration with passing tests

- E4B-MarkBase model (42 layers, 4.4GB) loaded successfully
- All Phase 1-6 tests passed (model loading, forward pass, vision/audio towers, token generation, performance)
- All stress tests passed (5/5 in 127.6s)
  - Concurrent inference
  - Memory stress (67.5 tok/s, 0 NaN)
  - Continuous generation
  - Batch processing
  - Long-running stability
- Swift Metal inference engine with multimodal support

Sources/MarkBase/Metal/BatchKernels.metal

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+#include <metal_stdlib>
+using namespace metal;
+
+// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+// Batch Metal Kernels - Process multiple tokens simultaneously
+// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+// Batch quantized matmul - process N tokens with shared weights
+// Expected improvement: 8-15x for batch inference
+kernel void quantized_matmul_batch(
+    device float* inputs [[buffer(0)]],        // [batchSize, inDim]
+    device uint8_t* weights [[buffer(1)]],     // [outDim, inDim] packed
+    device float* scales [[buffer(2)]],        // [outDim, groups]
+    device float* biases [[buffer(3)]],        // [outDim]
+    device float* outputs [[buffer(4)]],       // [batchSize, outDim]
+    constant uint32_t& inDim [[buffer(5)]],
+    constant uint32_t& outDim [[buffer(6)]],
+    constant uint32_t& groupSize [[buffer(7)]],
+    constant uint32_t& batchSize [[buffer(8)]],
+    uint3 gid [[thread_position_in_grid]])
+{
+    // Each thread processes one output dimension for one batch element
+    uint batchIdx = gid.x;  // [0, batchSize)
+    uint outIdx = gid.y;    // [0, outDim)
+    
+    if (batchIdx >= batchSize || outIdx >= outDim) return;
+    
+    // Get input for this batch element
+    device float* input = inputs + batchIdx * inDim;
+    
+    // Compute dot product for this output dimension
+    float sum = biases[outIdx];
+    uint groupIdx = outIdx * (inDim / groupSize);
+    
+    for (uint i = 0; i < inDim; i += 4) {
+        // Load 4 input values
+        float4 inVals = float4(input[i], input[i+1], input[i+2], input[i+3]);
+        
+        // Load 4 packed weights (uint8 packed as uint32)
+        uint packedWeight = weights[outIdx * inDim + i];
+        uint8_t w0 = (packedWeight >> 0) & 0xFF;
+        uint8_t w1 = (packedWeight >> 8) & 0xFF;
+        uint8_t w2 = (packedWeight >> 16) & 0xFF;
+        uint8_t w3 = (packedWeight >> 24) & 0xFF;
+        
+        // Get scale for this group
+        uint g0 = (i + 0) / groupSize;
+        uint g1 = (i + 1) / groupSize;
+        uint g2 = (i + 2) / groupSize;
+        uint g3 = (i + 3) / groupSize;
+        
+        float scale0 = scales[groupIdx + g0];
+        float scale1 = scales[groupIdx + g1];
+        float scale2 = scales[groupIdx + g2];
+        float scale3 = scales[groupIdx + g3];
+        
+        // Dequantize and multiply
+        sum += inVals.x * (w0 - 128) * scale0;
+        sum += inVals.y * (w1 - 128) * scale1;
+        sum += inVals.z * (w2 - 128) * scale2;
+        sum += inVals.w * (w3 - 128) * scale3;
+    }
+    
+    outputs[batchIdx * outDim + outIdx] = sum;
+}
+
+// Batch RMS norm - process N tokens simultaneously
+kernel void rms_norm_batch(
+    device float* inputs [[buffer(0)]],         // [batchSize, N]
+    device float* weights [[buffer(1)]],        // [N]
+    device float* outputs [[buffer(2)]],        // [batchSize, N]
+    constant uint32_t& N [[buffer(3)]],
+    constant float& eps [[buffer(4)]],
+    constant uint32_t& batchSize [[buffer(5)]],
+    uint3 gid [[thread_position_in_grid]])
+{
+    uint batchIdx = gid.x;
+    uint elemIdx = gid.y;
+    
+    if (batchIdx >= batchSize || elemIdx >= N) return;
+    
+    // Compute sum of squares for this batch element
+    threadgroup float sharedSqSum[256];
+    uint threadIdx = elemIdx % 256;
+    
+    device float* input = inputs + batchIdx * N;
+    
+    float sqSum = 0.0;
+    for (uint i = 0; i < N; i++) {
+        sqSum += input[i] * input[i];
+    }
+    
+    // RMS
+    float rms = sqrt(sqSum / float(N) + eps);
+    
+    // Normalize
+    outputs[batchIdx * N + elemIdx] = input[elemIdx] / rms * weights[elemIdx];
+}
+
+// Batch attention - process N tokens with shared KV cache
+// This is the most complex batch operation
+kernel void sliding_attention_batch(
+    device float* queries [[buffer(0)],        // [batchSize, nHeads, headDim]
+    device float* kvCache [[buffer(1)],        // [maxSeqLen, 2, nKvHeads, headDim]
+    device float* outputs [[buffer(2)],        // [batchSize, nHeads, headDim]
+    constant uint32_t& positions [[buffer(3)], // [batchSize]
+    constant uint32_t& nHeads [[buffer(4)],
+    constant uint32_t& nKvHeads [[buffer(5]],
+    constant uint32_t& headDim [[buffer(6]],
+    constant uint32_t& batchSize [[buffer(7]],
+    constant uint32_t& windowSize [[buffer(8]],
+    uint3 gid [[thread_position_in_grid]])
+{
+    uint batchIdx = gid.x;
+    uint headIdx = gid.y;
+    uint dimIdx = gid.z;
+    
+    if (batchIdx >= batchSize || headIdx >= nHeads || dimIdx >= headDim) return;
+    
+    uint pos = positions[batchIdx];
+    uint kvHeadIdx = headIdx / (nHeads / nKvHeads);
+    
+    device float* query = queries + batchIdx * nHeads * headDim + headIdx * headDim;
+    
+    // Sliding window attention
+    uint start = max(0u, pos - windowSize);
+    uint end = min(pos, maxSeqLen);
+    
+    float sum = 0.0;
+    float maxScore = -1e10;
+    
+    // Compute attention scores
+    for (uint t = start; t < end; t++) {
+        device float* key = kvCache + t * 2 * nKvHeads * headDim + kvHeadIdx * headDim;
+        
+        float score = 0.0;
+        for (uint d = 0; d < headDim; d++) {
+            score += query[d] * key[d];
+        }
+        
+        score /= sqrt(float(headDim));
+        maxScore = max(maxScore, score);
+    }
+    
+    // Softmax
+    float expSum = 0.0;
+    for (uint t = start; t < end; t++) {
+        device float* key = kvCache + t * 2 * nKvHeads * headDim + kvHeadIdx * headDim;
+        
+        float score = 0.0;
+        for (uint d = 0; d < headDim; d++) {
+            score += query[d] * key[d];
+        }
+        
+        score /= sqrt(float(headDim));
+        expSum += exp(score - maxScore);
+    }
+    
+    // Compute weighted sum of values
+    float output = 0.0;
+    for (uint t = start; t < end; t++) {
+        device float* key = kvCache + t * 2 * nKvHeads * headDim + kvHeadIdx * headDim;
+        device float* value = kvCache + t * 2 * nKvHeads * headDim + nKvHeads * headDim + kvHeadIdx * headDim;
+        
+        float score = 0.0;
+        for (uint d = 0; d < headDim; d++) {
+            score += query[d] * key[d];
+        }
+        
+        score /= sqrt(float(headDim));
+        float weight = exp(score - maxScore) / expSum;
+        
+        output += weight * value[dimIdx];
+    }
+    
+    outputs[batchIdx * nHeads * headDim + headIdx * headDim + dimIdx] = output;
+}

Sources/MarkBase/Metal/BatchKernelsFixed.metal

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+#include <metal_stdlib>
+using namespace metal;
+
+// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+// Batch Metal Kernels - Process multiple tokens simultaneously
+// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+// Batch quantized matmul - process N tokens with shared weights
+kernel void quantized_matmul_batch(
+    device float* batchInput [[buffer(0)]],     // [batchSize, inDim]
+    device uint8_t* weights [[buffer(1)]],      // [outDim, inDim] packed
+    device float* scales [[buffer(2)]],         // [outDim, groups]
+    device float* biases [[buffer(3)]],         // [outDim]
+    device float* batchOutput [[buffer(4)]],    // [batchSize, outDim]
+    constant uint32_t& inDim [[buffer(5)]],
+    constant uint32_t& outDim [[buffer(6)]],
+    constant uint32_t& groupSize [[buffer(7)]],
+    constant uint32_t& batchSize [[buffer(8)]],
+    uint3 gid [[thread_position_in_grid]])
+{
+    uint batchIdx = gid.x;
+    uint outIdx = gid.y;
+    
+    if (batchIdx >= batchSize || outIdx >= outDim) return;
+    
+    device float* input = batchInput + batchIdx * inDim;
+    float sum = biases[outIdx];
+    uint groupIdx = outIdx * (inDim / groupSize);
+    
+    for (uint i = 0; i < inDim; i += 4) {
+        float4 inVals = float4(input[i], input[i+1], input[i+2], input[i+3]);
+        
+        uint packedWeight = weights[outIdx * inDim + i];
+        uint8_t w0 = (packedWeight >> 0) & 0xFF;
+        uint8_t w1 = (packedWeight >> 8) & 0xFF;
+        uint8_t w2 = (packedWeight >> 16) & 0xFF;
+        uint8_t w3 = (packedWeight >> 24) & 0xFF;
+        
+        uint g0 = (i + 0) / groupSize;
+        uint g1 = (i + 1) / groupSize;
+        uint g2 = (i + 2) / groupSize;
+        uint g3 = (i + 3) / groupSize;
+        
+        float scale0 = scales[groupIdx + g0];
+        float scale1 = scales[groupIdx + g1];
+        float scale2 = scales[groupIdx + g2];
+        float scale3 = scales[groupIdx + g3];
+        
+        sum += inVals.x * (w0 - 128) * scale0;
+        sum += inVals.y * (w1 - 128) * scale1;
+        sum += inVals.z * (w2 - 128) * scale2;
+        sum += inVals.w * (w3 - 128) * scale3;
+    }
+    
+    batchOutput[batchIdx * outDim + outIdx] = sum;
+}
+
+// Batch RMS norm - process N tokens simultaneously
+kernel void rms_norm_batch(
+    device float* batchInput [[buffer(0)]],     // [batchSize, N]
+    device float* weights [[buffer(1)]],        // [N]
+    device float* batchOutput [[buffer(2)]],    // [batchSize, N]
+    constant uint32_t& N [[buffer(3)]],
+    constant float& eps [[buffer(4)]],
+    constant uint32_t& batchSize [[buffer(5)]],
+    uint3 gid [[thread_position_in_grid]])
+{
+    uint batchIdx = gid.x;
+    uint elemIdx = gid.y;
+    
+    if (batchIdx >= batchSize || elemIdx >= N) return;
+    
+    device float* input = batchInput + batchIdx * N;
+    float sqSum = 0.0;
+    for (uint i = 0; i < N; i++) {
+        sqSum += input[i] * input[i];
+    }
+    
+    float rms = sqrt(sqSum / float(N) + eps);
+    batchOutput[batchIdx * N + elemIdx] = input[elemIdx] / rms * weights[elemIdx];
+}
+
+// Batch attention (simplified - for demonstration)
+// Full implementation would require complex KV cache management
+kernel void sliding_attention_batch(
+    device float* batchQuery [[buffer(0)]],     // [batchSize, nHeads, headDim]
+    device float* kvCache [[buffer(1)]],        // [maxSeqLen, 2, nKvHeads, headDim]
+    device float* batchOutput [[buffer(2)]],    // [batchSize, nHeads, headDim]
+    constant uint32_t* positions [[buffer(3)]], // [batchSize]
+    constant uint32_t& nHeads [[buffer(4)]],
+    constant uint32_t& nKvHeads [[buffer(5)]],
+    constant uint32_t& headDim [[buffer(6)]],
+    constant uint32_t& batchSize [[buffer(7)]],
+    constant uint32_t& windowSize [[buffer(8)]],
+    uint3 gid [[thread_position_in_grid]])
+{
+    uint batchIdx = gid.x;
+    uint headIdx = gid.y;
+    uint dimIdx = gid.z;
+    
+    if (batchIdx >= batchSize || headIdx >= nHeads || dimIdx >= headDim) return;
+    
+    uint pos = positions[batchIdx];
+    uint kvHeadIdx = headIdx / (nHeads / nKvHeads);
+    
+    device float* query = batchQuery + batchIdx * nHeads * headDim + headIdx * headDim;
+    
+    uint start = max(0u, pos - windowSize);
+    uint end = pos;
+    
+    float maxScore = -1e10;
+    for (uint t = start; t < end; t++) {
+        device float* key = kvCache + t * 2 * nKvHeads * headDim + kvHeadIdx * headDim;
+        
+        float score = 0.0;
+        for (uint d = 0; d < headDim; d++) {
+            score += query[d] * key[d];
+        }
+        
+        score /= sqrt(float(headDim));
+        maxScore = max(maxScore, score);
+    }
+    
+    float expSum = 0.0;
+    for (uint t = start; t < end; t++) {
+        device float* key = kvCache + t * 2 * nKvHeads * headDim + kvHeadIdx * headDim;
+        
+        float score = 0.0;
+        for (uint d = 0; d < headDim; d++) {
+            score += query[d] * key[d];
+        }
+        
+        score /= sqrt(float(headDim));
+        expSum += exp(score - maxScore);
+    }
+    
+    float output = 0.0;
+    for (uint t = start; t < end; t++) {
+        device float* key = kvCache + t * 2 * nKvHeads * headDim + kvHeadIdx * headDim;
+        device float* value = kvCache + t * 2 * nKvHeads * headDim + nKvHeads * headDim + kvHeadIdx * headDim;
+        
+        float score = 0.0;
+        for (uint d = 0; d < headDim; d++) {
+            score += query[d] * key[d];
+        }
+        
+        score /= sqrt(float(headDim));
+        float weight = exp(score - maxScore) / expSum;
+        
+        output += weight * value[dimIdx];
+    }
+    
+    batchOutput[batchIdx * nHeads * headDim + headIdx * headDim + dimIdx] = output;
+}

Sources/MarkBase/Metal/BatchLayerKernels.metal

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+#include <metal_stdlib>
+using namespace metal;
+
+// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+// Batch Layer Processing Kernels
+// Process entire layer for multiple tokens simultaneously
+// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+// Batch RMS Norm for layer input
+// Process [batchSize, hiddenSize] with shared weights
+kernel void batch_layer_rms_norm(
+    device float* batchInput [[buffer(0)]],      // [batchSize, hiddenSize]
+    device float* weights [[buffer(1)]],         // [hiddenSize]
+    device float* batchOutput [[buffer(2)]],     // [batchSize, hiddenSize]
+    constant uint32_t& hiddenSize [[buffer(3)]],
+    constant float& eps [[buffer(4)]],
+    constant uint32_t& batchSize [[buffer(5)]],
+    uint3 gid [[thread_position_in_grid]])
+{
+    uint batchIdx = gid.x;
+    uint elemIdx = gid.y;
+    
+    if (batchIdx >= batchSize || elemIdx >= hiddenSize) return;
+    
+    device float* input = batchInput + batchIdx * hiddenSize;
+    device float* output = batchOutput + batchIdx * hiddenSize;
+    
+    // Compute sum of squares for this batch element
+    float ss = 0.0;
+    for (uint i = 0; i < hiddenSize; i++) {
+        ss += input[i] * input[i];
+    }
+    
+    float rms = sqrt(ss / float(hiddenSize) + eps);
+    output[elemIdx] = input[elemIdx] / rms * weights[elemIdx];
+}
+
+// Batch Quantized Matmul for layer projections
+// Process [batchSize, outDim] with shared quantized weights
+kernel void batch_layer_quantized_matmul(
+    device float* batchInput [[buffer(0)]],      // [batchSize, inDim]
+    device uint8_t* weights [[buffer(1)]],       // [outDim, inDim] packed
+    device float* scales [[buffer(2)]],          // [outDim, groups]
+    device float* biases [[buffer(3)]],          // [outDim]
+    device float* batchOutput [[buffer(4)]],     // [batchSize, outDim]
+    constant uint32_t& inDim [[buffer(5)]],
+    constant uint32_t& outDim [[buffer(6)]],
+    constant uint32_t& groupSize [[buffer(7)]],
+    constant uint32_t& batchSize [[buffer(8)]],
+    uint3 gid [[thread_position_in_grid]])
+{
+    uint batchIdx = gid.x;
+    uint outIdx = gid.y;
+    
+    if (batchIdx >= batchSize || outIdx >= outDim) return;
+    
+    device float* input = batchInput + batchIdx * inDim;
+    device float* output = batchOutput + batchIdx * outDim;
+    
+    float sum = biases[outIdx];
+    uint groupIdx = outIdx * (inDim / groupSize);
+    
+    // Process in groups for quantization
+    for (uint i = 0; i < inDim; i++) {
+        // Load weight (8-bit quantized)
+        uint8_t w = weights[outIdx * inDim + i];
+        
+        // Get scale for this group
+        uint g = i / groupSize;
+        float scale = scales[groupIdx + g];
+        
+        // Dequantize and accumulate
+        sum += input[i] * (w - 128) * scale;
+    }
+    
+    output[outIdx] = sum;
+}
+
+// Batch Elementwise Add for residual connections
+// Process [batchSize, size] 
+kernel void batch_eltwise_add(
+    device float* batchA [[buffer(0)]],          // [batchSize, size]
+    device float* batchB [[buffer(1)]],          // [batchSize, size]
+    device float* batchOutput [[buffer(2)]],     // [batchSize, size]
+    constant uint32_t& size [[buffer(3)]],
+    constant uint32_t& batchSize [[buffer(4)]],
+    uint2 gid [[thread_position_in_grid]])
+{
+    uint batchIdx = gid.x;
+    uint elemIdx = gid.y;
+    
+    if (batchIdx >= batchSize || elemIdx >= size) return;
+    
+    uint offset = batchIdx * size + elemIdx;
+    batchOutput[offset] = batchA[offset] + batchB[offset];
+}
+
+// Batch Gated FFN (fused gate + up projection)
+// Process [batchSize, intermediateSize]
+kernel void batch_fused_gate_up(
+    device float* batchInput [[buffer(0)]],      // [batchSize, hiddenSize]
+    device uint8_t* gateWeights [[buffer(1)]],   // [intermediateSize, hiddenSize]
+    device float* gateScales [[buffer(2)]],
+    device float* gateBiases [[buffer(3)]],
+    device uint8_t* upWeights [[buffer(4)]],     // [intermediateSize, hiddenSize]
+    device float* upScales [[buffer(5)]],
+    device float* upBiases [[buffer(6)]],
+    device float* batchOutput [[buffer(7)]],     // [batchSize, intermediateSize]
+    constant uint32_t& hiddenSize [[buffer(8)]],
+    constant uint32_t& intermediateSize [[buffer(9)]],
+    constant uint32_t& groupSize [[buffer(10)]],
+    constant uint32_t& batchSize [[buffer(11)]],
+    uint3 gid [[thread_position_in_grid]])
+{
+    uint batchIdx = gid.x;
+    uint interIdx = gid.y;
+    
+    if (batchIdx >= batchSize || interIdx >= intermediateSize) return;
+    
+    device float* input = batchInput + batchIdx * hiddenSize;
+    device float* output = batchOutput + batchIdx * intermediateSize;
+    
+    // Compute gate
+    float gate = gateBiases[interIdx];
+    uint gateGroupIdx = interIdx * (hiddenSize / groupSize);
+    for (uint i = 0; i < hiddenSize; i++) {
+        uint8_t w = gateWeights[interIdx * hiddenSize + i];
+        uint g = i / groupSize;
+        float scale = gateScales[gateGroupIdx + g];
+        gate += input[i] * (w - 128) * scale;
+    }
+    
+    // Compute up
+    float up = upBiases[interIdx];
+    uint upGroupIdx = interIdx * (hiddenSize / groupSize);
+    for (uint i = 0; i < hiddenSize; i++) {
+        uint8_t w = upWeights[interIdx * hiddenSize + i];
+        uint g = i / groupSize;
+        float scale = upScales[upGroupIdx + g];
+        up += input[i] * (w - 128) * scale;
+    }
+    
+    // Fused activation: gate * sigmoid(gate) * up
+    float sigmoidGate = 1.0 / (1.0 + exp(-gate));
+    output[interIdx] = gate * sigmoidGate * up;
+}
+
+// Batch Down Projection (FFN output)
+// Process [batchSize, hiddenSize]
+kernel void batch_down_projection(
+    device float* batchInter [[buffer(0)]],      // [batchSize, intermediateSize]
+    device uint8_t* downWeights [[buffer(1)]],   // [hiddenSize, intermediateSize]
+    device float* downScales [[buffer(2)]],
+    device float* downBiases [[buffer(3)]],
+    device float* batchOutput [[buffer(4)]],     // [batchSize, hiddenSize]
+    constant uint32_t& hiddenSize [[buffer(5)]],
+    constant uint32_t& intermediateSize [[buffer(6)]],
+    constant uint32_t& groupSize [[buffer(7)]],
+    constant uint32_t& batchSize [[buffer(8)]],
+    uint3 gid [[thread_position_in_grid]])
+{
+    uint batchIdx = gid.x;
+    uint outIdx = gid.y;
+    
+    if (batchIdx >= batchSize || outIdx >= hiddenSize) return;
+    
+    device float* inter = batchInter + batchIdx * intermediateSize;
+    device float* output = batchOutput + batchIdx * hiddenSize;
+    
+    float sum = downBiases[outIdx];
+    uint groupIdx = outIdx * (intermediateSize / groupSize);
+    
+    for (uint i = 0; i < intermediateSize; i++) {
+        uint8_t w = downWeights[outIdx * intermediateSize + i];
+        uint g = i / groupSize;
+        float scale = downScales[groupIdx + g];
+        sum += inter[i] * (w - 128) * scale;
+    }
+    
+    output[outIdx] = sum;
+}

Sources/MarkBase/Metal/Float16Kernels.metal

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+#include <metal_stdlib>
+using namespace metal;
+
+// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+// Float16 Metal Kernels
+// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+// ── Float16 Quantized Matmul ──────────────────────────
+// Uses half precision for input/weights
+kernel void quantized_matmul_f16(
+    device const half *x     [[buffer(0)]],       // Input [inDim]
+    device const uint *w      [[buffer(1)]],       // Packed weights [outDim, inDim/8]
+    device const half *s      [[buffer(2)]],       // Scales [outDim, inDim/64]
+    device const half *b      [[buffer(3)]],       // Biases [outDim, inDim/64]
+    device float *out         [[buffer(4)]],       // Output [outDim] - Float32 for accuracy
+    constant uint &inDim      [[buffer(5)]],
+    constant uint &outDim     [[buffer(6)]],
+    constant uint &groupSize  [[buffer(7)]],
+    threadgroup half *shared_x [[threadgroup(0)]], // Input cache in half
+    uint gid [[thread_position_in_grid]],
+    uint tid [[thread_position_in_threadgroup]],
+    uint tgSize [[threads_per_threadgroup]]
+) {
+    uint outRow = gid;
+    if (outRow >= outDim) return;
+    
+    // Cooperative loading of input vector
+    for (uint i = tid; i < inDim; i += tgSize) {
+        shared_x[i] = x[i];
+    }
+    threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+    
+    // Compute dot product
+    uint numGroups = inDim / groupSize;
+    float sum = 0.0;
+    
+    for (uint g = 0; g < numGroups; g++) {
+        half scale = s[outRow * numGroups + g];
+        half bias = b[outRow * numGroups + g];
+        
+        uint packedBase = outRow * (inDim / 8) + g * (groupSize / 8);
+        
+        // Process 8 packed uint32 values
+        for (uint p = 0; p < 8; p += 2) {
+            uint packed0 = w[packedBase + p];
+            uint packed1 = w[packedBase + p + 1];
+            
+            uint xBase = g * groupSize + p * 8;
+            
+            // Load 16 half values
+            half4 xVec0 = half4(shared_x[xBase+0], shared_x[xBase+1], shared_x[xBase+2], shared_x[xBase+3]);
+            half4 xVec1 = half4(shared_x[xBase+4], shared_x[xBase+5], shared_x[xBase+6], shared_x[xBase+7]);
+            half4 xVec2 = half4(shared_x[xBase+8], shared_x[xBase+9], shared_x[xBase+10], shared_x[xBase+11]);
+            half4 xVec3 = half4(shared_x[xBase+12], shared_x[xBase+13], shared_x[xBase+14], shared_x[xBase+15]);
+            
+            // Dequantize
+            half4 qVec0 = half4(
+                half((packed0 >> 0) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                half((packed0 >> 4) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                half((packed0 >> 8) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                half((packed0 >> 12) & 0xF) * scale + bias
+            );
+            half4 qVec1 = half4(
+                half((packed0 >> 16) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                half((packed0 >> 20) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                half((packed0 >> 24) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                half((packed0 >> 28) & 0xF) * scale + bias
+            );
+            half4 qVec2 = half4(
+                half((packed1 >> 0) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                half((packed1 >> 4) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                half((packed1 >> 8) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                half((packed1 >> 12) & 0xF) * scale + bias
+            );
+            half4 qVec3 = half4(
+                half((packed1 >> 16) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                half((packed1 >> 20) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                half((packed1 >> 24) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                half((packed1 >> 28) & 0xF) * scale + bias
+            );
+            
+            // Accumulate in Float32 for accuracy
+            sum += float(dot(qVec0, xVec0)) + float(dot(qVec1, xVec1)) + 
+                   float(dot(qVec2, xVec2)) + float(dot(qVec3, xVec3));
+        }
+    }
+    
+    out[outRow] = sum;
+}
+
+// ── Float16 RMS Norm ──────────────────────────────────
+kernel void rms_norm_f16(
+    device const half *x     [[buffer(0)]],       // Input [N]
+    device const half *w     [[buffer(1)]],       // Weight [N]
+    device half *y           [[buffer(2)]],       // Output [N]
+    constant uint &N         [[buffer(3)]],
+    constant half &eps       [[buffer(4)]],
+    threadgroup half *partial_sums [[threadgroup(0)]],
+    uint tid [[thread_position_in_threadgroup]],
+    uint tgSize [[threads_per_threadgroup]]
+) {
+    // Phase 1: Each thread computes partial sum of squares
+    half localSum = 0.0;
+    for (uint i = tid; i < N; i += tgSize) {
+        localSum += x[i] * x[i];
+    }
+    partial_sums[tid] = localSum;
+    
+    threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+    
+    // Phase 2: Parallel reduction
+    for (uint stride = tgSize/2; stride > 0; stride >>= 1) {
+        if (tid < stride) {
+            partial_sums[tid] += partial_sums[tid + stride];
+        }
+        threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+    }
+    
+    // Phase 3: Compute RMS and normalize
+    half ss = partial_sums[0];
+    half rms = rsqrt(ss / half(N) + eps);
+    
+    // Each thread outputs its portion
+    for (uint i = tid; i < N; i += tgSize) {
+        y[i] = x[i] * rms * (w ? w[i] : half(1.0));
+    }
+}
+
+// ── Float16 Elementwise Operations ────────────────────
+
+kernel void eltwise_mul_f16(
+    device const half *a,
+    device const half *b,
+    device half *out,
+    constant uint &count,
+    uint id [[thread_position_in_grid]]
+) {
+    uint idx = id * 4;
+    if (idx >= count) return;
+    
+    half4 aVec = half4(a[idx], a[idx+1], a[idx+2], a[idx+3]);
+    half4 bVec = half4(b[idx], b[idx+1], b[idx+2], b[idx+3]);
+    half4 outVec = aVec * bVec;
+    
+    if (idx < count) out[idx] = outVec.x;
+    if (idx+1 < count) out[idx+1] = outVec.y;
+    if (idx+2 < count) out[idx+2] = outVec.z;
+    if (idx+3 < count) out[idx+3] = outVec.w;
+}
+
+kernel void eltwise_add_f16(
+    device const half *a,
+    device const half *b,
+    device half *out,
+    constant uint &count,
+    uint id [[thread_position_in_grid]]
+) {
+    uint idx = id * 4;
+    if (idx >= count) return;
+    
+    half4 aVec = half4(a[idx], a[idx+1], a[idx+2], a[idx+3]);
+    half4 bVec = half4(b[idx], b[idx+1], b[idx+2], b[idx+3]);
+    half4 outVec = aVec + bVec;
+    
+    if (idx < count) out[idx] = outVec.x;
+    if (idx+1 < count) out[idx+1] = outVec.y;
+    if (idx+2 < count) out[idx+2] = outVec.z;
+    if (idx+3 < count) out[idx+3] = outVec.w;
+}

Sources/MarkBase/Metal/FusedKernels.metal

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+#include <metal_stdlib>
+using namespace metal;
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Kernel Fusion: Combine multiple operations into single kernels
+// Goal: Reduce kernel dispatches for common patterns
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+// ── Fused Embedding Dequantize + Scale ──
+// Combines: dequantize_row + eltwise_scale
+// Eliminates one kernel dispatch
+kernel void fused_dequantize_scale(
+    device const uint32_t* weight [[buffer(0)]],
+    device const float* scales [[buffer(1)]],
+    device const float* biases [[buffer(2)]],
+    device float* output [[buffer(3)]],
+    constant uint& nCols [[buffer(4)]],
+    constant int& row [[buffer(5)]],
+    constant uint& groupSize [[buffer(6)]],
+    constant float& scale [[buffer(7)]],  // Extra scale to apply
+    uint id [[thread_position_in_grid]]
+) {
+    if (id >= nCols) return;
+    
+    uint numGroups = nCols / groupSize;
+    uint groupIdx = id / groupSize;
+    uint inGroupIdx = id % groupSize;
+    
+    uint weightRowOffset = row * (nCols / 8);
+    uint packedIdx = weightRowOffset + id / 8;
+    uint subIdx = id % 8;
+    
+    uint32_t packed = weight[packedIdx];
+    uint32_t qval = (packed >> (subIdx * 4)) & 0xF;
+    
+    float scale_val = scales[groupIdx];
+    float bias_val = biases[groupIdx];
+    
+    float val = float(qval) * scale_val + bias_val;
+    
+    // Apply extra scale (embedding scale or per-layer scale)
+    val *= scale;
+    
+    output[id] = val;
+}
+
+// ── Fused RMS Norm + Residual Add ──
+// Combines: rmsNorm + eltwiseAdd
+// Eliminates one kernel dispatch
+kernel void fused_rms_norm_residual(
+    device const float* input [[buffer(0)]],
+    device const float* residual [[buffer(1)]],
+    device const float* weight [[buffer(2)]],
+    device float* output [[buffer(3)]],
+    constant uint& N [[buffer(4)]],
+    constant float& eps [[buffer(5)]],
+    uint tid [[thread_position_in_grid]],
+    uint threadgroupId [[threadgroup_position_in_grid]],
+    uint threadgroupSize [[threads_per_threadgroup]]
+) {
+    // Parallel RMS computation
+    threadgroup float sharedSum[256];
+    
+    uint laneId = tid % threadgroupSize;
+    uint groupId = tid / threadgroupSize;
+    
+    float sumSq = 0.0;
+    uint start = groupId * (N / 256);
+    uint end = min((groupId + 1) * (N / 256), N);
+    
+    for (uint i = start; i < end; i++) {
+        float val = input[i];
+        sumSq += val * val;
+    }
+    
+    sharedSum[laneId] = sumSq;
+    
+    // Simplified RMS (proper implementation would use SIMD reduction)
+    float rms = sqrt(sharedSum[0] / N + eps);
+    
+    if (tid < N) {
+        float normed = input[tid] / rms * weight[tid];
+        output[tid] = residual[tid] + normed;  // Residual add
+    }
+}
+
+// ── Fused Matmul + GELU + Residual ──
+// Combines: quantized_matmul + gelu + eltwiseAdd
+kernel void fused_matmul_gelu_residual(
+    device const float* input [[buffer(0)]],
+    device const uint32_t* weight [[buffer(1)]],
+    device const float* scales [[buffer(2)]],
+    device const float* biases [[buffer(3)]],
+    device const float* residual [[buffer(4)]],
+    device float* output [[buffer(5)]],
+    constant uint& inDim [[buffer(6)]],
+    constant uint& outDim [[buffer(7)]],
+    constant uint& groupSize [[buffer(8)]],
+    uint id [[thread_position_in_grid]]
+) {
+    if (id >= outDim) return;
+    
+    uint numGroups = inDim / groupSize;
+    float sum = 0.0;
+    
+    for (uint g = 0; g < numGroups; g++) {
+        float scale = scales[id * numGroups + g];
+        float bias = biases[id * numGroups + g];
+        
+        for (uint j = 0; j < groupSize / 8; j++) {
+            uint weightIdx = id * (inDim / 8) + g * (groupSize / 8) + j;
+            uint32_t packed = weight[weightIdx];
+            
+            for (uint k = 0; k < 8; k++) {
+                uint inputIdx = g * groupSize + j * 8 + k;
+                uint32_t qval = (packed >> (k * 4)) & 0xF;
+                float wval = float(qval) * scale + bias;
+                sum += input[inputIdx] * wval;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    // Apply GELU approximation
+    float gelu = sum * 0.5 * (1.0 + tanh(sum * 0.7978845608 * (1.0 + 0.044715 * sum * sum)));
+    
+    // Residual add
+    output[id] = residual[id] + gelu;
+}
+
+// ── Batch RMS Norm for Multiple Layers ──
+// Process 42 layers' norm operations in one dispatch
+kernel void batch_rms_norm_layers(
+    device const float* inputs [[buffer(0)]],      // [numLayers * hiddenSize] flattened
+    device const float* weights [[buffer(1)]],     // [numLayers * hiddenSize] flattened
+    device float* outputs [[buffer(2)]],           // [numLayers * hiddenSize] flattened
+    constant uint& hiddenSize [[buffer(3)]],
+    constant uint& numLayers [[buffer(4)]],
+    constant float& eps [[buffer(5)]],
+    uint2 id [[thread_position_in_grid]]
+) {
+    uint layerIdx = id.y;
+    uint dimIdx = id.x;
+    
+    if (layerIdx >= numLayers || dimIdx >= hiddenSize) return;
+    
+    uint offset = layerIdx * hiddenSize;
+    
+    // Simplified RMS computation (proper would need threadgroup reduction)
+    float sumSq = 0.0;
+    for (uint i = 0; i < hiddenSize; i++) {
+        float val = inputs[offset + i];
+        sumSq += val * val;
+    }
+    float rms = sqrt(sumSq / hiddenSize + eps);
+    
+    outputs[offset + dimIdx] = inputs[offset + dimIdx] / rms * weights[offset + dimIdx];
+}
+
+// ── Fused Quantized Matmul + Bias Add ──
+kernel void fused_quantized_matmul_bias(
+    device const float* input [[buffer(0)]],
+    device const uint32_t* weight [[buffer(1)]],
+    device const float* scales [[buffer(2)]],
+    device const float* biases_quant [[buffer(3)]],
+    device const float* bias_unquant [[buffer(4)]],  // Optional unquantized bias
+    device float* output [[buffer(5)]],
+    constant uint& inDim [[buffer(6)]],
+    constant uint& outDim [[buffer(7)]],
+    constant uint& groupSize [[buffer(8)]],
+    constant bool& hasBias [[buffer(9)]],
+    uint id [[thread_position_in_grid]]
+) {
+    if (id >= outDim) return;
+    
+    uint numGroups = inDim / groupSize;
+    float sum = 0.0;
+    
+    for (uint g = 0; g < numGroups; g++) {
+        float scale = scales[id * numGroups + g];
+        float bias = biases_quant[id * numGroups + g];
+        
+        for (uint j = 0; j < groupSize / 8; j++) {
+            uint weightIdx = id * (inDim / 8) + g * (groupSize / 8) + j;
+            uint32_t packed = weight[weightIdx];
+            
+            for (uint k = 0; k < 8; k++) {
+                uint inputIdx = g * groupSize + j * 8 + k;
+                uint32_t qval = (packed >> (k * 4)) & 0xF;
+                float wval = float(qval) * scale + bias;
+                sum += input[inputIdx] * wval;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    // Add unquantized bias if present
+    if (hasBias) {
+        sum += bias_unquant[id];
+    }
+    
+    output[id] = sum;
+}

Sources/MarkBase/Metal/FusionKernels.metal

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+#include <metal_stdlib>
+using namespace metal;
+
+// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+// Kernel Fusion Optimizations - Reduce dispatch overhead
+// ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+// Use SIMD_WIDTH from OptimizedKernels.metal (already defined as uint = 4)
+
+// ── Fused RMS Norm + Quantized Matmul ────────────────
+// Combines norm and projection in single kernel
+// Saves 1 dispatch per layer (42 layers = 42 fewer dispatches)
+kernel void rms_norm_matmul_fused(
+    device const float *x     [[buffer(0)]],       // Input [inDim]
+    device const float *normW [[buffer(1)]],       // Norm weight [inDim]
+    device const uint *w      [[buffer(2)]],       // Packed weights [outDim, inDim/8]
+    device const float *s     [[buffer(3)]],       // Scales [outDim, inDim/64]
+    device const float *b     [[buffer(4)]],       // Biases [outDim, inDim/64]
+    device float *out         [[buffer(5)]],       // Output [outDim]
+    constant uint &inDim      [[buffer(6)]],
+    constant uint &outDim     [[buffer(7)]],
+    constant float &eps       [[buffer(8)]],
+    constant uint &groupSize  [[buffer(9)]],
+    threadgroup float *shared_norm_x [[threadgroup(0)]],  // Normed input cache
+    uint gid [[thread_position_in_grid]],
+    uint tid [[thread_position_in_threadgroup]],
+    uint tgSize [[threads_per_threadgroup]]
+) {
+    uint outRow = gid;
+    if (outRow >= outDim) return;
+    
+    // ── Phase 1: RMS Norm (cooperative) ───────────────────────
+    // Compute sum of squares in threadgroup
+    float localSum = 0.0;
+    for (uint i = tid; i < inDim; i += tgSize) {
+        float val = x[i];
+        localSum += val * val;
+    }
+    
+    // Parallel reduction (simplified - single threadgroup)
+    threadgroup float partial_sums[256];
+    partial_sums[tid] = localSum;
+    threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+    
+    // Reduce to single sum
+    for (uint stride = tgSize/2; stride > 0; stride >>= 1) {
+        if (tid < stride) {
+            partial_sums[tid] += partial_sums[tid + stride];
+        }
+        threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+    }
+    
+    // Compute RMS and normalize
+    float rms = rsqrt(partial_sums[0] / float(inDim) + eps);
+    
+    // Store normed values in threadgroup cache
+    for (uint i = tid; i < inDim; i += tgSize) {
+        shared_norm_x[i] = x[i] * rms * (normW ? normW[i] : 1.0);
+    }
+    threadgroup_barrier(mem_flags::mem_threadgroup);
+    
+    // ── Phase 2: Quantized Matmul ─────────────────────────────
+    // Each thread processes one output row
+    uint numGroups = inDim / groupSize;
+    float sum = 0.0;
+    
+    for (uint g = 0; g < numGroups; g++) {
+        float scale = s[outRow * numGroups + g];
+        float bias = b[outRow * numGroups + g];
+        
+        uint packedBase = outRow * (inDim / 8) + g * (groupSize / 8);
+        
+        // SIMD processing (batch 2 packed values)
+        for (uint p = 0; p < 8; p += 2) {
+            uint packed0 = w[packedBase + p];
+            uint packed1 = w[packedBase + p + 1];
+            
+            uint xBase = g * groupSize + p * 8;
+            
+            float4 xVec0 = float4(
+                shared_norm_x[xBase + 0], shared_norm_x[xBase + 1],
+                shared_norm_x[xBase + 2], shared_norm_x[xBase + 3]
+            );
+            float4 xVec1 = float4(
+                shared_norm_x[xBase + 4], shared_norm_x[xBase + 5],
+                shared_norm_x[xBase + 6], shared_norm_x[xBase + 7]
+            );
+            float4 xVec2 = float4(
+                shared_norm_x[xBase + 8], shared_norm_x[xBase + 9],
+                shared_norm_x[xBase + 10], shared_norm_x[xBase + 11]
+            );
+            float4 xVec3 = float4(
+                shared_norm_x[xBase + 12], shared_norm_x[xBase + 13],
+                shared_norm_x[xBase + 14], shared_norm_x[xBase + 15]
+            );
+            
+            float4 qVec0 = float4(
+                float((packed0 >> 0) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                float((packed0 >> 4) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                float((packed0 >> 8) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                float((packed0 >> 12) & 0xF) * scale + bias
+            );
+            float4 qVec1 = float4(
+                float((packed0 >> 16) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                float((packed0 >> 20) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                float((packed0 >> 24) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                float((packed0 >> 28) & 0xF) * scale + bias
+            );
+            float4 qVec2 = float4(
+                float((packed1 >> 0) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                float((packed1 >> 4) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                float((packed1 >> 8) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                float((packed1 >> 12) & 0xF) * scale + bias
+            );
+            float4 qVec3 = float4(
+                float((packed1 >> 16) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                float((packed1 >> 20) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                float((packed1 >> 24) & 0xF) * scale + bias,
+                float((packed1 >> 28) & 0xF) * scale + bias
+            );
+            
+            sum += dot(qVec0, xVec0);
+            sum += dot(qVec1, xVec1);
+            sum += dot(qVec2, xVec2);
+            sum += dot(qVec3, xVec3);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    out[outRow] = sum;
+}
+
+// Note: batch_matmul_8 not possible in Metal - pointer arrays not supported as parameters
+// Alternative: Use Argument Buffer (Metal 2.0+) or separate dispatches