Aether Runtime v1.3.0

Added

• Added publication-grade multi-engine, multi-model benchmark charts to README.md,
  comparing Aether Runtime against HuggingFace Transformers and PyTorch Native across
  three architectures (SmolLM2-135M-Instruct, GPTNeo350M-Instruct-SFT, Qwen3-0.6B).
• Added benchmark/results/generate_readme_charts.py — a reproducible 300 DPI chart
  generator using the GitHub dark theme (#0D1117 canvas, #7C65FF Aether violet).
• Added cross_engine_throughput_comparison.png: dual-panel throughput chart showing
  Batch 1 interactive (up to +168.4% speedup) and Batch 16 peak (1,562.72 tok/s).
• Added cross_engine_latency_comparison.png: end-to-end single-request latency
  comparison showing 41–63% latency reduction vs HF Transformers and PyTorch Native.

Changed

• Updated AETHER_VERSION to 1.3.0 across all metadata files:
  pyproject.toml, src/aether/core/constants.py, docs/conf.py, README.md.
• Removed 13 legacy per-model benchmark PNGs from benchmark/results/ in favour of
  the new unified cross-engine comparison charts.
• Updated .gitignore to explicitly track benchmark/results/*.png and
  benchmark/results/generate_readme_charts.py.

Aether Runtime v1.2.8a0

Release v1.2.8a0

Aether Runtime v1.2.8

Changed

• Promoted the Torch decode, state-engine, transformer-engine, and
  execution-numerics updates from the 1.2.7.alpha prerelease line.

Aether Runtime v1.2.7

Changed

• Promoted the portable-engine device placement, state handling, and
  transformer execution updates from the 1.2.6.alpha prerelease line.

Aether Runtime v1.2.7.alpha

Changed

• Added the latest Torch decode, state-engine, transformer-engine, and
  execution-numerics updates from the post-1.2.7 development line.

Aether Runtime v1.2.6.alpha

Changed

• Added the latest portable-engine device placement, state handling, and
  transformer execution updates from the post-1.2.6 development line.

Aether Runtime v1.2.6

Changed

• Promoted the device-placement coverage and backend dispatch validation from
  the 1.2.5.alpha prerelease line to the stable release.

Aether Runtime v1.2.5

Changed

• Promoted the model-family execution-numerics, tensor-parity, decoder
  dispatch, and profiling work from the prerelease line to the stable release.

Aether Runtime v1.2.5.alpha

Added

• Added the latest device-placement coverage and backend dispatch validation
  from the post-1.2.5 development line.

Aether Runtime v1.2.4.charlie

Changed

• Continued the model-family execution-numerics and tensor-parity work from
  the beta preview, including the latest decoder dispatch and profiling tools.