It is reported that Arm is working on the development of its own internal chip.
The chip design company Arm is set to unveil its own processor this year, with Meta as its initial customer.
Arm, the chip design company, plans to unveil its own processor this year, with Meta as the inaugural client, according to reports from various media outlets. This new chip will be a central processing unit (CPU) designed for data center servers and will be customizable according to customer needs. The chip will be manufactured by contract factories, such as TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.), and the first internally designed unit is expected to be presented by this summer at the latest.
Recently, SoftBank, Arm's parent company, disclosed the Stargate project, a collaboration with OpenAI to develop an artificial intelligence infrastructure valued at up to $500 billion. Arm, along with Microsoft and NVIDIA, is part of the key technology partners in this project. The new Arm chip could play a significant role in this initiative, as well as in the development of a personal AI-driven device, which is reported that Jony Ive is working on alongside Sam Altman from OpenAI.
Arm's designs are fundamental to almost all smartphones and mobile devices on the planet, as well as to Apple's Macs and Windows PCs powered by Qualcomm. Additionally, these designs typically consume less power while delivering performance comparable to Intel and AMD chips, making them highly attractive for server farms that support AI applications.
This move would position Arm in direct competition with several of its own clients, such as NVIDIA, which produces its own Arm-based CPUs. Until now, Arm has never manufactured its own chips, as it has focused on licensing its technology and patents to large companies like Apple, which customize the designs according to their requirements and use chip manufacturers like TSMC or Samsung for production.
Currently, Arm is in the midst of a tense legal battle with Qualcomm over licensing terms. At the same time, SoftBank is close to acquiring Ampere, a chip designer for servers, which could be crucial for Arm's chip manufacturing project.
