ROCm 7.13 nightly adds strix halo optimizations

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Summary

AMD's ROCm 7.13 tech preview adds optimizations for Strix Halo (Ryzen AI Max 300) and open-sources the ROCprof Trace Decoder.

[https://www.phoronix.com/news/ROCm-7.13-Released](https://www.phoronix.com/news/ROCm-7.13-Released) Quote: ...new optimizations for Ryzen AI Max 300 "Strix Halo" and the ROCprof Trace Decoder is now open-source...<snip>... Those rolling from source can grab the ROCm 7.13 Tech Preview via [TheRock on GitHub](https://github.com/ROCm/TheRock/releases/tag/therock-7.13). [https://rocm.docs.amd.com/en/7.13.0-preview/about/release-notes.html](https://rocm.docs.amd.com/en/7.13.0-preview/about/release-notes.html) Trivia: Rocm name origin: radeon open compute module
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