# AMD Ryzen AI Halo Is An Excellent & Powerful Mini PC With Fully Open-Source Software

> Source: <https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-ryzen-ai-halo>
> Published: 2026-07-06 15:00:00+00:00

Earlier this year AMD announced the Ryzen AI Halo as their in-house mini PC offering built around their leading Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" platform. After pre-orders began last month, the Ryzen AI Halo is officially beginning to ship this week and over the past few weeks we have been testing it out at Phoronix.