diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index 1fc77743..5fb9e9a3 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -3212,35 +3212,42 @@ GGML_CALL bool ggml_is_transposed(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
     return tensor->nb[0] > tensor->nb[1];
 }
 
-GGML_CALL bool ggml_is_contiguous(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
-    static_assert(GGML_MAX_DIMS == 4, "GGML_MAX_DIMS is not 4 - update this function");
+static bool ggml_is_contiguous_n(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor, int n) {
+    size_t next_nb = ggml_type_size(tensor->type);
+    if (tensor->ne[0] != ggml_blck_size(tensor->type) && tensor->nb[0] != next_nb) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    next_nb *= tensor->ne[0]/ggml_blck_size(tensor->type);
+    for (int i = 1; i < GGML_MAX_DIMS; i++) {
+        if (tensor->ne[i] != 1) {
+            if (i > n) {
+                if (tensor->nb[i] != next_nb) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                next_nb *= tensor->ne[i];
+            } else {
+                // this dimension does not need to be contiguous
+                next_nb = tensor->ne[i]*tensor->nb[i];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+}
 
-    return
-        tensor->nb[0] == ggml_type_size(tensor->type) &&
-        tensor->nb[1] == (tensor->nb[0]*tensor->ne[0])/ggml_blck_size(tensor->type) &&
-        tensor->nb[2] == tensor->nb[1]*tensor->ne[1] &&
-        tensor->nb[3] == tensor->nb[2]*tensor->ne[2];
+GGML_CALL bool ggml_is_contiguous(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
+    return ggml_is_contiguous_0(tensor);
 }
 
 GGML_CALL bool ggml_is_contiguous_0(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
-    return ggml_is_contiguous(tensor);
+    return ggml_is_contiguous_n(tensor, 0);
 }
 
 GGML_CALL bool ggml_is_contiguous_1(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
-    static_assert(GGML_MAX_DIMS == 4, "GGML_MAX_DIMS is not 4 - update this function");
-
-    return
-        tensor->nb[0] == ggml_type_size(tensor->type) &&
-        tensor->nb[2] == tensor->nb[1]*tensor->ne[1] &&
-        tensor->nb[3] == tensor->nb[2]*tensor->ne[2];
+    return ggml_is_contiguous_n(tensor, 1);
 }
 
 GGML_CALL bool ggml_is_contiguous_2(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
-    static_assert(GGML_MAX_DIMS == 4, "GGML_MAX_DIMS is not 4 - update this function");
-
-    return
-        tensor->nb[0] == ggml_type_size(tensor->type) &&
-        tensor->nb[3] == tensor->nb[2]*tensor->ne[2];
+    return ggml_is_contiguous_n(tensor, 2);
 }
 
 GGML_CALL bool ggml_is_permuted(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
@@ -3272,20 +3279,20 @@ bool ggml_are_same_shape(const struct ggml_tensor * t0, const struct ggml_tensor
     static_assert(GGML_MAX_DIMS == 4, "GGML_MAX_DIMS is not 4 - update this function");
 
     return
-        (t0->ne[0] == t1->ne[0] ) &&
-        (t0->ne[1] == t1->ne[1] ) &&
-        (t0->ne[2] == t1->ne[2] ) &&
-        (t0->ne[3] == t1->ne[3] );
+        (t0->ne[0] == t1->ne[0]) &&
+        (t0->ne[1] == t1->ne[1]) &&
+        (t0->ne[2] == t1->ne[2]) &&
+        (t0->ne[3] == t1->ne[3]);
 }
 
 bool ggml_are_same_stride(const struct ggml_tensor * t0, const struct ggml_tensor * t1) {
     static_assert(GGML_MAX_DIMS == 4, "GGML_MAX_DIMS is not 4 - update this function");
 
     return
-        (t0->nb[0] == t1->nb[0] ) &&
-        (t0->nb[1] == t1->nb[1] ) &&
-        (t0->nb[2] == t1->nb[2] ) &&
-        (t0->nb[3] == t1->nb[3] );
+        (t0->nb[0] == t1->nb[0]) &&
+        (t0->nb[1] == t1->nb[1]) &&
+        (t0->nb[2] == t1->nb[2]) &&
+        (t0->nb[3] == t1->nb[3]);
 }
 
 // check if t1 can be represented as a repeatition of t0
@@ -4078,32 +4085,26 @@ float ggml_get_f32_1d(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor, int i) {
     switch (tensor->type) {
         case GGML_TYPE_I8:
             {
-                GGML_ASSERT(tensor->nb[0] == sizeof(int8_t));
                 return ((int8_t *)(tensor->data))[i];
             }
         case GGML_TYPE_I16:
             {
-                GGML_ASSERT(tensor->nb[0] == sizeof(int16_t));
                 return ((int16_t *)(tensor->data))[i];
             }
         case GGML_TYPE_I32:
             {
-                GGML_ASSERT(tensor->nb[0] == sizeof(int32_t));
                 return ((int32_t *)(tensor->data))[i];
             }
         case GGML_TYPE_F16:
             {
-                GGML_ASSERT(tensor->nb[0] == sizeof(ggml_fp16_t));
                 return GGML_FP16_TO_FP32(((ggml_fp16_t *)(tensor->data))[i]);
             }
         case GGML_TYPE_BF16:
             {
-                GGML_ASSERT(tensor->nb[0] == sizeof(ggml_bf16_t));
                 return GGML_BF16_TO_FP32(((ggml_bf16_t *)(tensor->data))[i]);
             }
         case GGML_TYPE_F32:
             {
-                GGML_ASSERT(tensor->nb[0] == sizeof(float));
                 return ((float *)(tensor->data))[i];
             }
         default:
@@ -4125,32 +4126,26 @@ void ggml_set_f32_1d(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor, int i, float value) {
     switch (tensor->type) {
         case GGML_TYPE_I8:
             {
-                GGML_ASSERT(tensor->nb[0] == sizeof(int8_t));
                 ((int8_t *)(tensor->data))[i] = value;
             } break;
         case GGML_TYPE_I16:
             {
-                GGML_ASSERT(tensor->nb[0] == sizeof(int16_t));
                 ((int16_t *)(tensor->data))[i] = value;
             } break;
         case GGML_TYPE_I32:
             {
-                GGML_ASSERT(tensor->nb[0] == sizeof(int32_t));
                 ((int32_t *)(tensor->data))[i] = value;
             } break;
         case GGML_TYPE_F16:
             {
-                GGML_ASSERT(tensor->nb[0] == sizeof(ggml_fp16_t));
                 ((ggml_fp16_t *)(tensor->data))[i] = GGML_FP32_TO_FP16(value);
             } break;
         case GGML_TYPE_BF16:
             {
-                GGML_ASSERT(tensor->nb[0] == sizeof(ggml_bf16_t));
                 ((ggml_bf16_t *)(tensor->data))[i] = GGML_FP32_TO_BF16(value);
             } break;
         case GGML_TYPE_F32:
             {
-                GGML_ASSERT(tensor->nb[0] == sizeof(float));
                 ((float *)(tensor->data))[i] = value;
             } break;
         default:
@@ -7343,7 +7338,7 @@ struct ggml_tensor * ggml_add_rel_pos_inplace(
     return ggml_add_rel_pos_impl(ctx, a, pw, ph, true);
 }
 
-// gmml_unary
+// ggml_unary
 
 static struct ggml_tensor * ggml_unary_impl(
         struct ggml_context * ctx,