diff --git a/crates/cuda_std/src/lib.rs b/crates/cuda_std/src/lib.rs
index 752c07f1..8aef4d74 100644
--- a/crates/cuda_std/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/cuda_std/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@
 #![allow(internal_features)]
 #![cfg_attr(
     target_os = "cuda",
-    feature(alloc_error_handler, asm_experimental_arch, link_llvm_intrinsics)
+    feature(
+        alloc_error_handler,
+        asm_experimental_arch,
+        link_llvm_intrinsics,
+        stdarch_nvptx
+    )
 )]
 
 extern crate alloc;
diff --git a/crates/cuda_std/src/thread.rs b/crates/cuda_std/src/thread.rs
index 449cc972..42edbecc 100644
--- a/crates/cuda_std/src/thread.rs
+++ b/crates/cuda_std/src/thread.rs
@@ -63,22 +63,6 @@ use glam::{UVec2, UVec3};
 // different calling conventions dont exist in nvptx, so we just use C as a placeholder.
 extern "C" {
     // defined in libintrinsics.ll
-    fn __nvvm_thread_idx_x() -> u32;
-    fn __nvvm_thread_idx_y() -> u32;
-    fn __nvvm_thread_idx_z() -> u32;
-
-    fn __nvvm_block_dim_x() -> u32;
-    fn __nvvm_block_dim_y() -> u32;
-    fn __nvvm_block_dim_z() -> u32;
-
-    fn __nvvm_block_idx_x() -> u32;
-    fn __nvvm_block_idx_y() -> u32;
-    fn __nvvm_block_idx_z() -> u32;
-
-    fn __nvvm_grid_dim_x() -> u32;
-    fn __nvvm_grid_dim_y() -> u32;
-    fn __nvvm_grid_dim_z() -> u32;
-
     fn __nvvm_warp_size() -> u32;
 
     fn __nvvm_block_barrier();
@@ -89,26 +73,15 @@ extern "C" {
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "cuda")]
-macro_rules! inbounds {
-    // the bounds were taken mostly from the cuda C++ programming guide, i also
-    // double-checked with what cuda clang does by checking its emitted llvm ir's scalar metadata
-    ($func_name:ident, $bound:expr) => {{
-        let val = unsafe { $func_name() };
-        if val > $bound {
-            // SAFETY: this condition is declared unreachable by compute capability max bound
+macro_rules! in_range {
+    // The bounds were taken mostly from the cuda C++ programming guide. I also
+    // double-checked with what cuda clang does by checking its emitted llvm ir's scalar metadata.
+    ($func_name:path, $range:expr) => {{
+        let val = unsafe { $func_name() as u32 };
+        if !$range.contains(&val) {
+            // SAFETY: this condition is declared unreachable by compute capability max bound.
             // https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-c-programming-guide/index.html#compute-capabilities
-            // we do this to potentially allow for better optimizations by LLVM
-            unsafe { core::hint::unreachable_unchecked() }
-        } else {
-            val
-        }
-    }};
-    ($func_name:ident, $lower_bound:expr, $upper_bound:expr) => {{
-        let val = unsafe { $func_name() };
-        if !($lower_bound..=$upper_bound).contains(&val) {
-            // SAFETY: this condition is declared unreachable by compute capability max bound
-            // https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-c-programming-guide/index.html#compute-capabilities
-            // we do this to potentially allow for better optimizations by LLVM
+            // We do this to potentially allow for better optimizations by LLVM.
             unsafe { core::hint::unreachable_unchecked() }
         } else {
             val
@@ -119,99 +92,99 @@ macro_rules! inbounds {
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn thread_idx_x() -> u32 {
-    inbounds!(__nvvm_thread_idx_x, 1024)
+    // The range is derived from the `block_idx_x` range.
+    in_range!(core::arch::nvptx::_thread_idx_x, 0..1024)
 }
 
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn thread_idx_y() -> u32 {
-    inbounds!(__nvvm_thread_idx_y, 1024)
+    // The range is derived from the `block_idx_y` range.
+    in_range!(core::arch::nvptx::_thread_idx_y, 0..1024)
 }
 
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn thread_idx_z() -> u32 {
-    inbounds!(__nvvm_thread_idx_z, 64)
+    // The range is derived from the `block_idx_z` range.
+    in_range!(core::arch::nvptx::_thread_idx_z, 0..64)
 }
 
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn block_idx_x() -> u32 {
-    inbounds!(__nvvm_block_idx_x, 2147483647)
+    // The range is derived from the `grid_idx_x` range.
+    in_range!(core::arch::nvptx::_block_idx_x, 0..2147483647)
 }
 
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn block_idx_y() -> u32 {
-    inbounds!(__nvvm_block_idx_y, 65535)
+    // The range is derived from the `grid_idx_y` range.
+    in_range!(core::arch::nvptx::_block_idx_y, 0..65535)
 }
 
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn block_idx_z() -> u32 {
-    inbounds!(__nvvm_block_idx_z, 65535)
+    // The range is derived from the `grid_idx_z` range.
+    in_range!(core::arch::nvptx::_block_idx_z, 0..65535)
 }
 
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn block_dim_x() -> u32 {
-    inbounds!(__nvvm_block_dim_x, 1, 1025)
+    // CUDA Compute Capabilities: "Maximum x- or y-dimensionality of a block" is 1024.
+    in_range!(core::arch::nvptx::_block_dim_x, 1..=1024)
 }
 
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn block_dim_y() -> u32 {
-    inbounds!(__nvvm_block_dim_y, 1, 1025)
+    // CUDA Compute Capabilities: "Maximum x- or y-dimensionality of a block" is 1024.
+    in_range!(core::arch::nvptx::_block_dim_y, 1..=1024)
 }
 
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn block_dim_z() -> u32 {
-    inbounds!(__nvvm_block_dim_z, 1, 65)
+    // CUDA Compute Capabilities: "Maximum z-dimension of a block" is 64.
+    in_range!(core::arch::nvptx::_block_dim_z, 1..=64)
 }
 
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn grid_dim_x() -> u32 {
-    inbounds!(__nvvm_grid_dim_x, 1, 2147483648)
+    // CUDA Compute Capabilities: "Maximum x-dimension of a grid of thread blocks" is 2^32 - 1.
+    in_range!(core::arch::nvptx::_grid_dim_x, 1..=2147483647)
 }
 
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn grid_dim_y() -> u32 {
-    inbounds!(__nvvm_grid_dim_y, 1, 65536)
+    // CUDA Compute Capabilities: "Maximum y- or z-dimension of a grid of thread blocks" is 65535.
+    in_range!(core::arch::nvptx::_grid_dim_y, 1..=65535)
 }
 
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn grid_dim_z() -> u32 {
-    inbounds!(__nvvm_grid_dim_z, 1, 65536)
+    // CUDA Compute Capabilities: "Maximum y- or z-dimension of a grid of thread blocks" is 65535.
+    in_range!(core::arch::nvptx::_grid_dim_z, 1..=65535)
 }
 
 /// Gets the 3d index of the thread currently executing the kernel.
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn thread_idx() -> UVec3 {
-    unsafe {
-        UVec3::new(
-            __nvvm_thread_idx_x(),
-            __nvvm_thread_idx_y(),
-            __nvvm_thread_idx_z(),
-        )
-    }
+    UVec3::new(thread_idx_x(), thread_idx_y(), thread_idx_z())
 }
 
 /// Gets the 3d index of the block that the thread currently executing the kernel is located in.
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn block_idx() -> UVec3 {
-    unsafe {
-        UVec3::new(
-            __nvvm_block_idx_x(),
-            __nvvm_block_idx_y(),
-            __nvvm_block_idx_z(),
-        )
-    }
+    UVec3::new(block_idx_x(), block_idx_y(), block_idx_z())
 }
 
 /// Gets the 3d layout of the thread blocks executing this kernel. In other words,
@@ -219,13 +192,7 @@ pub fn block_idx() -> UVec3 {
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn block_dim() -> UVec3 {
-    unsafe {
-        UVec3::new(
-            __nvvm_block_dim_x(),
-            __nvvm_block_dim_y(),
-            __nvvm_block_dim_z(),
-        )
-    }
+    UVec3::new(block_dim_x(), block_dim_y(), block_dim_z())
 }
 
 /// Gets the 3d layout of the block grids executing this kernel. In other words,
@@ -233,13 +200,7 @@ pub fn block_dim() -> UVec3 {
 #[gpu_only]
 #[inline(always)]
 pub fn grid_dim() -> UVec3 {
-    unsafe {
-        UVec3::new(
-            __nvvm_grid_dim_x(),
-            __nvvm_grid_dim_y(),
-            __nvvm_grid_dim_z(),
-        )
-    }
+    UVec3::new(grid_dim_x(), grid_dim_y(), grid_dim_z())
 }
 
 /// Gets the overall thread index, accounting for 1d/2d/3d block/grid dimensions. This
diff --git a/crates/rustc_codegen_nvvm/libintrinsics.bc b/crates/rustc_codegen_nvvm/libintrinsics.bc
index c22e92db..cbce93e2 100644
Binary files a/crates/rustc_codegen_nvvm/libintrinsics.bc and b/crates/rustc_codegen_nvvm/libintrinsics.bc differ
diff --git a/crates/rustc_codegen_nvvm/libintrinsics.ll b/crates/rustc_codegen_nvvm/libintrinsics.ll
index d9cb5e2d..88594cb7 100644
--- a/crates/rustc_codegen_nvvm/libintrinsics.ll
+++ b/crates/rustc_codegen_nvvm/libintrinsics.ll
@@ -8,86 +8,6 @@ source_filename = "libintrinsics"
 target datalayout = "e-p:64:64:64-i1:8:8-i8:8:8-i16:16:16-i32:32:32-i64:64:64-f32:32:32-f64:64:64-v16:16:16-v32:32:32-v64:64:64-v128:128:128-n16:32:64"
 target triple = "nvptx64-nvidia-cuda"
 
-; thread ----
-
-define i32 @__nvvm_thread_idx_x() #0 {
-start:
-  %0 = call i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.tid.x()
-  ret i32 %0
-}
-
-define i32 @__nvvm_thread_idx_y() #0 {
-start:
-  %0 = call i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.tid.y()
-  ret i32 %0
-}
-
-define i32 @__nvvm_thread_idx_z() #0 {
-start:
-  %0 = call i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.tid.z()
-  ret i32 %0
-}
-
-; block dimension ----
-
-define i32 @__nvvm_block_dim_x() #0 {
-start:
-  %0 = call i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.ntid.x()
-  ret i32 %0
-}
-
-define i32 @__nvvm_block_dim_y() #0 {
-start:
-  %0 = call i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.ntid.y()
-  ret i32 %0
-}
-
-define i32 @__nvvm_block_dim_z() #0 {
-start:
-  %0 = call i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.ntid.z()
-  ret i32 %0
-}
-
-; block idx ----
-
-define i32 @__nvvm_block_idx_x() #0 {
-start:
-  %0 = call i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.ctaid.x()
-  ret i32 %0
-}
-
-define i32 @__nvvm_block_idx_y() #0 {
-start:
-  %0 = call i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.ctaid.y()
-  ret i32 %0
-}
-
-define i32 @__nvvm_block_idx_z() #0 {
-start:
-  %0 = call i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.ctaid.z()
-  ret i32 %0
-}
-
-; grid dimension ---- 
-
-define i32 @__nvvm_grid_dim_x() #0 {
-start:
-  %0 = call i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.nctaid.x()
-  ret i32 %0
-}
-
-define i32 @__nvvm_grid_dim_y() #0 {
-start:
-  %0 = call i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.nctaid.y()
-  ret i32 %0
-}
-
-define i32 @__nvvm_grid_dim_z() #0 {
-start:
-  %0 = call i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.nctaid.z()
-  ret i32 %0
-}
-
 ; warp ----
 
 define i32 @__nvvm_warp_size() #0 {
@@ -96,18 +16,6 @@ start:
   ret i32 %0
 }
 
-declare i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.tid.x()
-declare i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.tid.y()
-declare i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.tid.z()
-declare i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.ntid.x()
-declare i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.ntid.y()
-declare i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.ntid.z()
-declare i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.ctaid.x()
-declare i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.ctaid.y()
-declare i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.ctaid.z()
-declare i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.nctaid.x()
-declare i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.nctaid.y()
-declare i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.nctaid.z()
 declare i32 @llvm.nvvm.read.ptx.sreg.warpsize()
 
 ; other ----