---
type: reference
title: "Kairic Edge Qwen3.8-27B IU4 (W4A4) on Dankclaw (frank-dragoon)"
description: "The RETIRED frank-dragoon runbook (2026-09-21, same-day swap; replaced by [[frank-dragoon-unsloth-qwen38-27b-q8xl]]) — the Kairic Edge runtime (ciru-ai/ROCmFPX, branch kairic-edge-qwen38-27b-v1.2, commit 205a3e5, TheRock 7.15.0, Composable Kernel) serving jcbtc/Qwen3.8-27B-IU4-Kairic-Edge (27B dense, IU4 W4A4) on the Dankclaw Strix Halo iGPU: the source-built runtime, the full-window/one-stream shape, the MTP depth 4 + n-gram spec method, the three PromptForge sidecars, the compatibility mode, the payload, the client contract, and the failure modes worth knowing."
tags:
  - llm
  - kairic-edge
  - rocmfpx
  - dankclaw
  - frank-dragoon
  - strix-halo
  - gfx1151
  - iu4
  - w4a4
  - rocm
  - mtp
  - promptforge
timestamp: 2026-09-21
---

# frank-dragoon — Kairic Edge Qwen3.8-27B IU4 (W4A4) (RETIRED)

> **RETIRED 2026-09-21 (same-day swap).** This was the ACTIVE frank-dragoon
> runbook on 2026-09-21 before it was replaced by
> [[frank-dragoon-unsloth-qwen38-27b-q8xl]] later the same day. The payload
> and runtime remain on disk as the rollback target.

## What it served

- **Runtime:** Kairic Edge (ciru-ai/ROCmFPX, branch
  `kairic-edge-qwen38-27b-v1.2`, commit 205a3e5, TheRock 7.15.0,
  Composable Kernel), root systemd unit, port 7770.
- **Model:** `jcbtc/Qwen3.8-27B-IU4-Kairic-Edge` (a 27B dense model, IU4
  W4A4) — main GGUF + FFN/GDN/GDN-Output `.pfs` sidecars.
- **Shape:** one 262,144-token conversation (single stream), native MTP
  depth 4 + n-gram drafting, compatibility mode.
- **Memory:** the 114 GiB GTT aperture on the Strix Halo iGPU.

## Rollback

Payload and runtime intact on disk. See [[frank-dragoon-unsloth-qwen38-27b-q8xl]]
for the current ACTIVE runbook and [[frank-dragoon-unsloth-qwen38-flash-next]]
for the predecessor.

# Citations

- Kairic Edge runtime: https://github.com/ciru-ai/ROCmFPX
- Model: https://huggingface.co/jcbtc/Qwen3.8-27B-IU4-Kairic-Edge