diff --git a/candle-core/src/metal_backend.rs b/candle-core/src/metal_backend.rs
index 597c2f01..72b15006 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/metal_backend.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/metal_backend.rs
@@ -293,6 +293,12 @@ impl BackendStorage for MetalStorage {
                 ("uneg", DType::F32) => contiguous::neg::FLOAT,
                 ("uexp", DType::F32) => contiguous::exp::FLOAT,
                 ("ulog", DType::F32) => contiguous::log::FLOAT,
+                ("ugelu", DType::F32) => contiguous::gelu::FLOAT,
+                // TODO erf does not exist in metal
+                ("ugelu_erf", DType::F32) => contiguous::gelu::FLOAT,
+                ("uceil", DType::F32) => contiguous::ceil::FLOAT,
+                ("ufloor", DType::F32) => contiguous::floor::FLOAT,
+                ("uround", DType::F32) => contiguous::round::FLOAT,
                 (name, dtype) => todo!("Match {name} - {dtype:?}"),
             };
             candle_metal_kernels::call_unary_contiguous(
@@ -519,7 +525,6 @@ impl BackendStorage for MetalStorage {
         let dtype = self.dtype;
         let device = self.device();
         let mut buffer = device.new_buffer(dst_el, dtype);
-        let out = self.to_cpu_storage().unwrap();
         let name = match (ids.dtype, self.dtype) {
             (DType::U32, DType::F32) => "is_u32_f32",
             (left, right) => todo!("index select metal {left:?} {right:?}"),
@@ -690,6 +695,7 @@ impl BackendStorage for MetalStorage {
             DType::F32 => candle_metal_kernels::unary::strided::copy::FLOAT,
             DType::F16 => candle_metal_kernels::unary::strided::copy::HALF,
             DType::BF16 => candle_metal_kernels::unary::strided::copy::BFLOAT,
+            DType::U32 => candle_metal_kernels::unary::strided::copy::U32,
             dtype => todo!("copy_strided not implemented for {dtype:?}"),
         };
         candle_metal_kernels::call_unary_strided(
diff --git a/candle-metal-kernels/src/lib.rs b/candle-metal-kernels/src/lib.rs
index 7288216a..5a50d46f 100644
--- a/candle-metal-kernels/src/lib.rs
+++ b/candle-metal-kernels/src/lib.rs
@@ -112,13 +112,7 @@ macro_rules! ops{
     ($($name:ident),+) => {
 
         pub mod contiguous {
-        #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
         pub struct Kernel(pub(crate) &'static str);
-        impl std::fmt::Display for Kernel {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}", self.0)
-    }
-        }
         $(
         pub mod $name {
             use super::Kernel;
@@ -127,16 +121,17 @@ macro_rules! ops{
             pub const BFLOAT: Kernel = Kernel(concat!(stringify!($name), "_bfloat"));
         }
         )+
+            pub mod copy {
+                use super::Kernel;
+                pub const FLOAT: Kernel = Kernel("copy_float");
+                pub const HALF: Kernel = Kernel("copy_half");
+                pub const BFLOAT: Kernel = Kernel("copy_bfloat");
+                pub const U32: Kernel = Kernel("copy_u32");
+            }
         }
 
         pub mod strided {
-        #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
         pub struct Kernel(pub(crate) &'static str);
-        impl std::fmt::Display for Kernel {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}", self.0)
-    }
-        }
         $(
         pub mod $name {
             use super::Kernel;
@@ -145,12 +140,19 @@ macro_rules! ops{
             pub const BFLOAT: Kernel = Kernel(concat!(stringify!($name), "_bfloat_strided"));
         }
         )+
+            pub mod copy {
+                use super::Kernel;
+                pub const FLOAT: Kernel = Kernel("copy_float_strided");
+                pub const HALF: Kernel = Kernel("copy_half_strided");
+                pub const BFLOAT: Kernel = Kernel("copy_bfloat_strided");
+                pub const U32: Kernel = Kernel("copy_u32_strided");
+            }
         }
     };
 }
 
 pub mod unary {
-    ops!(cos, sin, exp, sqr, sqrt, neg, copy, log);
+    ops!(cos, sin, exp, sqr, sqrt, neg, log, gelu, ceil, floor, round);
 }
 pub mod binary {
     ops!(add, sub, mul, div);
diff --git a/candle-metal-kernels/src/unary.metal b/candle-metal-kernels/src/unary.metal
index eb6424e8..ae690ca4 100644
--- a/candle-metal-kernels/src/unary.metal
+++ b/candle-metal-kernels/src/unary.metal
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #include <metal_stdlib>
+#include <metal_math>
+#
+using namespace metal;
 
 METAL_FUNC uint get_strided_index(
     uint idx,
@@ -18,9 +21,15 @@ METAL_FUNC uint get_strided_index(
 template <typename T> METAL_FUNC T sqr(T in){ return in * in; }
 template <typename T> METAL_FUNC T neg(T in){ return -in; }
 template <typename T> METAL_FUNC T id(T in){ return in; }
+template <typename T> METAL_FUNC T gelu(T x){
+    T x_sq = x * x;
+    T x_cube = x_sq * x;
+    T alpha = x + static_cast<T>(0.044715) * x_cube;
+    T beta =  (static_cast<T>(M_2_SQRTPI_F * M_SQRT1_2_F) * alpha);
+    return static_cast<T>(0.5) * x * (static_cast<T>(1.0) + tanh(beta));
+}
 
 
-using namespace metal;
 
 #define UNARY(FN, TYPENAME, FN_NAME, FN_NAME_STRIDED) \
 kernel void FN_NAME( \
@@ -64,8 +73,14 @@ UNARY_OP(sqrt)
 UNARY_OP(neg)
 UNARY_OP(exp)
 UNARY_OP(log)
+UNARY_OP(gelu)
+UNARY_OP(ceil)
+UNARY_OP(floor)
+UNARY_OP(round)
 UNARY(id, float, copy_float, copy_float_strided)
 UNARY(id, half, copy_half, copy_half_strided)
+UNARY(id, uint8_t, copy_u8, copy_u8_strided)
+UNARY(id, uint32_t, copy_u32, copy_u32_strided)
 
 #if __METAL_VERSION__ >= 310
 BFLOAT_UNARY_OP(cos)
@@ -75,6 +90,10 @@ BFLOAT_UNARY_OP(sqrt)
 BFLOAT_UNARY_OP(neg)
 BFLOAT_UNARY_OP(exp)
 BFLOAT_UNARY_OP(log)
+BFLOAT_UNARY_OP(gelu)
+BFLOAT_UNARY_OP(ceil)
+BFLOAT_UNARY_OP(floor)
+BFLOAT_UNARY_OP(round)
 
 UNARY(id, bfloat, copy_bfloat, copy_bfloat_strided)
 #endif