An enthusiast experiment combined a Strix Halo APU (Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 with 128 GB unified memory and Radeon 8060S iGPU) with two Radeon R9700 32 GB discrete GPUs via an external PCIe switch, achieving…
A Linux novice reports that combining AMD's Strix Halo integrated GPU (Radeon 8060S) with an external Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti via Oculink for local LLM inference is problematic, with LM Studio failing to d…
A new setup guide from Minisforum details running ROCmFP4-quantized models with Multi-Token Prediction (MTP) on the N5 Max AI NAS, powered by the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 (16C/32T) with Radeon 8060S (gfx…
On a 128GB unified memory system using AMD's Ryzen AI Max Plus 395 chip, a dense 9B model with a speculative drafter ran at just under 40 tokens per second, a 35B mixture-of-experts Qwen3.6 model with…
AMD's Ryzen AI Max Plus 395 chip, featuring 128GB unified LPDDR5X memory and a Radeon 8060S GPU, enables local machines to run 100B+ parameter large language models like GPT-OSS 120B without a discret…
AMD's Ryzen AI Developer Center, bundled with Ryzen AI Max Plus 395 machines, eliminates manual ROCm and driver setup for local AI workloads, offering guided playbooks for ComfyUI, LM Studio, and Unsl…
OneXPlayer has opened pre-orders for the X2 Mini Pro, a 3-in-1 gaming handheld powered by AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 388 APU and Radeon 8060S iGPU, starting at $2,499. The device features up to 64 GB of RAM,…
AMD announced that with ROCm 7.2.1, users can now run PyTorch and ComfyUI natively on Windows on an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ processor, driving the integrated AMD Radeon 8060S GPU directly. The unified memor…
AMD has listed a Strix Halo mini PC powered by the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU for $3,999, available starting July 10 through MicroCenter. The dev-kit system features 128 GB of shared memory and is designed…
AMD launched the Ryzen AI Halo, a $3,999 mini desktop with 128GB unified memory and a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, as a direct competitor to NVIDIA's DGX Spark. The Halo supports both Windows 11 and L…
OneXPlayer has launched the X2 Mini Pro OLED handheld gaming device, starting at $2,399, featuring an AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 388 processor, Radeon 8060S graphics, and an 8.8-inch 144Hz OLED display with de…
Two machines with 128 GB of unified memory — the AMD Strix Halo and the NVIDIA DGX Spark — are being compared by owners who run 70B-parameter language models locally. AI developer u/Eugr benchmarked b…
The Framework Desktop is a 4.5-liter mini tower built around AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" chip with up to 128 GB of soldered unified memory, designed specifically for running large local LLMs …