In several previous posts (“The End of x86“ and “ARM Disrupting Intel with its Business Model“) I examined the potential of ARM-based processors to disrupt the x86 architecture. For a disruption of x86 to take place, ARM technology must progress up-market beyond the embedded and mobile markets, into higher performance computing devices, such as servers, where the x86 architecture dominates. To assess ARM’s progression into the server market, I have organized the following collection of recent and relevant articles:
- Calxeda reveals several important technical details about its ARM-Based servers (March 11, 2011)
- Dell expresses concern about ARM-based servers, could face software issues (March 8, 2011)
- Intel executive responds to recent talk about ARM (and Atom) processors moving up-market into servers (March 1, 2011)
- Intel builds low power server chip based on Atom for SeaMicro, a startup building high density, low power servers (February 27, 2011)
- ARM CEO, Warren East, eager for PC and server expansion (February 1, 2011)
- Microsoft announces that Windows 8 will support ARM architecture (January 5, 2011)
- Nvidia announces Project Denver, to build chips based on ARM “targeting PCs to supercomputers” (January 5, 2011)
- Calxeda promises 10x efficiency gains, half the cost, relative to current x86 servers (November 15, 2010)
- Marvell announces the Armada XP chip, an ARM-based processor for use in servers (November 8, 2010)
- Dell’s Enterprise Products Group prototyping ARM-based servers (November 2, 2010)
- ARM-based server designs “should cost about half as much as equivalent Intel Xeon designs while using only 20% of the power” (November 1, 2010)
- ARM announces the Cortex-A15 design, a high-performance processor with applications in low-power servers (September 8, 2010)
- Smooth-Stone (now Calxeda) raises $48m to build ARM-based servers (August 15, 2010)
