AMD unveils Ryzen AI Halo, an uber-powerful mini PC for AI

AMD may not be selling PCs, but it’s providing a reference design to AI developers based on its Ryzen AI Max+ processor.

Known as the Ryzan AI Halo, the small PC is an officially an AI developer platform capable of running models with up to 200 billion parameters locally, according to AMD chief executive Lisa Su, who introduced the device in her opening keynote for the CES 2026 show here in Las Vegas.

Inside is 128GB of unified memory, Su said. It’s not necessarily a Windows device; Su said that it will run “multiple operating systems natively,” as well as open-source development tools and hundreds of AI models. It wil ship with the most advanced version of AMD’s ROCm software.

“For all of you who are wondering, Halo is launching in the second quarter of this year, and we can’t wait for folks to get their hands on them,” Su said.

AMD has sometimes dabbled in product that straddle the workstation and the desktop, such as the company’s beloved Threadripper processors. We doubt you’ll be buying a Ryzen AI Halo processor yourself, but there are plenty of consumer devices that use the chip, like the Framework Desktop!