diff --git a/test/amd/test_sqttmap.py b/test/amd/test_sqttmap.py
index 4d0a5fa892..a4a46217c9 100644
--- a/test/amd/test_sqttmap.py
+++ b/test/amd/test_sqttmap.py
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ class TestSQTTMapBase(unittest.TestCase):
               # sopk/immediates don't get ALU/MEM EXEC
               if e.name.display_name not in {"IMMEDIATE", "IMMEDIATE_MASK", "JUMP", "JUMP_NO", "MESSAGE", "BARRIER", "BARRIER_SIGNAL",
                                              "WAVEEND", "WAVERDY"}: insts += 1
+            # OTHER_ is its own stream, it's the INST from other SIMDs that share the same EXEC.
+            elif e.device.startswith("OTHER"): continue
             else: raise Exception(f"timeline row must be INST or EXEC, got {e.device}")
           self.assertEqual(execs, insts)
 
diff --git a/tinygrad/renderer/amd/sqtt.py b/tinygrad/renderer/amd/sqtt.py
index 6b54ae60ee..832ffe393b 100644
--- a/tinygrad/renderer/amd/sqtt.py
+++ b/tinygrad/renderer/amd/sqtt.py
@@ -657,8 +657,6 @@ def map_insts(data:bytes, lib:bytes, target:str) -> Iterator[tuple[PacketType, I
     elif isinstance(p, WAVEEND):
       pc = wave_pc.pop(p.wave)
       yield (p, InstructionInfo(pc, p.wave, s_endpgm()))
-    # skip OTHER_ instructions, they don't belong to this unit
-    elif isinstance(p, (INST, INST_RDNA4)) and p.op.name.startswith("OTHER_"): pass
     elif isinstance(p, IMMEDIATE_MASK):
       # immediate mask may yield multiple times per packet
       for wave in range(16):
@@ -668,7 +666,8 @@ def map_insts(data:bytes, lib:bytes, target:str) -> Iterator[tuple[PacketType, I
           assert type(inst).__name__ == "SOPP", f"IMMEDIATE_MASK packet must map to SOPP, got {inst}"
           wave_pc[wave] += inst.size()
           yield (p, InstructionInfo(pc, wave, inst))
-    elif isinstance(p, (VALUINST, INST, INST_RDNA4, IMMEDIATE)):
+    # map INST events on this SIMD to the program counter, we know the waves
+    elif isinstance(p, (VALUINST, INST, INST_RDNA4, IMMEDIATE)) and not (isinstance(p, (INST, INST_RDNA4)) and p.op.name.startswith("OTHER_")):
       inst = pc_map[pc:=wave_pc[p.wave]]
       # s_delay_alu, s_wait_alu and s_barrier_wait instructions are skipped
       while (inst_op:=getattr(inst, 'op_name', '')) in {"S_DELAY_ALU", "S_WAIT_ALU", "S_BARRIER_WAIT"}:
@@ -684,7 +683,7 @@ def map_insts(data:bytes, lib:bytes, target:str) -> Iterator[tuple[PacketType, I
       else:
         wave_pc[p.wave] += inst.size()
       yield (p, InstructionInfo(pc, p.wave, inst))
-    # for all other packets (VMEMEXEC, ALUEXEC, etc.), yield with None
+    # for all other packets (VMEMEXEC, ALUEXEC, OTHER_ INST, etc.), yield with None
     else: yield (p, None)
 
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diff --git a/tinygrad/viz/serve.py b/tinygrad/viz/serve.py
index 1c56642ec9..bc32718e27 100755
--- a/tinygrad/viz/serve.py
+++ b/tinygrad/viz/serve.py
@@ -349,21 +349,23 @@ def sqtt_timeline(data:bytes, lib:bytes, target:str) -> Generator[ProfileEvent,
   is_cdna = target.startswith("gfx9")
   dispatch_to_exec = {"WMMA":"VALU", "VALU":"VALU", "VALU1":"VALU", "VALUT":"VALU", "VALUB":"VALU", "VALUINST":"VALU", "VINTERP":"VALU",
                       "SGMEM":"VMEM", "FLAT":"VMEM", "LDS":"LDS", "SALU":"SALU", "SMEM":"SALU", "VMEM":"VMEM"}
-  def add(name:str, p:PacketType, op:str|None=None, wave:int|None=None, info:InstructionInfo|None=None) -> Generator[ProfileEvent, None, None]:
-    row = f"WAVE:{wave}" if (wave:=getattr(p, "wave", wave)) is not None else f"{p.__class__.__name__}:0 {name}"
+  def add(name:str, p:PacketType, wave:int|None=None, info:InstructionInfo|None=None) -> Generator[ProfileEvent, None, None]:
+    row = "OTHER" if name.startswith("OTHER_") else f"WAVE:{wave}" if (wave:=getattr(p, "wave", wave)) is not None \
+        else f"{p.__class__.__name__}:0 {name.replace('_ALT', '')}"
     # default length is 1 cycle
     duration = 1
     # exec links to dispatch, dispatch links to PC
     link = f"PC:{info.pc}" if info else None
-    if isinstance(p, (ALUEXEC, VMEMEXEC)) and "ALT" not in str(p.src):
+    if isinstance(p, (ALUEXEC, VMEMEXEC)):
       link = f"LINK:{exec_pending[name].pop(0)}"
     # queue inst dispatches
     idx = next(row_counts.setdefault(row, itertools.count(0)))
-    if isinstance(p, (VALUINST, INST, INST_RDNA4)) and (exec_type:=dispatch_to_exec.get(name.split("_")[0])) is not None:
+    if isinstance(p, (VALUINST, INST, INST_RDNA4)) and (exec_type:=dispatch_to_exec.get(name.replace("OTHER_", "").split("_")[0])) is not None:
+      if name.startswith("OTHER_"): exec_type = f"{exec_type}_ALT"
       exec_pending.setdefault(exec_type, []).append(f"{row}-{idx}")
     # construct and yield the event for this packet
     if row not in row_ends: yield ProfilePointEvent(row, "JSON", "pcMap", pc_map, ts=Decimal(0))
-    yield (e:=ProfileRangeEvent(row, TracingKey(op or name, ret=link), Decimal(p._time), Decimal(p._time+duration)))
+    yield (e:=ProfileRangeEvent(row, TracingKey(name, ret=link), Decimal(p._time), Decimal(p._time+duration)))
     # allow CDNA packets to overlap, NOT allowed on RDNA.
     if (et:=row_ends.get(row)) is not None and e.st < et and not is_cdna: raise RuntimeError(f"packet {p} overlaps another packet in {row}.")
     row_ends[row] = unwrap(e.en)
@@ -397,7 +399,7 @@ def sqtt_timeline(data:bytes, lib:bytes, target:str) -> Generator[ProfileEvent,
         yield from add("VALU", p)
         yield from add("SALU", p)
       else:
-        yield from add(name.replace("_ALT", ""), p, op=name)
+        yield from add(name, p)
 
 # ** SQTT OCC only unpacks wave start, end time and SIMD location