AMD Intros “SD 3 Medium”, The World’s First BF16 NPU Model Designed For XDNA 2 AI NPU

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AMD Intros “SD 3 Medium”, The World’s First BF16 NPU Model Designed For XDNA 2 AI NPUs, Offer Reduced Memory Footprint & Faster Text-To-Image Gen
 
AMD has launched the world's first BF16 NPU model for XDNA 2 NPUs, which it is calling SD 3 Medium, and makes for faster and uncompromised text-to-image generation.

AMD's SD 3 Medium Is A BF16 Model That Is Optimized For XDNA 2 "AI" NPUs, Now Available In Amuse 3.1 To Try OutPress Release: At Computex 2024, AMD introduced the world’s first block FP16 stable diffusion model: the SDXL Turbo. The breakthrough model combined the accuracy of FP16 with the performance of INT8 and was a collaboration between AMD and Stability AI. 

Now, AMD is proud to announce another collaboration with Stability AI: the world’s first block FP16 SD 3.0 Medium model – which delivers a significant increase in image quality and is optimized for AMD Ryzen AI XDNA 2 NPUs. Best of all: you can try it out today by downloading Amuse 3.1 by Tensorstack and running it in HQ mode with a compatible Ryzen AI-powered laptop. 



Try SD 3.0 Medium (with BF16 precision) right now on an AMD Ryzen AI 300 series or Ryzen AI MAX+ laptop with at least 24GB of memory by following three simple steps:

SD3 Medium (NPU) Hardware Requirements:  AMD Ryzen AI 300 series or Ryzen AI MAX+ laptop equipped with a 50 TOPs or higher AMD XDNA 2 NPU and at least 24GB of system RAM.

• Download and Install the latest Adrenalin Driver
  
• Download and Install Amuse 3.1 Beta
  
• In EZ Mode, move the slider to HQ and toggle “XDNA 2 Stable Diffusion Offload”
  

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