Renowned chip designer Arm on Wednesday unveiled its next generation of data center chip technology. Dubbed Neoverse V2 and known by the codename “Demeter,” the new line of chips is meant to address the explosive growth of data from 5G and internet-connected gadgets. Arm’s platform includes the new V-series core and the CMN-700 mesh interconnect.
In the British designer’s traditional formula, Arm will create underlying intellectual property for this new generation of chips that other companies, such as Qualcomm or Apple, can adopt under license to create their own processor chips. In particular, Arm cites chip giant Nvidia’s latest Grace data center processor as being built using the Neoverse V2 design. “Grace will combine the power efficiency of V2 with the power efficiency of LPDDR5X memory to deliver twice the performance per watt of servers powered by traditional architectures,” Arm’s side argues.
As a reminder, Arm does not manufacture its own chips. The company does not have its own manufacturing facilities. Instead, it licenses its products to other companies, which it calls “partners. They use Arm’s architecture as a kind of template, building systems that use Arm’s cores as their core processors.
Many Samsung and Apple smartphones and tablets, and all devices with Qualcomm processors, use some of Arm’s intellectual property. For all that, while Arm’s technology powers most cell phones, it has made a strong push into data center processors, long dominated by Intel or AMD.