diff --git a/candle-examples/examples/segment-anything/main.rs b/candle-examples/examples/segment-anything/main.rs
index ce8e3bb4dc..3ef5762e42 100644
--- a/candle-examples/examples/segment-anything/main.rs
+++ b/candle-examples/examples/segment-anything/main.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub mod model_image_encoder;
 pub mod model_mask_decoder;
 pub mod model_prompt_encoder;
 pub mod model_sam;
+pub mod model_tiny_vit;
 pub mod model_transformer;
 
 use candle::{DType, Result, Tensor};
diff --git a/candle-examples/examples/segment-anything/model_tiny_vit.rs b/candle-examples/examples/segment-anything/model_tiny_vit.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36e4c57812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/candle-examples/examples/segment-anything/model_tiny_vit.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,563 @@
+// Adapted from:
+// https://github.com/ChaoningZhang/MobileSAM/blob/master/mobile_sam/modeling/tiny_vit_sam.py
+#![allow(unused)]
+use candle::{DType, IndexOp, Result, Tensor, D};
+use candle_nn::{Conv2dConfig, Module, VarBuilder};
+
+const MBCONV_EXPAND_RATIO: usize = 4;
+const MLP_RATIO: usize = 4;
+const LOCAL_CONV_SIZE: usize = 3;
+const IMG_SIZE: usize = 224;
+const IN_CHANNELS: usize = 3;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Conv2dBN {
+    c: candle_nn::Conv2d,
+    bn: candle_nn::BatchNorm,
+}
+
+impl Conv2dBN {
+    fn new(in_: usize, out: usize, ks: usize, cfg: Conv2dConfig, vb: VarBuilder) -> Result<Self> {
+        let c = candle_nn::conv2d(in_, out, ks, cfg, vb.pp("c"))?;
+        let bn = candle_nn::batch_norm(out, 1e-5, vb.pp("bn"))?;
+        Ok(Self { c, bn })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Module for Conv2dBN {
+    fn forward(&self, xs: &Tensor) -> Result<Tensor> {
+        xs.apply(&self.c)?.apply(&self.bn)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct PatchEmbed {
+    conv1: Conv2dBN,
+    conv2: Conv2dBN,
+}
+
+impl PatchEmbed {
+    fn new(in_chans: usize, embed_dim: usize, vb: VarBuilder) -> Result<Self> {
+        let cfg = candle_nn::Conv2dConfig {
+            stride: 2,
+            padding: 1,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let conv1 = Conv2dBN::new(in_chans, embed_dim / 2, 3, cfg, vb.pp("seq.0"))?;
+        let conv2 = Conv2dBN::new(embed_dim / 2, embed_dim, 3, cfg, vb.pp("seq.2"))?;
+        Ok(Self { conv1, conv2 })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Module for PatchEmbed {
+    fn forward(&self, xs: &Tensor) -> Result<Tensor> {
+        xs.apply(&self.conv1)?.gelu()?.apply(&self.conv2)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct MBConv {
+    conv1: Conv2dBN,
+    conv2: Conv2dBN,
+    conv3: Conv2dBN,
+}
+
+impl MBConv {
+    fn new(in_: usize, out: usize, expand_ratio: usize, vb: VarBuilder) -> Result<Self> {
+        let hidden = in_ * expand_ratio;
+        let cfg2 = candle_nn::Conv2dConfig {
+            padding: 1,
+            groups: hidden,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let conv1 = Conv2dBN::new(in_, hidden, 1, Default::default(), vb.pp("conv1"))?;
+        let conv2 = Conv2dBN::new(hidden, hidden, 3, cfg2, vb.pp("conv2"))?;
+        let conv3 = Conv2dBN::new(hidden, out, 1, Default::default(), vb.pp("conv3"))?;
+        Ok(Self {
+            conv1,
+            conv2,
+            conv3,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Module for MBConv {
+    fn forward(&self, xs: &Tensor) -> Result<Tensor> {
+        let shortcut = xs;
+        let xs = xs
+            .apply(&self.conv1)?
+            .gelu()?
+            .apply(&self.conv2)?
+            .gelu()?
+            .apply(&self.conv3)?;
+        (xs + shortcut)?.gelu()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct PatchMerging {
+    conv1: Conv2dBN,
+    conv2: Conv2dBN,
+    conv3: Conv2dBN,
+    input_resolution: (usize, usize),
+}
+
+impl PatchMerging {
+    fn new(
+        input_resolution: (usize, usize),
+        dim: usize,
+        out: usize,
+        vb: VarBuilder,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        let stride = if [320, 448, 576].contains(&out) { 1 } else { 2 };
+        let cfg2 = candle_nn::Conv2dConfig {
+            padding: 1,
+            stride,
+            groups: out,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let conv1 = Conv2dBN::new(dim, out, 1, Default::default(), vb.pp("conv1"))?;
+        let conv2 = Conv2dBN::new(out, out, 3, cfg2, vb.pp("conv2"))?;
+        let conv3 = Conv2dBN::new(out, out, 1, Default::default(), vb.pp("conv3"))?;
+        Ok(Self {
+            conv1,
+            conv2,
+            conv3,
+            input_resolution,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Module for PatchMerging {
+    fn forward(&self, xs: &Tensor) -> Result<Tensor> {
+        let xs = if xs.rank() == 3 {
+            let (h, w) = self.input_resolution;
+            let b = xs.dim(0)?;
+            xs.reshape((b, h, w, ()))?.permute((0, 3, 1, 2))?
+        } else {
+            xs.clone()
+        };
+        xs.apply(&self.conv1)?
+            .gelu()?
+            .apply(&self.conv2)?
+            .gelu()?
+            .apply(&self.conv3)?
+            .flatten_from(2)?
+            .transpose(1, 2)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct ConvLayer {
+    blocks: Vec<MBConv>,
+    downsample: Option<PatchMerging>,
+}
+
+impl ConvLayer {
+    fn new(
+        dim: usize,
+        out: usize,
+        input_resolution: (usize, usize),
+        depth: usize,
+        downsample: bool,
+        conv_expand_ratio: usize,
+        vb: VarBuilder,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        let vb_b = vb.pp("blocks");
+        let mut blocks = Vec::with_capacity(depth);
+        for index in 0..depth {
+            let block = MBConv::new(dim, dim, conv_expand_ratio, vb_b.pp(index))?;
+            blocks.push(block)
+        }
+        let downsample = if downsample {
+            let downsample = PatchMerging::new(input_resolution, dim, out, vb.pp("downsample"))?;
+            Some(downsample)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+        Ok(Self { blocks, downsample })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Module for ConvLayer {
+    fn forward(&self, xs: &Tensor) -> Result<Tensor> {
+        let mut xs = xs.clone();
+        for block in self.blocks.iter() {
+            xs = block.forward(&xs)?
+        }
+        match &self.downsample {
+            None => Ok(xs),
+            Some(downsample) => downsample.forward(&xs),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Mlp {
+    norm: candle_nn::LayerNorm,
+    fc1: candle_nn::Linear,
+    fc2: candle_nn::Linear,
+}
+
+impl Mlp {
+    fn new(in_: usize, hidden: usize, vb: VarBuilder) -> Result<Self> {
+        let norm = candle_nn::layer_norm(in_, 1e-5, vb.pp("norm"))?;
+        let fc1 = candle_nn::linear(in_, hidden, vb.pp("fc1"))?;
+        let fc2 = candle_nn::linear(hidden, in_, vb.pp("fc2"))?;
+        Ok(Self { norm, fc1, fc2 })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Module for Mlp {
+    fn forward(&self, xs: &Tensor) -> Result<Tensor> {
+        xs.apply(&self.norm)?
+            .apply(&self.fc1)?
+            .gelu()?
+            .apply(&self.fc2)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Attention {
+    norm: candle_nn::LayerNorm,
+    qkv: candle_nn::Linear,
+    proj: candle_nn::Linear,
+    attention_biases: Tensor,
+    ab: Tensor,
+    key_dim: usize,
+    num_heads: usize,
+    d: usize,
+    dh: usize,
+    scale: f64,
+}
+
+impl Attention {
+    fn new(
+        dim: usize,
+        key_dim: usize,
+        num_heads: usize,
+        attn_ratio: usize,
+        resolution: (usize, usize),
+        vb: VarBuilder,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        let d = attn_ratio * key_dim;
+        let dh = d * num_heads;
+        let nh_kd = key_dim * num_heads;
+        let h = dh + nh_kd * 2;
+        let norm = candle_nn::layer_norm(dim, 1e-5, vb.pp("norm"))?;
+        let qkv = candle_nn::linear(dim, h, vb.pp("qkv"))?;
+        let proj = candle_nn::linear(dh, dim, vb.pp("proj"))?;
+
+        let points = (0..resolution.0)
+            .flat_map(|x| (0..resolution.1).map(move |y| (x as i64, y as i64)))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let mut idxs = Vec::with_capacity(points.len() * points.len());
+        let mut attention_offsets = std::collections::HashMap::new();
+        for &(x1, y1) in points.iter() {
+            for &(x2, y2) in points.iter() {
+                let offset = ((x2 - x1).abs(), (y2 - y1).abs());
+                let l = attention_offsets.len();
+                let idx = attention_offsets.entry(offset).or_insert(l);
+                idxs.push(*idx as u32)
+            }
+        }
+        let attention_biases = vb.get((num_heads, attention_offsets.len()), "attention_biases")?;
+        let idxs = Tensor::new(idxs, attention_biases.device())?;
+        let ab = attention_biases.index_select(&idxs, 1)?;
+        Ok(Self {
+            norm,
+            qkv,
+            proj,
+            attention_biases,
+            ab,
+            key_dim,
+            num_heads,
+            d,
+            dh,
+            scale: 1f64 / (key_dim as f64).sqrt(),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Module for Attention {
+    fn forward(&self, xs: &Tensor) -> Result<Tensor> {
+        let (b, n, _) = xs.dims3()?;
+        let xs = xs.apply(&self.norm)?;
+        let qkv = xs.apply(&self.qkv)?.reshape((b, n, self.num_heads, ()))?;
+        let q = qkv
+            .narrow(D::Minus1, 0, self.key_dim)?
+            .permute((0, 2, 1, 3))?;
+        let k = qkv
+            .narrow(D::Minus1, self.key_dim, self.key_dim)?
+            .permute((0, 2, 1, 3))?;
+        let v = qkv
+            .narrow(D::Minus1, 2 * self.key_dim, self.d)?
+            .permute((0, 2, 1, 3))?;
+        let attn = (q.matmul(&k.t()?)? * self.scale)?;
+        let attn = (attn + &self.ab)?;
+        let attn = candle_nn::ops::softmax_last_dim(&attn)?;
+        attn.matmul(&v)?
+            .transpose(1, 2)?
+            .reshape((b, n, self.dh))?
+            .apply(&self.proj)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct TinyViTBlock {
+    attn: Attention,
+    local_conv: Conv2dBN,
+    mlp: Mlp,
+    window_size: usize,
+    input_resolution: (usize, usize),
+}
+
+impl TinyViTBlock {
+    fn new(
+        dim: usize,
+        input_resolution: (usize, usize),
+        num_heads: usize,
+        window_size: usize,
+        vb: VarBuilder,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        let head_dim = dim / num_heads;
+        let attn = Attention::new(
+            dim,
+            head_dim,
+            num_heads,
+            1,
+            (window_size, window_size),
+            vb.pp("attn"),
+        )?;
+        let mlp = Mlp::new(dim, dim * MLP_RATIO, vb.pp("mlp"))?;
+        let cfg = candle_nn::Conv2dConfig {
+            padding: LOCAL_CONV_SIZE / 2,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let local_conv = Conv2dBN::new(dim, dim, LOCAL_CONV_SIZE, cfg, vb.pp("local_conv"))?;
+        Ok(Self {
+            attn,
+            local_conv,
+            mlp,
+            window_size,
+            input_resolution,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Module for TinyViTBlock {
+    fn forward(&self, xs: &Tensor) -> Result<Tensor> {
+        let (h, w) = self.input_resolution;
+        let (b, l, c) = xs.dims3()?;
+        let res_x = xs;
+        let xs = if h == self.window_size && w == self.window_size {
+            self.attn.forward(xs)?
+        } else {
+            let xs = xs.reshape((b, h, w, c))?;
+            let pad_b = (self.window_size - h % self.window_size) % self.window_size;
+            let pad_r = (self.window_size - w % self.window_size) % self.window_size;
+
+            let xs = if pad_b > 0 {
+                xs.pad_with_zeros(D::Minus2, 0, pad_b)?
+            } else {
+                xs
+            };
+            let xs = if pad_r > 0 {
+                xs.pad_with_zeros(D::Minus1, 0, pad_r)?
+            } else {
+                xs
+            };
+            let (p_h, p_w) = (h + pad_b, w + pad_r);
+            let n_h = p_h / self.window_size;
+            let n_w = p_w / self.window_size;
+            let xs = xs
+                .reshape((b, n_h, self.window_size, n_w, self.window_size, c))?
+                .transpose(2, 3)?
+                .reshape((b * n_h * n_w, self.window_size * self.window_size, c))?;
+            let xs = self.attn.forward(&xs)?;
+            let xs = xs
+                .reshape((b, n_h, n_w, self.window_size, self.window_size, c))?
+                .transpose(2, 3)?
+                .reshape((b, p_h, p_w, c))?;
+            let xs = if pad_r > 0 {
+                xs.i((.., .., ..w))?.contiguous()?
+            } else {
+                xs
+            };
+            let xs = if pad_b > 0 {
+                xs.i((.., ..h, ..))?.contiguous()?
+            } else {
+                xs
+            };
+            xs.reshape((b, l, c))?
+        };
+        let xs = (xs + res_x)?;
+        let xs = xs
+            .transpose(1, 2)?
+            .reshape((b, c, h, w))?
+            .apply(&self.local_conv)?
+            .reshape((b, c, l))?
+            .transpose(1, 2)?;
+        &xs + self.mlp.forward(&xs)?
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct BasicLayer {
+    blocks: Vec<TinyViTBlock>,
+    downsample: Option<PatchMerging>,
+}
+
+impl BasicLayer {
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+    fn new(
+        dim: usize,
+        input_resolution: (usize, usize),
+        depth: usize,
+        num_heads: usize,
+        window_size: usize,
+        downsample: bool,
+        out: usize,
+        vb: VarBuilder,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        let vb_b = vb.pp("blocks");
+        let mut blocks = Vec::with_capacity(depth);
+        for index in 0..depth {
+            let block = TinyViTBlock::new(
+                dim,
+                input_resolution,
+                num_heads,
+                window_size,
+                vb_b.pp(index),
+            )?;
+            blocks.push(block)
+        }
+        let downsample = if downsample {
+            let downsample = PatchMerging::new(input_resolution, dim, out, vb.pp("downsample"))?;
+            Some(downsample)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+        Ok(Self { blocks, downsample })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Module for BasicLayer {
+    fn forward(&self, xs: &Tensor) -> Result<Tensor> {
+        let mut xs = xs.clone();
+        for block in self.blocks.iter() {
+            xs = block.forward(&xs)?
+        }
+        match &self.downsample {
+            None => Ok(xs),
+            Some(downsample) => downsample.forward(&xs),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct TinyViT {
+    patch_embed: PatchEmbed,
+    layer0: ConvLayer,
+    layers: Vec<BasicLayer>,
+    norm_head: candle_nn::LayerNorm,
+    head: candle_nn::Linear,
+    neck_conv1: candle_nn::Conv2d,
+    neck_ln1: crate::LayerNorm2d,
+    neck_conv2: candle_nn::Conv2d,
+    neck_ln2: crate::LayerNorm2d,
+}
+
+impl TinyViT {
+    pub fn new(
+        embed_dims: &[usize],
+        depths: &[usize],
+        num_heads: &[usize],
+        window_sizes: &[usize],
+        num_classes: usize,
+        vb: VarBuilder,
+    ) -> Result<Self> {
+        let patch_embed = PatchEmbed::new(IN_CHANNELS, embed_dims[0], vb.pp("patch_embed"))?;
+        let patches_resolution = IMG_SIZE / 4;
+
+        let vb_l = vb.pp("layers");
+        let layer0 = ConvLayer::new(
+            /* dim */ embed_dims[0],
+            /* out */ embed_dims[1],
+            /* input_resolution */ (patches_resolution, patches_resolution),
+            /* depth */ depths[0],
+            /* downsample */ true,
+            /* conv_expand_ratio */ MBCONV_EXPAND_RATIO,
+            vb_l.pp(0),
+        )?;
+
+        let num_layers = embed_dims.len();
+        let mut layers = Vec::with_capacity(num_layers - 1);
+        for i_layer in 1..num_layers {
+            let patches_resolution = patches_resolution / (1 << usize::min(i_layer, 2));
+            let layer = BasicLayer::new(
+                /* dim */ embed_dims[i_layer],
+                /* input_resolution */ (patches_resolution, patches_resolution),
+                /* depth */ depths[i_layer],
+                /* num_heads */ num_heads[i_layer],
+                /* window_size */ window_sizes[i_layer],
+                /* downsample */ i_layer < num_layers - 1,
+                /* out */ embed_dims[usize::min(i_layer + 1, num_layers - 1)],
+                vb_l.pp(i_layer),
+            )?;
+            layers.push(layer)
+        }
+
+        let last_embed_dim = embed_dims[embed_dims.len() - 1];
+        let norm_head = candle_nn::layer_norm(last_embed_dim, 1e-5, vb.pp("norm_head"))?;
+        let head = candle_nn::linear(last_embed_dim, num_classes, vb.pp("head"))?;
+        let neck_conv1 =
+            candle_nn::conv2d_no_bias(last_embed_dim, 256, 1, Default::default(), vb.pp("neck.0"))?;
+        let neck_ln1 = crate::LayerNorm2d::new(256, 1e-6, vb.pp("neck.1"))?;
+        let cfg = candle_nn::Conv2dConfig {
+            padding: 1,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let neck_conv2 = candle_nn::conv2d_no_bias(256, 256, 3, cfg, vb.pp("neck.2"))?;
+        let neck_ln2 = crate::LayerNorm2d::new(256, 1e-6, vb.pp("neck.3"))?;
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            patch_embed,
+            layer0,
+            layers,
+            norm_head,
+            head,
+            neck_conv1,
+            neck_ln1,
+            neck_conv2,
+            neck_ln2,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Module for TinyViT {
+    fn forward(&self, xs: &Tensor) -> Result<Tensor> {
+        let mut xs = self.patch_embed.forward(xs)?;
+        for layer in self.layers.iter() {
+            xs = layer.forward(&xs)?
+        }
+        let (b, _, c) = xs.dims3()?;
+        xs.reshape((b, 64, 64, c))?
+            .permute((0, 3, 1, 2))?
+            .apply(&self.neck_conv1)?
+            .apply(&self.neck_ln1)?
+            .apply(&self.neck_conv2)?
+            .apply(&self.neck_ln2)
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn tiny_vit_5m_224(vb: VarBuilder) -> Result<TinyViT> {
+    TinyViT::new(
+        /* embed_dims */ &[64, 128, 160, 320],
+        /* depths */ &[2, 2, 6, 2],
+        /* num_heads */ &[2, 4, 5, 10],
+        /* window_sizes */ &[7, 7, 14, 7],
+        /* num_classes */ 1000,
+        vb,
+    )
+}
diff --git a/candle-nn/src/conv.rs b/candle-nn/src/conv.rs
index b248305801..cfe86bfa52 100644
--- a/candle-nn/src/conv.rs
+++ b/candle-nn/src/conv.rs
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@ pub fn conv1d(
     out_channels: usize,
     kernel_size: usize,
     cfg: Conv1dConfig,
-    vs: crate::VarBuilder,
+    vb: crate::VarBuilder,
 ) -> Result<Conv1d> {
     let init_ws = crate::init::DEFAULT_KAIMING_NORMAL;
-    let ws = vs.get_with_hints(
+    let ws = vb.get_with_hints(
         (out_channels, in_channels / cfg.groups, kernel_size),
         "weight",
         init_ws,
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ pub fn conv1d(
         lo: -bound,
         up: bound,
     };
-    let bs = vs.get_with_hints(out_channels, "bias", init_bs)?;
+    let bs = vb.get_with_hints(out_channels, "bias", init_bs)?;
     Ok(Conv1d::new(ws, Some(bs), cfg))
 }
 
@@ -209,10 +209,10 @@ pub fn conv2d(
     out_channels: usize,
     kernel_size: usize,
     cfg: Conv2dConfig,
-    vs: crate::VarBuilder,
+    vb: crate::VarBuilder,
 ) -> Result<Conv2d> {
     let init_ws = crate::init::DEFAULT_KAIMING_NORMAL;
-    let ws = vs.get_with_hints(
+    let ws = vb.get_with_hints(
         (
             out_channels,
             in_channels / cfg.groups,
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ pub fn conv2d(
         lo: -bound,
         up: bound,
     };
-    let bs = vs.get_with_hints(out_channels, "bias", init_bs)?;
+    let bs = vb.get_with_hints(out_channels, "bias", init_bs)?;
     Ok(Conv2d::new(ws, Some(bs), cfg))
 }
 
@@ -236,10 +236,10 @@ pub fn conv2d_no_bias(
     out_channels: usize,
     kernel_size: usize,
     cfg: Conv2dConfig,
-    vs: crate::VarBuilder,
+    vb: crate::VarBuilder,
 ) -> Result<Conv2d> {
     let init_ws = crate::init::DEFAULT_KAIMING_NORMAL;
-    let ws = vs.get_with_hints(
+    let ws = vb.get_with_hints(
         (
             out_channels,
             in_channels / cfg.groups,
@@ -257,19 +257,19 @@ pub fn conv_transpose2d(
     out_channels: usize,
     kernel_size: usize,
     cfg: ConvTranspose2dConfig,
-    vs: crate::VarBuilder,
+    vb: crate::VarBuilder,
 ) -> Result<ConvTranspose2d> {
     let bound = 1. / (out_channels as f64).sqrt() / kernel_size as f64;
     let init = crate::Init::Uniform {
         lo: -bound,
         up: bound,
     };
-    let ws = vs.get_with_hints(
+    let ws = vb.get_with_hints(
         (in_channels, out_channels, kernel_size, kernel_size),
         "weight",
         init,
     )?;
-    let bs = vs.get_with_hints(out_channels, "bias", init)?;
+    let bs = vb.get_with_hints(out_channels, "bias", init)?;
     Ok(ConvTranspose2d::new(ws, Some(bs), cfg))
 }
 
@@ -278,14 +278,14 @@ pub fn conv_transpose2d_no_bias(
     out_channels: usize,
     kernel_size: usize,
     cfg: ConvTranspose2dConfig,
-    vs: crate::VarBuilder,
+    vb: crate::VarBuilder,
 ) -> Result<ConvTranspose2d> {
     let bound = 1. / (out_channels as f64).sqrt() / kernel_size as f64;
     let init = crate::Init::Uniform {
         lo: -bound,
         up: bound,
     };
-    let ws = vs.get_with_hints(
+    let ws = vb.get_with_hints(
         (out_channels, in_channels, kernel_size, kernel_size),
         "weight",
         init,