AMD Strix Halo Meets ROCm: Affordable AI Computing Beyond NVIDIA

AMD's Strix Halo APU paired with ROCm provides a cost-effective alternative to NVIDIA-dominated AI development, with unified CPU-GPU memory enabling efficient resource utilization. This practical guide demonstrates that the AMD ecosystem has matured sufficiently for production ML work, offering developers a pathway to reduce vendor lock-in while maintaining compatibility with tools like PyTorch and Llama.cpp.