Viva La StriX! The owl is ready to take flight for the ninth time on Electron🦉🚀. Our next mission for @synspective is set to launch from Launch Complex 1 NET May 22. Launch window opens: 🚀 9:30 pm NZST 🚀 09:30 UTC 🚀 6:30 pm JST 🚀 5:30 am EDT 🚀 2:30 am PDT

Lesson learned. Same Strix Halo. Same Qwen3.8 but OS ... Windows 11 → 37.94 sec Ubuntu → 25.27 sec That’s 33% less time just by changing the software/OS stack. Hardware Busters retested the same BOSGAME M5: 🧠 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 💾 128GB unified memory 🎮 96GB graphics allocation On Ubuntu 26.04.1, the long Qwen3.8 response finished in 🪟 Windows → 37.94 sec 🐧 Ubuntu → 25.27 sec And the first text appeared about 11 seconds sooner. The Ubuntu setup used llama.cpp with Mesa/RADV Vulkan and ROCm paths. This is a pretty big deal for anyone buying these 128GB Strix Halo boxes for Local AI. Before spending money on new hardware, keep in mind the OS/runtime stack; it may be leaving a lot of performance on the table. 🔗 Great article from Hardware Busters in ALT. Link in ALT

I'm running some pretty radical experimental testing on the AMD Strix Halo platform using "Halogen" to see if I can get the box to serve up Qwen-Flash-Next (a strong coding agent) at decent speeds. If it works, I'll share the recipe here. I always include concurrency benchmarks too, because that counts a lot.

Next up on Electron will be our latest dedicated mission to deliver another StriX Earth-imaging satellite to LEO for @synspective. "Owl Around The World" launch window opens: 🚀00:00 am NZST, Sept 1 🚀12:00 UTC, Aug 31 🚀9:00 pm JST, Aug 31 🚀8:00 am EDT, Aug 31 🚀5:00 am PDT, Aug 31

Off to space with our 96th Electron - and our 97th rocket is already lined up for launch this week with another StriX satellite for @synspective. The launch window for 'Owlright Owlright Owlright' opens: 🚀12:15pm NZST, Sept 26 🚀00:15 UTC, Sept 26 🚀9:15 am JST, Sept 26 🚀8:15 pm EDT, Sept 25 🚀5:15 pm PDT, Sept 25

We're ready for launch with our 94th Electron and latest mission for @synspective 🚀 The next StriX satellite for their Earth-imaging constellation is integrated, encapsulated, and scheduled for liftoff on Electron in T-8 hours. 'Owl Around The World' launch window opens: 🚀11:00 pm NZST 🚀11:00 UTC 🚀8:00 pm JST 🚀7:00 am EDT 🚀4:00 am PDT