diff --git a/ext/CUDAExt.jl b/ext/CUDAExt.jl
index ea77889ff..b9964c611 100644
--- a/ext/CUDAExt.jl
+++ b/ext/CUDAExt.jl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if isdefined(Base, :get_extension)
 else
     import ..CUDA
 end
-import CUDA: CuDevice, CuContext, CuStream, CuArray, CUDABackend
+import CUDA: CuDevice, CuContext, CuStream, CuArray, CUDABackend, CuEvent
 import CUDA: devices, attribute, context, context!, stream, stream!
 import CUDA: CUBLAS, CUSOLVER
 
@@ -103,8 +103,11 @@ function with_context(f, x)
 end
 
 function _sync_with_context(x::Union{Dagger.Processor,Dagger.MemorySpace})
+    caller_stream = stream()
     with_context(x) do
-        CUDA.synchronize()
+        ev = CUDA.CuEvent()
+        CUDA.record(ev, stream())
+        CUDA.wait(ev, caller_stream)
     end
 end
 function sync_with_context(x::Union{Dagger.Processor,Dagger.MemorySpace})
@@ -164,7 +167,6 @@ function Dagger.move(from_proc::CPUProc, to_proc::CuArrayDeviceProc, x::Chunk)
     cpu_data = remotecall_fetch(unwrap, from_w, x)
     with_context(to_proc) do
         arr = adapt(CuArray, cpu_data)
-        CUDA.synchronize()
         return arr
     end
 end
@@ -175,7 +177,6 @@ function Dagger.move(from_proc::CPUProc, to_proc::CuArrayDeviceProc, x::CuArray)
     with_context(to_proc) do
         _x = similar(x)
         copyto!(_x, x)
-        CUDA.synchronize()
         return _x
     end
 end
@@ -184,9 +185,7 @@ end
 function Dagger.move(from_proc::CuArrayDeviceProc, to_proc::CPUProc, x)
     with_context(from_proc) do
         CUDA.synchronize()
-        _x = adapt(Array, x)
-        CUDA.synchronize()
-        return _x
+        return adapt(Array, x)
     end
 end
 function Dagger.move(from_proc::CuArrayDeviceProc, to_proc::CPUProc, x::Chunk)
@@ -203,7 +202,6 @@ function Dagger.move(from_proc::CuArrayDeviceProc, to_proc::CPUProc, x::CuArray{
         CUDA.synchronize()
         _x = Array{T,N}(undef, size(x))
         copyto!(_x, x)
-        CUDA.synchronize()
         return _x
     end
 end
@@ -211,18 +209,22 @@ end
 # Out-of-place DtoD
 function Dagger.move(from_proc::CuArrayDeviceProc, to_proc::CuArrayDeviceProc, x::Dagger.Chunk{T}) where T<:CuArray
     if from_proc == to_proc
-        # Same process and GPU, no change
-        arr = unwrap(x)
-        with_context(CUDA.synchronize, from_proc)
-        return arr
+        # Same process and GPU, no change.
+        # Stream ordering guarantees safety; no sync needed.
+        return unwrap(x)
+        
     elseif Dagger.root_worker_id(from_proc) == Dagger.root_worker_id(to_proc)
         # Same process but different GPUs, use DtoD copy
         from_arr = unwrap(x)
-        with_context(CUDA.synchronize, from_proc)
+        ev = CUDA.CuEvent()
+        with_context(from_proc) do
+            CUDA.record(ev, stream())
+        end
+        
         return with_context(to_proc) do
+            CUDA.wait(ev, stream()) 
             to_arr = similar(from_arr)
             copyto!(to_arr, from_arr)
-            CUDA.synchronize()
             return to_arr
         end
     elseif Dagger.system_uuid(from_proc.owner) == Dagger.system_uuid(to_proc.owner) && from_proc.device_uuid == to_proc.device_uuid
@@ -252,11 +254,12 @@ function Dagger.move(from_proc::CuArrayDeviceProc, to_proc::CuArrayDeviceProc, x
             end
         else
             return arr
-        end
+        end        
     else
         # Different node, use DtoH, serialization, HtoD
         host_copy = remotecall_fetch(from_proc.owner, from_proc, x) do from_proc, x
             return with_context(from_proc) do
+                CUDA.synchronize() 
                 Array(unwrap(x))
             end
         end
@@ -268,20 +271,26 @@ end
 
 function Dagger.move(from_proc::CuArrayDeviceProc, to_proc::CuArrayDeviceProc, x::CuArray)
     if from_proc == to_proc
-        with_context(CUDA.synchronize, from_proc)
         return x
     elseif Dagger.root_worker_id(from_proc) == Dagger.root_worker_id(to_proc)
-        with_context(CUDA.synchronize, from_proc)
+        ev = CUDA.CuEvent()
+        with_context(from_proc) do
+            CUDA.record(ev, stream())
+        end
+        
         return with_context(to_proc) do
+            CUDA.wait(ev, stream())
             to_arr = similar(x)
             copyto!(to_arr, x)
-            CUDA.synchronize()
             return to_arr
         end
+
     else
         host_copy = with_context(from_proc) do
+            CUDA.synchronize()
             return Array(x)
         end
+
         return with_context(to_proc) do
             return CuArray(host_copy)
         end
@@ -390,13 +399,20 @@ Dagger.gpu_kernel_backend(::CuArrayDeviceProc) = CUDABackend()
 Dagger.gpu_with_device(f, proc::CuArrayDeviceProc) =
     CUDA.device!(f, proc.device)
 function Dagger.gpu_synchronize(proc::CuArrayDeviceProc)
+    user_stream = stream()
+
     with_context(proc) do
-        CUDA.synchronize()
+        ev = CUDA.CuEvent()
+        CUDA.record(ev, stream()) 
+        CUDA.wait(ev, user_stream)
+
     end
 end
 function Dagger.gpu_synchronize(::Val{:CUDA})
+    user_stream = stream()
     for dev in CUDA.devices()
-        _sync_with_context(CuArrayDeviceProc(myid(), dev.handle, CUDA.uuid(dev)))
+        proc = CuArrayDeviceProc(myid(), dev.handle, CUDA.uuid(dev))
+        Dagger.gpu_synchronize(proc)
     end
 end