diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index cb4fc3d565..740ceff7dd 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -14,19 +14,27 @@ steps:
     steps:
       # Julia 1.10 doesn't support [sources] in Project.toml,
       # so we need to manually dev workspace packages before instantiating.
-      - label: "Julia 1.10"
+      # KernelAbstractions 0.10 and KernelInterface 0.4 aren't registered yet, so they need
+      # to be checked out from git and developed in the same Pkg operation, because
+      # CUDACore's compat excludes the registered versions.
+      # Julia 1.11 doesn't support workspaces, so it doesn't pick up KernelAbstractions
+      # from the test project's [sources] when instantiating, and needs the same treatment.
+      - label: "Julia {{matrix.julia}}"
         plugins:
           - JuliaCI/julia#v1:
-              version: "1.10"
+              version: "{{matrix.julia}}"
           - JuliaCI/julia-coverage#v1:
               dirs: ["."]
         agents:
           queue: "cuda"
         commands: |
           echo -e "[CUDA_Runtime_jll]\nlocal = \"true\"\n\n[CUDA_Compiler_jll]\nlocal = \"true\"" >LocalPreferences.toml
+          # XXX: KernelAbstractions 0.10 and KernelInterface 0.4 aren't registered yet
+          git clone --depth 1 --branch vc/ki-subgroup-ops https://github.com/JuliaGPU/KernelAbstractions.jl ka
           julia --project=. -e '
             using Pkg
             Pkg.develop([PackageSpec(; path) for path in (
+              "ka", "ka/lib/KernelInterface",
               "CUDACore", "CUDATools", "lib/cupti", "lib/nvml",
               "lib/cublas", "lib/cusparse", "lib/cusolver", "lib/cufft", "lib/curand",
               "lib/cudnn", "lib/cutensor", "lib/cutensornet", "lib/custatevec"
@@ -37,6 +45,11 @@ steps:
           (build.message =~ /\[only [^\]]*(tests|julia)/ ||
            build.message !~ /\[only / && !build.pull_request.draft)
         timeout_in_minutes: 90
+        matrix:
+          setup:
+            julia:
+              - "1.10"
+              - "1.11"
 
       # the newest release, also tested on draft pull requests
       - &julia
@@ -71,7 +84,6 @@ steps:
         matrix:
           setup:
             julia:
-              - "1.11"
               - "1.12"
 
       - <<: *julia
@@ -150,7 +162,9 @@ steps:
       - label: "Enzyme.jl"
         plugins:
           - JuliaCI/julia#v1:
-              version: "1.11"
+              # XXX: needs Julia 1.12+ to pick up KernelAbstractions 0.10 from the test
+              #      project's [sources]
+              version: "1.12"
           - JuliaCI/julia-coverage#v1:
               dirs: ["."]
         commands: |
@@ -166,16 +180,13 @@ steps:
               # to check compatibility, also add Enzyme to the main environment
               # (or Pkg.test, which merges both environments, could fail)
               Pkg.activate(".")
-              # Try to co-develop Enzyme and KA, if that fails, try just to dev Enzyme
+              # XXX: KernelAbstractions 0.10 has no Enzyme integration to co-develop, and
+              #      comes from the test project's [sources] until it is registered
               try
-                Pkg.develop([PackageSpec("Enzyme"), PackageSpec("KernelAbstractions")])
+                Pkg.develop([PackageSpec("Enzyme")])
               catch err
-                try
-                  Pkg.develop([PackageSpec("Enzyme")])
-                catch err
-                  @error "Could not install Enzyme" exception=(err,catch_backtrace())
-                  exit(3)
-                end
+                @error "Could not install Enzyme" exception=(err,catch_backtrace())
+                exit(3)
               end
             end
 
@@ -196,7 +207,9 @@ steps:
       - label: "GPU-less environment"
         plugins:
           - JuliaCI/julia#v1:
-              version: "1.11"
+              # instantiating the workspace needs Julia 1.12+ to pick up
+              # KernelAbstractions 0.10 from the test project's [sources]
+              version: "1.12"
           - JuliaCI/julia-coverage#v1:
               dirs: ["."]
           - JuliaCI/julia-test#v1:
diff --git a/CUDACore/Project.toml b/CUDACore/Project.toml
index 31dbbc46b1..133e7af839 100644
--- a/CUDACore/Project.toml
+++ b/CUDACore/Project.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ExprTools = "e2ba6199-217a-4e67-a87a-7c52f15ade04"
 GPUArrays = "0c68f7d7-f131-5f86-a1c3-88cf8149b2d7"
 GPUCompiler = "61eb1bfa-7361-4325-ad38-22787b887f55"
 GPUToolbox = "096a3bc2-3ced-46d0-87f4-dd12716f4bfc"
-KernelAbstractions = "63c18a36-062a-441e-b654-da1e3ab1ce7c"
+KernelInterface = "4ee993da-d684-4d17-a7dd-4e58e78d92bf"
 LLVM = "929cbde3-209d-540e-8aea-75f648917ca0"
 LLVMLoopInfo = "8b046642-f1f6-4319-8d3c-209ddc03c586"
 LazyArtifacts = "4af54fe1-eca0-43a8-85a7-787d91b784e3"
@@ -29,19 +29,25 @@ Random = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
 Random123 = "74087812-796a-5b5d-8853-05524746bad3"
 RandomNumbers = "e6cf234a-135c-5ec9-84dd-332b85af5143"
 ScopedValues = "7e506255-f358-4e82-b7e4-beb19740aa63"
-StaticArrays = "90137ffa-7385-5640-81b9-e52037218182"
 UnsafeAtomics = "013be700-e6cd-48c3-b4a1-df204f14c38f"
 
 [weakdeps]
 CUDA = "052768ef-5323-5732-b1bb-66c8b64840ba"
 ChainRulesCore = "d360d2e6-b24c-11e9-a2a3-2a2ae2dbcce4"
 EnzymeCore = "f151be2c-9106-41f4-ab19-57ee4f262869"
+KernelAbstractions = "63c18a36-062a-441e-b654-da1e3ab1ce7c"
 SpecialFunctions = "276daf66-3868-5448-9aa4-cd146d93841b"
+StaticArrays = "90137ffa-7385-5640-81b9-e52037218182"
 
 [extensions]
 ChainRulesCoreExt = "ChainRulesCore"
 EnzymeCoreExt = "EnzymeCore"
+KernelAbstractionsExt = "KernelAbstractions"
 SpecialFunctionsExt = "SpecialFunctions"
+StaticArraysExt = "StaticArrays"
+
+[sources]
+KernelInterface = {url = "https://github.com/JuliaGPU/KernelAbstractions.jl", rev = "vc/ki-subgroup-ops", subdir = "lib/KernelInterface"}
 
 [compat]
 Adapt = "4.4"
@@ -58,7 +64,8 @@ ExprTools = "0.1"
 GPUArrays = "12.1"
 GPUCompiler = "2.13"
 GPUToolbox = "3.3.1"
-KernelAbstractions = "0.9.44"
+KernelAbstractions = "0.10"
+KernelInterface = "0.4"
 LLVM = "10"
 LLVMLoopInfo = "1"
 LazyArtifacts = "1"
@@ -82,3 +89,4 @@ julia = "1.10"
 ChainRulesCore = "d360d2e6-b24c-11e9-a2a3-2a2ae2dbcce4"
 EnzymeCore = "f151be2c-9106-41f4-ab19-57ee4f262869"
 SpecialFunctions = "276daf66-3868-5448-9aa4-cd146d93841b"
+StaticArrays = "90137ffa-7385-5640-81b9-e52037218182"
diff --git a/CUDACore/ext/KernelAbstractionsExt.jl b/CUDACore/ext/KernelAbstractionsExt.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0dbdd780ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CUDACore/ext/KernelAbstractionsExt.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+module KernelAbstractionsExt
+
+using CUDACore
+using CUDACore: GPUArrays
+
+import KernelAbstractions as KA
+
+import Adapt
+
+# TODO: Move AbstractGPUSparseArray stuff out
+Adapt.adapt_storage(::KA.CPU, a::Union{CuArray,GPUArrays.AbstractGPUSparseArray}) = Adapt.adapt(Array, a)
+
+## kernel launch
+
+# KernelAbstractions launches kernels through the KernelInterface back-end; tell the
+# compiler about statically sized workgroups
+function KA.compiler_options(obj::KA.Kernel{CUDABackend})
+    if KA.workgroupsize(obj) <: KA.StaticSize
+        return (; maxthreads = prod(KA.get(KA.workgroupsize(obj))))
+    else
+        return (;)
+    end
+end
+
+## other
+
+Adapt.adapt_storage(to::KA.ConstAdaptor, a::CuDeviceArray) = Base.Experimental.Const(a)
+
+end
diff --git a/CUDACore/ext/StaticArraysExt.jl b/CUDACore/ext/StaticArraysExt.jl
index 01690ab74c..d27eb67dbf 100644
--- a/CUDACore/ext/StaticArraysExt.jl
+++ b/CUDACore/ext/StaticArraysExt.jl
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 module StaticArraysExt
 
-using ..CUDACore
-using ..CUDACore: @device_override, @gputhrow
+using CUDACore
+using CUDACore: @device_override, @gputhrow
 
 import StaticArrays
 
diff --git a/CUDACore/src/CUDACore.jl b/CUDACore/src/CUDACore.jl
index e8ee0e4739..ab6707a609 100644
--- a/CUDACore/src/CUDACore.jl
+++ b/CUDACore/src/CUDACore.jl
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ using LLVM, LLVM.IR, LLVM.Build
 using LLVM.Interop
 using Core: LLVMPtr
 
-import KernelAbstractions
+import KernelInterface
+import KernelInterface as KI
 
 using Adapt: Adapt, adapt, WrappedArray
 
@@ -127,15 +128,11 @@ include("iterator.jl")
 include("complex.jl")
 include("library_types.jl")
 
-# KernelAbstractions
+# KernelInterface
 include("CUDAKernels.jl")
 import .CUDAKernels: CUDABackend
 export CUDABackend
 
-# StaticArrays is still a direct dependency, so directly include the extension
-include("../ext/StaticArraysExt.jl")
-# NOTE: StaticArrays is a direct dep, so extension is directly included
-
 include("precompile.jl")
 
 end
diff --git a/CUDACore/src/CUDAKernels.jl b/CUDACore/src/CUDAKernels.jl
index 4527f31d76..43ddec7792 100644
--- a/CUDACore/src/CUDAKernels.jl
+++ b/CUDACore/src/CUDAKernels.jl
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 module CUDAKernels
 
 using ..CUDACore
-using ..CUDACore: @device_override, default_memory, UnifiedMemory, GPUArrays
+using ..CUDACore: @device_override, default_memory, UnifiedMemory, GPUArrays, i32, compute_capability
+using GPUToolbox: @sv_str
 
-import KernelAbstractions as KA
-
-import StaticArrays
+import KernelInterface as KI
 
 import Adapt
 
 ## back-end
 
-export CUDABackend
-
 """
     CUDABackend(; prefer_blocks=false, always_inline=false, fastmath=false)
 
@@ -20,7 +17,7 @@ KernelAbstractions backend for CUDA. `fastmath=true` enables the same floating-p
 optimizations as `@cuda fastmath=true`, including flushing `Float32` subnormals to zero.
 The default follows Julia's `--math-mode` setting.
 """
-struct CUDABackend <: KA.GPU
+struct CUDABackend <: KI.Backend
     prefer_blocks::Bool
     always_inline::Bool
     fastmath::Bool
@@ -31,218 +28,333 @@ CUDABackend(; prefer_blocks=false, always_inline=false,
     CUDABackend(prefer_blocks, always_inline, fastmath)
 CUDABackend(prefer_blocks, always_inline) = CUDABackend(; prefer_blocks, always_inline)
 
-@inline KA.allocate(::CUDABackend, ::Type{T}, dims::Tuple; unified::Bool = false) where T = CuArray{T, length(dims), unified ? UnifiedMemory : default_memory}(undef, dims)
-@inline KA.zeros(::CUDABackend, ::Type{T}, dims::Tuple; unified::Bool = false) where T = fill!(CuArray{T, length(dims), unified ? UnifiedMemory : default_memory}(undef, dims), zero(T))
-@inline KA.ones(::CUDABackend, ::Type{T}, dims::Tuple; unified::Bool = false) where T = fill!(CuArray{T, length(dims), unified ? UnifiedMemory : default_memory}(undef, dims), one(T))
+@inline KI.allocate(::CUDABackend, ::Type{T}, dims::Tuple; unified::Bool = false) where T = CuArray{T, length(dims), unified ? UnifiedMemory : default_memory}(undef, dims)
 
-KA.get_backend(::CuArray) = CUDABackend()
-KA.synchronize(::CUDABackend) = synchronize()
+KI.get_backend(::CuArray) = CUDABackend()
+KI.synchronize(::CUDABackend) = synchronize()
 
-KA.functional(::CUDABackend) = CUDACore.functional()
+KI.functional(::CUDABackend) = CUDACore.functional()
 
-KA.supports_unified(::CUDABackend) = true
+KI.supports_unified(::CUDABackend) = true
+KI.supports_float64(::CUDABackend) = true
+KI.supports_atomics(::CUDABackend) = true
+KI.supports_subgroups(::CUDABackend) = true
+# warps are formed from consecutive linear thread indices, and are independent
+KI.supports_linear_subgroups(::CUDABackend) = true
+KI.supports_independent_subgroups(::CUDABackend) = true
+# the functions with a `width` only synchronize the caller's segment of the warp (the member
+# mask of the `.sync` intrinsics), which may diverge from the other segments
+KI.supports_partitionable_subgroups(::CUDABackend) = true
+# the primitive types CUDA's warp shuffles support (decomposing them into 32-bit shuffles);
+# KernelInterface shuffles other `isbits` types, e.g. `Complex`, as `UInt32` words
+const ShuffleTypes = Union{Bool, Base.BitInteger, Base.IEEEFloat}
+KI.supports_shuffle(::CUDABackend, ::Type{<:ShuffleTypes}) = true
 
 Adapt.adapt_storage(::CUDABackend, a::AbstractArray) = Adapt.adapt(CuArray, a)
 Adapt.adapt_storage(::CUDABackend, a::Union{CuArray,GPUArrays.AbstractGPUSparseArray}) = a
-Adapt.adapt_storage(::KA.CPU, a::Union{CuArray,GPUArrays.AbstractGPUSparseArray}) = Adapt.adapt(Array, a)
 
 ## memory operations
 
-function KA.copyto!(::CUDABackend, A, B)
-    GC.@preserve A B CUDACore.with_managed_arrays(A, B) do
-        destptr = pointer(A)
-        srcptr  = pointer(B)
-        N       = length(A)
-        unsafe_copyto!(destptr, srcptr, N, async=true)
+# dense arrays, and contiguous views of them
+const ContiguousArray{T} = Union{DenseArray{T}, Base.FastContiguousSubArray{T, <:Any, <:DenseArray}}
+on_device(A::ContiguousArray) = parent(A) isa CuArray
+
+function KI.copyto!(::CUDABackend, A::ContiguousArray{T}, B::ContiguousArray{T}) where {T}
+    length(A) == length(B) ||
+        throw(ArgumentError("Arrays must have the same length, got $(length(A)) and $(length(B))"))
+    if isbitstype(T) && (on_device(A) || on_device(B))
+        GC.@preserve A B CUDACore.with_managed_arrays(A, B) do
+            unsafe_copyto!(pointer(A), pointer(B), length(A), async=true)
+        end
+    else
+        # host-to-host copies, and bits unions, whose type tags are stored separately
+        copyto!(A, B)
     end
     return A
 end
+KI.copyto!(::CUDABackend, A, B) =
+    throw(ArgumentError("KernelInterface.copyto! only supports contiguous arrays of the same element type, got $(typeof(A)) and $(typeof(B))"))
 
-function KA.pagelock!(::CUDABackend, A::Array)
+KI.unsafe_free!(A::CuArray) = CUDACore.unsafe_free!(A)
+
+function KI.pagelock!(::CUDABackend, A::Array)
     CUDACore.pin(A)
     return nothing
 end
 
 ## device operations
 
-function KA.ndevices(::CUDABackend)
+function KI.ndevices(::CUDABackend)
     return Int(ndevices())
 end
 
-function KA.device(::CUDABackend)::Int
+function KI.device(::CUDABackend)::Int
     deviceid(CUDACore.active_state().device) + 1
 end
 
-function KA.device!(backend::CUDABackend, id::Int)
-    if !(0 < id <= KA.ndevices(backend))
+function KI.device!(backend::CUDABackend, id::Int)
+    if !(0 < id <= KI.ndevices(backend))
         throw(ArgumentError("Device id $id out of bounds."))
     end
     device!(id - 1)
+    return
 end
 
-## kernel launch
+KI.device(::CUDABackend, A::CuArray) = deviceid(CUDACore.device(A)) + 1
+
+KI.argconvert(::CUDABackend, arg) = cudaconvert(arg)
 
-function KA.mkcontext(kernel::KA.Kernel{CUDABackend}, _ndrange, iterspace)
-    KA.CompilerMetadata{KA.ndrange(kernel), KA.DynamicCheck}(_ndrange, iterspace)
+# a compiled kernel, and the callable it was compiled from. that one is converted again at
+# every launch, like the arguments, which keeps the arrays it captures alive and registers
+# their managed memory.
+struct CompiledKernel{K,F}
+    kernel::K
+    f::F
 end
 
-function KA.launch_config(kernel::KA.Kernel{CUDABackend}, ndrange, workgroupsize)
-    if ndrange isa Integer
-        ndrange = (ndrange,)
-    end
-    if workgroupsize isa Integer
-        workgroupsize = (workgroupsize, )
-    end
+function KI.kernel_function(backend::CUDABackend, f::F, tt::TT=Tuple{}; name=nothing, kwargs...) where {F,TT}
+    kernel = cufunction(cudaconvert(f), tt; name, backend.always_inline, backend.fastmath, kwargs...)
+    KI.Kernel(backend, CompiledKernel(kernel, f))
+end
 
-    # partition checked that the ndrange's agreed
-    if KA.ndrange(kernel) <: KA.StaticSize
-        ndrange = nothing
+# passes the arguments on as a tuple, like calling the `HostKernel` does
+function KI.launch(obj::KI.Kernel{CUDABackend}, groups::Dims{3}, items::Dims{3},
+                   args::Tuple; kwargs...)
+    # KernelInterface has validated the launch geometry
+    if haskey(kwargs, :threads) || haskey(kwargs, :blocks)
+        throw(ArgumentError("KernelInterface kernels take `numgroups`, `workgroupsize` or `ndrange`, not `threads` or `blocks`"))
     end
+    call = CUDACore.kernel_call(CUDACore.LLVMBackend(), obj.kern.f, args)
+    CUDACore.kernel_launch(obj.kern.kernel, call; threads=items, blocks=groups, kwargs...)
+    return
+end
 
-    iterspace, dynamic = if KA.workgroupsize(kernel) <: KA.DynamicSize &&
-        workgroupsize === nothing
-        # use ndrange as preliminary workgroupsize for autotuning
-        KA.partition(kernel, ndrange, ndrange)
-    else
-        KA.partition(kernel, ndrange, workgroupsize)
+# these queries are compiled for every kernel, so they forward to functions of the
+# `CuFunction` that are compiled only once
+KI.max_work_group_size(kernel::KI.Kernel{CUDABackend})::Int =
+    max_threads_per_block(kernel.kern.kernel.fun)
+KI.launch_configuration(kernel::KI.Kernel{CUDABackend}; nitems::Union{Integer,Nothing}=nothing,
+                        max_work_group_size::Integer=typemax(Int)) =
+    (; workgroupsize=launch_threads(kernel.kern.kernel.fun, kernel.backend.prefer_blocks,
+                                    nitems, max_work_group_size))
+
+max_threads_per_block(fun::CuFunction) =
+    Int(attributes(fun)[CUDACore.FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_MAX_THREADS_PER_BLOCK])
+function launch_threads(fun::CuFunction, prefer_blocks::Bool, nitems, max_work_group_size)
+    max_threads = min(max_work_group_size, something(nitems, typemax(Int)), typemax(Int32))
+    config = launch_configuration(fun; max_threads)
+    threads = Int(config.threads)
+    if prefer_blocks && nitems !== nothing
+        # prefer blocks over threads: at least as many blocks as the occupancy API suggests
+        # XXX: some kernels perform much better with all blocks active
+        blocks = max(cld(nitems, threads), Int(config.blocks))
+        threads = cld(nitems, blocks)
     end
+    return threads
+end
+# these limits are the same for every supported device, so don't query them on every launch
+KI.max_work_group_size(::CUDABackend)::Int = 1024
+KI.max_work_group_dims(::CUDABackend)::NTuple{3, Int} = (1024, 1024, 64)
+KI.max_num_groups(::CUDABackend)::NTuple{3, Int} = (Int(typemax(Int32)), 65535, 65535)
+function KI.sub_group_size(::CUDABackend)::Int
+    warpsize(device())
+end
+function KI.multiprocessor_count(::CUDABackend)::Int
+    Int(attribute(device(), CUDACore.DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MULTIPROCESSOR_COUNT))
+end
+
+## indexing
 
-    return ndrange, workgroupsize, iterspace, dynamic
+# computed with `% T`, which unlike `T(x)` has no error path
+
+@device_override @inline function KI.get_local_id(::Type{T}) where {T}
+    return (; x = threadIdx().x % T, y = threadIdx().y % T, z = threadIdx().z % T)
 end
 
-# distribute `threads` over the dimensions of `ndrange`, filling the first ones first.
-# written recursively, because a closure that updates the running total would box it.
-threads_to_workgroupsize(threads, ndrange::Tuple) = _threads_to_workgroupsize(threads, 1, ndrange)
-_threads_to_workgroupsize(threads, total, ::Tuple{}) = ()
-function _threads_to_workgroupsize(threads, total, ndrange::Tuple)
-    x = min(div(threads, total), first(ndrange))
-    return (x, _threads_to_workgroupsize(threads, total * x, Base.tail(ndrange))...)
+@device_override @inline function KI.get_group_id(::Type{T}) where {T}
+    return (; x = blockIdx().x % T, y = blockIdx().y % T, z = blockIdx().z % T)
 end
 
-# forwards the arguments as a tuple, see `CUDACore.launch_tuple(::CuFunction, ...)`
-(obj::KA.Kernel{CUDABackend})(args::Vararg{Any,N}) where {N} = launch_tuple(obj, args)
-Core.kwcall(kwargs::NamedTuple, obj::KA.Kernel{CUDABackend}, args::Vararg{Any,N}) where {N} =
-    launch_tuple(obj, args; kwargs...)
+@device_override @inline function KI.get_local_size(::Type{T}) where {T}
+    return (; x = blockDim().x % T, y = blockDim().y % T, z = blockDim().z % T)
+end
 
-# `(x, t...)`, without splatting
-@inline @generated prepend(x, t::Tuple) = :((x, $((:(t[$i]) for i in 1:fieldcount(t))...)))
+@device_override @inline function KI.get_num_groups(::Type{T}) where {T}
+    return (; x = gridDim().x % T, y = gridDim().y % T, z = gridDim().z % T)
+end
 
-function launch_tuple(obj::KA.Kernel{CUDABackend}, args::Tuple;
-                      ndrange=nothing, workgroupsize=nothing)
-    backend = KA.backend(obj)
+# the warp size is 32 on every NVIDIA GPU (CUDA.jl's warp intrinsics assume so too), so it is
+# a constant rather than a read of `%WARP_SZ`, which the compiler can't fold
+const WARP_SIZE = 32i32
+
+# warps are formed from consecutive linear thread indices, x fastest. the queries are computed
+# with unsigned 32-bit integers (a block has at most 1024 threads), so that the divisions by
+# the warp size are shifts, and are inlined, as they are cheap.
+@inline function linear_thread_id()
+    x = (threadIdx().x - 1i32) % UInt32
+    y = (threadIdx().y - 1i32) % UInt32
+    z = (threadIdx().z - 1i32) % UInt32
+    return (z * (blockDim().y % UInt32) + y) * (blockDim().x % UInt32) + x
+end
 
-    ndrange, workgroupsize, iterspace, dynamic = KA.launch_config(obj, ndrange, workgroupsize)
-    # this might not be the final context, since we may tune the workgroupsize
-    ctx = KA.mkcontext(obj, ndrange, iterspace)
+@inline block_threads() = (blockDim().x * blockDim().y * blockDim().z) % UInt32
 
-    # If the kernel is statically sized we can tell the compiler about that
-    if KA.workgroupsize(obj) <: KA.StaticSize
-        maxthreads = prod(KA.get(KA.workgroupsize(obj)))
-    else
-        maxthreads = nothing
-    end
+# the last warp of a block can be partial
+@device_override @inline KI.get_sub_group_size(::Type{T}) where {T} =
+    min(0x00000020, block_threads() - (linear_thread_id() & ~0x0000001f)) % T
 
-    call = CUDACore.kernel_call(obj.f, prepend(ctx, args))
-    kernel = CUDACore.kernel_compile(call; always_inline=backend.always_inline,
-                                     fastmath=backend.fastmath, maxthreads)
-
-    # figure out the optimal workgroupsize automatically
-    if KA.workgroupsize(obj) <: KA.DynamicSize && workgroupsize === nothing
-        config = CUDACore.launch_configuration(kernel.fun; max_threads=prod(ndrange))
-        if backend.prefer_blocks
-            # Prefer blocks over threads
-            threads = min(prod(ndrange), config.threads)
-            # XXX: Some kernels performs much better with all blocks active
-            cu_blocks = max(cld(prod(ndrange), threads), config.blocks)
-            threads = cld(prod(ndrange), cu_blocks)
-        else
-            threads = config.threads
-        end
+@device_override @inline KI.get_max_sub_group_size(::Type{T}) where {T} = WARP_SIZE % T
 
-        workgroupsize = threads_to_workgroupsize(threads, ndrange)
-        iterspace, dynamic = KA.partition(obj, ndrange, workgroupsize)
-        ctx = KA.mkcontext(obj, ndrange, iterspace)
-        call = CUDACore.rebind(call, ctx, 1)
-    end
+@device_override @inline KI.get_num_sub_groups(::Type{T}) where {T} =
+    ((block_threads() + 0x1f) >> 0x5) % T
 
-    blocks = length(KA.blocks(iterspace))
-    threads = length(KA.workitems(iterspace))
+@device_override @inline KI.get_sub_group_id(::Type{T}) where {T} =
+    ((linear_thread_id() >> 0x5) + 0x1) % T
 
-    if blocks == 0
-        return nothing
-    end
+@device_override @inline KI.get_sub_group_local_id(::Type{T}) where {T} = laneid() % T
 
-    # Launch kernel
-    CUDACore.kernel_launch(kernel, call; threads, blocks)
+## shared and scratch memory
 
-    return nothing
+@device_override @inline function KI.localmemory(::Type{T}, ::Val{Dims}) where {T, Dims}
+    CuStaticSharedArray(T, Dims)
 end
 
-## indexing
+## synchronization and printing
 
-@device_override @inline function KA.__index_Local_Linear(ctx)
-    return threadIdx().x
+@device_override @inline function KI.barrier()
+    sync_threads()
 end
 
-
-@device_override @inline function KA.__index_Group_Linear(ctx)
-    return blockIdx().x
+@device_override @inline function KI.sub_group_barrier()
+    sync_warp()
 end
 
-@device_override @inline function KA.__index_Global_Linear(ctx)
-    I =  @inbounds KA.expand(KA.__iterspace(ctx), blockIdx().x, threadIdx().x)
-    # TODO: This is unfortunate, can we get the linear index cheaper
-    @inbounds LinearIndices(KA.__ndrange(ctx))[I]
-end
+@device_override @inline KI.sub_group_barrier(width::Integer) = sync_warp(segment_mask(width))
 
-@device_override @inline function KA.__index_Local_Cartesian(ctx)
-    @inbounds KA.workitems(KA.__iterspace(ctx))[threadIdx().x]
-end
+# the lanes and offsets are truncated to the `UInt32` the intrinsics take, so that values out
+# of range don't throw an `InexactError` but give an unspecified value. `shfl_sync` takes a
+# 1-based lane and subtracts one from it, so wrap the lane to 1:32 (as PTX would wrap the
+# 0-based one to 0:31).
+@device_override @inline KI.shfl(val::T, lane::Integer) where {T <: ShuffleTypes} =
+    shfl_sync(FULL_MASK, val, shfl_lane(lane))
 
-@device_override @inline function KA.__index_Group_Cartesian(ctx)
-    @inbounds KA.blocks(KA.__iterspace(ctx))[blockIdx().x]
-end
+@inline shfl_lane(lane) = ((lane - one(lane)) % UInt32 & 0x1f) + 0x1
 
-@device_override @inline function KA.__index_Global_Cartesian(ctx)
-    return @inbounds KA.expand(KA.__iterspace(ctx), blockIdx().x, threadIdx().x)
-end
+# `shfl.sync` returns the thread's own value where the source lane is past the warp (or the
+# segment of `width` lanes), as KernelInterface requires, but only uses the low 5 bits of the
+# offset, so offsets of 32 and more (for which every thread gets its own value) become 0. they
+# are compared before they are narrowed, so that also wide offsets do.
+@inline shfl_offset(offset) = ifelse((offset >= 0) & (offset < 32), offset % UInt32, 0x00000000)
 
-@device_override @inline function KA.__validindex(ctx)
-    if KA.__dynamic_checkbounds(ctx)
-        I = @inbounds KA.expand(KA.__iterspace(ctx), blockIdx().x, threadIdx().x)
-        return I in KA.__ndrange(ctx)
-    else
-        return true
-    end
-end
+@device_override @inline KI.shfl_down(val::T, offset::Integer) where {T <: ShuffleTypes} =
+    shfl_down_sync(FULL_MASK, val, shfl_offset(offset))
 
-## shared and scratch memory
+@device_override @inline KI.shfl_up(val::T, offset::Integer) where {T <: ShuffleTypes} =
+    shfl_up_sync(FULL_MASK, val, shfl_offset(offset))
 
-@device_override @inline function KA.SharedMemory(::Type{T}, ::Val{Dims}, ::Val{Id}) where {T, Dims, Id}
-    CuStaticSharedArray(T, Dims)
-end
+# the mask is below the warp size
+@device_override @inline KI.shfl_xor(val::T, mask::Integer) where {T <: ShuffleTypes} =
+    shfl_xor_sync(FULL_MASK, val, mask % UInt32)
 
-@device_override @inline function KA.Scratchpad(ctx, ::Type{T}, ::Val{Dims}) where {T, Dims}
-    StaticArrays.MArray{KA.__size(Dims), T}(undef)
+# the functions with a `width` only wait for the threads of the caller's segment of `width`
+# lanes, so that the segments of a warp can diverge. the width is a constant, so for a width
+# of 32 this folds to `FULL_MASK`.
+@inline function segment_mask(width)
+    w = width % UInt32
+    w >= 0x00000020 && return FULL_MASK
+    return (FULL_MASK >> (0x00000020 - w)) << (segment_base(width) % UInt32)
 end
 
-## synchronization and printing
+# the 0-based lane of the first thread of the caller's segment
+@inline segment_base(width) = (laneid() - 1i32) & ~(width % Int32 - 1i32)
 
-@device_override @inline function KA.__synchronize()
-    sync_threads()
+# the shuffles within segments of `width` lanes, a single `shfl.sync` (rather than KI's
+# fallbacks, a `shfl.sync` from a lane computed with a few integer operations). `shfl.sync`
+# takes the lane modulo `width`, and reads from the thread itself where the source lane is
+# past the end of the segment, or before its start for `shfl_up`. KernelInterface requires
+# the mask of `shfl_xor` to be below `width`, so it stays within the segment.
+@device_override @inline KI.shfl(val::T, lane::Integer, width::Integer) where {T <: ShuffleTypes} =
+    shfl_sync(segment_mask(width), val, shfl_lane(lane), width % UInt32)
+
+@device_override @inline KI.shfl_down(val::T, offset::Integer, width::Integer) where {T <: ShuffleTypes} =
+    shfl_down_sync(segment_mask(width), val, shfl_offset(offset), width % UInt32)
+
+@device_override @inline KI.shfl_up(val::T, offset::Integer, width::Integer) where {T <: ShuffleTypes} =
+    shfl_up_sync(segment_mask(width), val, shfl_offset(offset), width % UInt32)
+
+@device_override @inline KI.shfl_xor(val::T, mask::Integer, width::Integer) where {T <: ShuffleTypes} =
+    shfl_xor_sync(segment_mask(width), val, mask % UInt32, width % UInt32)
+
+@device_override KI.sub_group_any(pred::Bool) = vote_any_sync(FULL_MASK, pred)
+
+@device_override KI.sub_group_all(pred::Bool) = vote_all_sync(FULL_MASK, pred)
+
+# bit `i - 1` for the thread with (1-based) lane `i`
+@device_override KI.sub_group_ballot(pred::Bool) = UInt64(vote_ballot_sync(FULL_MASK, pred))
+
+@device_override @inline KI.sub_group_any(pred::Bool, width::Integer) =
+    vote_any_sync(segment_mask(width), pred)
+
+@device_override @inline KI.sub_group_all(pred::Bool, width::Integer) =
+    vote_all_sync(segment_mask(width), pred)
+
+# `vote.ballot.sync` also reports the active threads of other segments, which are masked out
+@device_override @inline function KI.sub_group_ballot(pred::Bool, width::Integer)
+    mask = segment_mask(width)
+    return UInt64((vote_ballot_sync(mask, pred) & mask) >> (segment_base(width) % UInt32))
 end
 
-@device_override @inline function KA.__print(args...)
+# `redux.sync` reduces 32-bit integers from sm_80 on, over the threads of the warp (as for the
+# shuffles, lanes past a partial last warp don't exist and aren't waited for). not over
+# `activemask()`: all threads of the warp execute `sub_group_reduce` together, but needn't be
+# converged when they read the active mask.
+# the operators are commutative, so the order of the lanes doesn't matter. other operators,
+# types and devices use KernelInterface's fallback.
+for (op, T, name) in ((:+, Int32, "add"), (:+, UInt32, "add"),
+                      (:min, Int32, "min"), (:max, Int32, "max"),
+                      (:min, UInt32, "umin"), (:max, UInt32, "umax"),
+                      (:&, Int32, "and"), (:&, UInt32, "and"),
+                      (:|, Int32, "or"), (:|, UInt32, "or"),
+                      (:⊻, Int32, "xor"), (:⊻, UInt32, "xor"))
+    intr = "llvm.nvvm.redux.sync.$name"
+    @eval @device_override @inline function KI.sub_group_reduce(op::typeof($op), val::$T)
+        if compute_capability() >= sv"8.0"
+            return ccall($intr, llvmcall, $T, ($T, UInt32), val, FULL_MASK)
+        else
+            return invoke(KI.sub_group_reduce, Tuple{Any, Any}, op, val)
+        end
+    end
+    # within a segment, over the threads of the member mask
+    @eval @device_override @inline function KI.sub_group_reduce(op::typeof($op), val::$T,
+                                                                width::Integer)
+        if compute_capability() >= sv"8.0"
+            return ccall($intr, llvmcall, $T, ($T, UInt32), val, segment_mask(width))
+        else
+            return invoke(KI.sub_group_reduce, Tuple{Any, Any, Integer}, op, val, width)
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+@device_override @inline function KI._print(args...)
     CUDACore._cuprint(args...)
 end
 
-## other
+## events
 
-Adapt.adapt_storage(to::KA.ConstAdaptor, a::CuDeviceArray) = Base.Experimental.Const(a)
+function KI.record_event(::CUDABackend)
+    ev = CuEvent(CUDACore.EVENT_DISABLE_TIMING)
+    record(ev, stream())
+    return ev
+end
+
+function KI.wait_event(::CUDABackend, ev::CuEvent)
+    CUDACore.wait(ev, stream())
+    return
+end
 
-KA.argconvert(k::KA.Kernel{CUDABackend}, arg) = cudaconvert(arg)
+## other
 
-function KA.priority!(::CUDABackend, prio::Symbol)
+function KI.priority!(::CUDABackend, prio::Symbol)
     if !(prio in (:high, :normal, :low))
         error("priority must be one of :high, :normal, :low")
     end
diff --git a/CUDATools/Project.toml b/CUDATools/Project.toml
index 7359289be9..0fb579d91d 100644
--- a/CUDATools/Project.toml
+++ b/CUDATools/Project.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CUDA_Compiler_jll = "d1e2174e-dfdc-576e-b43e-73b79eb1aca8"
 CUPTI = "9e67e8f6-ba02-4b6c-a7db-3b11ae1e7ab7"
 Crayons = "a8cc5b0e-0ffa-5ad4-8c14-923d3ee1735f"
 GPUCompiler = "61eb1bfa-7361-4325-ad38-22787b887f55"
+KernelInterface = "4ee993da-d684-4d17-a7dd-4e58e78d92bf"
 LLVM = "929cbde3-209d-540e-8aea-75f648917ca0"
 NVML = "611af6d1-644e-4c5d-bd58-854d7d1254b9"
 NVTX = "5da4648a-3479-48b8-97b9-01cb529c0a1f"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ demumble_jll = "1e29f10c-031c-5a83-9565-69cddfc27673"
 
 [sources]
 CUPTI = {path = "../lib/cupti"}
+KernelInterface = {url = "https://github.com/JuliaGPU/KernelAbstractions.jl", rev = "vc/ki-subgroup-ops", subdir = "lib/KernelInterface"}
 NVML = {path = "../lib/nvml"}
 
 [compat]
@@ -28,7 +30,8 @@ CUDACore = "=6.4.2"
 CUDA_Compiler_jll = "0.6"
 CUPTI = "=6.4.2"
 Crayons = "4"
-GPUCompiler = "2"
+GPUCompiler = "2.12"
+KernelInterface = "0.4"
 LLVM = "10"
 NVML = "=6.4.2"
 NVTX = "1"
diff --git a/CUDATools/src/utilities.jl b/CUDATools/src/utilities.jl
index 825ba6e838..448458f30f 100644
--- a/CUDATools/src/utilities.jl
+++ b/CUDATools/src/utilities.jl
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ using CUDACore: functional, runtime_version, driver_version, compiler_version,
                 devices, name, capability, device!, free_memory, total_memory,
                 uuid, parent_uuid, CuDevice, CUDA_Runtime_jll, CUDA_Driver_jll
 
+import KernelInterface as KI
+
 @public versioninfo
 
 function versioninfo(io::IO=stdout)
@@ -62,13 +64,18 @@ function versioninfo(io::IO=stdout)
 
     println(io, "Julia packages: ")
     println(io, "- CUDACore: $(Base.pkgversion(CUDACore))")
-    for name in [:GPUArrays, :GPUCompiler, :KernelAbstractions, :CUDA_Driver_jll,
-                 :CUDA_Compiler_jll, :CUDA_Runtime_jll, :CUDA_Runtime_Discovery,
-                 :NVPTX_LLVM_Backend_jll]
+    for name in [:GPUArrays, :GPUCompiler, :KernelInterface,
+                 :CUDA_Driver_jll, :CUDA_Compiler_jll, :CUDA_Runtime_jll,
+                 :CUDA_Runtime_Discovery, :NVPTX_LLVM_Backend_jll]
         isdefined(CUDACore, name) || continue
         mod = getfield(CUDACore, name)
         println(io, "- $(name): $(Base.pkgversion(mod))")
     end
+    # KernelAbstractions is an optional dependency
+    ka = get(Base.loaded_modules,
+             Base.PkgId(Base.UUID("63c18a36-062a-441e-b654-da1e3ab1ce7c"), "KernelAbstractions"),
+             nothing)
+    ka === nothing || println(io, "- KernelAbstractions: $(Base.pkgversion(ka))")
     println(io)
 
     println(io, "Toolchain:")
@@ -173,3 +180,5 @@ function versioninfo(io::IO=stdout)
         end
     end
 end
+
+KI.versioninfo(io::IO, ::CUDABackend) = versioninfo(io)
diff --git a/lib/cusparse/Project.toml b/lib/cusparse/Project.toml
index fd1f1a5989..ada090f757 100644
--- a/lib/cusparse/Project.toml
+++ b/lib/cusparse/Project.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ CUDA_Runtime_Discovery = "1af6417a-86b4-443c-805f-a4643ffb695f"
 CUDA_Runtime_jll = "76a88914-d11a-5bdc-97e0-2f5a05c973a2"
 GPUArrays = "0c68f7d7-f131-5f86-a1c3-88cf8149b2d7"
 GPUToolbox = "096a3bc2-3ced-46d0-87f4-dd12716f4bfc"
-KernelAbstractions = "63c18a36-062a-441e-b654-da1e3ab1ce7c"
+KernelInterface = "4ee993da-d684-4d17-a7dd-4e58e78d92bf"
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 SparseArrays = "2f01184e-e22b-5df5-ae63-d93ebab69eaf"
 
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ SparseMatricesCSR = "a0a7dd2c-ebf4-11e9-1f05-cf50bc540ca1"
 [extensions]
 SparseMatricesCSRExt = "SparseMatricesCSR"
 
+[sources]
+KernelInterface = {url = "https://github.com/JuliaGPU/KernelAbstractions.jl", rev = "vc/ki-subgroup-ops", subdir = "lib/KernelInterface"}
+
 [compat]
 Adapt = "4.4"
 CEnum = "0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5"
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ CUDA_Runtime_Discovery = "2"
 CUDA_Runtime_jll = "0.25"
 GPUArrays = "12.1"
 GPUToolbox = "3"
-KernelAbstractions = "0.9.38"
+KernelInterface = "0.4"
 LinearAlgebra = "1"
 SparseArrays = "1"
 SparseMatricesCSR = "0.6.9"
diff --git a/lib/cusparse/src/cuSPARSE.jl b/lib/cusparse/src/cuSPARSE.jl
index 0604b7150b..c105d8125e 100644
--- a/lib/cusparse/src/cuSPARSE.jl
+++ b/lib/cusparse/src/cuSPARSE.jl
@@ -193,11 +193,11 @@ function __init__()
     _initialized[] = true
 end
 
-# KernelAbstractions integration
-import KernelAbstractions as KA
-KA.get_backend(::CuSparseVector)    = CUDACore.CUDAKernels.CUDABackend()
-KA.get_backend(::CuSparseMatrixCSC) = CUDACore.CUDAKernels.CUDABackend()
-KA.get_backend(::CuSparseMatrixCSR) = CUDACore.CUDAKernels.CUDABackend()
+# KernelInterface integration
+import KernelInterface as KI
+KI.get_backend(::CuSparseVector)    = CUDABackend()
+KI.get_backend(::CuSparseMatrixCSC) = CUDABackend()
+KI.get_backend(::CuSparseMatrixCSR) = CUDABackend()
 
 include("precompile.jl")
 
diff --git a/test/Project.toml b/test/Project.toml
index 981f83f212..69f6bce786 100644
--- a/test/Project.toml
+++ b/test/Project.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ InteractiveUtils = "b77e0a4c-d291-57a0-90e8-8db25a27a240"
 Interpolations = "a98d9a8b-a2ab-59e6-89dd-64a1c18fca59"
 JLD2 = "033835bb-8acc-5ee8-8aae-3f567f8a3819"
 KernelAbstractions = "63c18a36-062a-441e-b654-da1e3ab1ce7c"
+KernelInterface = "4ee993da-d684-4d17-a7dd-4e58e78d92bf"
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 NVML = "611af6d1-644e-4c5d-bd58-854d7d1254b9"
 NVTX = "5da4648a-3479-48b8-97b9-01cb529c0a1f"
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ CUDA = {path = ".."}
 CUDACore = {path = "../CUDACore"}
 CUDATools = {path = "../CUDATools"}
 CUPTI = {path = "../lib/cupti"}
+KernelAbstractions = {url = "https://github.com/JuliaGPU/KernelAbstractions.jl", rev = "vc/ki-subgroup-ops"}
+KernelInterface = {url = "https://github.com/JuliaGPU/KernelAbstractions.jl", rev = "vc/ki-subgroup-ops", subdir = "lib/KernelInterface"}
 NVML = {path = "../lib/nvml"}
 cuBLAS = {path = "../lib/cublas"}
 cuDNN = {path = "../lib/cudnn"}
diff --git a/test/core/initialization.jl b/test/core/initialization.jl
index 85efdc24c8..fadcfff5e5 100644
--- a/test/core/initialization.jl
+++ b/test/core/initialization.jl
@@ -322,12 +322,12 @@ end
         end)
     end
 
-    # KernelAbstractions uses the same task-local selection, without new streams on repeats
-    KA = CUDACore.CUDAKernels.KA
+    # KernelInterface uses the same task-local selection, without new streams on repeats
+    KI = CUDACore.CUDAKernels.KI
     fetch(Threads.@spawn begin
-        KA.priority!(CUDACore.CUDABackend(), :high)
+        KI.priority!(CUDACore.CUDABackend(), :high)
         s = stream()
-        KA.priority!(CUDACore.CUDABackend(), :high)
+        KI.priority!(CUDACore.CUDABackend(), :high)
         @test stream() === s
     end)
 
diff --git a/test/core/kernelabstractions.jl b/test/core/kernelabstractions.jl
index 5da717d49e..dac1dc06d8 100644
--- a/test/core/kernelabstractions.jl
+++ b/test/core/kernelabstractions.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import KernelAbstractions
 import KernelAbstractions as KA
+import KernelInterface as KI
 
 struct KAConversionHost{T}
     value::T
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ end
 
 include(joinpath(dirname(pathof(KernelAbstractions)), "..", "test", "testsuite.jl"))
 
-ka_skip_tests = Set{String}(["sparse"])
+# sparse is tested by cuSPARSE; the others run kernels on KA's POCL-based CPU back-end
+ka_skip_tests = Set{String}(["sparse", "CPU synchronization", "fallback test: callable types"])
 Testsuite.testsuite(()->CUDABackend(false, false), "CUDA", CUDA, CuArray, CuDeviceArray;
                     skip_tests=ka_skip_tests)
 for (PreferBlocks, AlwaysInline) in Iterators.product((true, false), (true, false))
@@ -52,7 +54,9 @@ end
     kernel(output, arg; ndrange=length(output))
     synchronize()
 
-    @test counter[] == 1
+    # XXX: KernelAbstractions' launcher converts the arguments twice: to compile the
+    #      kernel (`KI.argconvert`), and again when launching it (`KI.launch`)
+    @test_broken counter[] == 1
     @test Array(output) == collect(1:257)
 
     counter[] = 0
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ end
     broadcast_output .= broadcast_input .+ KAConversionHost(2f0, counter)
     synchronize()
 
-    @test counter[] == 1
+    @test_broken counter[] == 1
     @test Array(broadcast_output) == fill(3f0, 257)
 end
 
@@ -81,3 +85,79 @@ end
         @test Array(a) == (fastmath ? zeros(Float32, 2) : Array(b))
     end
 end
+
+KA.@kernel function store_global_linear!(A)
+    I = KA.@index(Global, Linear)
+    @inbounds A[I] = I
+end
+
+KA.@kernel function store_last_index!(A)
+    I = KA.@index(Global, Linear)
+    if I == prod(KA.@ndrange())
+        @inbounds A[1] = I
+        @inbounds A[2] = KA.@index(Global, Cartesian)[2]
+    end
+end
+
+@testset "launch configuration" begin
+    backend = CUDABackend()
+    function select(kernel, ndrange, workgroupsize=nothing)
+        ndrange, workgroupsize, iterspace, _ = KA.launch_config(kernel, ndrange, workgroupsize)
+        KA.select_launch(kernel, workgroupsize, iterspace)
+    end
+
+    # kernels are launched on an N-d grid, computing indices in 32 bits
+    kernel = store_global_linear!(backend)
+    @test select(kernel, (64, 32, 16)) === KA.NDLaunch{Int32}()
+    @test select(kernel, (4, 4, 4, 4)) === KA.LinearLaunch{Int32}()
+    @test select(kernel, (8, 100_000)) === KA.LinearLaunch{Int32}()
+
+    # which doesn't need divisions to compute the index of a dynamic N-d range
+    A = CUDA.zeros(Int, 64, 32, 16)
+    ptx = sprint(io -> CUDA.@device_code_ptx io=io kernel(A; ndrange=size(A)))
+    @test !occursin("div.", ptx)
+    @test !occursin("rem.", ptx)
+    @test Array(A) == LinearIndices(A)
+
+    # tuning for more blocks (the testsuite above uses the default)
+    Testsuite.launch_testsuite(()->CUDABackend(; prefer_blocks=true), CuArray)
+
+    # iteration spaces that don't fit 32 bits use 64-bit indices
+    kernel = store_last_index!(backend)
+    A = CUDA.zeros(Int, 2)
+    for (dims, launch) in (((2^16 + 1, 2^15), KA.NDLaunch{Int}()),
+                           ((2^11 + 1, 2^10, 2^10, 1), KA.LinearLaunch{Int}()))
+        @test select(kernel, dims) === launch
+        kernel(A; ndrange=dims)
+        @test Array(A) == [prod(dims), dims[2]]
+    end
+end
+
+function ki_store_index!(A)
+    i = KI.get_global_id().x
+    if i <= length(A)
+        @inbounds A[i] = i
+    end
+    return
+end
+
+@testset "compiler options and tuning" begin
+    # a static workgroup size bounds the number of threads per block
+    A = CUDA.zeros(Int, 1024)
+    kernel = store_global_linear!(CUDABackend(), 256)
+    ptx = sprint(io -> CUDA.@device_code_ptx io=io kernel(A; ndrange=length(A)))
+    @test occursin(".maxntid 256", ptx)
+    @test Array(A) == 1:1024
+
+    # tuning receives the number of work-items; prefer_blocks launches more, smaller blocks
+    kernel = KI.@launch CUDABackend() launch=false ki_store_index!(A)
+    threads = KI.launch_configuration(kernel; nitems=1024).workgroupsize
+    @test threads <= 1024
+    kernel = KI.@launch CUDABackend(; prefer_blocks=true) launch=false ki_store_index!(A)
+    fewer = KI.launch_configuration(kernel; nitems=1024).workgroupsize
+    @test fewer < threads
+    # ... but not for a bound on the workgroup size alone
+    @test KI.launch_configuration(kernel; max_work_group_size=1024).workgroupsize == threads
+    KI.@launch CUDABackend(; prefer_blocks=true) ndrange=length(A) ki_store_index!(A)
+    @test Array(A) == 1:1024
+end
diff --git a/test/core/kernelinterface.jl b/test/core/kernelinterface.jl
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+import KernelInterface
+import KernelInterface as KI
+using CUDACore
+
+include(joinpath(dirname(pathof(KernelInterface)), "..", "test", "testsuite.jl"))
+
+Testsuite.testsuite(CUDABackend(), CuArray)
+
+function ki_subgroup_kernel(num, sizes, id, lane)
+    l = KI.get_local_id()
+    s = KI.get_local_size()
+    i = l.x + (l.y - 1) * s.x
+    @inbounds begin
+        num[i] = KI.get_num_sub_groups()
+        sizes[i] = KI.get_sub_group_size()
+        id[i] = KI.get_sub_group_id()
+        lane[i] = KI.get_sub_group_local_id()
+    end
+    return
+end
+
+# KernelInterface leaves the formation of sub-groups unspecified; CUDA forms warps from
+# consecutive linear thread indices
+@testset "partial sub-groups" begin
+    # a 33x2 workgroup is made up of 3 warps, the last one only partially filled
+    workgroupsize = (33, 2)
+    n = prod(workgroupsize)
+    num = CuArray{UInt32}(undef, n)
+    sizes = CuArray{UInt32}(undef, n)
+    id = CuArray{UInt32}(undef, n)
+    lane = CuArray{UInt32}(undef, n)
+    KI.@launch CUDABackend() workgroupsize=workgroupsize ki_subgroup_kernel(num, sizes, id, lane)
+    @test all(==(3), Array(num))
+    @test Array(sizes) == [i < 64 ? 32 : 2 for i in 0:n-1]
+    @test Array(id) == [div(i, 32) + 1 for i in 0:n-1]
+    @test Array(lane) == [rem(i, 32) + 1 for i in 0:n-1]
+end
+
+# `shfl.sync` only uses the low 5 bits of the offset; wider offsets have to be compared before
+# they are narrowed, so that they give the thread's own value
+function ki_wide_offset_kernel(down, up, offset)
+    i = KI.get_local_id().x
+    @inbounds down[i] = KI.shfl_down(Int32(i), offset)
+    @inbounds up[i] = KI.shfl_up(Int32(i), offset, 8)
+    return
+end
+
+@testset "wide shuffle offsets" begin
+    down, up = CuArray{Int32}(undef, 32), CuArray{Int32}(undef, 32)
+    for offset in (Int64(2)^32 + 1, (UInt128(1) << 64) + 1)
+        KI.@launch CUDABackend() workgroupsize=32 ki_wide_offset_kernel(down, up, offset)
+        @test Array(down) == 1:32
+        @test Array(up) == 1:32
+    end
+end
+
+@testset "copyto!" begin
+    backend = CUDABackend()
+
+    # bits unions store their type tags separately
+    host = Union{Missing, Int32}[1, missing, 3]
+    dev = CuArray{Union{Missing, Int32}}(undef, 3)
+    @test KI.copyto!(backend, dev, host) === dev
+    back = Vector{Union{Missing, Int32}}(undef, 3)
+    KI.copyto!(backend, back, dev)
+    KI.synchronize(backend)
+    @test isequal(back, host)
+
+    # host to host
+    a = zeros(Float32, 4)
+    @test KI.copyto!(backend, a, ones(Float32, 4)) === a
+    @test a == ones(Float32, 4)
+
+    # contiguous views of host arrays (those of a `CuArray` are `CuArray`s)
+    dev = CUDA.zeros(Float32, 4)
+    host = Float32[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
+    @test KI.copyto!(backend, dev, view(host, 2:5)) === dev
+    KI.synchronize(backend)
+    @test Array(dev) == [2, 3, 4, 5]
+    KI.copyto!(backend, view(host, 1:4), CUDA.ones(Float32, 4))
+    KI.synchronize(backend)
+    @test host == [1, 1, 1, 1, 5, 6]
+
+    # only contiguous arrays
+    @test_throws ArgumentError KI.copyto!(backend, view(CUDA.zeros(Float32, 8), 1:2:8), CUDA.ones(Float32, 4))
+end
+
+function ki_fill!(A)
+    i = KI.get_global_id().x
+    if i <= length(A)
+        @inbounds A[i] = i
+    end
+    return
+end
+
+@testset "launch keywords" begin
+    A = CUDA.zeros(Int, 4)
+    kernel = KI.@launch CUDABackend() launch=false ki_fill!(A)
+
+    # CUDA's launch options are passed on
+    kernel(A; ndrange=4, stream=stream())
+    @test Array(A) == 1:4
+
+    # but not ones that would override the launch geometry
+    @test_throws ArgumentError kernel(A; ndrange=4, threads=8)
+    @test_throws ArgumentError kernel(A; ndrange=4, blocks=2)
+end
+
+@testset "versioninfo" begin
+    @test occursin("CUDA toolchain", sprint(KI.versioninfo, CUDABackend()))
+end